Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it looks like the next generation is here . |
| 2 | The quality of being meaningful and unified , which the second passage has but the first passage lacks , is known as coherence . |
| 3 | Parents usually notice that biting starts as the first teeth begin to emerge . |
| 4 | ( x , y ) denotes that the first person gets a quantity x and the second person a quantity y For each of the following allocations say whether they are ( i ) efficient and ( ii ) equitable : ( a ) ( 10 , 0 ) ( b ) ( 7 , 2 ) ( c ) ( 5 , 5 ) ( d ) ( 3 , 6 ) ( e ) ( 0 , 10 ) . |
| 5 | The legend goes that the first church was started at the bottom of the hill , but during the night the walls were thrown down . |
| 6 | Computer Reseller News says that the second generation SCSI , SCSI-2 , will be added by the Austin , Texas team and that it will provide transfer rates of up to 10Mbps . |
| 7 | The Newton Personal Digital Assistants from Apple Computer Inc will be built around the Advanced RISC Computing Ltd ARM610 RISC : Apple says that the first version of Newton will be out early next year , and will be an electronic notepad , able to record and recognise handwriting and to straighten out rough sketches ; Cambridge-based Advanced RISC Machines , which is owned by Acorn Computers Plc , Apple and VLSI Technology Inc says that Newton has an object-oriented executive and that the memory manager in the ARM610 provides specific support for object-oriented data handling . |
| 8 | John Kydd , divisional organiser for the engineering union , says that the first statement is a lie and the second is a provocation . |
| 9 | Intel says that it will introduce personal computer add-in boards and software later this year , but refused to confirm a report in US PC Week that places the number of products at 20 and says that the first launch will be in April . |
| 10 | The writer means that she or he has discussed the poem 's meaning , but the sentence literally says that the next stanza discusses the poem 's beginning ( an unintended meaning ) . |
| 11 | Doctor what , if that happens Doctor says that the next time he wants to see us along with him . |
| 12 | Blyth Tait says that the last time he won the top spot from Mary he only kept it for a week and is hoping to hang onto it for longer this time . |
| 13 | Mr. Beloff submits that the first question we have to answer is : is there any known rule of natural justice that a person who is not the subject of an administrative decision should nevertheless have the right to make representations before the decision is made ? |
| 14 | Because it presupposes , if one a assumes that the second homes etcetera remain constant . |
| 15 | Rather it is the reader , driven by the principles of analogy and local interpretation , who assumes that the second sequence describes a series of connected events and interprets linguistic cues ( like baby — it ) under that assumption . |
| 16 | Dell Computer Corp is blaming problems with its notebook computers for a shock halving of first quarter profits ( figures , page five ) , and warns that the second quarter will be no better , and that its target of $3.30 a share for the year is now out of reach : the shares plunged $10 to $22.125 before the market opened yesterday : ‘ Basically , the notebooks are going to have a negative effect on earnings per share in the next two quarters , ’ chairman Michael Dell told Reuter — adding that Dell is taking steps to improve its notebook business by setting up joint development opportunities with new partners and that a partnership with an ‘ electronics and communications provider ’ was already in place , although he did not name it . |
| 17 | You just ca n't trust these thespians — any residual loyalty vanishes once the last cheque has been banked : according to the Evening Standard , Maureen Lippmann , who played the ‘ typical Jewish mother ’ Beattie ( BT , geddit ? — we did n't at the time , but then we detest brutal acronyms in place of meaningful names ) to the mutual benefit of British Telecommunications Plc and her bank balance , when asked to reveal her favourite word , replied , without hesitation , ‘ Mercurial ’ . |
| 18 | Faulty learning occurs because the first instances of it were inappropriately reinforced by the parents or other caretakers of the child . |
| 19 | Commenting on this , Sebba and Wootton ( 1984 : 8 ) write : The switch to Creole occurs before the first instance of " build " is " and this could be taken as a direct quotation of the man 's words , rendered in Creole because he is apparently a Jamaican : cf. |
| 20 | In that case , delivery occurs when the third party attorns , i.e. acknowledges to the buyer that he holds the goods on his behalf , section 29(4) . |
| 21 | As Fig. 2 shows , the lower the median age at first marriage in a country , the more time elapses until the first birth occurs . |
| 22 | The result for n = 1 is found by letting n tend to unity which shows that the second term in the expression is while the first term is zero . |
| 23 | Table 16–2 shows that the first Thatcher government was able to reduce marginal tax rates substantially , especially for the very rich . |
| 24 | Figure 3.3 also shows that the first cycles are richest in deep sleep and that REM sleep is concentrated towards the end of the night . |
| 25 | Our evidence which shows that the first glimmerings of our new paradigm emerged around 1860 and we expect that by 2010 the shift will be virtually complete , although it will take longer for its changes to affect everyone . |
| 26 | It also shows that the next section of commentary is cued to commence half way through shot 17 and that there is no musical background at this point in the movie . |
| 27 | Jiminez de Arechaga concludes that recognising a third party 's assent through its actions shows that the third party is taking advantage of a pre-existing right , and is not concluding a collateral agreement . |
| 28 | As the linker needle comes back with the second stitch in its hook , the latch of the linker needle closes and the first stitch goes over the latch of the linker needle and is cast off . |
| 29 | Compare the bank 's tenacity at taking away allowances with its reluctance to give salary increases when the first sign of adversity appears . |
| 30 | However , that right ceases when the second copy of the consignment note has been handed over to the original designated consignee . |