Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The top end finishes up with the three-over-two layout of Gotoh black chrome machines . |
| 2 | The fertilized egg is a narrow bottleneck which , during embryonic development , widens out into the trillions of cells of an adult elephant . |
| 3 | He glances round at the seventeen people — who are they ? : students ? , support-workers ? , staff ? — squeezed around the two tables . |
| 4 | Perhaps the most poignant part of her latest novel is the story of Christine , oldest of the sisters , who grows up in the 1950s , and is later described by one of her sisters as ‘ a feminist before her time ’ — which is , as the sister observes , a highly lonely position . |
| 5 | The synthesised audible warning harks back to the 25 , but the computer controlled , MacPherson strut-based self-levelling air suspension is much more ‘ cutting edge ’ for Renault . |
| 6 | Purists are giving the thumbs up to the Everton away strip in salmon and navy which , according to Umbro , harks back to the 1880s for inspiration , while Man Utd 's basic blue and Ipswich Town 's nod towards the Thirties also appeal . |
| 7 | And she goes up to the two blokes and she grabs them by the balls and goes mm not bad , nice butt , you know ? |
| 8 | THE flag goes up on the 1993 Eastern Centre Motorcycle Grass Track racing season on Sunday at Brazils Farm , Woodham Ferrers , near Chelmsford . |
| 9 | Inside the two women who keep the inn serve through the hatch that opens on to the one room . |
| 10 | To cite , or suggest , but two examples : in space and telecommunications ( telecoms ) , Fifth Republican France developed hybrid bodies ( the CNES , the DGT ) that were part public administration , part public company : to generous funds from the state they sometimes ( the DGT ( added capital raised via loans on the open market ; their legal status posed — and still poses — a problem ; ’ ' but , freed of the obligation to show a quick return on investment , they piloted R&D projects through to the point-5 , 10 , 20 years later — where state-funded infrastructures ( telecoms satellites , the minitel , cable , etc. ) began to show commercial applications . |
| 11 | This will be by far the longest record for any society , a record which now breaks off in the 1880s . |
| 12 | Olivetti 's commercial relationship with the Maynard minimaker stretches back to the 1970s , when the Ivrea company used to buy in DEC PDP-11 minis OEM for use as branch controllers for sale with its banking terminals . |
| 13 | Her curry love affair stretches back to the mid-Seventies when she worked as a volunteer in a children and old people 's home . |
| 14 | Patrick Motors ' interest in car design goes back to the '30s when the company designed and built its own ‘ Patrick Specials ’ . |
| 15 | This is a process which goes back to the two questions raised on page 66 : |
| 16 | And at the same time , and slightly in contradiction to that , I found it increasing erm , er , perception and indication of dissatisfaction with the way in which the joint er , collaborative structures were actually working , if I may say , especially at the top level in terms of the political erm erm , so I say to you colleagues , that you are required as er , by statute to , to have in place collaborative structures , er , under a statute that goes back to the nineteen seventies , and I should also say to you that up and down the country that authorities like your own are at this stage doing what you 're doing , and that is reviewing the effectiveness of the operation of those structures , and probably coming to much the same conclusions . |
| 17 | Your serious working on filming music goes back to the 1960s ? |
| 18 | The first certain name , however , goes back to the 1920s or even earlier — Miss Florrie Forsythe , of Seagoe . |
| 19 | Henry Maine 's insistence that there is a radical distinction between the status relationships of early , kinship-based , societies and the contract relationships of " modern " societies goes back to the 1860s . |
| 20 | It goes back to the fifties when the local authority , in this case the Worthing Rural District Council would not approve the plan for a small development A Twenty Seven in near the roundabout at Manor . |
| 21 | Our overseas advisory role goes back to the 1950s , when bankers in Commonwealth countries first started to become members in significant numbers . |
| 22 | It goes back to the 1969 Magritte exhibition , also curated by Sylvester , to which the Menil lent a number of works . |
| 23 | Mum , I do n't want that one then she goes back on the three , goes , yeah ? |
| 24 | The collection begins in 1901 with Picasso 's ‘ Woman in Blue ’ and peters out in the 1960s , although there are some exceptions , such as Miró 's late works . |
| 25 | Oh yes , you only had to listen to this afternoon like , with the crowds and that , obviously it means a lot to them and there 's a lot of you know , stick I suppose goes around between the two clubs , so I just want to go out there , hopefully have a good game and keep a clean sheet . |
| 26 | If history is any guide , the Bank of England could force overnight money rates up into the 20 to 30 per cent range and ram home the message with aggressive buying of pounds . |
| 27 | We can trace the current state of our knowledge about village origins and changes back to the 1940s . |
| 28 | This follows on from the 1970s and the health conscious 80s when increasing numbers of people were becoming more responsible towards themselves and their lifestyle . |
| 29 | can you see that please , can you make total of eight there , we 've got wait to orange like thing goes round to the eight |
| 30 | Set beside the estuary of the river Dovey in Cardigan Bay , it is a 6,445-yard par-71 , but naturally Wee Woosie goes round in the mid-60s . |