Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb -s] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guided by his new-found friend , Charles studied Jung and also the work of economist and philosopher E. F. Schumacher , who wrote a book entitled Small Is Beautiful ; over the years the Prince has found many of the answers he was searching for . |
| 2 | Over the past few years , the Pentagon has invested several billion dollars in technology related to defences against ballistic missiles , including guided anti-ballistic missiles , particle beams and high-energy lasers . |
| 3 | The continuous line shows what the retailer hopes to sell this year . |
| 4 | Out of his profits , the retailer has to pay all the costs involved in running the shop , that is , his overheads . |
| 5 | The retailer needs to do this in order to predict future sales . |
| 6 | In order to make this decision , the retailer needs to do some market research into the socioeconomics of the area . |
| 7 | In deciding how much profit he wants to make on each item , and how much to mark up his prices , the retailer needs to consider many of the factors we looked at in Section 7 — the socioeconomics of the area , the needs of the typical customer , the competition , and so on . |
| 8 | But the unexplained meagreness of the award does compel that inference . |
| 9 | To recap , the Board has decided that from 1.4.94 . |
| 10 | On the second issue , sensitivity analysis , the board has met most of the commission 's criticisms , including the important issue of the impact of wide variations in coal prices on the overall result . |
| 11 | The court may set aside the demand if the debtor appears to have a counterclaim , set-off or cross claim equalling or exceeding the debt demanded , the debt is disputed on grounds which appear to the court to be substantial , the creditor appears to hold some security for the debt of sufficient value , or the court is satisfied on other grounds that the demand ought to be set aside . |
| 12 | The outer stood up to everything I could throw at it until a wicked Gogarth chimney thrutch resulted in a nicked sleeve , while the fleece has resisted all but a hot cylinder from the Snowdon Railway ! |
| 13 | A pilot who was taught to fly by the RAF has spent much of the past eighteen months in his garden shed making his own aeroplane . |
| 14 | ‘ The money has made such a difference , ’ Elizabeth , 52 , acknowledges . |
| 15 | Increasing unemployment in the cities has had all kinds of unfortunate consequences : it reduces demand for such services as retailing , while at the same time increasing pressures on public-sector provision ; and social services , housing training and education encounter increased demands for certain activities . |
| 16 | If the decision was only as to the construction of a statutory provision that would explain why the case has received little attention in later cases … |
| 17 | When the blacksmith decides to make some new tongs for himself , he may just look around for suitable pieces of scrap which he will then fashion into the desired tools . |
| 18 | But then once the computer 's got that , you just have to say , pretend I 'm standing here , and the computer 's capable of saying , This is what you would see . |
| 19 | But the ban has upset some workers , and union officials say it 's unnecessary . |
| 20 | No wonder the MFA has mounted another Impressionist exhibition . |
| 21 | During its 25 years with the RAF , the Hercules has fulfilled all the transport demands that were ever placed on it . |
| 22 | First , the APU has put more stress on disseminating survey information which has implications for teaching . |
| 23 | The C.C.P.R. has done much to help the Society and other Organisations establish themselves , and Festival Producer Olive Newson is well known to us for her encouragement and help . |
| 24 | Now the clerk 's got any other business down here and the date 's two meetings past . |
| 25 | Moreover , even when negotiations were opened , the principle of reciprocal bargaining introduced by the United States as a result of its own domestic legislation from the 1930s , meant that the LDC 's had little to bargain with . |
| 26 | ‘ The chairman has received many letters , as have I , from MPs and people in the local community who see this as the first need for the force . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ The chairman has received many letters , as have I , from MPs and people in the local community who see this as the first need for the force . ’ |
| 28 | He said : ‘ As far as I 'm concerned , the chairman has quashed all the speculation about me being under pressure . ’ |
| 29 | The same report , reversing the earlier legend excusing the Führer because he was being kept in the dark by his underlings in the Party , added : ‘ Even the Führer has lost much sympathy among the people because he has apparently let himself be taken in by his Party people and does not seem to notice what things are like in the State today . ’ |
| 30 | The decision has incensed many civilians , and prompted demonstrations . |