Example sentences of "the [noun] in [adj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason why a lot of Vox amplifiers blow up is because , when you turn the amplifier on , all the preamp tubes and power tubes are powered up , but if you 're only going to use one channel , plug the guitar in that one and take out the valves that you do n't use from the other channels , so the amp is n't quite as hot . |
| 2 | I have n't seen this model before and ca n't find anything about the guitar in all my issues of Guitarist . |
| 3 | As you prepare for the change in 1990 you should bear in mind that further regulations on the new Business Rate are still to be published . |
| 4 | Once again , it is the oscillating motion of the cross within the circle which symbolizes that forthcoming conflict between positive , evolutionary forces and negative dissolutionary forces during life on Earth that gives birth to the Swastika in both its configurations , i.e. right-angled or left-angled . |
| 5 | The Swastika in both its configurations adorning the fence at the one-time residence in Athens of Schliemann , the founder of Troy . |
| 6 | When Richard duke of Gloucester seized the throne in 1483 he did so at the head of the largest noble affinity of its day . |
| 7 | When Richard duke of Gloucester seized the throne in 1483 he did so at the head of the largest noble affinity of its day . |
| 8 | After the coup which established Edward III on the throne in 1330 he once again became an active royal agent , serving as envoy to France in 1331 and fighting in the Scottish campaigns of the mid-1330s . |
| 9 | Leave the railways with British Rail , and put the money in that they would spend on privatization to improve the service for all of us , and keep it as a national railway , please . |
| 10 | Since criminal investigations are conducted by the police in the first instance , the police file tends to shape the case in all its subsequent stages . |
| 11 | The Swiss played us off the field in both our European ties a year ago , yet we managed to take three points from them . |
| 12 | Certainly , the quality of the printing in this one is excellent . |
| 13 | Roberts started work as an assistant to ( Sir ) Ralph Freeman [ q.v. ] of Sir Douglas Fox & Partners on the design of the Sydney harbour bridge for Dorman Long & Company , and when they were awarded the contract in 1924 he was transferred with the rest of the design team to their office in London . |
| 14 | She picked up the foot in both her hands and nipped the jagged crescent with her teeth . |
| 15 | Right , the same drawer that you put the jumper in that one goes in . |
| 16 | When she left the Slade in 1914 she had many new friends . |
| 17 | Awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Engineering by the University in 1983 he will confer Honorary Degrees , following his installation in the Great Hall , on the highly acclaimed concert pianist John Briggs ; Peter Flesher , Managing Director of Allied Colloids ; Sir Gordon Jones , Chairman of Yorkshire Water and Frank Mumby , former Senior Lecturer in Music at Leeds University and piano tutor to Sir Trevor . |
| 18 | However , the Press does differ from the rest of the University in that it achieves its aims solely through publishing and printing . |
| 19 | When the Royal Bank bought the building in 1825 it had been the Government Office of Excise and quite correctly bore the Royal arms , although no-one had got around to updating them . |
| 20 | Japanese department stores differ from those in the West in that they not only sell goods but also organise cultural events of importance . |
| 21 | After leaving the prairies in 1937 my working career took me to many lands around the world for 37 years , and I must confess that during all that time I scarcely thought of my old friend Edna Jacques until January of 1974 , when we were living in Anguilla . |
| 22 | Underlining the commitment to disarmament and arms control , the declaration called on all member states " to prevent the proliferation in all its aspects of all weapons of mass destruction " and " to avoid excessive and destabilizing accumulation and transfers of arms " . |
| 23 | And then erm the lads in both they had decided they were gon na go on the go slow , but they were told if you go go on the on the go slow system , you 're gon na go home , he said , I 'm not prepared to carry on with that , he said , the manager there , that 's brother that is . |
| 24 | When Thomas Hardy was given the freedom of the borough in 1910 he made a comment of particular interest to family historians : he said that ‘ of the shops as I first recollect them [ he was born in 1840 ] not a single owner remains ; only in two or three instances does even the name remain … |
| 25 | It differed from the budget proposed by the President in that it included an additional $4,400 million for domestic spending on education , health and social service programmes at the expense of space and scientific programmes . |
| 26 | But it is treatment , not subject matter , which determines the stance of the artist — not the ‘ what ’ , but the ‘ how ’ and the ‘ why ’ — and studies of wickedness , even those which depict the crime in all its brutality , may nevertheless illuminate , appal or even deter . |
| 27 | It protects the defendant in that it prevents the jury from speculating on the possible effect of adult literature on a young person who may just happen to see it , although it does not put the prosecution to proof that a majority , or even a substantial number , of readers would be adversely affected . |
| 28 | Militarisation worked for the Nazis as it had for the Prussians in that it helped control large numbers of people , allowed a cheap and easy growth of populist emotion and nationalist identity and became the mainspring of industry by providing demand . |
| 29 | Over the next few years we were to see the terminal in all its stages of construction on our various visits to Scapa Flow and we were to become very familiar with Flotta not only in the earlier days , but later when the terminal was operational and our crews began their real work of checking the large tankers . |
| 30 | The proposals , in force from April 1991 , contained in this document are consistent with the ideology of the administration in that it is an attempt to apply market principles to the institution which is the cornerstone of the British welfare state . |