Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The contracts specify both prices and volume — 70 million tonnes this year , falling to 65 million tonnes next year . |
| 2 | The final audit of the accounts found only £45,220 of stock on the premises instead of the £570,680 declared . |
| 3 | Yet , with the dangers came also opportunities . |
| 4 | Consequently each attacked separately and so the Reds had less rouble defeating four small groups , one after the other , than one large group , attacking in one move . |
| 5 | A LAW allowing the courts to lock up child criminals as young as 12 has been given the go-ahead by Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke . |
| 6 | The NUM 's main trouble with the courts arose over actions brought by its own members on the grounds that the union had broken its own rules ( over a pre-strike ballot ) and for contempt . |
| 7 | In over 60 countries the courts gave out death sentences , which were carried out in more than half these countries . |
| 8 | He died during the blockade ( when the Germans cut off supplies to Leningrad and almost one million people died ) but I rebuilt my life through my work . ’ |
| 9 | The IBM team spent 22 hours writing their letters , but the Germans take only milliseconds to create each trimer . |
| 10 | The graphs show how learning proceeded in the feedforward net . |
| 11 | Here the X-rays knock off chlorine atoms one after another until there are only VOC-like compounds left , which are finally destroyed . |
| 12 | The houses cost just £52 a week to rent . |
| 13 | The knights engaged in close combat but the jousting was cancelled after the first few contests as the horses were unsure of their footing in the mud and consequently the inept efforts of the knights produced only laughter from the spectators . |
| 14 | As a snow crystal grows in free fall , the angular deviation within the molecules sets up stresses and the hexagon will not close completely . |
| 15 | A further ‘ flaw ’ in the Bond conditions , but written in in good faith for the security of the Club in its early days , was the option of the Bondholders to receive either 3% interest , or free playing membership if holding a block of 4 x £25 bonds . |
| 16 | NEARLY a quarter of a century after the Russians shot down Gary Powers ' U-2 spyplane , the latest version is starting operations from Britain . |
| 17 | Graham , the doubter who would not vote for the local Conservative MP , had even expressed indifference about the Russians taking over South Africa . |
| 18 | All slides were then reviewed by one pathologist ( NH ) , who was aware that the cases comprised both RP and control groups but who had not seen the cases previously and had no knowledge of individual clinical histories or outcomes . |
| 19 | It is lightly built and agile , with light hindquarters , heavier shoulders and long horns curving up — in fact it is very similar to the fighting bulls of Spain and Portugal , and just as alert and aggressive , but much lighter in build , with the bulls weighing only 400–475kg and the cows 325–350kg , and standing about 130cm at the withers . |
| 20 | But ministers want to tighten the rules to ensure only people unable to perform any sort of work would qualify for payment . |
| 21 | The ship deviated from the agreed voyage and arrived about 10 days late and in the meantime the price of sugar had fallen and the merchants lost over £4,000 . |
| 22 | He kicked his horse into a trot and the hooves kicked up sparks from the cobbles . |
| 23 | DARLINGTON MP Michael Fallon is to contact the Roads Minister over plans for a traffic calming scheme in the town . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , the researchers missed out Washington DC , where many Americans have been worried recently about the pace of the Bush presidency . |
| 25 | An official decision by the authorities to switch off electricity to student dormitories at 11 p.m. led to unrest on campus . |
| 26 | The biologists watched how groups composed of 10 full sisters reacted to a new worker . |
| 27 | When the magistrate and his party from Burford reached the encampment , the militiamen took up positions virtually surrounding the celebrating gipsies . |
| 28 | Pores along the hairs filter out molecules of the right size and these are analysed . |
| 29 | Individually the trips cost around £13–£14 each , but if you buy them all , we 'll give you a free discount booklet saving you £££ 's in many discos , bars and restaurants in resort . |
| 30 | The head-lamps flashed over bushes and trees lining the sides of the narrow winding lane . |