Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With hindsight the RHA would have attempted to follow the advice of Mezey on this issue and would have sought , as far as possible , change from within the institutions rather than imposing it from without . |
| 2 | So whether it means add or take away or subtract or negative we can sort of forget about it and just look at the signs so if get if we get take away plus three , that will be the same as take away plus three , yeah ? |
| 3 | From his wrinkled face and sunburned skin he looked as though he had risen from the ranks rather than graduating from Saint Cyr or the Ecole Militaire . |
| 4 | EPR had won the battle on their own terms but , like Bohr in his very different way , they had defined the rules so as to assure themselves of victory . |
| 5 | This often provokes a negative reaction from the other person who bridles at the explicit disagreement and therefore fails to listen to the reasons — indeed , is highly likely to interrupt the reasons rather than hear them out . |
| 6 | Economic life moves in cycles of peaks and troughs , and we must take advantage of the peaks so as to withstand the pressures of the troughs . |
| 7 | The issue which divides your Lordships is whether this House should now reinterpret the principles lying behind the authorities so as to give a right of recovery in such circumstances . |
| 8 | Other duties of the maître are defined in the article ‘ Ensemble ’ : ‘ It is for maîtres de musique , conducteurs and chefs d'orchestre above all to guide , or hold back , or hurry along the musicians so as to obtain ensemble everywhere . ’ |
| 9 | Go round the animals rather than walking through a group of them . |
| 10 | The Council feel that SARU should concentrate on raising money for the development of rugby in the townships rather than spend it on overseas tours to countries which can not afford to finance the visits . |
| 11 | This week we are asking you to reintroduce to your diet foods containing yeast , including : marmite and other yeast extracts vinegars mushrooms Oxo , Knorr and other stock cubes pickled foods condiments or sauces e.g. pickle or chutney you will need to ensure you read the labels carefully when shopping , as many different types of food contain yeast or yeast extract . |
| 12 | By now , though , the Japanese were getting wary of ambush , and following their usual high standard of training they had sentries hidden in the bushes rather than marching to and fro as ready bait for a commando knife . |
| 13 | The anglers were not expected to match that catch rate , as the most effective early season methods were not permitted by the rules , but the winners more than doubled it . |
| 14 | You will probably be surprised at what a different experience it is actually speaking the words rather than running through them in your head . |
| 15 | In setting up the scheme , care must be taken to judge the range and slopes of the lines so as to maintain the desired balance in the minds of the contractor 's engineers . |
| 16 | During Dale 's tenure ( 1703–1752 ) the rents more than doubled but , of course , the Company was bound to pay only the due £10 irrespective of the actual yield , low or high , of the properties . |
| 17 | The popularity of arbitrage portfolios suggests that the advantages more than compensate for the risk that the value of the arbitrage portfolio will deviate from the index at delivery . |
| 18 | But top managers say the advantages more than offset any frustration . |
| 19 | For many years it was thought that in the absence of express provision in the original constitution the continued equality of all shares was a fundamental condition which could not be abrogated by an alteration of the articles so as to allow the issue of shares preferential to those already issued . |
| 20 | Yeah and the thing is also being new to driving you tend to look at the headlights rather than look away from them . |
| 21 | This ‘ supervisory jurisdiction ’ ( which is ‘ inherent ’ , that is to say , it is a jurisdiction which was assumed by the judges rather than conferred on the court by statute ) is to be contrasted with ‘ appellate jurisdiction ’ ( which is possessed by a number of courts and other bodies such as appeal tribunals ) . |
| 22 | In the case of Demerara , removal of the slaveholders ' symbol of authority , the whip , by government , without adequate attention to the moral education of the slaves , it was implied , vindicated the evolutionary approach of the reformers rather than challenged it . |
| 23 | However , imperfectly practised , this approach at least recognises that health care intervention must supplement that of the parents rather than substitute for it . |
| 24 | It was crude , a trifle unfinished and unformed — in any other Dream , she would have researched the externals rather than built on a whim — but it was what she wanted . |
| 25 | The Tern Valley business park , Chairman , the er , the management board met to have a look at the site , we 're getting some demand for some smaller plots have turned down , and there is the proposal that was considered by the , the management but was turned down , to put in a little round , er , so we could rate some of the plots at the bottom of the site in , to er , mark out the plots rather than pull any plots erm , if the construction of them would be funded from , from selling plots in that area . |
| 26 | However , the fires of the Rising and exposure to the weather in the years immediately after contributed to the decay of the stonework of the facade in a way that has made it hazardous in recent years . |
| 27 | De Gaulle held his ground and , not for the first time , even contemplated a break with the Allies rather than accept their demands . |
| 28 | And they have worked out how to channel the eggs out of the nests so as to keep them clean . |
| 29 | and eased Boardwalk away from the rails so as to take the leader in the final furlong . |
| 30 | It was a conventional menu but one intended , he felt , to please the guests rather than to demonstrate the ingenuity of the cook . |