Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb -s] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The board picks up the signal , and translates it into digital data , which is then stored as a data file on the computer 's hard disk . |
| 2 | As the board accelerates down the face of the wave your speed increases and the apparent wind changes . |
| 3 | When the tide springs up the shore the furthest , it also recedes the furthest — uncovering pools which may be accessible by foot for only a few hours each year . |
| 4 | The phototransistor picks up the light emitted by the l.e.d. in the transmitter section and converts it into an analogue electrical signal . |
| 5 | Yet he stressed the importance of middle-class religion and family life to the monarchy 's health : ‘ A family on the throne brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life . ’ |
| 6 | As the title suggests , this is the tragedy of Thomas Fox ; the narrative draws out the disintegration , physical and mental , of an innocent boy caught up in a world of inexplicable rules and inescapable brutality . |
| 7 | The pilot light burns continuously on most boilers , and lights the main burners when the programmer switches on the main gas supply . |
| 8 | Wings appear externally for the first time and the insect takes on the appearance of an adult . |
| 9 | The publisher who suffers an adverse judgment is not the only victim : the decision echoes down the corridors of the common law , until shouted down by the European Court or the British Parliament . |
| 10 | Usually the shop sells the goods , a finance company pays the shop , and the buyer pays back the finance house , usually in month instalments up to two-and-a-half years ; interest rate fixed at start . |
| 11 | The Hand That Rocks The Cradle sets back the cause of nannies by 50 years — but boy , what a film . |
| 12 | Chilling , not overheating , has become the danger , so the male opens up the mound during the day to make the most of the waning sun , and covers it over again at night to retain what warmth it has . |
| 13 | The vicar takes out the four balls and the waxman , Mr Tommy Temple , who has had the job since 1940 , carefully cuts away the wax and the names are read out . |
| 14 | And , though the story kills off the painter , the big draw himself is sure to return larger than life . |
| 15 | The charger tops up the charge , but subsequently charges only to that top-up percentage , for example 90 per cent of 90 per cent . |
| 16 | The monitor picks up the amount of ultraviolet or UV rays coming from the sun . |
| 17 | If the full amount is not spent , then the employee pays back the difference . |
| 18 | Because of the disposition and the shape of Walter 's continuous check in relation to the wrestplank , the treble end of the check would not pass under the wrestplank as the action slides up the ramps at the back if the ends of the check batten were rigidly fixed to the action frame . |
| 19 | 8 The defender pulls back the fist ready for a second strike , should it be necessary . |
| 20 | This process provides the manufacturer with more of a profit because the bacon soaks up the salt and water which increases its weight . |
| 21 | The DJ fills out the early evening playing the most obvious indie-dance records , as he will finish the evening . |
| 22 | With very good will the adviser writes down the address of the local family counselling services . |
| 23 | The Mail keeps up the relentless post-election good news : ‘ Birds are nesting . |
| 24 | So when you take your trolley back and clip it back up the pound comes out the front again . |
| 25 | While the deal goes down the rest of them wait next door . |
| 26 | The ErgoClient takes on the characteristics of a personal computer by means of a similar personality module , which incorporates an Intel Corp 80486 processor and simply slots into the machine . |
| 27 | The minibus picks up the Inspirals party outside the hotel in Japantown , San Francisco at 10.30 the next morning , a Sunday . |
| 28 | The plan clears up the legal wrangles set off by the federal government 's decision in 1988 to sue the state government over water quality in the Everglades , but leaves unclear many of the details of the clean-up . |
| 29 | The Plan sets out the action proposed for each of the main groups it covers . |
| 30 | a. a man and woman sitting in the living room + the woman sitting reading quite happily — the man 's bored goes to the window looks out the window + and gets himself ready and goes out + |