Example sentences of "the [n mass] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overwhelmingly , the data show how the general moves towards liberalisation , described in earlier chapters , can be seen in individual policies ( Contractor , 1990b ) . |
| 2 | ‘ The aircraft turned over the breakwater and was followed out by the same intense gunfire . |
| 3 | Inside the whale , for three days and three nights , Jonah prayed to the Lord and swore his future obedience so convincingly that God ordered the fish to vomit up the penitent . |
| 4 | The statistics roll off the word processor so easily : 4,500 killed annually , more than 56,000 seriously injured , the cost of a fatal road accident £680,000 in providing emergency services , doctors , nurses and ancillary staff . |
| 5 | Even allowing for the fact that not all BL Lac objects produce X-rays , Schwartz and Ku conclude that the statistics rule out the idea that BL Lac objects are simply ordinary quasars seen ‘ beam-on ’ . |
| 6 | If decisions are made by a committee , and they are wrong , they can blame one another , and the people suffer just the same . ’ |
| 7 | The People revealed how the 35-year-old Scotsman was quizzed and cross-examined on his deathbed in Newcastle upon Tyne . |
| 8 | Barnet FC were the people charged yet the press made out that Stan Flashman was being charged , and that was not true , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Canvassers who normally get the forms back after a maximum of four visits to any household are now having to return seven or more times before the people hand back the completed form . |
| 10 | ‘ We want to make sure the people know where the money comes from , ’ says Mr Annuar . |
| 11 | In summer , the People drive off the highway up the track leading to the Silberner Hirsch , with its fine view of the mountains to the north . |
| 12 | as if to demonstrate his terrible seriousness , he orders the people to set out the next day ‘ … for the wilderness by the way to the Reed Sea ’ . |
| 13 | The product range and promotional mix should emphasise products or usage attributes required/sought by the people making up the segment . |
| 14 | Although the move on the media appeared high-handed the president said he would personally guarantee the freedom of newspapers , radio and television . |
| 15 | Weber 's consideration of the capitalist market therefore appears to give an explanation of the hierarchy of occupational reward found in capitalist societies , and gives us the means to describe sociologically the complexity of inequality in reward and advantage . |
| 16 | Suddenly , in July 1945 , with the successful testing of the atomic bomb , the Allied found themselves in possession of the means to cut short the war . |
| 17 | The four students and the staff work out the running of the household between them and share the responsibilities . |
| 18 | The FRS sets out the conditions under which an undertaking that is the parent of other undertakings should prepare consolidated financial statements . |
| 19 | The pair moved down the centre line and halted square and dead centre . |
| 20 | However , the chromaticism of the series breaks up the association with classicism to a large degree . |
| 21 | The bolt-rig works like this : the carp picks up the bait by sucking it into its mouth , but on the outward journey , when it blows to eject it , the hook point ( which is bare in a hair-rig remember ) pricks the carp 's mouth . |