Example sentences of "the [det] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To make the conserve , boil the elder fruit ( the berries ) with the least quantity of water to produce a pulp . |
| 2 | The children with whom I worked had the least opportunity in terms of personal development and careers , and they were likely to be drawn into a variety of different forms of behaviour , among which the first was often the use of and then addiction to tobacco . |
| 3 | And so the poor man had been obliged to die in as Christian a manner as possible in the arms of the atheistical Magistrate who had , of course , listened without the least sympathy to Mr Bradley 's last pious ejaculations , impatiently muttering : " Yes , yes , to be sure , do n't worry about it , " as poor Mr Bradley , looking up into that last , glaring , free-thinking , diabolical , ginger sunset of the Magistrate 's whiskers , commended his soul to God . |
| 4 | Why does Britain have the worst maternity rights , the fewest equal opportunities and the least protection against poverty pay ? |
| 5 | From his knowledge of ‘ Romances , & Relations of Giants & Magicians , & Genii ’ , his mind was soon ‘ habituated to the Vast ’ , and when , walking home to Ottery one winter evening , his father told him the names of the stars ‘ and how Jupiter was a thousand times larger than our world — and that the other twinkling stars were Suns that had worlds rolling round them ’ , Coleridge listened with profound delight , ‘ but without the least mixture of wonder or incredulity ’ . |
| 6 | Then unc otherwise unc for some t ε T so that [ since unc and since no integer lies between k and k+1 ( why not ? ) ] t = k +1 is the least integer in T [ contradicting the assumption that T has no such least integer ) . |
| 7 | Alas , however , we speak here of a democracy of those with the least sense of urgency to correct what is wrong , the best insulation through short-run comfort from what could go wrong — a democracy run by and for the contented majority , in which those who do not share in its benefits do not participate . |
| 8 | But [ since m is the least element of S we have ] |
| 9 | Then [ by the given property of U ] t — 1 + 1 ε U. That is t ε U. But t ε T [ we chose it as the least element of T ] and so unc a contradiction . |
| 10 | The first Americans she observed were on the boat and she wrote , ‘ they laughed at the poor immigrants lying on the deck in their wretched clothes … without the least sign of sympathy . ’ |
| 11 | Glasgow was very pretty in the 18th century , pretty impassable at the least sign of rain . |
| 12 | Though it would n't make the least bit of difference to her what way he looked , she would not let the occasion pass without punishing him sharply for still being alive . |
| 13 | Mr replied that is what Mr was asking the other to do , that is to hold their hand and to enter into negotiations , now I fully appreciate that erm doctor feels strongly that the defendants have not been negotiating in good faith and have been simply dragging matters out for his benefit , now when I say that I 'm simply saying what I understand to be doctor view , I 'm certainly not suggesting that I 'm finding as a fact , but that was the decision , indeed I could n't cos I 've not heard all the evidence on this matter not as Mr to address me on that one , it seems to me with all respect to doctor missions on this matter that if there has been any dragging of feet or other improper conduct of either the defendants in connection with er they remain on in the premises and not paying what doctor would consider to be a full and proper rent or if there has been problem about their not disclosing documents when they should have done , the position is that doctor has er by making an appropriate application to the court , for maybe the appropriate relief arising out of the facts which he can establish , but that is not in general a matter which erm the court should go into on the question of taxation , it 's not , th this particular taxation of costs is a taxation as I understand it that are formally to the debt of the order of Mr Justice and there is thus no question of the court having to consider the question when the those tax those costs have been swollen or increased in any way by reason of spinning out negotiations whether to run up costs or otherwise , that simply does n't arising it seems to me in this case that maybe a matter which may arise possibly at some future date , though I would hope it would not do so , but er so far as the costs down to the end of the trial of the twentieth of March nineteen ninety one are concerned , it seems to me the fact that the parties maybe negotiating subsequently to deter to rece to resolve the outstanding issue , it 's not a matter which really goes to the question of erm what is the proper amount to allow for taxation of costs which have already been incurred , before these negotiations erm we do n't the figure of the costs appears to have been effectively agreed between the solicitors at forty two thousand pounds , the plaintiff solicitors made it quite clear that they were seeking interest , this was clear in apparently of nineteen ninety two , but this held their hand , er it seems to me the reason they held their hand rather than indicate it was because the defendant through his solicitor was asking them to do so and it seems to me that Mr was acting very sensibly in the defendants interest , because if in fact they had gone ahead and taxed their costs there and then the position would simply be that there would of been an award for taxation , in order , there would be a taxation resulting in an order for payment of of some cost probably in the region of forty two thousand pounds and er that order would itself carry interest under the judgements act , it does n't seem to me it can be sensibly said that erm any interest has to be in any way increased by reason of this delay and it seems to me that erm if one looks at order sixty two and twenty eight er certainly under paragraph B two erm there 's a reference there to any additional interest payable under section seventeen because of the failure on the May , erm , it does n't seem to me that the effect of what has in fact incurred , in this case has been , caused any additional interest to be paid and er it seems to me the only best that I can see in the evidence before me to , which would enable the court to erm , conclude that there should be a disallowance of interest would be as I say because the plaintiffs appear not to have perfected the order for the payment of perfectively two years , just over two years , erm it seems to me however that , that on balance probably it simply a matter of oversight and even if it had been perfected it would n't of made as I guess the least bit of difference to the way the negotiations er proceeded and accordingly I take the view that erm there are no grounds for disallowing interest from either the plaintiffs bill of costs or the defendants bill of costs , accordingly erm to allow the defendants appeal in preparation to the disallowance of costs er interest and to dismiss the defendants appeal for application in relation to an additional period , P sixty of course disallowed , I also propose to dismiss the sum of , the appeal by the plaintiffs from the refusal of taxing master to disallow the interest on the defendants bill of costs . |
| 14 | Almost half of Shrewsbury has Welsh blood , or at the least friends in Wales . |
| 15 | In general this was the pattern for Polish industrialisation as a whole — a phenomenon that took place when there was the least chance of Poland ever regaining an independent existence . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , it is still sensible for us to begin by seeking that theory of the origin of life with the least degree of improbability . |
| 17 | Apart from metropolitan France there are four overseas departments ( French Guiana , Guadeloupe , Martinique and Réunion ) , two overseas collectivités territoriales ( Mayotte , and St Pierre and Miquelon ) with a status between that of an overseas department and an overseas territory , and four overseas territories which have the least degree of autonomy ( French Polynesia , the French Southern and Antarctic Territories , New Caledonia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands ) . |
| 18 | Apart from metropolitan France there are four overseas departments ( French Guiana , Guadeloupe , Martinique and Réunion ) , two overseas collectivités territoriales ( Mayotte and St Pierre and Miquelon ) with a status between that of an overseas department and an overseas territory , and four overseas territories ( French Polynesia , the French Southern and Antarctic Territories , New Caledonia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands ) which have the least degree of autonomy . |
| 19 | The objective in A&E wound care is to restore the function of the wounded tissue to as near normal as possible , so that the patient can resume activities with the least interference with quality of life . |
| 20 | Thus r [ being greater than zero and of the correct form ] belongs to S. But this contradicts the choice of c [ as the least member of S ; this contradiction shows that the assumption unc just can not hold ] . |
| 21 | In fact Britain recycles the least glass in Europe . |
| 22 | Yes , he holds the least votes on committee in Security . |
| 23 | 5 Find the least area of cardboard needed to make this box of soap powder . |
| 24 | The Adjutant was able to sound thankful where Charles had given the least impression of unwillingness . |
| 25 | No word had come from Rose , and surely she would have cancelled their arrangements at the least hint of scandal ? |
| 26 | It is at that stage in the design process that he has the greatest opportunity to explore , and the least number of constraints . |
| 27 | However , it does have the least number of extras supplied with it , so it is basic in that sense . |
| 28 | Efficiency could be measured in terms of speed of performance , the least amount of storage required or the least number of program lines . |
| 29 | Each use of symbols and phrases that he quotes has been debated with ‘ real teachers ’ who have advised us on the choice that will cause the least confusion with pupils . |
| 30 | Most important of all , their impact falls in particular on those groups of women who have the least recourse to income support ( see below ) . |