Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [art] middle [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | General pictures of what happens during the middle years are inevitably flawed , but they suggest that a change often takes place in marriage at that time and that for many people satisfactions come from sources outside the couple 's relationship . |
2 | The Assistance Publique originates from the middle ages and was , until around 1960 , essentially an organisation to provide health and social care of all kinds for the poor of Paris — including , for example , provision for abandoned children and material assistance to those in need . |
3 | The Quetzal swims in the middle layers of the water , and feeds on vegetable matter and insects , sometimes picking at rocks — if you look closely you will see the anterior teeth , clearly visible , which are ideally suited for such browsing . |
4 | If this explained Mason 's reluctance to pressure Biggs in the middle rounds , thereby allowing the American to pepper him with jabs , it can not obscure the possibility that the British heavyweight will always experience difficulty if required to take on a long contest . |
5 | The census returns from the middle decades of the nineteenth century record an extraordinary wide range of rural occupations before mechanization and mass production destroyed so many of the traditional hand crafts . |