Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The algorithm keeps a second list , called CLOSED , of nodes which have been expanded and removed from OPEN . |
| 2 | As well as the set OPEN of known nodes which might lead to goals , and whose children have yet to be explored , the algorithm keeps a set called CLOSED of other known nodes whose children have been constructed . |
| 3 | The algorithm keeps a set of several strings . |
| 4 | Maybe P and Q and R behave alike , but there may be times when the algorithm folds a set { P , Q , R } where , say , Q sometimes occurs in a context which never contains P or R. The algorithm looks for any context which contains some of X 's children but not the others . |
| 5 | The algorithm has a new variable , S , whose value is such a pair . |
| 6 | The algorithm examines every shallow state , which can be constructed by a short path from start , before it examines deeper states . |
| 7 | The algorithm scans the sequence of top symbols of parses , and looks for pairs M , P which crop up together unexpectedly often . |
| 8 | To do that , at each step , the algorithm constructs a planning sub-task . |
| 9 | Thus , the algorithm searches a space in which each node is a pair : ( N , LOp ) |
| 10 | The algorithm includes an extra variable called LR , for ’ Last Rule ’ , which is set to the rule which generated the current state N. |
| 11 | Whenever a new OR symbol X is folded , the algorithm modifies every AND production which contains an alternative for X. In the right hand side of each such production , it replaces every occurrence of P or Q or R or … by X. Thus , the production |
| 12 | Miles used his connection with the starpod to dim the chamber lights , and the stars sprang into sharp relief . |
| 13 | The following may also appear beside the tag to indicate the current state of the media unit in the Offline cycle : |
| 14 | The porter made a face . |
| 15 | The porter took the lamp away with him |
| 16 | The prioress instructed the porter to take the body into the nearby infirmary , ordered the crowd to disperse and asked one of the sisters to extend hospitality to the pedlar . |
| 17 | Daalny had acted , after all ; she must have taken the second key during Vespers , from the nail where at noon she had watched the porter hang the first one , but she had had to wait for near-darkness before using it . |
| 18 | The porter stops a couple of paces on and says , ‘ Paul . ’ |
| 19 | She paced the room , staring out of the window until the view became too monotonous to continue watching , looking at her watch and at the door , and was about to leave when she heard the porter turning the key in the lock . |
| 20 | The porter has a kilt poking out from under his jacket , and Macduff is stuck with wearing a raincoat on top of his dinner suit for the whole show . |
| 21 | Ranulf sighed , pocketed the leather strap , waited for the porter to re-bury the bones and half-carried him back to the priory , listening to the fellow 's litany of self-congratulation . |
| 22 | The porter holds the car door as if restraining a very strong , young Galapagos tortoise from doing what it pleases . |
| 23 | The porter caught the coin and nodded . |
| 24 | Corbett filled the wine cup , drank some himself and then forced the goblet between his servant 's lips , snarling at the porter to bring a blanket . |
| 25 | He had found the porter visiting the superintendent nurse in her room , a form of social exchange that was strictly forbidden . |
| 26 | When the porter entered the room the stranger melted into thin air . |
| 27 | But the defence said the accident would n't have happened if Gloucestershire 's Robin Phelps had checked the locking pins before trying to move the gangry on . |
| 28 | Mr Lightman said that at the time of the libel trial the defence had no idea that this payment had been made . |
| 29 | Mr Nichol demanded : ‘ Who leaked this report before we in the defence had a chance to see it ? ’ |
| 30 | It was one of those nights for Swindon … player manager Glenn Hoddle pulled a muscle in the kick-in and dropped out at the last minute … and with David Kerslake having gone to Leeds the defence looked a little shaky … |