Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [adv] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defence then kick 50 yards downfield . |
| 2 | But murder invariably meant a court appearance and cross-examination the defence seldom let the scientific evidence go unchallenged in this , the gravest of charges — and a court appearance put document examination in general , and Hoggatt 's Laboratory in particular , on public trial . |
| 3 | These places on a water that attract casual anglers and , therefore , receive a lot of bait during the daytime often fish well after nightfall . |
| 4 | The lack of feminist perspective is emphasized by statements such as : ‘ There can be no doubt that women and girls have failed to make full use of the opportunity now open to them ’ , which implies an ideologically and materially unfettered equality of opportunity . |
| 5 | to other things , we 've kind of veered of the , one of the subjects that we were er , we did get onto which was how the police and the courts er handle er well victims and indeed criminals , I wonder if I might conflate erm both those groups into one question , its a very broad question , but I wonder if you think by and large the police do a good job , erm button one for yes and button two for no , erm and the majority here say yes , seventy seventy people say yes the , the police do a good job and since we 've talked about the courts do you think the courts do a good job by and large ? , we 've been talking specifically about erm some of the more bizarre erm statements that have come from the bench , particularly in with reference to crimes erm , that have treated against women , well now , seventy nine say no , so the police comes thumbs up , but the courts are way down , now not surprisingly there are n't many representatives from the courts er amongst this hundred |
| 6 | The majority further contend that a wife who has reported a rape by her husband to the police may subsequently regret having done so and may wish to be reconciled with him . |
| 7 | The majority now feel that , far from being irrelevant , the ‘ equality agenda ’ is crucial to influencing the long-term quality of working life for both women and men , and thus the credibility of the trade-union movement . |
| 8 | Oh , I think the majority always have worked hard , but they , some of them became quite flamboyant and extravagant in their gestures about what they , how they wanted to change things , and I think nowadays they , perhaps sadly , really , they feel they , they ca n't so they just knuckle down to it all . |
| 9 | Our councils are drawn from society on the bring that into modern day life erm our councils are drawn from all sections of society the Sanhedrin purely represent representatives of the Jewish Community their elders , their leaders , their priests , their religious lay people , all were represented on this highest authority this council . |
| 10 | well it usually keeps quite soft on , that kitchen table , near the boiler where d' ya want them ? , sit up |
| 11 | Only a few of the particles fed into the SPS actually collide ; the remainder just fly past each other . |
| 12 | Some of the outbuildings are used for staff accommodation , while the remainder still serve their original functions of lodge , garages , kennels , stables , gardeners ' stores , potting shed , greenhouses , etc . |
| 13 | Most of the ballroom saw the despatch being given , and could tell from Webster 's dust-stained boots that he must have ridden hard to bring the paper to Brussels , but the Prince merely thrust the despatch into a pocket of his coat and went back to his scrutiny of the younger women . |
| 14 | The prince always let her spend her money in any way she liked . |
| 15 | The method will depend on the variety so look out for a good reference book , such as Pruning by Christopher Brickell , £7.99 , Mitchell Bleazley — part of The Royal Horticultural Society 's Encyclopaedia of Practical Gardening series . |
| 16 | Let me use the Tippex please Phillipe . |
| 17 | I 've never measured how long they stay under water , but tourists walking along the path to the waterfall often report that they think a bird is drowning ! |
| 18 | Therefore in such cases , where it is desired that the UCTA not apply , one method is to draft one contract for both goods and services , and not two separate contracts for each element . |
| 19 | Plunder and lawlessness from the free-born slowly emerge as the greater menace . |
| 20 | The writer probably put a comma to indicate that a new sentence was starting . |
| 21 | The interest which the remains of the Anglo-Saxon past arouse in a modern scholar is an interest in strange and beautiful survivals , in which Lanfranc could see nothing but corruption and lack of learning . |
| 22 | The captain and the lieutenant always shoot first and second position on the first target to have the opportunity of retaining their titles . |
| 23 | He wants to give me two years , but the board only want to give me one . |
| 24 | The board now seek control on only the parameters of profit , cash and broad strategic direction . |
| 25 | They 've altered all the money again have n't they ? |
| 26 | ‘ Billy 's never gon na raise the money ter open a gym . |
| 27 | I was n't gon na say got to take the money then have n't you ? |
| 28 | We note his use in ( 3 ) of the inclusive first-person pronoun our , and the change from the narrative past tense to the perfective ( has run ) and the future ( will last ) . |
| 29 | you pay for the privilege then do n't you ? |
| 30 | The thirty officers working on the case urgently want to trace the mystery caller . |