Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb base] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Is the potential for misidentification any less when the defence bear the burden of proof ? |
| 3 | I love camping and do n't feel that anything can compare with waking up in the morning with the day just a few hours on from dawn , dew still on the grass , so that when you open the tent flap the smell of a new day comes to you with the early morning sun . |
| 4 | In general many beeches , particularly those on the western edge of the Park show a general lack of vitality … |
| 5 | Other owls in the park include the Spotted Little Owl from Asia , largely an invertebrate hunter . |
| 6 | It 's to provide , to provide people with the opportunity use the wipes if they require as a safety precaution . |
| 7 | ‘ Every reasonable angler knows the difficulties caused by discarded line , tackle and litter and the majority take the line home it breaks , ’ says Mr Houghton . |
| 8 | Key stage 2 ( ages 8–11 ) ( years 3–6 ) : begins with the school year in which the majority reach the age of 8 and ends at the end of the school year in which the majority are 11 . |
| 9 | Well to be quite clear I 'm prepared to allow debate on that motion if you wish it to be if the majority of you wish there to be a fight , but if the majority wish the er to pass the vote on the amendment I will take that , do you wish to . |
| 10 | Thus although the sociolinguistic profile " High : Standard English/Low : Creole " holds good throughout the ex-British Caribbean almost without exception , we need to make a distinction between those places where the majority speak a Creole with English-derived vocabulary , and those where most or some of the populace speak a Creole with French-derived vocabulary . |
| 11 | The views and wishes of the majority form a court of appeal against the decisions of their ruler . |
| 12 | Our questionnaire survey of centres involved in the pilot is now complete , and shows that the majority welcome the design of the new awards . |
| 13 | Although most of the poets embrace feminism , the majority reflect the idea of a uniform female existence : preferring not to be categorised by a ‘ feminist ’ or ‘ woman poet ’ label but letting their work speak for itself . |
| 14 | There are still a number of village groups which produce items of exceptional intricacy , but the majority possess the rough-hewn beauty and coarser weave associated with nomadic rugs . |
| 15 | The majority share a cell ; not even the lavatories are private . |
| 16 | By thus consenting they form one body politic and it is implied in the contract that the majority have the right to conclude for the rest and let me quote for when any number of men have by the consent of every individual made a community they have thereby made that community one body with a power to act as one body which is only by the will and determination of the majority it being necessary to that which is one body to move one way a single body ca n't move in two opposite directions simultaneously . |
| 17 | So if you take er another example erm most American states , the majority , have er a sales tax of some sort , equivalent to VAT as we would call it , er most of them have a property tax , equivalent to rates or council tax or whatever you want to call it now , er and the majority have an income tax as well , a state income tax . |
| 18 | The majority need the money and many enjoy the social life and stimulation of work outside the home . |
| 19 | The majority blame the lack of markets for recycled materials . |
| 20 | Be able to select from the calculator display the number of figures which is appropriate to the context of the calculation . |
| 21 | At the posterior end of the primitive streak the mesoderm gives rise to the allantois ( Figure 1e ) , which is first discernible on the 8th day as a discrete bud . |
| 22 | Praising Durkheim , Eliot had written about and summarized Max Müller 's attitude ( largely based on Sanskrit philology ) , which looked at primitive religion chiefly through its myths , finding in primitive deities personifications of larger forces of nature and seeing in the primitive mind a sentiment of wonder at such forces , a basic intuition of the ‘ infinite ’ . |
| 23 | Half of the total expenditure on social security is on retirement pensions and , apart from 5 per cent of the retired men , the remainder receive a full pension . |
| 24 | After 20 years or so thinning can begin ; the excess trees are used as timber and the remainder form a naturally spaced woodland . |
| 25 | The remainder form the Commander 's executive squad ; provide for specialized ‘ chemical agent ’ responses ; man a ‘ prison wagon ’ ; and provide vehicle security . |
| 26 | The remainder include the African whydahs and indigo birds , the cowbirds of North and South America , the honeyguides and even a duck — the black-headed duck of South America . |
| 27 | The pension can be drawn in full for the first eight weeks in hospital , after which your parent will be notified that it will be reduced by a few pounds ( for the exact amount of the reduction see the current issue of leaflet NI9 ) . |
| 28 | David Checketts was his first private secretary , a former squadron leader in the RAF who had been equerry to the Duke of Edinburgh , and was the perfect person to help the Prince make the transition from the armed services into a full-time working member of the ‘ family firm ’ . |
| 29 | The conversations should be designed so that the student can use them outside the classroom , and use them is such a way that he/she can control the direction go the conversation . |
| 30 | Still keeping to the ridge descend a little and then curve around west to reach Trum y Ddysgl and go south-west on grass and descend again to reach the summit of Mynydd Tal-y-mignedd . |