Example sentences of "the [det] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one also supposed that only one or two electrons could orbit at any one of these distances , this would solve the problem of the collapse of the atom , because the electrons could not spiral in any farther than to fill up the orbits with the least distances and energies . |
| 2 | When it was revealed that the 14 candidates polling the least votes and thus threatened with exclusion from the central committee included such notables as Abalkin , Shevardnadze , Ryzhkov , Defence Minister Dmitry Yazov and CPSU international department head Valentin Falin , Gorbachev intervened with a proposal that they too should be deemed elected by virtue of having won a legitimate majority , this being accepted by the congress . |
| 3 | Boccia , pronounced botcha , is one of the few games that some cerebral palsy sufferers can play . |
| 4 | Some of the few studies that have taken account of gender suggest that Afro-Caribbean girls are achieving higher levels than boys at school level , partly because they are pursuing different strategies , which are necessary in order to survive in the context of high unemployment and low wages for black male workers ( Fuller , 1983 ; see also Riley , 1986 ; Driver , 1977 ) . |
| 5 | The few studies that have been undertaken have been carried out from a management perspective in terms of stock management or to quantity overall use of library , materials apart from items recorded in circulation statistics . |
| 6 | Sarah Fleming answered the few questions that came her way with concise intelligence . |
| 7 | The first of the few blocks that can be used in competition to be considered are the slapping blocks . |
| 8 | Her suitcase was still sitting on the bed , with the few clothes and belongings she had brought with her piled into it . |
| 9 | At first the Orcs looted and pillaged through Ostermark , feasting upon the few beasts that the people had carefully nurtured through the winter and driving the impoverished population westwards through the snow . |
| 10 | Apple is still expected to proceed with the tattered case on the few elements that were not thrown out , including the idea of using a picture of a dustbin to signify deletion of a file and the way Windows handles type fonts . |
| 11 | Their skills and courage were well tested under South Africa 's apartheid regime , when the Christian Church was one of the few groups that managed to get their voices heard . |
| 12 | Their skills and courage were well tested under South Africa 's apartheid regime , when the Christian Church was one of the few groups that managed to get their voices heard . |
| 13 | One of the few criticisms that has rankled with Mr Kinnock has been the allegation of cockiness — the presumption he has won before the votes have been counted . |
| 14 | America is one of the few countries that , in effect , taxes corporate income twice : once as corporation tax , and a second time as personal-income tax , when the income is paid out as dividends . |
| 15 | Singapore is one of the few countries that supports the reality of global business . |
| 16 | Mexico is one of the few countries that still allow fishermen to encircle and snare dolphins to catch the tuna that swim with them . |
| 17 | Britain , says Ash , must be one of the few countries where being ‘ too clever by half ’ is regarded as a stinging insult . |
| 18 | Burdened by hindsight , by a chronic fear of becoming bloated and self-indulgent , this indie generation tries to freeze-flame development at the point just before ‘ it all went wrong ’ , and so turns its back on the few things that went right . |
| 19 | One of the few things that keeps movies worth watching is the vitality of all the marvellous comedians from Saturday Night Live and SCTV : Bill Murray , John Candy and so on , terrific personalities who can bring a vibrancy even to dead scripts . ’ |
| 20 | These days they appear infrequently , but the prospect of a shopping expedition is one of the few things that are guaranteed to bring them out . |
| 21 | Mice were one of the few things that Miss Fogerty could not endure . |
| 22 | The Dolphin , the Bermuda Suite , Club 93 , the Bingo hall , a large swimming pool , a Sports hall , Amusements , these are just some of the few things that are situated at Highfield Holiday Park , Clacton , where my family and I have been going on Holiday for 10 years . |
| 23 | While we 're on this question , one of the few things that er Theresa did n't say , although perhaps she might have said it when I was n't , I do n't think she did but one of the few things she did n't say is why Freud disapproved of the typical kind of dream book you find in any book shop . |
| 24 | Um and erm that might be that 's one of th some of the few things that the library 's got but erm er anyway . |
| 25 | During which the authorities relax even the few laws and rules that normally exist . |
| 26 | Because potatoes do not absorb radioactive nucleotides , they are one of the few crops that could be grown safely in the heavily contaminated soils around Chernobyl . |
| 27 | School students will stay on in the few settlements that will be left and in schools in Cuba , West Africa and other countries . |
| 28 | One of the few areas that we sell out on most match days , and there 's facilities for men and women and we actively develop these areas . |
| 29 | The evidence from the few areas that have been bored or surveyed geophysically supports this view , but other evidence does not fit so well . |
| 30 | The Wedding Present violently oppose most rock 'n' roll ethos , but perhaps one of the few areas where they have shown loyalty to tradition has been their gluttonous appetite for live work . |