Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [conj] mark the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Subject is the category that marks the place that the individual must fill to be constituted as a subject . |
| 2 | Occasionally this means swapping a new page for an old one , but more often the task entails cutting and pasting , and replacing new figures for old , updating the index and marking the reference books . |
| 3 | She freed the clip that marked the centrepoint of her cleavage in the hefty brassiere " Come , John , " she said . |
| 4 | I 've heard so many of you say ‘ Oh yes , I 'd like to knit that but I have n't time to punch the card or mark the mylar sheet ’ . |
| 5 | Push the pipe into the fitting and mark the amount that is inside with a pencil . |
| 6 | Measure up from the hemline and mark the finished length of the curtains , either by tacking across the width of the fabric , or with a row of pins on the right side . |
| 7 | A red dot indicated the icon that marked the beginning of Pontino . |
| 8 | In All 's Well Helena goes up to verse whenever she talks of her love for Bertram , moving in and out of prose several times within a scene ( I.i. ; I.iii. ; II.v. ; III.ii. ; III.v. ) , in the flexibility that marks the mid-period plays . |
| 9 | Turn off the water and mark the section of pipe to be cut out , taking the length from the connector |
| 10 | Before drilling , hold the mirror up against the wall and mark the position of where the holes will be ( using a spirit level to make sure it 's horizontal ) . |
| 11 | In his welcoming remarks Bush stressed that " the success of this summit depends not on the agreements we will sign but on our efforts to overcome division and discord , to build a world of peace in freedom " ; Gorbachev also highlighted the symbolic significance of the summit as marking the end of the " prejudice , mistrust and animosity " of the Cold War . |
| 12 | We saw that the storm had changed a lot of things as soon as we came to the river that marks the end of the island ; it had swollen hugely , carving immense channels out of the sand , great surging brown trenches of water streaming by and tearing lumps from the banks continually and sweeping them away . |
| 13 | With the industry hours away from its first formal truce since the Unix wars began ( UX No 388 ) , DEC returned to the rhetoric that marked the outbreak of hostilities . |
| 14 | Hold the lock against the door and mark the outline of the lock in the required position . |
| 15 | Continue the lines around to the side edge of the door and mark the position of the mortise in the centre of the door edge . |
| 16 | Close the door and mark the area for the deadbolt . |
| 17 | She jumped across the ditch that marked the entrance to the woods . |
| 18 | Saturday 's display is one the largest regular fireworks shows in the province and marks the start of the centre 's winter programme of leisure activities . |
| 19 | National referendums held in November 1988 [ see pp. 36320 ; 36505-06 ] and February 1989 [ see p. 36475 ] overwhelmingly approved amendments to the Constitution transferring power away from the presidency and marking the end of what had been in effect a one-party state . |