Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [pron] [vb -s] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 First , one of the main characteristics of attachment behaviour , which we outlined in the previous chapter and which derives from the study of animals and humans , is the specificity of the required caring figure .
2 The top Irish and Australians also begin their careers in Flanders and it shows in the way they ride .
3 Executive power is held by the President who is popularly elected for a five-year term and who governs with the assistance of an appointed State Council led by a Prime Minister .
4 ( 4 ) In determining the value of an action under paragraph ( 1 ) ( a ) : ( a ) the sum which the plaintiff or applicant reasonably expects to recover shall be reduced by the amount of any debt which he admits that he owes to a defendant in that action and which arises from the circumstances which give rise to the action ; ( b ) no account shall be taken of a possible finding of contributory negligence , except to the extent , if any , that such negligence is admitted ; ( c ) where the plaintiff seeks an award of provisional damages as described in s 32A(2) ( a ) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 , no account shall be taken of the possibility of a future application for further damages ; ( d ) the value shall be taken to include sums which , by virtue of s 22 of the Social Security Act 1989 , are required to be paid to the Secretary of State .
5 When two strangers are standing shivering at a bus-stop in an icy wind and one turns to the other and says ‘ My goodness , it 's cold ’ , it is difficult to suppose that the primary intention of the speaker is to convey information .
6 ooh if they , cos me eldest lad he does the karate he 's in Wiltshire , he 's in the police force , he does karate , he 's got his own schools and he mixes with the Japs a lot
7 As the fish enters the gullet , the mucus clings closely to the skin of the fish as well as the walls of the gullet and it closes behind the disappearing tail , thus preventing any salt water from entering the stomach .
8 The limbs of the fallen figure in the snake-cup show through the clothes , a feature recorded in Polygnotos 's work and which reappears in the third Sotades cup , again fragmentary , with a charming picture of girls ( perhaps Hesperides ) picking apples .
9 It concentrates the will to God who transcends all particularity and it acts like the kind of short prayer that the Cloud-author recommends : " take bot a litil worde of o silable ; for so it is betir of two , for euer schorter it is , the betir it spirite … is worde schal be ridest on pees or on werre " .
10 It signifies the widening activity of the king 's judges in the localities of England and it witnesses to the relish and vigour with which the king 's authority was implemented over rival jurisdictions .
11 And it it really is covered by the passages in erm erm , just , I just reiterate that that that expressly referring your Lordship to it , professional duty except in so far as it may be necessary to elucidate the rules that that was at page eight hundred and forty one at the bottom and it goes over the page to eight four two and then proceeds to general proposition to those two experts ordinary witness may not may not give their opinions towards matters legal or moral obligation .
12 And you know the bit where erm she 's in bed and the hand comes out from behind the pillow and it goes over the back of her head and she goes , she goes , she was so cute she goes , she goes , what a pile of shit ! and when , you know when she cleans up all the cornflakes ?
13 I know I 'm so they they eat you see they 've eaten fish and chips and it goes through the air conditioning and it comes into the studio you all you can smell is fish and chips .
14 Hamilton 's grandfathers were miners and he reflects on the gulf between their lifestyles and his .
15 I mean there 's one woman there working on a Three Eight Sixes twenty five megahertz and she works off the floppy all the time , she does n't use the hard drive .
16 and he 's got er rather curly hair and he comes into the Pentam
17 This exception is directed at rationalizing the British Leyland case and it allows for the fact that persons who buy items of equipment may need replacement parts in time and should be able to obtain spare parts in a free market at reasonable cost .
18 [ BELVILLE strikes PAMELA and she falls to the ground . ]
19 they all sit there looking at her and saying bloody hell she ai n't got her own hat on , we 've been here quarter of an hour and she walks in the door , takes her coat off and says come on ladies you 're suppose to be off your hind by two o'clock , leaving here at two
20 You 've got the first stanza which is four lines , has got five lines has four lines ca n't see straight the first stanza has one sentence and it ends at the end of the stanza but then you have one , two , three , four , five more stanzas and you do n't get a full stop until the last stanza half way through .
21 where R represents the number of correct responses for the right ear/visual field and I stands for the left ear/visual field .
22 Based on the MLT results , the Well Evaluation group is now trying to minimise the lower layer 's formation damage and it focuses on the reactivation of the lower portion of the upper layer 's production capability .
23 There is another , concomitant , reason for suspecting widespread scepticism about ‘ official ’ versions of the war and it lies in the proliferation of global media networks .
24 It is called Kulta and it comes from the distant reaches of Lapland .
25 there 's usually two racing together in this one , but they 're in separate tracks and one starts at the outside track
26 It is the result of conscious planning by multinational corporations and banks and it results from the conscious actions taken by the US and UK governments in building the post-war world .
27 The scenario was that there was this normal , everyday family being filmed in their home at their most private moments and , in one scene , where a young boy is being pressurised into getting married , they all leave the room and he turns to the camera and says something like ‘ I 've got to be careful here .
28 Sign language interpreting shares the process with spoken language interpreting and probably with general language comprehension but it differs in the situation of the users of the language and the community 's attitude towards them .
29 But here 's Rozario Gemmell Black Pearce is up in support but he goes for the long ball in and Hill met it first .
30 and anyway she said that whoever the girl is , she works at the school in the day and she works at the erm
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