Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [conj] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton , the education minister , had been considering an appeal for support but turned down the college in December . |
| 2 | Finally , I finished a recording for home and wrote up the log . |
| 3 | I agree with the hon. Member for Cardiff , North that we must consider the question of responsibility and tighten up the legislation . |
| 4 | And home he would stamp with his bat beneath his arm , vowing that one day he would become Minister of Agriculture and plough up the whole bally field . |
| 5 | Keynesians point to the large sums of money that move around the money market as firms and financial institutions anticipate changes in interest rates . |
| 6 | This is mainly dealing with the Social Fund which as you know , is erm , go undergoing changes , which means er loss of money and breaking up the fundings to twelve monthly amounts , which is creating great difficulties . |
| 7 | This segmentation of spheres of action and influence along the lines of gender difference is reflected in the radio programming in the novel . |
| 8 | * I always think that it is better to make a fresh pot of tea than to top up the old pot . |
| 9 | I came round to her way of thinking and handed over the Visa card . |
| 10 | But all the first-year students had arrived together on the first day of term and sought out the one fixed event in the university calendar , the Freshmen 's Fayre . |
| 11 | There are many different types of institution that make up the financial sector , from banks to building societies to various institutions in the City of London . |
| 12 | To match the pattern , turn in the side of one width of fabric and line up the pattern with the width to which it will be joined . |
| 13 | Earlier her plan had been to go down to the village a little before the gala on the pretext of shopping and finding out the times of the events and perhaps look in at the antique shop ( for Mrs Price was on the Gala committee ) and let it be known she would join the young people , but now that her mother was ill that was out of the question , she pushed it on one side , the urgent thing was to get to the chemist 's and get the stuff up to her mother . |
| 14 | Changes in the relative numbers of the different types of household that make up the aggregate population have actuarial consequences for the future pattern of public and private transfers into and out of collective saving and insurance funds . |
| 15 | Its role has been ‘ to provide reassurance to the government , to give support to policies which BR wish to pursue , to provide briefing material for Department of Transport Ministers in argument and negotiations with ministerial colleagues , and to provide an atmosphere of professionalism and control over the business which governments — and the public — expect ’ ( Heath 1984 : 221 ) . |
| 16 | You can become resigned to the monotony of captivity and give up the struggle to maintain your own interests and identity . |
| 17 | If you have the sort of hairstyle that shows up the root regrowth within three weeks , necessitating retouching with either bleach or colourant , consider a restyle . |
| 18 | At last she straightened up , rubbing at the soreness in her back , aware of her hot , dishevelled appearance , of the small rivulets of sweat that ran down the valley between her breasts . |
| 19 | He was manipulating a kind of toggle or switch on the head of his cane . |
| 20 | She stammers a kind of apology and wriggles up the bed so her face touches mine . |
| 21 | Some 4610 feet from the side of Gunnerside Gill lies the engine room and hydraulic engine that pumped the mine clear of water and wound up the tubs of lead ore from the levels another 130 feet below the engine room . |
| 22 | To lubricate the drill , first build a small ring of putty or plasticine around the mark for the hole . |
| 23 | It is absolutely essential to ensure that , so long as the possibility of control or influence over the Russian republics remains , steps are taken to bring about a strategic arms reduction . |
| 24 | An arc of movement and bring down the feet |
| 25 | There is not the faintest trace of float or wallow over the fastest crests or in the steepest dips ; the body just maintains constant ride height throughout giving a feeling of invincible security . |
| 26 | Her fingers swim with the water between folds of flesh and take up the rhythm of the light . |
| 27 | This is done to ensure that each local authority will reach a minimum standard of efficiency and carry out the service in accordance with the wishes of the Central Government . |
| 28 | Had he been in Whitechapel , Charlie would have been happy to run up and down the market from five in the morning to seven at night and still box a few rounds at the club , drink a couple of pints of beer and carry out the same routine the next day without a second thought , but when at nine o'clock the sergeant-major gave them a ten-minute break for cocoa he collapsed on to the verge exhausted . |
| 29 | So Father Kleinsorge got a large piece of grass and drew out the stem so as to make a straw , and gave them all water to drink that way . |
| 30 | Much of the government 's initiative was simply job substitution — the collection of rubbish or cleaning up the environment on the cheap using ACE workers instead of full-time employed council staff . |