Example sentences of "[adj] [det] [noun sg] [conj] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a detective approaches someone and says ‘ all your activities of the last week are consistent with the interpretation that you are planning to rob a post office ’ then , when the person replies , ‘ but as a matter of fact , I just am shopping there and no more , and that 's that ’ , one can either refer to intentionality or some such notion and allow the appeal or , with the detective , one can continue to keep one 's eye open . |
| 2 | However , it is this latter point that holds the key to understanding the different views , and , although a full analysis is beyond the scope of this book , it is worth exploring briefly . |
| 3 | Now , you can see that in the ma mammal where this happens , there could be a very clear contrary as says , between the mother 's desire to start another offspring towards the end of the period of , of breast feeding , and the offspring 's interest in having some more milk and postponing the birth of the sibling . |
| 4 | The Liberal Democrats did much less well than had the Alliance in 1986 in terms of votes , but they had more success in targeting and retaining council seats . |
| 5 | From a military point of view it was a tremendous success ; imagine this hoard of adventurers going all that way and causing the trouble they did , it was like a story from ’ Boy 's Own Paper . ’ |
| 6 | She lived in the present , loving her more each day and experiencing the secret joy of sharing in her child 's upbringing . |
| 7 | Keith got here first this time and bagged the comfortable chair . |
| 8 | The Commission for Racial Equality has said that this is the first such ruling and extends the definition of unfair treatment , which may well influence other tribunals ' decisions in future . |
| 9 | Emergency Duty Team will retain the lines until 8.15 each morning and take the phone lines back at 4.55pm/4.05pm . |
| 10 | Stephen looked exhausted when he returned home at seven that evening and tossed the local newspaper and a back edition of an American gossip magazine into her lap . |