Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv prt] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Governor has effectively given up control of the Bermudian police to the local government , though he still retains the right to be consulted . |
| 2 | It was his habit to go for a run round his island every day before breakfast , and that morning , because rain was forecast for the rest of the day , he 'd taken advantage of the brief spell of fine weather early on to gather up driftwood from the beach after his run . |
| 3 | He had married the daughters of several important Muslim chiefs and was in frequent communication with the " Mad Mullah " in Somaliland , supplying him with rifles and ammunition to help in his long drawn out war against the British . |
| 4 | One school , deciding that extra space for resource-based learning was a priority , took over a classroom for use in unstructured individualized work , with the result that other classrooms including some specialist rooms were more heavily used than before ; teachers complained that they could not get in to put up work on the blackboard beforehand , and were introduced to the more thorough use of the overhead projector ; the timetabler had to bear in mind the needs of some practical subjects where the previous laying-out of equipment was vital , but the exercise was valuable in focusing attention on such priorities and making them clear to everyone . |
| 5 | On his head was the horned-moon helm of Saphery and he swiftly took up position between the queen and the Keeper of Secrets . |
| 6 | Semiconductor industry top ten tables show the Japanese industry apparently taking over leadership from the USA around 1985 . |
| 7 | I hope people at the back can hear , erm , we obviously took up action on the resolution passed last year , in two or three different ways . |
| 8 | ‘ My homesite was Cape Wrath but before I ever made my first flight a Man came and … ’ and he began to tell her his story , of the Zoo , of the Cages , of the Men there and his sudden escape … only leaving out mention of the other eagles in the Cages for in his heart he knew their pride would ask that he did not mention their names to a free eagle , nor would they wish for pity from outside . |
| 9 | Lindsey reckons that he is the most shot down pilot in the world , after all , until the appearance on the UK airshow circuit of Spanish-built Messerschmitt ‘ 109s ’ ( Ha 1112MIL Buchons ) in 1988 , Lindsey had the only German ‘ fighter ’ available . |
| 10 | Lord Owen and his new UN colleague , Thorvald Stoltenberg , Norway 's former foreign minister , have not given up hope for the Vance-Owen peace plan . |
| 11 | I could just make out part of the stonework , though most of it was under water . |
| 12 | The networking company has signed an agreement with Hudson , Massachusetts-based Gradient Technologies Inc , which has already picked up support from the likes of IBM Corp , Hewlett-Packard Co , Sun Microsystems Inc and Unix System Laboratories Inc . |
| 13 | Similarly in Britain , a party can win several thousand votes in each constituency yet not come out top of the poll in any ; in consequence , it amasses a large popular vote but no seats in Parliament . |
| 14 | For the record , too , the Press spokesman said the president only had the haircut because he was assured that doing so would not tie up traffic at the airport . |
| 15 | The primary aim of the Convention is not to set up machinery for the chastisement of states which infringe human rights . |
| 16 | In Campbell v. Neilson ( 1897 ) 24 R. ( J. ) 28 , where the circumstances were similar , it was said by Lord Justice-General Robertson at p. 30 : " It is the transferee alone who can lawfully carry on business in the premises under the certificate . |
| 17 | This also means that the business can not claim back VAT on the purchases which it makes . |
| 18 | But it was no more than a consolation , and Bournemouth easily played out time in the monsoon to earn a second-round trip to Cheltenham . |
| 19 | She obviously would not have travelled such a huge distance if she did not hold out hope for the relationship , and Charity wanted to respect that . |
| 20 | The article said the chairman of TV London had just taken up residence in the castle . |
| 21 | Here , listeners were acting in a highly focused , not to say impulsive , fashion , and they were not carrying out analysis of the message at a level that would produce success . |
| 22 | I rang Transend to ask about a registered copy , but they informed me that they did n't register that game , but that I should just write out cheque for the amount a cross out the £ and pout $ . |
| 23 | To be honest , empty barrels just take up space on the |
| 24 | The experiments reviewed in this section do little to advance out understanding of the mechanisms involved ( often important control conditions are lacking ) but they do allow the conclusion that there is no fundamental difference between the so-called perceptual and motor test tasks in their susceptibility to acquired equivalence/distinctiveness effects . |
| 25 | In the years that followed the Brigade was called to a vast number of outside fires , until they eventually handed over control to the National Fire Service in 1942 . |
| 26 | Owen again refers to the sun 's powers , how it causes seeds to grow from the warmth and ‘ care ’ it gives them , and also how it once woke up life at the beginning of the world by adding its warmth to ‘ the clays of a cold star ’ . |
| 27 | As the Habsburgs advanced step by step , with occasional setbacks , the Turks were gradually pushed back south of the Sava and Danube , and the military frontier was re-established along the full length of the line from Transylvania to the Adriatic . |
| 28 | Fingers subconsciously searching out damage beneath the glossy surface , while he otherwise engages in conversation . |
| 29 | In the summer , strawberry sellers usually took up position around the Crimean Cannon at the side of the Council House and they had to dispose of all their perishable wares before returning home . |
| 30 | The erm , importance of monitoring procedures can not be over-stressed because enable , to enable us to actually find out if these er , arrangements are working properly we do have to monitor the arrangements that are in place , and we have to provide details of monitor important for the members ' benefit , er , explaining how the budget is er , is being spent , and also bringing in information about the number of assessments , the levels of assessments , and all the other aspects that er , that make a new system work . |