Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adv prt] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the first task facing Mr Chris Patten , or whoever takes over from the current Governor , Lord Wilson , will be to break the deadlock over whether the People 's Liberation Army of China should set up shop in the glossy commercial heart of Hong Kong island . |
| 2 | A further point is that I have been strongly advised that we should take out cover against the need to indemnify owners against not being able to occupy their units due to events such as fire , flood or damage by previous occupants . |
| 3 | What little the authors can say , however , should stir up debate in the palaeoanthropological world . |
| 4 | From his home in Worcester , Phil Ride says he 'll keep up pressure on the British Government to work for his brother 's release . |
| 5 | One suspects that the other purposes of the 1988 Education Act , in particular the need to emphasise parental choice and to bring the brisk benefits of the winds of market forces to the education system , will mean that the summative , evaluative and informative purposes might squeeze out emphasis on the other two . |
| 6 | British Rail could win back part of the record damages paid to a widow after her husband died from an asbestos-related disease . |
| 7 | Nothing short of a pathetic performance by Leeds could bring about victory for the makems . |
| 8 | That will make East Germans feel even more imprisoned and could heat up resentment against the government to explosion point . |
| 9 | In HIV-infected patients the treatment could shut down production of the virus and prevent the onset of Aids and it could prevent infection in healthy patients . |
| 10 | Graduates with a specialism in Tourism and Leisure may take up employment in the management of tourism ventures , or in managing tourist flows . |
| 11 | Otherwise the gatekeeper role may filter out awareness of the supplier , and so his promotional effort will fail at the first hurdle ! |
| 12 | Children used to leave out hay for the kings ' horses and wake up to find it had mysteriously been replaced by presents . |
| 13 | According to Soviet sources , however , the US side had softened its previous position that Najibullah would have to be removed from power before elections could be held , and was now considering a compromise under which he would remain President but would give up control of the military , the security police and the media to non-partisan bodies . |
| 14 | Erm if you recall in our managements ' erm in our discussions when I presented the last the last minutes of the er s the subcommittee which has purchased the ground , we agreed to erm co er co-work with two other two of the clubs sports clubs to establish a management committee , which we would then hope would take over management of the ground from the parish council . |
| 15 | The military government in Burma said it would hand over power to the pro-democracy opposition which took an overwhelming lead in the elections for the National Assembly . |
| 16 | " I Charles Gillingham Hamilton M.A. of Stockport in the Borough of Stockport and County of Chester , Clerk , a Clergyman of the Church of England , in priest 's orders and a Graduate of the University of Dublin declare that I will discharge always to the best of my ability the duties of Headmaster of the Stockport Grammar and Free School , and that in case I shall he removed from my Office I will thereupon relinquish all claim to the Office and its future emoluments and I will deliver up possession of the School and my residence to the Trustees and that it shall be lawful for them in the same case without ejectment or other legal process to take possession of my residence and remove myself and my effects therefrom . " |
| 17 | There are three polarisation states for deuterium nuclei , so only a third of the atoms in unpolarised deuterium will line up perpendicular to the magnetic fields . |
| 18 | Heat from the projector will dry up ink in the pens more quickly than with preparation on the film beforehand . |
| 19 | Their party will carry out research on the hole in the Ozone layer . |
| 20 | This , of course , will use up space on the memory card , but in practice you probably would n't save too many versions of the pattern , as too many stitches between the repeats will lead to long floats on the reverse side of the knitting . |
| 21 | The track index will take up part of the first track of each cylinder . |
| 22 | It will take up room on the stairs , so remember that the space left for other people using the stairs will be less . |
| 23 | He will take up residence on the cleared site of the Fun House , whose place has been taken by a vintage carousel originally imported from Coney Island by Alderman W G Bean , the founder of the Blackpool funfair . |
| 24 | The Standard commentary column enthused again about the benefits that would accrue to the town ; ‘ people of means and leisure will take up residence in the district ; it has long been said that Henley needed further attractions and the present move is assuredly one in the right direction ’ . |
| 25 | On the morrow or soon after , as our uncle of Gloucester told me , he will take up residence in the Tower . ’ |
| 26 | MICHELOZZO , winner of the St Leger by eight lengths , will take on Nashwan in the Champion Stakes at Newmarket a week on Saturday after being supplemented for £10,000 yesterday . |
| 27 | By dressing a narrow window with curtains inside the reveal you will cut out light during the day as there is no additional space in which they can be stacked back . |
| 28 | For example , if at P the parcel had no motion in the east-west direction across the planet 's surface and the planet 's axial rotation is prograde then it will pick up motion across the grid towards the east , and in moving northwards will end up for example at Q. If it were in the southern hemisphere and moved southward it would also pick up an eastwards movement . |
| 29 | We will start in our first parliamentary session with a Freedom of Information Act which will open up government to the people . |
| 30 | Novell Inc will push back delivery of the beta version of NetWare 4.0 until September , according to prospective beta testers that have spoken to Microbytes Daily : at least two potential beta testers were told by sales reps that the 4.0 beta version , originally due last week , will be delayed while Novell improves the software 's interface and ramps up staffing on the 4.0 support hot lines ; also , one of the crucial issues Novell has yet to resolve is how easily network administrators will be able to migrate from their existing versions ; 4.0 is expected to include major enhancements to the operating system 's administration services , including audit trails for all file activity and a new retrieve-based user directory . |