Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb base] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MENZIESHILL secured the Division I title in the Scottish Indoor League for the third successive year when old rivals MIM beat second-placed Kelburne 7-6 at the Dick McTaggart Centre in Dundee . |
| 2 | Of course I agree with the hon. Gentleman about the level of violence during the past two or three months . |
| 3 | In a later chapter I refer to the modern notions of witchcraft and satanism which receive such wide publicity today . |
| 4 | I 'm taking here about pure , blind betting of someone who is not attempting to exercise any skill but is just looking at the odds offered by the bookies , and pointing out — and I 'll have a table to demonstrate this in the talk I give at the Open Day — the way in which the rate of return on bets made in this way decreases steadily the longer the odds are offered . |
| 5 | Well there seems to be a slight mismatch there , and perhaps some of this mismatch is also a part of , with the confusion I have of the various shifting policy of York , in term in terms of their requirement , there has been in the in the not too recent recent past York were saying they had an additional requirement beyond need which they termed their concealed requirement , although it might not be a concealed dwellings , as we might otherwise describe them , of one thousand six hundred , and that has progressively come down to seven hundred as presented at this enquiry . |
| 6 | I consider the and figure should be discounted down to eighteen , which is the figure I adopt for the whole life multiplier . |
| 7 | This debate will be considered in later sections of the chapter which deal with the different classes in contemporary capitalism . |
| 8 | The figure you place in the final column is how much you can afford to spend repaying a mortgage every month . |
| 9 | In this chapter we look at the general nature of weak syllables . |
| 10 | In practice we distinguish between the external cause of a rhythm , which is caused by our life-style or environment , and another internal cause , which we might say is due to a clock within our body . |
| 11 | It 's a pretty modest document , which was never going to appeal greatly to Dublin or the SDLP , who would have to abandon the leverage they have through the Anglo-Irish Agreement . |
| 12 | It appears from the accounts that quite a different reading is given to occasions of physical or verbal reprimand which fall within the acknowledged framework of official penalties . |
| 13 | The type I recommend for the average player is one that has 12 to 13 degrees of loft , deepish in the face , and toed-in slightly . |
| 14 | There 's a pen I think in the white box behind you . |
| 15 | In an urgent ruling yesterday , the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg ordered the government immediately to repeal specific clauses of the act which relate to the Spanish presence , on the grounds that they illegally discriminate against foreigners . |
| 16 | The Church of St Mary the Virgin in Great Brington contains the tombs of Lawrence , the great-great-great-grandfather of George Washington and the former 's brother Robert and sister-in-law which date from the early 1600s . |
| 17 | Yet few people know about a period of even greater invasion panic which spread during the Napoleonic wars , when a militia of Cornish miners dug defensive trenches to keep the French out of Plymouth . |
| 18 | In the case of a sale by auction the standard special conditions which incorporate , in turn , the standard conditions can be very simply adapted to the transaction , but remember to insert , in cases to which it will be applicable , a clause providing that the sale is subject to a reserve , unless you can rely on such a provision in the standard conditions , which by reference you incorporate in the special conditions of sale . |
| 19 | ‘ We will use whatever influence we have to the full to ensure , for example , that you do n't tax middle-managers with a 49 per cent rate at £27,000 , and you do n't tax people above £40,000 with a combined 59 per cent rate . |
| 20 | that talk about the company of which I 'm chairman is that there is a personnel and compensation committee which in the absence of a chief executive sets the chief executive 's remuneration and with the presence of the chief executive , although he 's not , I 'm not a member of that committee we work on the other senior executives of the company , it 's quite similar to the process used here in your company . |
| 21 | We try as far as possible to relate the work we do in the Technical Department to what goes on in industry and commerce . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ The reception , professional way the meetings are organised and the help we receive from the local authority makes us return here time after time . |
| 23 | The idea that the superpowers are vital to the success of the peace process is based upon the influence they exert on the regional contestants , but in reality they have helped to perpetuate regional conflict and global competition in the area , with the encouragement of local clients . |
| 24 | It 's probably where the expression ‘ work like a dog ’ was born ; no wonder they shuffle under the shearing sheds and grab as much sleep as they can when they 're not clambering over sheep 's backs or kicking up the fine , red dust . |
| 25 | Briefly , the available evidence shows that the benefit they confer on the various socio-economic groups changes according to government policies and they do not always give greater benefits to those living in council accommodation , as is often assumed . |
| 26 | Some of the crew puffing after only half an hour or so , which is n't surprising as the only exercise they take in the normal run of things is putting their legs under a table and aiming their snouts at the trough . |
| 27 | Nothing much can be done about missing pets , but the impression of diligence and earnestness they leave with the bereft alone is a comfort . |
| 28 | Is that the only child they have at the present time ? |
| 29 | She says when other people see a badly behaved child they jump to the wrong conclusions . |
| 30 | Right well it may be of course you see on the other hand the accountancy takes three years . |