Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [adj] [be] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The petrochemicals business employs some 3500 people on Teesside , of whom rather less than 100 are in the headquarters group . |
| 2 | As Dr Raistrick has pointed out , of 386 Enclosure Acts for the West Riding , less than twenty are for the enclosure of open fields only . |
| 3 | Of the 60,000 nurses who were in training in 1986 , less than 10,000 were over the age of twenty-six . |
| 4 | You can connect your spur cable into the circuit at any existing conveniently-sited socket , so long as this is on the main circuit and is not already supplying a spur ( see ADDING EXTRA SOCKETS ) . |
| 5 | The second general point is that the discussion on Greece and Rome shows that Engels thought that the general scheme of social causation developed by Marx for capitalism applied to pre-capitalist formations , so long as these were past the gens stages . |
| 6 | G. R.Shepherd , the Labour National Agent , wrote to local Labour Parties in March 1939 , warning them against close liaison with the Club : Since groups of the Left Book Club are not entitled to affiliation with constituency parties , joint political activities with them should not be entered into , especially when these are in the direction of a so-called " Popular Front " with any other political party . |
| 7 | You will know exactly when this is by the distance markings on your line . |
| 8 | Of 24,200 workers thrown on the dole last month , more than half were from the once prosperous region . |
| 9 | This is worth remembering if your employer tries to justify giving you a raw deal by interpreting a stringent contract of employment harshly , eg by insisting you move your place of work at short notice and without financial help from Leeds to Birmingham , as in one case — even where this is within the terms of an express contractual mobility clause . |
| 10 | Colonies have always given scope to adventurers from the metropolis who have enjoyed irresponsible power over the natives , whether as administrators , police officials , soldiers , traders , or settlers ( even if these were of the peasant class ) . |
| 11 | Although in this case the seller will find it hard to argue with the buyer 's concerns , where the seller himself provides the items ( even if he charges the buyer directly or indirectly for their provision ) he may well wish to keep ownership himself , either to tie the buyer to him for future orders , or to enable him to use the items for sales to third parties , even if this is to the buyer 's detriment , and against his consent . |
| 12 | More usually it is loosely defined as any increase in GDP , even when that is within the existing production frontier . |