Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [conj] [det] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We held an investigation and realised that some of the records held by the accounts departments did not tally with the real situation . |
| 2 | One of the consequences of holding instructions in store locations is that they can be treated as data , and manipulated as such by the computer . |
| 3 | They may reject what they regard as middle-class or old-fashioned values and delight in looking as dirty and scruffy as possible , championing people and causes that most of the people their parents mix with would not consider acceptable . |
| 4 | Bring to the boil and cook until all of the liquid has evaporated — the beans should be glossy and bright green . |
| 5 | Anne was angry and upset when she heard the news , and found that many of the women at work agreed with her . |
| 6 | He said that to " accuse to the government of fostering violence [ was ] an insult " and maintained that most of the violence was the result of ethnic and political conflict between ANC supporters and those of the mainly Zulu Inkatha Freedom Party . |
| 7 | This chapter will start by looking at the potential for politicisation in later-Stuart England , and show that most of the issues which divided the parties at this time had roots which dug deep in society . |
| 8 | Tiny bas-relief cameos are produced by the unique processes of figuremaking and ornamenting and many of the subjects are taken from Greek and Roman mythology . |
| 9 | ‘ We should be honest , and accept that most of the money in the sport comes either from TV directly , or as a result of television interest , which is mostly in track and field . |
| 10 | Although LCH is a principal party , buying as such from the selling member and selling as such to the buying member , reg 21 entitles it to direct the selling member to make delivery to a buying member appointed by LCH and to direct such buying member to pay the contract price to the selling member . |
| 11 | And remember that most of the candidates in most of the constituencies believe throughout , in their secret hearts , that they can not win — while most of the remainder are looking only to resume the dismal MP 's job they had before , once this is over and out of the way . |
| 12 | One of the members of this commission and principal of the Lycee , Monsieur Landes , was rather worried by events , but when interviewed by the local newspaper , made a cautious , noncommittal statement , and warned that some of the areas nearest the volcano should be evacuated . |
| 13 | He raised his voice so that it carried , and saw that some of the men in black were already raising their helmets on lance or sword points , the universal token of surrender . |
| 14 | ‘ When I came here with my parents in 1974 and saw that most of the ‘ Australian ’ souvenirs were imported from Hong Kong and the Philippines , I decided to try and break into the market , ’ he recalled . |
| 15 | The championship may be a two-man affair , but the numbers game does not tell the whole story and Carson is riding with as much inspiration and dash as either of the younger men . |
| 16 | Landsbergis on May 2 expressed support for the idea of Franco-German mediation , and said that some of the laws passed since the March 11 independence declaration could be frozen , but that the declaration itself was sacrosanct . |
| 17 | In an interview in the Washington Post of Aug. 21 , Gerashchenko criticized the plans agreed with the IMF and said that some of the government 's statements sounded like a fairy tale . |
| 18 | Beneath a cocked hat somewhat too big for him his small face , pale despite the sun of a whole Mediterranean summer , was much more calm and composed than that of the man behind him . |
| 19 | Mr Straw , the shadow Secretary of State for Education , says that the programme is ‘ morally degenerate and educationally divisive ’ , and claims that most of the big companies are shunning the scheme : although 1,800 firms had been approached by July 1988 , only twenty had promised contributions . |
| 20 | The constitutional amendments reformed the country 's obsolete political system , reapportioning the seats in the three elected branches of government and stipulating that most of the delegates would be elected from Taiwanese ( as opposed to mainland Chinese ) constituencies . |
| 21 | You can travel two hundred miles on those roads and realize that some of the cars you started out with have done the trip with you ; but you would n't recognize the drivers . |
| 22 | Er and look into local M P's and their speaking agendas , council elections round York and see if any of the student events this summer have speakers . |
| 23 | I watched the cars stopping to pay their money at the toll-house and wondered if any of the drivers were tempted to put their foot down on the accelerator and go Zoom-Crash ! down to the bottom of the gorge . |
| 24 | Cathal Goulding was generally in favour but agreed that some of the phraseology could be altered . |
| 25 | But remember that many of the East Asian ‘ dragons ’ were commodity exporters . |
| 26 | She very much wanted to respect W. 's wishes , but feared that some of the other adolescents in the unit were not helping W. |
| 27 | We could n't help but notice that some of the coverage following whatever it was we were witness to at UniForum referred to it as ‘ Unified Unix . ’ |
| 28 | We could n't help but notice that some of the coverage following whatever it was we were witness to at Uniforum referred to it as ‘ Unified Unix . ’ |