Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun sg] [be] [adj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the usual variation is present the upward trend is continued . |
| 2 | By the eighteenth century his fascinating contortion of viewing the English landscape was all the rage . |
| 3 | If the cooling rate is slower the supercooling persists to lower temperatures and the transition Tg2 occurs at a lower temperature than Tg1 . |
| 4 | As far as Mr Vlnas and the National Gallery are concerned the contract remains legally binding . |
| 5 | It could be argued that in societies where the capitalist ethos is paramount the criminal is no less entitled to gain commercial advantage from his or her lawful activity than any other member of the community and that it should be the market which decides whether or not criminals should profit . |
| 6 | If the second spatial derivative of the refractive index is non-zero the amount of deflection varies giving a pattern of bright and dark regions related to the flow structure . |
| 7 | When the windings of the hybrid motor are unexcited the magnet flux produces a small " detent torque " , which retains the rotor at the step position . |
| 8 | For example , if two phases of the hybrid motor are excited the power supply must be doubled in capacity , but the torque produced is improved by a factor of only 1–4 . |
| 9 | Tone-unit boundary placement can , then , indicate grammatical structure to the listener and we can find minimal pairs such as the following : a ) The Con servatives who like the pro posal are pleased b ) The Con servatives who like the pro posal are pleased The intonation makes clear the difference between ( a ) ‘ restrictive ’ and ( b ) ‘ non-restrictive ’ relative clauses ; ( a ) implies that only some Conservatives like the proposal , while ( b ) implies that all the Conservatives like it . |
| 10 | Even if the common law is certain the courts will still , when appropriate , consider whether the United Kingdom is in breach of article 10 . |
| 11 | After the Moslem occupation was complete the small area left to Christian Spain consisted of the north-west mountain district in Galicia and Asturias . |
| 12 | The residual precession is greater the closer the planet to the Sun and the larger its orbital eccentricity . |
| 13 | It is insignificant for all satellites because the residual precession is smaller the smaller the mass of the primary body , and no planet is anywhere near as massive as the Sun . |
| 14 | If the binding energy is low the ejected electrons carry most of the photon energy and can escape from perhaps a depth of 100 Å , while low-energy electrons ejected from levels of binding energy of 1000 eV or more may only reach the surface from depths as small as 1 Å : this effectively includes only the surface layer of atoms . |
| 15 | In Europe where the Napoleonic Code is dominant the investigating magistrate appears generally to have a stronger claim on the wreckage and records ( including flight recordings ) than the professional aircraft accident investigator . |
| 16 | When at last the shrill voice was silent the Trapper said : ‘ She says the boy may go but you are to stay here . ’ |
| 17 | When the solar wind is weak the upwind magnetopause can lie 100 Jupiter equatorial radii ( R J ) from Jupiter . |
| 18 | When the solar wind is strong the magnetopause retreats to about 50 R J upwind . |
| 19 | As far as the Royal Navy were concerned the nuisance of excessive leakage was largely put a stop to when Sir Robert Seppings ( 1764–1840 ) introduced diagonal iron bracing into wooden hulls about 1830 . |
| 20 | The bad news is that the posting to Estudiantes de la Plata . |
| 21 | If there is any doubt as to whether the proposed offer is serious the Panel should be consulted . |