Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [coord] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are presently around 600 active volcanoes on the continents or exposed above the sea as islands . |
| 2 | On receiving the indicative offers we will discuss the pros and cons with the directors and will help evaluate alternative deal structures . |
| 3 | Henry O'Bree was depressed about the exams and left behind a suicide note . |
| 4 | This means they just sent it off , hoping it would pass all the checks and get on the right flight . |
| 5 | The report considers which level of geographical unit is most suited to analysing regional problems in the Community from the three levels defined in the mid-1970s and subsumed under the French acronym , NUTS levels I , II and III . |
| 6 | Divide the cake mixture between the cans and place on a greased baking tray . |
| 7 | The students may measure the cans or refer to the information sheet for dimensions . |
| 8 | From Penberi you can either retrace your steps along the Ffos-y-Mynach and return to the road by Penberi Farm . |
| 9 | No debt of the Business which may be owing at Completion is overdue by more than eight weeks and the amount of such debts ( less the amount of any provision or reserve calculated on the same basis as that applied in the Accounts and disclosed in the Disclosure Letter ) will be recoverable in full in the ordinary course of business and in any event not later than eight weeks after Completion and none of the said debts is subject to any counter-claim or set-off except to the extent of any such provision or reserve . |
| 10 | We can all go and invest in PEPs , we can all go and invest in pension plans and all of that gets taken by the institutions and put into the stock market . |
| 11 | Firing a gas kiln is an art and despite all his care the potter submits his ware to the flames and delights in the subtle variations that are beyond his control . |
| 12 | She prowled among the desks and glowered at the action boards as if they were a bunch of football hooligans . |
| 13 | It should perhaps be mentioned that there are also accounting exemptions for medium-sized companies ( annual turnover not exceeding £5750000 ) but these are modest and are barely worth the effort and expense of preparing separate accounts for the shareholders and filing with the Registrar of Companies . |
| 14 | Later when the video is finished they will all sit back and view each of the attempts and learn from the mistakes . |
| 15 | The colour range is amazing and there is generally enough for the hems and sewing on the buttons of one garment on each reel . |
| 16 | The tacksmen , he told Johnson , were emigrating , unable to comply with the exorbitant rents demanded by the lairds and deluded by the dreams of wealth they had promised their own tenants . |
| 17 | It 's cramped if there are four of you , but the atmosphere is very friendly and relaxed — neighbours popping in to borrow a cup of sugar or a 50p coin for the electricity meter , children running along the balconies or playing on the thin strip of grass between the blocks . |
| 18 | But I do know they would weigh up the dangers and think about the very fact that they could fly . |
| 19 | on your argument then anybody who who works their way up through the ranks and gets to the top has got ta become corrupted ! |
| 20 | A target of 20 kilograms per hectare a year has been proposed by the Canadians and backed by a number of scientists from the USA . |
| 21 | If you suspect , for example , that your neighbour intends to build on your land , or if your windows are going to be blocked so that no light can get through , or if an unreasonable nuisance is going to be caused , then your last hope may be to go to the courts and ask for an injunction . |
| 22 | The sergeant bumped over the sleeping-policemen and gazed at the neatly trimmed lawns and hedges with aggrieved jealousy in his eyes : the private estate was a symbol of a world from which he was excluded , a world of privilege and snobbery , a world that had turned its back on the poor , the sick and the unfashionable who had been swarming round their car only ten minutes before . |
| 23 | He spent 5 months in the house , hiding from the Germans and fighting with the Resistance . |
| 24 | Both these days will have to be self-financing and need a minimum of 30 people attending — therefore — please complete the slip at the end of the notes and return to the Office . |
| 25 | In this experiment , only Group M is learning on Day 2 , whilst Group N is repeating similar but already learned behaviour to that of Group M. Immediately after the trial on Day 2 we took the birds and looked for the expression of one of the immediate early genes , c-jun . |
| 26 | ‘ After he passed you , did you notice whether he went into one of the houses or continued down the hill ? ’ |
| 27 | On Sept. 12 the Revolutionary Justice Organization ( RJO ) in Beirut made its first formal announcement that it was holding British hostage Jackie Mann , kidnapped in Beirut in May 1989 [ see p. 36671 ] , while Islamic Jihad issued a statement welcoming the releases and accompanied by a photograph of United States hostage , Terry Anderson . |
| 28 | The very next day I started ferreting around in the woods and came upon the most magnificent fortress of a sett . |
| 29 | Sometimes when I 've been up early at home walking in the woods and come upon a roe deer close to , motionless , its alarm and scenting has reminded me of her . |
| 30 | While the Romans were dusting themselves down and rearranging their feathers and mini-skirts , the lurking Brits emerged from the woods and advanced in a rabble brandishing their rolling pins . |