Example sentences of "the [adj] [n mass] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are three pairs of pads set into the surface of the tube ; one pair set on the top control the forward and backward motion , the second pair mounted on the side at the top control the up and down motion . |
| 2 | We supplied on disk a single PageMaker 2.0a page stored in PageMaker format , its PostScript output file complete with the Aldus Prep information and files for each of the three graphics incorporated on the page ; Illustrator Encapsulated PostScript , PICT and MacPaint . |
| 3 | The later species depend on the preparations of the earlier , for the action of the zebra fits the vegetation for the stomachs of the wildebeest and gazelle . |
| 4 | Only the off flounder left on the north bank at Portmadoc with no reports from the estuary . |
| 5 | Drawing the assembled crowds ’ attention to the Norseman 's pedigree , Bob pointed out that it is thought to have been the first aircraft to land on the Normandy beaches during D-Day , the American fighter ace Screwball Beurling was killed in Italy whilst ferrying a Norseman to the Israelis and of course there is the legend that has built up surrounding the mysterious disappearance of bandleader Major Glenn Miller in December 1944 , after taking-off in a Norseman from Twinwoods airfield , near Bedford , England , bound for Paris , never to be seen again . |
| 6 | The longer people spend on the roads , the greater , presumably , the congestion and also probably the greater the accident rate : the slower traffic moves , the greater is the number of man lives spent on roads and this must have some place in the equation of national activity and productivity . |
| 7 | This book attempts to sustain a detailed analysis of the mass media based on the fruits of this cross-fertilization . |
| 8 | This idea of a white conspiracy , between police , unemployed youth , employers , and the mass media relies on the assumption that equivalent effects in disparate contexts must be produced by the same omnipresent agency or cause . |
| 9 | The young fish settles on the bottom , with both its eyes looking upwards , a strange Picasso-like vision . |
| 10 | The young people arrive on the streets penniless and homeless and turn to prostitution to support themselves , the report says . |
| 11 | For a £1 ‘ Each Way ’ bet , you stake £2. £1 of this goes on the same horse to win and the other £1 goes on the same horse to finish in the first three or four places , depending on how many runners there are in the race . |
| 12 | As in previous attacks on the protesters , the real agents provocateurs are said to be the Western media egging on the rabble . |
| 13 | Also shown is a description of the main data flows on the input side to illustrate the nature of the commands passed to the system for action . |
| 14 | The payroll is calculated using the permanent data stored on the employee record as well as temporary information , such as payroll exceptions , temporary upgradings , etc. from a holding file made up of the input from the batch screens . |