Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] [noun pl] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that the majority of families now only have two children may add additional value and intensity to the sibling relationship . |
| 2 | These twin problems of psychological dependence and social pressure were regarded by the majority of users as more difficult to overcome than the physical aspect of their addiction . |
| 3 | The 4GL runs on top of multiple databases , including Oracle , Informix , Ingres and Sybase , as well as the Cobol-based flat file systems that still act as a base for the majority of installations out there . |
| 4 | The variety of ages up there — old , middling and my generation . |
| 5 | The Report of HM Inspectorate concludes that the need is now paramount for careful planning to match the provision of courses more effectively to the needs of students and employers . |
| 6 | John was still only sixteen years old soft is probable that the real initiative for the invasion came from the unscrupulous Geoffrey , now apparently restored to his duchy ; Richard and Geoffrey had been formally reconciled in the summer of 1183 but the memory of the struggle for Limoges obviously still rankled . |
| 7 | In condemning such acts of desecration , I am of the opinion that the only exception that could be made is in the case of books already seriously incomplete and in bad condition , when the completion of its unhappy disintegration may be forgivable . |
| 8 | In fact they lick up the nectar by flicking their tongues rapidly into the flower , in the case of hummingbirds as swiftly as thirteen times a second . |
| 9 | As long serving employees they will be able to bring a wealth of company experience and represent the views of members more effectively than outsiders . |
| 10 | The last archaic temple on the Acropolis , built by the sons of Peisistratos perhaps around 520 , had marble pediments , one a group of lions and bull , the other a battle of Gods and Giants ; fine work but horribly ruined . |
| 11 | Night netting can be carried out after dark around well stocked game covers with only minimal disturbance to the birds in places where both shooting and ferreting the rabbits would be far more of an interference . |
| 12 | Many tutor-librarians were also required , as a condition of appointment to teacher-scales , to teach a minimum number of hours in the Liberal Studies programme , and this often included the teaching of subjects not essentially part of the librarian 's speciality . |
| 13 | The liability of someone held out to be a partner is co-extensive with the liability of partners properly so called ( see s14 above ) . |
| 14 | This section of the manual should be read by LIFESPAN Managers since it describes the mechanisms to control and optimise the online/offline file store usage for LIFESPAN and perform the removal of modules no longer required in their magnetic form . |
| 15 | The quasi-legal requirements of the Cadbury code of practice and new auditing and accounting rules , putting the responsibility on directors not only to satisfy themselves that adequate systems and controls are in place and that the business is a going concern but to declare this , compound the risk . |
| 16 | It was dangerous on the roads for bairns as usually the horses with running with the carts . |
| 17 | The preferences of officials not only vary according to the type of agency ( delivery , regulatory , transfer , contract and control ) . |
| 18 | But computers can also overwhelm the user with numbers very quickly , and can not give any more help with their interpretation than with the initial selection of an appropriate statistical procedure . |
| 19 | This will make the operations of poachers that much more difficult , or even force them to pack it in altogether . |
| 20 | By pressing actively for the payment of wages monthly instead of weekly , they have supported and contributed to the great growth or worker banking in those countries , where it has been seen as a first step to other ‘ staff status ’ privileges . |
| 21 | On the other hand , I 'd been pulled by the cops for reasons not yet clear but had something to do with enigmatic Jo Scamp and her gaff in Sedgeley House . |
| 22 | The great merit of the UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali 's Agenda for Peace report to the Security Council summit last year is its tough-minded and realistic assessment of the kind of reforms so urgently required . |
| 23 | The Earl 's Wood secure unit for young offenders is certainly no hotel — but staying here can clock up the kind of bills more usually seen at the Ritz . |
| 24 | A final chance to pick up the kind of luxuries not often seen on sale nowadays . |
| 25 | Harder to stop , except through the kind of investigations now underway , is the corruption which allowed politicians to award public contracts to private companies for substantial payments . |
| 26 | encourage movement in your opponent 's position by : summarizing the course of negotiations so far , suggesting that the time has come for mutual concessions suggesting a new position which represents a different point of departure for both parties linking two or more issues since ‘ it might help us get nearer a settlement ’ suggesting an adjournment indicating the exact area to which you want your opponent to pay attention |
| 27 | first pictures of the action on Goals Extra tomorrow tea-time … the Central LIVE Match … |
| 28 | We shall look at the characteristics of bills more carefully in a moment . |
| 29 | Both of these are obvious application areas for the robot , being similar in nature to the sorts of tasks already commonly performed by robots in manufacturing industry , such as materials handling , arc welding , machine tending and assembly . |
| 30 | Dressed from head to toe in space armour and waving the legs of horses still bloody from where they have been gnawed off , The Rosaries cross the room and eat Lemmy — alive ! |