Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun sg] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the introductory assessment of the market context of handheld electronic books in this current section , this report provides two main areas of update . |
| 2 | See the introductory section in the Unit and its explanation of the movement from meaning to form . |
| 3 | Helen Cooper notes that the inferrable character of the Nun 's Priest is the same as the inferrable character of Chaucer . |
| 4 | ( The British had cornered the khaki-drill market for the Boer war . ) |
| 5 | Investment institutions , companies , and banks have become much more sophisticated in the operation of their affairs across national boundaries , as witnessed by the spectacu-lar growth in the Euro-currency markets . |
| 6 | Large plants and containers make this impractical , and it is then a case of loosening the soil-ball at the sides with a stick pushed down against the inside wall of the container . |
| 7 | Using the inside scale of the protractor |
| 8 | Also on the A one in the Leeming area the inside lane of the south bound carriageway 's closed at Holby Grange for emergency gas repair works and delays are likely as a result there . |
| 9 | Traffic tailed back fourteen miles after police were forced to close the inside lane of the northbound carriageway . |
| 10 | Huge jams built up behind the 74-year-old pensioner as he crawled for five miles along the inside lane of the dual-carriageway A1 . |
| 11 | Keep your body weight applied to the back part of the inside rail throughout the turn . |
| 12 | If you are the inside board and have an overlap over the board outside you at two board lengths before the mark , you are entitled to the inside position around the mark . |
| 13 | The following example is from The Fix : the Inside Story of the World Drug Trade : |
| 14 | Run a blunt knife around the inside edge of the tin and turn out the cake on to a wire rack to cool . |
| 15 | But as she kept to the inside edge of the footpath to avoid being splashed by the congestion of horse-drawn vehicles her gaze turned to the heart of the city , and all at once her spirits lifted . |
| 16 | If you were on one side of the inside edge of the ring and you wanted to get to a point on the other side , you would have to go round the inner edge of the ring . |
| 17 | Again , the 1in roughing gouge does most of the work , followed by the half inch bowl gouge for the inside edge of the rim . |
| 18 | Such work was often ‘ signed ’ with the binder 's ticket or , after about 1830 , with the name stamped in very small letters on the inside edge of the front or back cover . |
| 19 | The age-old method of casting bells was to make a clay mould of the inside shape of the bell , then build up a layer of beeswax round it to the shape and thickness of the finished bell . |
| 20 | The tipsters and sporting gentlemen who frequent the stables and have the inside running from the horse 's mouth as well as from the trainers and jockeys suggest that if you are seeking a handsome return on an investment you should sell your house and put the money on Alain Prost to win the world championship this year . |
| 21 | At depth , the inside pressure of the bell is equalised to the outside depth . |
| 22 | Its L-shape moulds to the inside pitch of the roof , allowing a clear air passage into the loft , between the spacer ribs and the roofing felt . |
| 23 | But when she saw what he was taking out of the inside pocket of the overcoat , she felt faint with fright . |
| 24 | Redpath put on a pair of silk gloves and started going through the inside pocket of the jacket , following with the outside pockets . |
| 25 | The joint of the foot ( the inside edge of the widest part ) should also fit perfectly into the inside curve of the shoe , and the sole where it rises towards the heel should support the arch of the foot correctly . |
| 26 | Mark the required position of the lock on the inside face of the door . |
| 27 | Two simple planes connect the sunken eye socket to the forehead , and a small disk extends below from cheekbone to the inside corner of the eye , while the jaw , the nose and the section from nose to mouth and from mouth to chin are each clearly defined . |
| 28 | If a window mount is to be used around the picture , you must cut a thick mounting card marginally smaller than the inside measurement of the frame . |
| 29 | Matilda , holding the hat in one hand and a thin tube of Superglue in the other , proceeded to squeeze a line of glue very neatly all round the inside rim of the hat . |
| 30 | The bottom half , known as the maie , is made from oak and has a series of ducts around the inside rim at the base , through which the juice runs out . |