Example sentences of "the [det] [noun pl] [conj] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it was revealed that the 14 candidates polling the least votes and thus threatened with exclusion from the central committee included such notables as Abalkin , Shevardnadze , Ryzhkov , Defence Minister Dmitry Yazov and CPSU international department head Valentin Falin , Gorbachev intervened with a proposal that they too should be deemed elected by virtue of having won a legitimate majority , this being accepted by the congress . |
| 2 | Mexico is one of the few countries that still allow fishermen to encircle and snare dolphins to catch the tuna that swim with them . |
| 3 | These sources include articles and official statements published in ACCOUNTANCY , course and conference notes from the few delegates that still attend external training , and letters and reports already produced within the firm as part of normal client service work . |
| 4 | 4ths are of particular value to guitarists as they are one of the few intervals that consistently sound good with a distorted sound ( try playing thirds with distortion , and you 'll see exactly what I mean ) . |
| 5 | Britain is one of the few democracies that still does n't have a freedom of information act . |
| 6 | Washing up was just one of the many benefits that usually came his way on party nights . |
| 7 | The success of the student management system , and the many subsystems that now pervade the management and administration of the Polytechnic , is built on these close links . |
| 8 | The folly was a gift from the Sultan of Oman , just one of the many presents that now adorn the property . |
| 9 | The results at 32 weeks ( Tables V and VI ) confirmed the former findings but also showed significant interactions by calcium or small bowel resection with the carcinogen . |
| 10 | Now version 1.2 introduces Mode 3 or ‘ loosely coupled multiprocessing ’ where the two machines support the same users and co-operatively run the same applications . |
| 11 | He sat at his desk looking over the same papers and repeatedly having the same conversations but unable to take decisions or achieve anything . |
| 12 | A more recent collection , which reflects some of the same debates and also considers their implications for the economic geography of the UK is The Geography of De-Industrialisation edited by Ron Martin and Bob Rowthorn ( London and Basingstoke , Macmillan ; 1986 ) . |
| 13 | It suffers therefore from the same problems as all needs theories . |
| 14 | It was also decided that joint stock companies would be permitted and that foreign-owned ventures would be allowed to operate on the same terms as domestically owned firms . |
| 15 | It will offer holders of the outstanding 26 per cent of the PPFE capital the same terms and also make a fractionally higher cash offer than under the privatisation proposal to the larger number of warrantholders . |
| 16 | The same regions that once benefited from growth in these industries have , subsequently , suffered economic decline and depression . |
| 17 | He 'd danced here on the same legs that now lay dead beneath him , while Sartori had told him how he planned to take this wretched Dominion , and build in its midst a city that would shame Babylon ; danced for sheer exuberance , knowing his Maestro was a great man , and had it in his power to change the world . |
| 18 | The example about Sally shows clearly that the warning takes the form of a repeated instruction , said firmly , using the same words as originally used . |
| 19 | More recently the Solstice has attracted thousands of New Age travellers , but they 've been banned this year by the same injuctions that now govern Castlemorton common in Worcestershire , where an illegal festival just over a year ago attracted 20,000 travellers . |
| 20 | Rats received SOD ( recombinant human Cu , Zn-SOD ) and catalase at the same doses as previously described , by subcutaneous injection one hour before and three hours after indomethacin administration . |