Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike lead , which the fuel companies eventually proved only too pleased to take out of petrol , sulphur does nothing for either the performance or longevity of diesel engines and it contributes to acid rain . |
| 2 | He said nothing for almost the whole of the twenty minutes , until he got up and carried his plate and cup to the sink and then said , as he left the room , ‘ I see . |
| 3 | ‘ The problem is that we know nothing about either the land or the people , ’ Alexei said . |
| 4 | Although useful information , this demonstrates nothing about either the quality or quantity of the services they provide . |
| 5 | But he insisted he knew nothing about either the debt or the court case because the bill had not been sent to his home . |
| 6 | It prepared them for exactly the kind of material they can expect to see on the day — and because it is written by the examiners themselves , you can be sure that it tells you exactly what the examiners are looking for ! |
| 7 | Like the squirrel , he should marry only someone of precisely the same blood lines as himself . |
| 8 | ‘ And , as a result , we now find ourselves with perhaps the best assets in Europe . |
| 9 | Hence , there is a danger of the children knowing the act already , so it is a good idea to get someone from outside the usual circuit . |
| 10 | He had not said , Frankly , Peter , you are not up to being Archdeacon , he had instead emphasized the need for someone from outside the diocese , for someone with ecumenical experience in urban work , for someone accustomed to ministerial care . |
| 11 | Someone with accountancy training can be extremely helpful in the preparation of Schedules of Special Damages and if your department is large enough to need some form of dedicated management , this can often best be provided by someone from outside the law as solicitors do not make the best managers . |
| 12 | ‘ You do n't feel that it could be someone from inside the Lodge , do you ? ’ |
| 13 | And yet Victoria has accused me of exactly the same sin as I am so lightly attributing elsewhere ( incidentally , to people who are more fiction than fact ) . |
| 14 | ‘ No , ’ she interrupted , ‘ but you seem to be accusing me of exactly the same things I accused you of — or at least had to ask about . |
| 15 | But , avidly staring , he persuaded himself into both the disappointment and the relief of recognizing that the girl possessed the kind of grace or innate innocence which made it very unlikely — no , impossible ! filthily impossible ! — that her young breasts and thighs were commodities available for temporary hire . |
| 16 | On thirty seven minutes though , Paul Biddle should have made it two nil as he found himself with just the Fairmile goalkeeper to beat , but stupidly played it wide for Brian Marland , but his final pass was poor and Fairmile 's Kevin Shepherd was able to clear the ball from the danger area . |
| 17 | The guard never even knew that he opened the door and locked himself in once the Doctor had gone . |
| 18 | The applied mathematicians found themselves able to claim that ‘ industry ’ also approved of ‘ modelling ’ , numerical methods and so on , as well as being able to derive resources of personnel and money from companies with which to further the promotion of their version of ‘ mathematics ’ . [ … ] |
| 19 | Pearce et al. ( 1989 ) have argued that the effects of government , commercial and other actions on the environment can and should be assessed on a cost/benefit basis and this seems likely to be the basis on which at least the UK government will proceed . |
| 20 | This view contrasts with that of a ‘ pool ’ of generalized coelomate ancestors from which at least the main phyla of protostomes were derived . |
| 21 | The panel hopes now that this statement of faith can be seen as a useful and fairly accessible indicator to outsiders as to what the faith is all about , and at the same time as a ring of words which at least the majority of us within the church can happily affirm . |
| 22 | And not just some great abstract notion either , for the assault bears also on that aspect of language which embodies authority , the rules of language , those terrible received truths , which at least the older ones amongst you will remember . |
| 23 | well perhaps , but women get very angry as well , but nothing seems to change , I mean what the heck do you do about it when some estimable er gentleman and it almost invariably must be a gentleman since their by far the huge proportion of er presiding judge 's and magistrate 's comes out with that kind of comment about er a woman 's victim reputation or behaviour as he sees it , I mean what is , what is the answer there ? |
| 24 | Some groups within the coelenterates have developed the ability to secrete a hard skeleton , of which by far the most important are the corals ( Class Anthozoa ) . |
| 25 | Many conservation programmes in lesser developed countries have been initiated , financed and partly staffed by foreign aid donors , both multilateral and bilateral ( of which by far the most important financially and intellectually has been USAID ) . |
| 26 | The Blaggers ITA have put out a limited edition one-sided EP of which by far the best track is ‘ It 's Up To You ’ , which features the sampled words of Thomas Mensford ( ex-singer with The Angelic Upstarts and alleged Morrissey mucker ) in which Mensi accurately dissects the filth that is fascism . |
| 27 | At a comparatively low energy density excited neutral He atoms give rise to quite strong emission of He(I) lines , of which by far the strongest is He(Ia) at 58·4 nm ( 21·22 eV ) , corresponding to the electronic transition . |
| 28 | Putting your hackles up at everyone you dislike and being grumpy wo n't help to enamour you with either the locals or strangers . |
| 29 | If each area could provide itself with just the quantity of the good that it requires , these deadweight losses could be avoided . |
| 30 | That can not be said of the SNP , which campaigned with zest and intelligence , and yet finds itself with only the same three seats that it won in 1987 . |