Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Considerable pressure to conform exists within the lesbian feminist communities , and those of us who conspicuously deviate from the norm either get stared at or are ignored . |
| 32 | But otherwise the City found little cheer in the results . |
| 33 | Chemical element from industrial operations , nitrates from the excessive use of chemical fertilisers , and sewage waste from an ever-increasing human population all eventually leach into the sea . |
| 34 | Some partnership deeds do , however , expressly provide for the payment of a salary in addition to a share of the firm 's profits . |
| 35 | The judge concluded that since rule 4.4(4) of the Family Proceedings Rules 1991did not expressly provide for the making of an application ex parte for a residence order and since section 9(5) of the Children Act 1989 prohibited him from making either a prohibited steps order or a specific issue order to achieve that result he had no jurisdiction to make the orders sought . |
| 36 | On the other hand , sections from inflamed oesophageal mucosa contain little EGF in the capillary endothelium resulting in few EGF positive papillae . |
| 37 | He stood at the barn door and watched the Gazelle finally lift off , its own lights rising up to slowly mingle with the stars . |
| 38 | A range of personal items — new clothes , underwear , make-up , haircuts , public transport , leisure services — rarely appear in the expenditure diaries of mothers in low-income households . |
| 39 | Little knock on the right place … ’ |
| 40 | ‘ Right place at the right time . |
| 41 | However , Hall ( 1982a ; 1982b ) hoped that higher-skilled and better-paid jobs would eventually Appear through the same processes that had driven countries such as Hong Kong , South Korea and Singapore from low-grade , low-paid economies into higher , if not always ‘ higher-tech ’ production . |
| 42 | I think they have very little say from the point of diagnosis to treatment of anything . |
| 43 | In former days this emotional moment could not arise because archbishops had little say in the choice of bishops and no say at all in the choice of their successor . |
| 44 | Prior to the 1980 Act it had been observed that the law had been ‘ heavily weighed in favour of the local education authorities and schools with parents having few rights ( although many duties ) and little say in the decision-making process ’ . |
| 45 | Refugee recipients had very little say in the administration of services and were insufficiently encouraged to do so . |
| 46 | In some societies parents do select the marriage partner for their children , but we have very little say in the partners our children choose , however strongly we may feel on the subject . |
| 47 | But customers will have little say in the matter . |
| 48 | It is often not appreciated , at least in the U.K. that the medical profession has had very little say in the major decisions about the design of the health services . |
| 49 | Patients are at the bottom of the pecking order and have very little say in the running of services . |
| 50 | The court heard several witnesses say they saw Mr Austin 's car suddenly swerve to the right in the outsidfe lane , then violently to the left and into the front of the bus forcing it off the carriageway . |
| 51 | But without proper government action , they only scratch at the problem . |
| 52 | By Gerald Larner FOLLOWERS of the BBC Philharmonic — that small but discriminating section of the concert audience in the North-west — will have noticed a peculiarly high proportion of works featuring solo trumpet in the orchestra 's current programmes . |
| 53 | Few historians today place much trust in the sagas ( which apparently included a lost work on Cnut written c.1200 ) as sources for the eleventh century , but the verses which they quote are another matter . |
| 54 | After giving instructions about his place of burial , he required them to go to his study and take out three great hampers of books and burn them , ‘ Inasmuch as all the comedies , tragedies , pastorals , etc. , heroical poems , love hymns and the like are full of idolatry and especially tend to the overthrow of the Christian religion . ’ |
| 55 | so change in the |
| 56 | The change of style at the corner of Downing Street , on the other hand , would provide no greater contrast ‘ than occurs at every turn in the Grand Canal at Venice where Gothic and renaissance palaces constantly alternate to the great satisfaction of the artist ’ and would avoid the ‘ stereotyped monotony of a single style ’ . |
| 57 | only sell on the telephone . |
| 58 | Potted shrimps alone remain as the sole representative of these products to retain something of its original nature , although a few smoked haddock pastes are beginning to appear on London restaurant menus . |
| 59 | Formally , neither has much influence on the policy-making process . |
| 60 | From 1340 until his death in 1348 the archbishop never again held high office or exerted much influence in the king 's government . |