Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [vb base] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't waste time trying to gather possessions or save the goldfish — fire spreads very quickly . |
| 2 | To find out more , telephone 01– and ask for a copy of our 1989 Report and Accounts or send the coupon below : |
| 3 | By this time , however , the military crisis was over , and Henry abruptly demanded that Anselm should either comply with his wishes or leave the country . |
| 4 | The package manager should either update the package to reference all modules on the DC(s) or abort the DC(s) referencing module(s) not in the package ( and possibly create new DC(s) ) . |
| 5 | I would rather mend hedges & follow the plough , than write another . ’ |
| 6 | Not that a girl would ever be allowed to touch the great hammers or take the white-hot metal from the furnace with the giant tongs . |
| 7 | Pistoliers are young nobles , knights ' sons who are not old or experienced enough to win their spurs or join the Reiksguard . |
| 8 | It works by disrupting the market and presenting the employer with a choice either to close operations or concede the union 's demands . |
| 9 | The southern colonies , in the islands or on the American mainland , offered tobacco and other products that could be exchanged for English exports or help the London re-export trade , but the agricultural products of New England were similar enough to those of England to mean that there were not many openings for trade , and this meant that the differences caused by religion were not healed by close commercial relations . |
| 10 | On each campus , there is a designated member of Student Services staff who can assist with any queries or put the overseas student in touch with an appropriate source of help . |
| 11 | On each campus , there is a designated member of Student Services staff who can assist with any queries or put the overseas student in touch with an appropriate source of help . |
| 12 | You can rid of deodorant stains by making a paste out of bicarbonate or soda and salt and applying this to the stain for 15 , minutes or soak the garment in a biological detergent . |
| 13 | The danger is that sometimes people who observe focus groups or read the reports on their discussions fall into the trap of saying that ‘ the majority ’ of members favoured a certain viewpoint , when this simply means five out of eight selected individuals . |
| 14 | Nozick 's case rests on the view that so long as one is not acting for the reason that one 's action will favour one of the parties or hinder the other , but for a valid independent reason , then one 's neutrality is intact . |
| 15 | ‘ We would hope to get some of that back to replenish the reserves or spend the money on other desirable schemes . ’ |
| 16 | But in the Epilogue , as opposed to the body of Crime and Punishment , people do n't torture animals or bear the mark of Peter the German . |
| 17 | So be careful you do n't pull the stolen non-human animal fibres ( wool ) over someone 's eyes or use the differently logical ( wrong ) word this Christmas . |
| 18 | The computer misuse act is aimed at criminal activity , it was primarily aimed at people who either hack into other computers or misuse the computers that are in front of them . |
| 19 | Every day about noon [ the monarch ] sits upon his throne , with some of his sons at his right and left , while the eunuchs who stand about the royal person flap away the flies with peacock tails or agitate the air with large fans … |
| 20 | For example , an elder ( like the rest of us ) will get up , go to the toilet , go through familiar washing routines , make tea , collect the paper from the front door , and perhaps walk down to the shops or catch the bus into town , with competence and efficiency . |
| 21 | Order through Victoria Wine branches or call the hotline on 0800 526464 . |
| 22 | Oh : car of menace , car of blight Cars the atmosphere ignite Greenhouse warming , Havoc forming Parkinson must see us right We 're au fait with entropy Gaia , Ecosphere , synergy Words for greening But their meaning 's A linguistic mystery Oh : politicians must invent Worship of environment Genuflecting by reflecting Words of verdant bafflement Now our water 's unfit to drink Too much aluminium and zinc No solution To pollution No-one can stand the stink Oh : public filth and pestilence Highlights private opulence Does the glitter , clear the litter All it needs is pounds and pence GOD REST YE MERRY God rest ye merry , gentle Greens Let nothing you dismay The much foretold apocalypse Is now well under way Not even Mr Gorbachev Can stop the world 's decay Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh , tidings of comfort and joy We ca n't eat meat or hens or fish The farming is too cruel The only food we now permit Is foul organic gruel Irradiated food and veg Now double up as fuel Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now everybody wants a car Though noise and fumes are vile The Iron Curtain fractures and The jams stretch back for miles Mobility and liberty Can not be reconciled Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy We think that greenhouse warming will Bring on the world 's demise If forests burn it 's not just trees but mankind too that fries But all this may be garbage Because scientists tell lies Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Consumers must buy less to reach Sustainability For galloping consumption is More lethal than TB So much for Third World dreams of fleeing Grinding poverty Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Unless we stop producing kids The planet will not cope No hope for birth controllers short of Kidnapping the Pope But since the Greens recycle people they May turn us into soap Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy In searching for clean energy The choice is pretty stark The floods that come when coal is burnt will keep us in the Ark But had Lord Marshall got his way We 'd all glow in the dark Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Dumb animals are much preferrred To flawed humanity Ill-treatment of old people may Provoke insanity But culling seals and whales is judged The worst profanity Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now Mrs Thatcher goes bright green A highly suspect hue Her policies have after all Kept filth and squalor blue It 's just another way she 's found To tell us what to do Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy With greenhouse gases , PCBs Sulphuric acid rain This fragile globe 's environment Is going down the drain It is a cosmic punishment That we ca n't start again Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Melanie Phillips OVERNIGHT FILE |
| 23 | They ca n't register their children at schools or use the Mexican health system for fear of detection . |
| 24 | Last week , my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science said that he was not going to tell teachers how to teach in primary schools or pre-empt the outcome of the inquiry that he had just announced . |
| 25 | Encourage research and development in the recognition , assessment and management of engineering risks and disseminate the findings . |
| 26 | If there is a drop in demand the informal outfit has to carry the risks and absorb the shock of fluctuations in the market . |
| 27 | ‘ Young workers have to take most of the risks and face the unrestricted and poor employment protection of adult workers , but get few of the benefits as most have no recourse to social protection when employment or training places are not available to them , ’ the report says . |
| 28 | ‘ Young workers have to take most of the risks and face the unrestricted and poor employment protection of adult workers , but get few of the benefits ’ |
| 29 | We will continue federal funding for the arts and promote the full diversity of American culture , recognising the importance of providing all Americans with access to the arts . |
| 30 | They tend to restrict the causes of criminality to hereditary characteristics and overlook the effects of environmental influences and cultural traditions . |