Example sentences of "[num] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost all the colonies the English ever acquired were of one or another of these three types , and in a number of other ways the overseas activities undertaken between the 1550s and the 1640s laid down the pattern for all that was to come . |
| 2 | 2 Push down the clutch plate ( a ) and draw back the piston rod ( b ) |
| 3 | While a new regulation in 1985 ruled out the option of global additionality , the question of individual additionality still remained for the future . |
| 4 | Bott was given huge amounts of space on the inside pages of Ink in December 1971 and January 1972 to set out the scrambled views on life which he was culling from a variety of standard left-wing and anarchist gurus . |
| 5 | I walked the 30 paces down the narrow alley to the very spot where the paper girl first heard the running steps of her assailant before she was knocked senseless . |
| 6 | 2 Find out the main factors on your surgical ward which help or hinder patient comfort . |
| 7 | Part II to Schedule 12 sets out the prescribed matters of complaint . |
| 8 | Paragraph 2 sets out the permissible exclusions from investigation , and paragraphs 3 to 5 set out the functions of the adjudicator . |
| 9 | Clause 2 sets out the objectives of disposal . |
| 10 | 2 Write down the words from the same dictionary page which are missing in these sentences . |
| 11 | When Oldham Magistrates granted summonses against Brady and Hindley for the murder of the child following a private application , the Director , having already decided that in all the circumstances it would not be in the public interest to institute proceedings against them , used his statutory powers under Section 6 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 to take over the conduct of the case and to discontinue it under Section 23 . |
| 12 | Rules 7.2 to 7.4 set out the procedure and practice on the filing and service of originating and other applications . |
| 13 | In 1979 there were 3,080 barristers practising in central London and 1,283 spread over the rest of england and Wales ; considering that most courts are now decentralised , this certainly seems to indicate an imbalance . |
| 14 | Indeed the so-called ‘ Revolution Bill ’ , the Umsturzvorlage proposed by the German government in 1894 to ward off the threat of revolution , made criticism of the family as an institution punishable by drastic penalties . |
| 15 | The Libyan Arab Airlines Boeing 727 came down the day after the fourth anniversary of the Lockerbie bomb — allegedly planted by two Libyans — which killed 270 . |
| 16 | A spokesman at Number 10 played down the snub . |
| 17 | President Jaime Paz Zamora announced the formation of a Presidential Advisory Commission on July 7 to set out the basis for a constitutional reform programme to modernize the state . |
| 18 | Almost 2,000 took up the invitation during a two-day open house and were taken on a guided tour route which stretched over a mile through the £1.85 billion development . |
| 19 | Table 16–2 picks out the most controversial aspect of the tax system , the marginal rate of income tax . |
| 20 | Using social classes I and II combined as the reference point , Table III sets out the relative risks of child mortality for different social groups in three age bands : 1–4 , 5–9 , and 10–15 years . |
| 21 | Section 45 sets out the criteria for the prudent management of a building society . |
| 22 | The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991 sets out the parameters of the County Courts ' jurisdiction . |
| 23 | Supervision of offices Rule 13 of the Solicitors ' Practice Rules 1991 sets out the minimum standards required . |
| 24 | Article 7(5) of the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991 sets out the criteria to be considered when deciding whether or not to make an order for transfer in a case in which both the High Court and the County Court have mutual jurisdiction . |
| 25 | On resigning in June 1991 to take up the post of union Defence Minister [ see p. 38288 ] he was replaced by Sudhakarrai Naik . |
| 26 | Section 14 of the Military Lands Act 1892 set out the general enabling power , but then went on to provide ‘ that no bylaws promulgated under this section shall authorise the Secretary of State to take away or prejudicially affect any right of common ’ . |
| 27 | The Swiss Party of Labour ( PvdA ) decided on Sept. 7 to strike out the word " communism " and remove all references to democratic centralism from its statutes . |
| 28 | In 1873 he returned to England to take up the post of electrician to the Highton Battery Company , and in 1877 set up the first experimental overhead telephone line in England , only two years after the invention of the telephone in the United States by Alexander Graham Bell [ q.v . ] . |
| 29 | A communiqué issued after the meeting , originally scheduled for July 9 , said that ministers had agreed to " hold a meeting in September 1991 to follow up the implementation of the Damascus Declaration and to determine the priorities suitable for that " . |
| 30 | To alleviate hardship when a bank becomes insolvent the Banking Act 1979 set up the Deposit Protection Fund . |