Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | * I always think that it is better to make a fresh pot of tea than to top up the old pot . |
| 2 | The woman had no alternative but to hand over the money because she felt her baby 's life was at risk . |
| 3 | This model was fitted with radial tyres as standard and is currently on 205 x 16 Michelin XM + S. When jacked up the steering i-not stiff . |
| 4 | Table lamps and lamp standards can be used to good effect when showing off the house in the evening or on dark winter afternoons . |
| 5 | This is partly philanthropic and partly economic — it may cost more to process the bill and collect the money than to write off the charge ! |
| 6 | Rovers manager Kenny Dalglish , whose joy at an overdue win was soured by an injury to England goal machine Alan Shearer , said referee Keith Hackett seemed more concerned with the back-pass law than stamping out the tackle from behind . |
| 7 | However , certain executive members stress that the decision by the three Cabinet members to resign was provoked by the strong views expressed by Mr Salmond when summing up the debate and the motion which still allowed the MPs to vote with the Tories again . |
| 8 | Many clients saw headhunters as taking on the dirty work , and many candidates obviously shared this view . |
| 9 | It is strange to me that such an obviously deep and , in my opinion , very moving , impressive poem can revolve round a mechanical , modern and brash object and almost devalue nature while putting on the personal and human mask that it does . |
| 10 | It is plausible to see the first point as spelling out the root problem for a philosophical account of knowledge , and the second as linked to Peirce 's anti-naturalism . |
| 11 | Example 9 shows the incident log file produced by READ_COMPLETE_ROOT_PACKAGE when reading out the structure shown above . |
| 12 | Glowing out at night — by bike with luminous tyres which allow more safety when speeding down the roads at night . |
| 13 | They had a tiny room on the ground floor lit by a small leaded window and heated by an open fire from which as much smoke seemed to blow into the room as went up the chimney . |
| 14 | This would be done on the basis of the facts , in particular the period of time the marriage had lasted and the extent to which the wife had foregone the opportunity to earn pension rights while bringing up the children . |
| 15 | During a visit to Darlington Memorial Hospital , where she visited the children 's ward , Ms Harman said the Government was starving the NHS of resources while building up the private sector . |
| 16 | It was admirably researched , hut it glossed over the important questions while pointing up the trivial ones . |
| 17 | Can you deal with inflation while bringing in the market , or should you deal with the first problem first ? |
| 18 | Her former landlady says she used a different name when taking on the tenancy of the property . |
| 19 | You should not underestimate the importance of these rights when working out the value of your contract . |
| 20 | Amendment No. 9 would require the Secretary of State to consult management-employee teams when drawing up the disposal programme . |
| 21 | Perhaps sir if I just just refer to er it 's about a page if read out the er the the summary of my statement . |
| 22 | This also develops technical skills as the pupils learn to use the microcomputer while carrying out the project . |
| 23 | John Dalton was the younger son of a Lancashire family who feathered his nest by dubious means while carrying out the office of agent for the Earl of Lancaster as constable of Pickering Castle , a position he lost in 1322 as a result of the unsuccessful rebellion of the earl who was subsequently executed . |
| 24 | The punctuation in the line ‘ of deafening tunnels , brakes , innumerable bolts ’ , seems almost to describe the ‘ brakes ’ and ‘ bolts ’ of the train while breaking up the sentence in the same pattern . |
| 25 | Advice from a variety of professional sources ( teachers , educational psychologists , doctors and others ) must be sought by the LEA when carrying out the assessment . |
| 26 | A senior corporation planner in the Northeast , who spends most of his time not so much planning as picking up the pieces of careless politics , recalled the principle of high-rise : |
| 27 | Imagine the scene if you please : Gillian on a bar-stool with satin skirt slashed to the hip , Stuart nonchalantly hefting his tie-knot while working out the current bodybuilder health of the yen on his wristwatch computer , a barman who knows without asking that Mr Hughes-Sir desires the 1918 late-landed Sercial in the special glass which concentrates the nose , Stuart sliding onto the next stool and casually emitting the subtle musk of his sexuality , Gillian begging a light , Stuart slipping the tortoise-shell Dunhill from the pocket of his unstructured Armani suit … |
| 28 | Thus the model performs a slow pirouette relative to the pilot while turning around the pilot . |
| 29 | For Trusty Dusty Hare read Long John Liley , a rapidly emerging full-back who has let his boots do the talking whilst notching up the season 's fastest century . |
| 30 | Mr Giscard d'Estaing said on television that Mr Mitterrand would have no choice but to hand over the conduct of France 's affairs ‘ to those who have this enormous majority in parliament ’ . |