Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that also that said to me at the point that there is , people need to er , be paid attendance because otherwise you deny people the opportunity to be able to stand for council , there , otherwise you are going to end up with those that are either rich or retired as the only people who can attend a council which , and therefore we must remember that and make sure those who want to have the opportunity to participate in local government are actually compensated for their , for their erm , for their work . |
| 2 | related to the existing er agricultural or related to the agricultural buildings , that will be put up before this is built . |
| 3 | Much of the initial cost of setting up the campaign was covered either by various committee members somehow doing things for free or came from the remainder of the money raised at the Comedy Store . |
| 4 | So many of them were interrelated or came from the same Sardinian village that all of them , with or without a record , could usually tell him something if they would . |
| 5 | During the summer , when Sirius rises heliacally , only twelve of these divisions of the sky can be seen rising during the hours of darkness , and it was this that led to the twelve-hour division of the night . |
| 6 | The degree and meaning of prostitution was an important issue in itself ( one estimate would have made prostitution the fourth largest female occupation ) but more important , given the double standard , was the reservoir of venereal disease especially syphilis , that it was perceived as constituting , a threat particularly to the efficiency of the armed services , and it was concern over this that led to the passing of the Contagious Diseases Acts ( in 1864 , 1866 , 1869 ) . |
| 7 | It was this that led to the first hints of how the theories of quantum mechanics and general relativity might affect each other — a glimpse of the shape of a quantum theory of gravity yet to come . |
| 8 | The rate recorded for the South East was under half that recorded for the North of England . |
| 9 | The show gathered momentum quickly and finished on a high that lasted through the party held afterwards at the neighbouring Holiday Inn . |
| 10 | He drew one hand to his lips and kissed it , but his fingers left her other hand to trace the wet that trickled over the blue smudges under her eyes . |
| 11 | erm Well not really because erm I believe erm that one was erm one of a few that survived at the erm time of the change of the erm Prime Minister . |
| 12 | I thought about this and came to the conclusion that it seemed a very good philosophy . |
| 13 | She expressed her wonder at this and asked for the name in Italian . |
| 14 | With this and talked about the rest of the the books . |
| 15 | He found it and clung there for a while , then pushed clear and knelt among the waves , head lowered . |
| 16 | He wiped them clear and peered inside the smoking gap . |
| 17 | It was a dazzling Saturday afternoon , and the park was full of contented people : children stood knicker-deep in bliss , stroking the paddling-pool as if it were some great tame animal ; attendant mothers soaked in the sun ; lovers were prone and entranced on the grass . |
| 18 | In tests with intragastric administration of bFGF , the peptide was dissolved in 1 ml of saline and instilled into the stomach via the cannula of the gastric fistula and the fistula was closed for 30 minutes . |
| 19 | He was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress in 1885 and presided at the 1886 and 1893 sessions . |
| 20 | A new name , that of the 38-year old Michael Holroyd Smith , appeared in the technical press of Europe and America in 1885 and stayed in the news into the next century . |
| 21 | He prepared the altar for Mass , opened the-door and waited for the small trickle of his congregation to enter . |
| 22 | I would have got the answer wrong and plumped for the gin riots . |
| 23 | Her anguished voice made her mother realise something was seriously wrong and dashed to the family home in Spennymoor , County Durham . |
| 24 | Some Yakuts split a dog in half and walked between the pieces with a lump of earth in their mouths , saying that if they did not observe the vow they would be split in two and buried in the earth . |
| 25 | Each had a feather-plumed bonnet and the filabeg , the small plaid , heavy wool an arm 's length wide and four arm-spans long , pleated and belted at the waist , the free end swung up and pinned over the shoulder of his saffron-dyed shirt . |
| 26 | I am deeply grateful to my parents for the fact that until I was twelve years old and started at the grammar school , I was completely unaware of class distinctions . |
| 27 | The brittle hysteria of the singing heightened Dexter 's mood before he finally broke free and roared past the Jaguar . |
| 28 | She pulled her arm free and walked to the booth , lifting the receiver off the wall . |
| 29 | His fingers were sweaty , his touch proprietorial , and all at once she wrenched free and turned to the man who 'd come to her assistance . |
| 30 | But as she shook her hair free and turned to the door , she realised that Miguel was already missing . |