Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this general context , handheld media are increasingly offering the same utilities which are helping to build the electronic information market globally , together with portability , an ingredient new to electronic media but for long one of the most cherished advantages of the printed word . |
| 2 | In the third quarter of 1920 , council health workers were responsible for only 512 of the 4424 visits to expectant mothers , and 11,329 of the 27,062 visits to children ( Maternity and Child Welfare Committee Minutes 12 October 20 ) . |
| 3 | British-made goods were hit particularly hard , accounting for only 1,815,670 of the 2,863,302 articles hallmarked — a drop of 14.1 per cent . |
| 4 | Well those people I 've , who are here , erm I 'm told by Dr and I 'll read this because I ca n't understand it myself political processes , please remember he says that tutorials for part three commence next Monday and Tuesday the twenty first and twenty second but papers for only two of the seven groups are currently in the folders . |
| 5 | For only two of the four Northern counties , Cleveland and Northumberland , will be able to compete . |
| 6 | Few teachers are appointed for only one of the three tasks and even if their hands are full with teaching or with a senior teacher 's responsibilities or a large clutch of pastoral duties in their early days , they will know from the head what kind of organization they are joining . |
| 7 | As a result , the Yachting World Trophy for line honours — allowing motoring for only one-third of the elapsed time — went to Speedy Go , sailed by Philippe Barbe , which finished only 10 hours , 11 min. later than Ocean Quest . |
| 8 | Fearing the results of open elections , even for only one-third of the seats in the Sejm ( now to be the lower house of parliament ) , the party wanted a strong president . |
| 9 | To take just one more example , the central urban township of Sheffield accounted for only one-twentieth of the 22,370-acre parish which stretched from the industrial villages of Attercliffe and Darnall in the east to isolated farms in the west . |
| 10 | As fans of shortening point out , bills account for only one-quarter of the marketable debt , down from a third a decade ago . |
| 11 | The other two subject variables of interest were collected in a subsequent experiment and were thus available for only 25 of the subjects from this study . |
| 12 | AUSTRALIA wrapped up the series 4–0 with an ultimately easy victory over a dispirited Indian side , whose last 10 wickets went down for only 59 in the final innings . |
| 13 | In other words , Britain has been ruled by a government of what is generally regarded as the normal British kind — a single-party government with a majority in the House of Commons , capable of getting its measures on to the statute book without open or tacit agreements with any other party — for only 54 of the 84 years of this century . |
| 14 | Almost invariably , when that happens , its blue tail drops off and lies wriggling on the rock with such vigour that the aggressor 's attention is diverted to it , often for sufficiently long for the skink itself to slip free and escape . |
| 15 | It would be immoral for me to give up on my son ; I have been through so much in the last three years , ’ she said . |
| 16 | erm so many for the dates and for so many for the |
| 17 | This was the equation that spelt disaster for so many of the Body & Face Place franchisees . |
| 18 | ‘ That 's why I used her for so many of the taped examples for my lectures , Folly . |
| 19 | and she had a grant for so much off the council |
| 20 | It is such relentless attention that makes her garden so spectacular for so much of the year . |
| 21 | All performed creditably and indeed Patel was such a revelation that onlookers must have wondered why he had been languishing in other teams for so much of the season . |
| 22 | Denied parents for so much of the year , Angel had idolized Pedro . |
| 23 | She wanted to lie there in the dark , alone with the thoughts she had had to suppress for so much of the day . |
| 24 | ‘ Seeing as you 're on your own for so much of the time . ’ |
| 25 | The Chinese democracy movement also demolished , though too briefly , the barrier of orientalising misperception which for so much of the European Left as well as for the ruling establishments has consigned China into the category of the separate and different . |
| 26 | The conspiracy theory of racism makes sense of a particular social reality : it is because the police force , which is supposed to uphold justice and protect ethnic minorities from racist attacks , is itself responsible for so much of the violence and injustice suffered by black communities that it is experienced as being part of the same oppressive system as the gang of white unemployed youth who are beating up people on the street . |
| 27 | Naturally , with a weakened squad for so much of the season , Athletico 's promotion challenge had to wait but , sinking deeper into debt , it came as no surprise when Homstat 's contract was flushed down the loo and the Larssons were told they were no longer fjordable . |
| 28 | She kept wanting to cry , as she had with Stephen , as she had for so much of the time since Timothy Gedge had come into their lives . |
| 29 | ( I Cor. 4:7 ) This concern to preserve the unity the Spirit had created , accounts for so much in the life and teaching of the early Church . |
| 30 | We must look after not all of the sport , the high flyers , the starters , the beginners and those who just go out for enjoyment and potter . |