Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 71000 Trust are looking forward to a number of other interesting activities during the latter half of 1992 . |
| 2 | Alejandro and his son all stop horses with five-inch curbs and send them on with spurs about the same length . |
| 3 | Progress towards political diversity under Vietnam 's , primarily economic , Doi Moi or " rejuvenation " campaign [ see p. 36696 ] suffered a number of setbacks during the latter half of 1989 , as CPV leaders reacted with some unease at the trend towards pluralism among their communist allies in Eastern Europe . |
| 4 | Not surprisingly , Ali is chosen by most boxers as the most proto typical figure , though Bunny Johnson cites Jack Johnson and many of the newer recruits to boxing look to Sugar Ray Leonard , the quick-fisted American multiple world champion who blazed his way from an Olympic gold medal at Montreal in 1976 to an estimated 30 million dollars by the end of 1981 . |
| 5 | Abbreviations : If you regularly have to take notes about the same subject , you should find it quite easy to develop your own abbreviations which will make you able to take those notes even more quickly . |
| 6 | The Essex Gliding Club 's plans for the former bomber station at Ridgewell near Clare , due to be discussed by Braintree planner on March 29 , have aroused unprecedented opposition among residents . |
| 7 | Evidently , different dictionaries can provide quite different definitions for the same word . |
| 8 | A grim Panorama programme on BBC television on May 17th highlighted the problems of Britain 's increasingly insecure workforce : milkmen working longer hours for the same money , CD stackers sacked just before the two years after which their jobs would be legally protected , betting-shop workers thrown out if they refuse to work evenings . |
| 9 | Market demand for it has been much higher than expected and there is n't the manufacturing capacity to build both four and five-speeds for the same application . |
| 10 | Various Grand Met managers and executives now take the Institute of Chartered Secretaries ’ exams for the same reason that I did . |
| 11 | ( Hawks wear bells for the same reason as mountain cattle — so you can hear them when you ca n't see them . ) |
| 12 | A great deal of traffic was involved in moving ammunition and bombs for the many airfields in the vicinity . |
| 13 | She said , ‘ We 'll all be pulling up sticks about the same time , then ! |
| 14 | The politburo was also retained , rather than being replaced by a party presidium , although in keeping with the proposals for the latter body the politburo was now to include the leaders of the parties in the 15 republics . |
| 15 | The Russians learnt to adapt this system to their climate as they adapted roof and dome pitches for the same reason . |
| 16 | It is clear that we can hold partially or severely differing opinions about the same individual in different roles . |
| 17 | Indeed , I recall one occasion when I heard him and Tony Benn separately on the radio and they were expressing essentially the same opinions about the same issues . |
| 18 | Different foods have different calorie values for the same weight . |
| 19 | On the examinations front , those publishers who had left undone titles for certain examinations are now doing them , while those who had already produced titles for the same examinations are producing more . |
| 20 | The main point about this example was to show that social roles which speakers of English would ordinarily assume to be alternative titles for the same individual , e.g. , " father " , " husband " , " begetter of wife 's children " , are not only distinguishable but may be distributed in quite unexpected ways . |
| 21 | Saving throws are not included on the profiles for the same reason , as they may vary depending on what armour you choose to buy . |
| 22 | Saving throws are not included on the profiles for the same reason , as they may vary depending on what armour you choose to buy . |
| 23 | Saving throws are not included on the profiles for the same reason , as they may vary depending on what armour you choose to buy . |
| 24 | The International Air Transport Association has also been held to be subject to the EC competition rules for the same reason . |
| 25 | He also used transactions data on MMI futures for the same periods . |
| 26 | Naturally , the planets will show individual shifts during the same period . |
| 27 | The solution may be stable on either the success or the failure surfaces for the same value of the logical rigour factor . |
| 28 | The lead times for the many publications on your media list can vary tremendously , some monthly magazines having a lead time of six months or more . |
| 29 | If they do not , then the ‘ pussy ’ miaows two more times for the same response and possible penalty before trying to get someone else to laugh . |
| 30 | The number of fully established senses is presumably finite at any one time ( though it may differ for different members of the language community , and at different times for the same speaker ) . |