Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [subord] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't even eat tea nothing because by the time hoovered and they were away . |
| 2 | In the second place , the position of strangers who deal through the husband with the wife in a transaction operating to the husband 's advantage may , by that fact alone , be affected by any equity which as between the husband and wife might arise from his conduct . |
| 3 | Clare Gittings suggests that one of the many reasons why embalming decreased during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries was distaste on the part of the nobility — not so much with the practice itself as with the thought of having so many surgeons , apothecaries and wax-chandlers poring over a body at any one time . |
| 4 | Registration does not cure any flaw in the charge itself as between the parties so that the validity of the charge remains challengeable by the company . |
| 5 | Sometimes the political ambivalence about a policy is reflected not so much in the policy itself as in the constraints that are set upon the implementation process . |
| 6 | It could be counter-argued by the employer that increased customer interest was less due to the inherent qualities of the patented invention itself than to the uncompetitive prices charged by other suppliers of similar products . |
| 7 | What size you after for the skirts and blouses ? ’ |
| 8 | But I went for the downstairs one because of the bath . |
| 9 | Alternatively payment might be made to the head of the department concerned , or money might be spent not so much in buying the office itself as on the influence necessary for securing it . |
| 10 | Clearly we need to differentiate between the problematic nature of heroin itself as against the ‘ hassle ’ caused by its illegality , impurity and uneven availability . |