Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [prep] [n mass] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the majority of people the response to an odour is instantaneous , disappearing immediately the odorant is removed . |
| 2 | Sir , — I believe to the majority of people the addition of VAT to domestic fuel bills will be as welcome as a large hole in a lifeboat would be . |
| 3 | Consequently , by selling a stake in the business for £200m the first effect is to raise the solvency margin on the with-profits business . |
| 4 | Assuming unchanged interest rates , interest on the £50,000 mortgage comes to £4,656 , but if the £10,000 were taken off deposit and used to diminish the mortgage to £40,000 the annual cost falls to £3,564 . |
| 5 | They were no less enthused when Mr Rice put up some film of seriously ordinary people , the sort of folk the average celebrity sees across a crash barrier . |
| 6 | They were local women and had joined for a job , but they were grandmotherly in a way , just the sort of people the younger girls needed . |
| 7 | But if I do that , well , I copy the C four , C six down have C five , C seven and then when I go in and insert the extra rows then er , well that formula 's not going to refer to those new rows that I insert it 's still cell the right of price and the right of sales the wrong sales certainly . |
| 8 | The Zombies take on the appearance of people the adventurers know ( and preferably care about or at least like ) and reach forward to them as if in greeting . |
| 9 | b ) Now work out the area of 10m the small rectangle . |
| 10 | It is , however , fair to say that the possible restrictions proposed in the consultation paper on a firm 's provision of specialist valuations ( brand valuations , for instance ) to audit clients provide a clear illustration of the approach to ethics the Institutes must maintain . |
| 11 | As we came through the gate to look.at the few new lambs |
| 12 | If these priorities are not reflected in the organization of staff the basis of the library service itself becomes progressively undermined . |
| 13 | What seems to be important is the number of people the housewife sees . |
| 14 | The number of sales the trader could make was limited to the number of cars he could get . |
| 15 | Certainly within universities the more senior the the member of staff the more likely they are apparently to use a desk as a barrier erm so that they sort of er y'know you see them from behind a desk , when you 're at the front of the desk and they 're behind the desk . |
| 16 | Since April last year we have assessed open market rents on 24 pubs in the Darlington area based on the new 20-year leases , and the average increase over the historic tenancy rent and transfer of machine income is in the region of 55pc the same as the national average . |
| 17 | The council says it will continue to assess Steven and Jason 's needs , and it has n't ruled out a change of school.Meanwhile the argument over what 's best for the youngsters goes on . |
| 18 | A tin of salmon the first one |
| 19 | Reporting first quarter figures for the first time — nothing like good news to encourage such a move — SGS-Thomson Microelectronics NV said net profit for the first quarter of 1993 was $24.4m on sales up 28.1% at $439m ; in the year to December 31 it had net profit of $3m compared with a loss of $102.6m the year before ; first quarter orders soared by 91.2% to $726.8m . |
| 20 | The loss compares with a profit of £1.2m the previous year . |
| 21 | At 8 am yesterday , Woosnam resumed play on the 14th green , having refused to hole a putt of 4ft the previous night in case he missed it . |
| 22 | The list was continuous , and so it was not a matter of waiting.until the end before repeating the numbers from memory . |
| 23 | For quite a lot of people the last day of October was going to be a very rough day indeed . |
| 24 | Another reason that we should be against the Labour party is that we should not put them in a position to buck the trend . |
| 25 | After paying a deposit of £25 the buyer refused to pay the rest . |
| 26 | IRISH trainer Michael Kauntze could well have saved next Saturday 's Coalite St Leger with his decision — or that of his owner — to supplement at a cost of £25,000 the dual Oaks runner-up Royal Ballerina . |
| 27 | IRISH trainer Michael Kauntze could well have saved next Saturday 's Coalite St Leger with his decision — or that of his owner — to supplement at a cost of £25,000 the dual Oaks runner-up Royal Ballerina . |
| 28 | A motor car bought for resale at a cost of £3,500 the retail price of which was £5,000 . |
| 29 | Barratt sold 2,017 houses at an average price of £75,800 in the half year , down from 2,128 completions at an average of £81,200 the previous year . |
| 30 | It is perhaps because of an effort to buck the trend towards an insufferable and market-conscious cleverness that we are witnessing an attempt amongst more committed narrators to seek out a way of dealing directly with the emotions , without all the paraphernalia of intrigue and description that has accumulated over the past few years . |