Example sentences of "[det] [conj] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is little or nothing on the coloration of other everyday materials , such as leather and paper , nor is there any mention of non-substrate uses , such as in dye lasers or photovoltaic cells . |
| 2 | On the other hand , Chain and Florey were armed with apparatus which means little or nothing to the layman . |
| 3 | Africa , South America and Australia appear to have contributed little or nothing to the pedigree cat world . |
| 4 | In the south of England , Dorset , Hampshire and Surrey were affected to some extent — again much more in some parts than others — but the south-eastern corner of England owes little or nothing to the enclosure commissioners . |
| 5 | Third , the author has generally seen little or nothing of the actual restoration work , yet , once it is finished , presumes to assess it with unshakeable authority . |
| 6 | ‘ When a woman 's lover says little or nothing between the sheets , she will feel unloved , ’ says Barbara DeAngelis in her book How To Make Love All The Time . |
| 7 | Although these techniques developed by Sibbald et al ( 25 ) using a computer programme to determine the optimum allocation of land to agriculture and forestry make it possible to reach a more objective decision about the allocation of land to agriculture or forestry in an integrated scheme we , as yet , know little or nothing about the impact of agriculture or forest development on rural communities . |
| 8 | It means giving the report to someone who knows little or nothing about the actual subject and asking them to say what they do n't understand about it , right down to individual words and sentences . |
| 9 | We are also aware that for the majority of women , a visit to a car showroom or Service Department can be a difficult and sometimes downright unpleasant experience due to indifferent attitudes by some Sales/Service staff who are under the misguided impression that because you are female you know little or nothing about the motor car . |
| 10 | Many recognised the ‘ Rameses ’ and ‘ Catherine ’ titles , but had seen neither show , and knew little or nothing about the imminent Turkish and Vatican exhibitions . |
| 11 | They come with minds as empty as their notebooks , knowing little or nothing about the subject . |
| 12 | She herself knew little or nothing about the organisation , and Donna wished she could have happened upon someone as knowledgeable on the subject as Mahoney had been . |
| 13 | Members frequently make the comment that they know little or nothing about the structure of the IBOA , the decision-making process — in short how the IBOA operates . |
| 14 | Oxidised LDL may also be procoagulant since it has been described as stimulating endothelial tissue factor activity and inhibiting activation of protein C. Despite these tremendous advances , the authors wisely remind us that many patients with coronary disease have few or none of the known risk factors . |
| 15 | In the simplest case an instruction tests for all , some or none of the bits being set to one . |
| 16 | In a properly balanced meal , only one dish should be really hot although chilli/cayenne may be present in others — much as we in the West indiscriminately use black pepper . |
| 17 | The success of a diplomatic mission depends as much as anything on the quality of the information . |
| 18 | Times have changed dramatically for the worse in Wales , a condition brought on as much as anything by the masochistic fixture-making which has brought about so much contact between the countries since the Welsh were blacked out in the 1987 World Cup semi-final . |
| 19 | So is that And what about the electricity bills how do you ? |
| 20 | And wha ca n't go any further with that and what about the nine ? |
| 21 | exerting , that I carry too much weight and I know that and its like the lady said its not the chocolate biscuits but it is erm self erm |
| 22 | Cos if you ever squared up to one of these or anybody in the flats , people 'd just come out of the out of the woodwork . |
| 23 | What , what happened if you were ill at all or anything in the early days , did , did were you allowed time off for illness ? |
| 24 | Concentration of updates in a particular area — case 3 above — reduces the number of blocks that have to be read and in the most extreme case , where all or none of the records in a block require updating , the percentage of records that need to be read would not change due to blocking . |
| 25 | Most importantly there will be one person affected more than me in the year ahead . |
| 26 | So to Pešek 's Taras Bulba — and more than anything on the disc , this rhapsodic triptych really does warm to his touch . |
| 27 | That Anglo-Saxon connection slowly dwindled , undermined more than anything by the rise of Biarritz and the widening belief in the seaside as the better source of good health . |
| 28 | I now want one more than anything in the world . |
| 29 | ‘ More than anything in the world . ’ |
| 30 | I want that more than anything in the world . ’ |