Example sentences of "the [noun] [conj] [pron] [be] " in BNC.

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1 Needle-knife papillotomy is probably a safer option than pre-cutting with a sphincterotome where the wire emerges from the end , as the direction of the cut is easier to control with the needle-knife and there is less danger of damage to the pancreatic duct .
2 To translate the corpus information a file was created containing two columns — the first field on each line contains the original LOB tag , the second field contains the tag that it is to be translated to .
3 The view that he changes is not usually very considered and , from his short statement , he has clearly not studied in depth either of the judgments that we are discussing today .
4 It is generally accepted that control systems have to be organized in parallel to the activities that they are intended to monitor .
5 In fact this put severe restrictions on the committee 's deliberations , and the chairman repeatedly had to advise counsel for both the GMC and the defence that it was not their function to comment on the relative merits or otherwise of alternative forms of medicine .
6 The advocate depute submitted that at the trial the view had been taken by the advocate depute and counsel for the defence that there was sufficient evidence to support the view that the two appellants were acting in concert .
7 Two , the could proceed without the landlord 's licence , it would then be up to the landlord to apply to the court to have the lease forfeited when you could arrange the defence that you were a reasonable tenant and as such the assignment should have been allowed to permit this course of action but of course you are using bank money as well as your own and the bank would be unhappy to lend money in a situation where there was a possibility , albeit a slight , that the lease would be forfeited .
8 ‘ I have to find the money myself and they told me that the wackier the ideas , the better the response so I am hoping that my ideas come off . ’
9 But when he gets round to it , I think he 'll control them a bit more closely , now you can invest in that sort of fund quite safely , and although it wo n't give you any capital growth , because if they 're giving you ten percent income , obviously the capital growth 's going to be limited , but er if it 's the income that you 're after , not a bad thing to do , so I mean at the moment I may actually combine one income-type er P E P with one growth and income , where the , where the , perhaps the yield is about five percent .
10 It may be argued that although the settlor was resident in the United Kingdom within s663(5) he would not be chargeable to tax on the income because it was not remitted to the United Kingdom ( see s663(5) ) .
11 ‘ But I saw your husband come into the tent while you were over at the tombola , ’ Mrs Doran said to Mrs Yardley .
12 The side pockets can be filled with sand and pebbles to anchor the tent if it 's breezy .
13 Now , the defences that we 're involved in er are taking conveyance .
14 Now , shall we forget about it and concentrate on enjoying the Park while we are still allowed in it ? ’
15 In desperation , he might appeal to witnesses who had seen me sitting on the bench in the park while he was talking to my double outside .
16 K : ‘ The evenings are a very special time but I ca n't take Chloe to the park because there is a hostel for down-and-outs by it and they sit on the park benches drinking and shouting abuse .
17 They performed in the park if there was one and on the sand if there was not .
18 He could see the food the Men had laid out in different places across the Park and he was tempted by it ; and the thought of its taste began to obsess him .
19 ‘ What pains me is that you took the opportunity when I was sick unto death to steal Prince Edward 's heart from me , ’ she said to Joan , having informed her of the plan .
20 ‘ The other man 's grass is always greener and I had the opportunity when I was younger to work abroad .
21 In Butler the seller lost the battle of the forms because he was careless and failed to make his last document a counter-offer instead of an acceptance .
22 But the fact has to be faced that these are a minority , for the trials of old age can have a crippling effect on some relationships , and it is the various problems of the majority that we are examining here .
23 That provision was placed in the contingency because it was un felt it was unclear at the time , what the effect on costs would be , of the sale of link waste .
24 Not only had I had that run in with him over the rehearsals but he was also the fussiest teacher in the school when it came to long hair .
25 It will be interesting to know how the wha how the minister proposes to define er materials er material significance , er who will issue guidance on that point er will it be the professional associations , is it something that the government is going to turn it 's mind to and what is , what does it actually mean er for example if the auditor was looking at the Maxwell accounts er what what is a matter of material er er er significance , er for example would it be materially significant that just about every one er er who you spoke to at the time thought that Maxwell was a crook although interestingly that was n't er apparently the view of the regulator or that are directly responsible for these matters , er but even before Maxwell was exposed for the the crook that he was er many , many people knew from him that his conduct , er the way his conducted himself , the D T I itself of course had said that he was a a a manifestly unsuitable person er to be in charge of a company .
26 We therefore have : 1 ) the malady if it is a malady ; at any rate it is assumed to be a malady by the proponents of incomes policy ; 2 ) a theoretical cause of the malady , which is not disputed ; 3 ) the practical demonstration that this cause has been in operation ; and 4 ) the psychological explanation why that cause is desired , fomented and sustained by Governments .
27 If they 're in here working all day and everyday and they see the other girls taking exams and they know I 'm going to make them work , quite often they 'll take the exams because there 's no point in not taking them , whereas I think if they were at home they would not have the same incentive .
28 ‘ This news has justified the exams and I was thrilled when I heard .
29 Now this last one here is called Living the Prayer and it 's like the other quite a few of the others , erm but it 's for you , it 's not for not for us it 's not to be shared .
30 The hilarious final rush of actions dominates the tale , and may provide a form of comic catharsis by which not only are potentially grave moral images and considerations emptied of their solemnity , but also the sympathy that it is difficult at times not to feel for the poor dupe , John , faithfully and helplessly in love with his wife , is overwhelmed by the sheer absurdity of this all-embracing climax .
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