Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [conj] [vb base] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The operator then turns a handle to allow three or more spears to puncture the cans and allow their contents to run into the bottom of the hopper . |
| 2 | We believe in citizenship , not subjecthood — in the ability of all individuals to exercise power over the institutions that govern their lives . |
| 3 | First , the hon. Gentleman is terrified of saying anything that would upset his trade union paymasters ; secondly , he is afraid to do anything that would remind the electorate of the chains that bind his party to those paymasters — the bosses of the trade unions . |
| 4 | Most of the birds that parasitise their own species lay one or more eggs in the nests of other birds , and then lay and rear a separate clutch themselves . |
| 5 | The man continues to read the Times and dust his suit . |
| 6 | On the contrary , it may be argued that the groups that flex their muscles most forcefully and publicly thereby demonstrate their relative weakness . |
| 7 | Now , having been stuck behind the desk for weeks at a time , he does n't need asking twice to unlock the cases and parade his collection … |
| 8 | In fact , the power and effectiveness of Ivanisevic 's serve and the rest of the other ‘ boomers ’ like David Wheaton , is provoking attempts to change the rules and lessen their dominance . |
| 9 | Like the protagonist in Out , Larry interprets his own identity through the discourses that organize his experience . |
| 10 | Slowed down to the frequencies that suit our ears you can hear that they differ in volume , length , pitch and frequency and include squeals and yelps , grunts and trills . |
| 11 | Despite the initial shock of being confronted with a typical Elizabethan letter or manuscript , the collector may be assured that , once he has troubled to master the unfamiliar forms of a number of the letters , their consistency will ensure that he will have no more — and sometimes less — trouble than he has with some of the missives that find their way to his desk or doormat today . |
| 12 | Knowledge , rather , is an emergent of an interactive process between a collectivity of subjects and the objects that constitute their environment . |
| 13 | Theseus made his way back through the labyrinth and out into the fresh night air where Ariadne was waiting for him Now they had to rescue the Athenians and make their escape . |
| 14 | The Tanzanian government bas designated the Serengeti a national park , in an effort to protect the animals and conserve their natural habitat . |
| 15 | Now airlines , as everyone knows , are very keen on their corporate identity — on the liveries that cover their planes and refuelling trucks , on the trays of food they bring you , on their lounges and their check-in desks and on the way their staff look and behave . |
| 16 | So enjoy using the combinations of colours , the simplicity of the shapes and create your own piece of the Mediterranean . |
| 17 | This involves knowing the Bible and being prepared to use the opportunities that come our way . |
| 18 | The caresses stimulate the extremities of the sensory nerve fibres in the skin , already tuned up to maximum sensitivity , and your seat glands secrete pheromones ( the hormones that emit your personal scent and induce sensations such as fear , aggression or sexual arousal ) . |
| 19 | How can the poor woman explain that , probably like the majority of wives , she loved him most of the time , when he did n't snore in her ear all night or shout at the kids or keep her short of Bingo money . " |
| 20 | ‘ So I struggled on when the best thing would have been to go into the reserves and get my confidence back . |
| 21 | The quick and the dead ( 12 ) The shapes , the voices that throng his mind , for there are days when the living have no substance and the dead are active ( 13 ) . |
| 22 | The shapes , The voices that throng his mind , for there are days When the living have no substance and the dead Are active . |
| 23 | Where are the books that celebrate their stories ? |
| 24 | Bend your legs at the knees and swoop your arms down and behind your bottom , in one movement . |
| 25 | ‘ After their 6–0 win over Estonia it would put them four points ahead of the Scots and boost their confidence . |
| 26 | Shared worship , moreover , increases the trust and security which the words that follow my suggested addendum make clear . |
| 27 | The British East India Company was largely opposed to the idea of missionary work , fearing that it might cause hostility among the natives and disrupt its trade . |
| 28 | At other schools , however , in other counties ( and especially when a full-time librarian is available to receive the youngsters and add his or her strength to the teaching team ) the library resource centre is a useful additional area for work , and the use of its indexes and bibliographical reference tools an important part of the skill-learning aspect of the project . |
| 29 | TWW had become , we all thought , a successful regional company — although there was the eternal battle to breakdown the barriers and get our best work onto the network . |
| 30 | Within any strain of a species , deep structures tend to be in a fixed position relative to certain landmarks on the skull , such as the joints between the bones that form its upper surface ( Pellegrino , Pellegrino , and Cushman 1979 ) . |