Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the barracks were demolished , leaving within the defences only the granaries , now enclosed inside their own compound , the headquarters building and the commander 's house . |
| 2 | From the mid-1970s onwards a number of factors began to threaten the continued existence of this ‘ single capacity ’ system : |
| 3 | ‘ Although we only assemble the clubs here the components are made by expert manufacturers in America , Japan and Taiwan . |
| 4 | While many British evacuees drifted back to the cities once the threat of an invasion had been lifted , refugee children were actively discouraged from returning to the urban life . |
| 5 | He had a good knowledge of Scotland , particularly the bagpipes , and I am sure if I had offered to go along to Brigade HQ to fetch my bagpipes he would have had me marching up and down the orchard playing his favourite tunes , much to the consternation of the other Commandos , and possibly the annoyance of the Germans just a short distance away . |
| 6 | Although Mr Salmon had already told me that we had declared war against the Germans almost a year ago — none of us having heard of Archduke Franz Ferdinand — we only found out how serious it was when a lot of young lads who had worked in the market began to disappear off to ‘ the front ’ to be replaced by their younger brothers — and sometimes even sisters . |
| 7 | From the Garrimpos Just a few miles down stream , the silvery waters of the Cristolino flow into the Tellisperos river , and vanish , stained by it 's burden of silt . |
| 8 | Then they had an open patch of land to cross before reaching the shelter of the woods about a hundred yards away . |
| 9 | Well that one really is I mean cos I see them up in the woods quite a lot |
| 10 | So the sharing 's a bit like doing the times only the other way round is n't it like doing it backwards . |
| 11 | It 's still gon na take six times eight , but this time the six is the hours so the eight will be women . |
| 12 | A major responsibility , particularly in the hours following the blast , was to help reduce panic by providing as much information as possible concerning the dead and injured , and those who were missing or left homeless . |
| 13 | We can juggle the hours around a bit to fit in with other things . ’ |
| 14 | I think when you look at the the policies collectively and the policies individually the strategy of protecting the open countryside is implicit within those policies . |
| 15 | Everyone I spoke to was against the widening of the roads especially the steep pass down into Kinlochewe . |
| 16 | However , if the settlor can control the investments etc a point may be reached where the line has been transgressed . |
| 17 | It was not felt appropriate to raise this as a direct question to the authorities so an application was made to Namibia for an amateur radio licence for a Dxpedition to the Penguins . |
| 18 | Pedro Fernández Dittus was not , however , required to spend time in detention but merely to present himself to the authorities once a week . |
| 19 | If the geometric domains are to be described by their orthogonal excursions in the local space of the objects then a pin forced to the bottom of a hole will have a five boundary touching condition . |
| 20 | But the third time they had turned it up so it kept on going big waves so I I missed the steps so the erm one of the lifeguards |
| 21 | Lifting economies out of recession is easy compared with deciding when to re-apply the brakes so the economy does not overheat later . |
| 22 | Then he gave the calves almost the same treatment as I had and we left . |
| 23 | If you do have to move the shell-dwellers then a small tank will for them . |
| 24 | If a moving enemy has triggered the Fanatics then the enemy unit is halted at 8″ away . |
| 25 | Nails slept at the stables almost every night , apparently going home for breakfast . |
| 26 | You may need to fiddle with the valves quite a bit to get the right balance between the different outlets . |
| 27 | Great-Uncle Isaac at Dummah Hill , where Father was living and working , was kin to the brothers so an arrangement was made for him to take over the land . |
| 28 | I slipped an old Eurythmics tape into the cassette deck I have installed where Armstrong 's meter used to be and adjusted the speakers so the full effect came in the front rather than the back . |
| 29 | Within the fragments only a limited amount of variance in the ordering of the tales is possible ; rather more diverse is the order in which the fragments can be and are found to be arranged . |
| 30 | Earlier in the season so many wasps ( or guêpes , as they call them ) were being caught that the gardener was having to empty the traps twice a day . |