Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The British used the four ‘ freedoms ’ agreed at the Commonwealth meeting in October 1943 as the basis for discussion , but refused to consider a US proposal for a fifth freedom : the right to pick up passengers , mail , and freight at intermediate stops not in the country of origin of the airline or its ultimate destination .
2 Her monograph , The Metabolism of Fat , published in 1943 as the first of Methuen 's monographs in biochemistry , summarized her views on the field , in which she was by then a recognized authority .
3 It would not be surprising if the surplus were now between £200m and £300m , giving a total for the newly enlarged BTR group of about £750m .
4 This , together with the interim dividend of 2.3 pence per share paid on 5 October 1992 , would make a total for the year of 3.3 pence per share [ 1991 8.5 pence ] .
5 A final dividend of 7.1 pence per share , up 0.45 pence , is being proposed to shareholders as Resolution No. 2 at the Annual General Meeting , making a total for the year of 10.3 pence , an increase of 6.7% over last year .
6 The company is recommending a final dividend of 4.1p per share , making a total for the year of 5.8p , up 14pc on last year 's payout of 5.1p .
7 The board has recommended a final dividend of 3.95p per share , making a total for the year of 5.4p , a 10pc improvement on 1991 .
8 Shareholders will receive a final dividend of 14.9p a share , making a total for the year of 21p per share , up by 15pc .
9 Oxford have dropped down into the bottom half of the table , after losing by 1-0 for the third match running .
10 The marquis managed to pour the brandy without spilling it , his face chalk-white as the ramifications of Horatia 's return began to dawn on him .
11 Then there was the Mondays , always about to gatecrash the States with their apparently cleaned up act — and their new LP , ‘ Pills 'N Thrills And Bellyaches ! ’ is as close to the US mainstream as the Ryders can get without losing their natural pop suss .
12 Then there was the Mondays , always about to gatecrash the States with their apparently cleaned up act — and their new LP , ‘ Pills 'N Thrills And Bellyaches ! ’ is as close to the US mainstream as the Ryders can get without losing their natural pop suss .
13 By now the French government had become quite brazen about the whole affair and the new French prime minister , Jacques Chirac , publicly stated that France had good reason to be proud of what Mafart and Prieur had achieved , a view that was evidently shared by most people in France .
14 Palatinate of Durham Within the Department of Palaeography of the University of Durham , established in 1948 for the promotion of the study of manuscript material mainly from the northern counties , there are major collections dating from the eleventh to the nineteenth centuries .
15 No 15 , a 2-6-2T loco built in Nivelles , Belgium in 1948 for the Jokioisten Railway in Finland stands stored in Llanfair station yard .
16 Despite US-European commercial rivalry , the American hopes of 1948 for the creation of a stable , thriving , anti-communist Europe had arguably been fulfilled .
17 Interest will be charged at the rate of 1 per cent above the Bank base rate prevailing for the relevant period .
18 We would levy the charge at 1 per cent above the Bank base rate prevailing for the relevant period .
19 Not only tragedy would feel the ban , but comedy , too , since all drama begins with human frailty , and none so universal and absurd as the propensity of mankind to behave badly .
20 In any case there is something absurd about the notion that language or words can be attacked independently of their users .
21 THERE is still something slightly absurd about the notion that 4,812,000 people cast their votes for Mr Dan Duffy .
22 She was polite about the leeks and lumpy cheese and said a similar thing could be done with endives and it looked at first as if the lunch was going to prove a slightly awkward affair .
23 As a letter to me at Merstham dated I May 1939 indicated , Eliot was polite about the article in question :
24 I am being polite about the way in which the Government have behaved when I say that they have dealt with our recommendations in a cavalier fashion .
25 ‘ Excuse me , please , ’ she said politely , but there was nothing polite about the angry , scornful glitter in her grey eyes .
26 Several quote 70 as the upper age limit for voluntary and statutory committees and the like .
27 Ian Woosnam fired a two-under-par 70 as the rain-hit Malaysian Open got underway in Kuala Lumpur yesterday .
28 Applied to problem P1 of Section 8.2 , it gives x 2 l = 7 , x 4 l = 1 , x 43 = 3 , x 45 = 1 and x 46 = 4 , which has a cost of 67 compared with 92 for the initial BFS given in that section .
29 Skipper Arjuna Ranatunga ( 76 ) and Hashan Tillakaratne ( 43 ) then steadied the ship , adding 92 for the fifth wicket .
30 NICK FALDO was scotched on the rocks but toasted a scintillating 70 for the halfway lead in the £1.8 million Johnnie Walker World Championship here yesterday .
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