Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After hundreds of years of embattled resistance the Dwarf city of Karak Eight Peaks falls to attack by Orcs , Goblins and Skaven . |
| 2 | The reduction in the and the persistent rise the depreciation charge , which is going over the last four years as we maintain a high level of capital spending . |
| 3 | Step 5 CAPTION- Change the icon pixel by pixel by choosing colours from the Editor 's palette and using the mouse to apply them . |
| 4 | In due course the parents are relieved when he begins to ‘ miss ’ his two o'clock and then his six o'clock feeds . |
| 5 | When the WICBC met to discuss the captaincy for the visit to Australia in 1960–1 , it was Alexander himself who pressed Worrell 's claims , and in due course the announcement was made that Worrell would lead the team . |
| 6 | In due course the principle could be extended to cover child care for older children . |
| 7 | In due course the host dies and releases into the environment virus carrying fragments of its DNA ( see diagram below ) . |
| 8 | In due course the two types were combined , the show stock contributing its ‘ perfect ’ udder and well-placed teats ( ideally suited to machine milking ) to the efficient productivity of the commercial animal , and the breed was further developed for increased yields without loss of butterfat . |
| 9 | It reverted to being a draught animal in many places , losing its beef productivity , though in some areas its old milking abilities were encouraged and in due course the dairies of Cheshire came to rely on Longhorn milk for cheese-making ; from 1839 onwards Longhorns were frequently winning major beef prizes too , right through to the 1880s . |
| 10 | After several years he displayed the results in London in 1804 but said himself that the calves at one month old were ‘ as fat as quails ’ , though he declared that in due course the hide , flesh , milk and tallow would be of superior quality and value . |
| 11 | In due course the numbers will be drastically reduced by natural mortalities , disease and predators being the chief causes . |
| 12 | In due course the main gallery will be refurbished and modernised to provide an important contribution to the cultural amenities of Bristol . |
| 13 | In due course the bank sought to enforce its security . |
| 14 | In due course the meeting took place . |
| 15 | In due course the surface temperature on Venus was higher than the boiling point of water , so that there was no longer any possibility of liquid water on the planet 's surface — in other words , there could be no rivers or seas . |
| 16 | One possibility is that the Sun is currently going through a ‘ quiescent ’ phase : the nuclear reactions at its core are continuing just sufficiently to keep our star shining , but no more than that ; in due course the Sun will get back to ‘ business as usual ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ But in due course the ICC will study the whole issue of tampering with the ball . |
| 18 | In due course the International Committee completed its arrangements , and the Congress of Europe was held in The Hague in May 1948 . |
| 19 | When in due course the investigation process is completed by the issue of a report , it is for the regulating authority to put into effect the safety recommendations the report contains . |
| 20 | The pulse code modulated recorder , using either plastic or steel tape or wire as the recording medium , soon became known as the ‘ second generation ’ type of FDR , and in due course the USA introduced American versions in some of their wide bodied jets and called them DFDRs — digital flight data recorders . |
| 21 | In due course the CVR was made mandatory for UK registered aircraft , with a revised channel allocation to take full advantage of the ‘ hot mike ’ system . |
| 22 | In due course the test was set up in England . |
| 23 | In due course the details of the recovery filtered back and we learned that the tern had been ringed as a fledgling in a colony in southern Sweden only a couple of weeks earlier . |
| 24 | In due course the rest of the land could learn to beware the Dunelmians ! |
| 25 | In due course the conspirators were taken to Edinburgh , subjected to protracted torture , and finally beheaded . |
| 26 | In due course the whole idea was rejected . |
| 27 | In due course the usages of the frontier included regular meetings of Wardens from either side , seeking to control unrulier elements in their own jurisdiction and obtain redress for robberies or killings inflicted from the facing March . |
| 28 | In Japan , however , government policy avoided this outcome ; the Japanese market was protected and in due course the world semiconductor market was targeted for a concerted Japanese effort . |
| 29 | Already for nearly a century the syllabub had been keeping company with the trifle , and in due course the trifle came to reign in the syllabub 's stead ; and before long the party pudding of the English was not any more the fragile whip of cream contained in a little glass , concealing within its innocent white froth a powerful alcoholic punch , but a built-up confection of sponge fingers and ratafias soaked in wine and brandy , spread with jam , clothed in an egg-and-cream custard , topped with a syllabub and strewn with little coloured comfits . |
| 30 | In due course the black goat was sacrificed with the appropriate ceremonies to appease the river and nobody was in the least surprised when , little by little , the river began to fall . |