Example sentences of "[det] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Is that the colour he chose ?
2 ‘ For sale ’ signs began to multiply as panic set in that the village would be blighted .
3 At the same time that the effects in 1 .
4 But was that the test ?
5 ‘ Is that the wench I met you with in the High Street ?
6 However , given that the policies adopted by the UK government and EC Commission were a quota and minimum import price respectively , it is necessary to derive appropriate non-tariff policies to compare with the policies utilized in practice .
7 It is when she feels compassion , rather than revulsion , for the salamander and kisses him that the spell breaks .
8 Since the UK dole is so little , that is self evident , and indeed I am writing down all I spend which concentrates the mind appropriately , given that the standing orders for gas and power go on .
9 • What experimental evidence leads us to believe that we possess an internal body clock ? • What do we know about the rhythms that the clock controls .
10 That the clock ?
11 BLACK VELVET Rivera S120 Stack Given that the guitar world seems to have voted with its feet and demonstrated a fondness for valves which to the average electronics engineer defies reason , where else is there left for amp designers to go … ?
12 Even if play areas are created off-street , the impression must not be given that the rest of the street is not intended for playing children .
13 It 's a good , dramatic blend and , given that the rest of the Heineken League is equally topsy-turvy , it makes for an entertaining diversion while Alan Davies , Bob Norster and Gareth Jenkins wrestle with the real problems on the big stage .
14 How lucky she had been to meet Violet , but was n't that the story of her life ?
15 The hunched figure is such a picture of hopelessness that the heart sinks .
16 Is n't that the heart of it ?
17 Given that the involvement of genetic factors is no longer in dispute , two questions need to be answered .
18 ‘ Ay carumba ! ’ and , most tellingly of all , given that The Simpsons are Sky-TV 's biggest asset here , ‘ Kids in TV-land , you 're being duped ’
19 The tabner you put in that the tabner the thing went in the neeps and then you cut that
20 What happens in er in genetics and how the genetic code is passed on , is that er this double strand of er this double strand is unzipped as it were , and it is just like a kind of zip fastener in that the teeth are the corresponding bases .
21 All sounds from outside were muffled because of the dock being partly below ground level , set into the slope of the bank , but in a short while I heard the sound of a car door slamming and after that the noise of an engine starting up and being driven away .
22 ( Was that the noise of other people out on the fringes of unknown perceptions ? )
23 If you say so sir , the only thing I can suggest is that fact that er that the noise the door opener was making and the fact I opened the door very shortly afterwards , he can only assume the door opener worked .
24 So they 're working to different standards than that the water industry .
25 Given that the theist believes that defining God involves thinking beyond the limits of thought , can he or she also fulfil the demand that a clear explanation be given of what is meant by the word ‘ God ’ ?
26 The formal proletariat has control over neither the means of production nor labour power , but its members earn regular wages which give them a security that the mass of the poor lack .
27 Int that the Eiffel Tower ?
28 Apart from the taste and freshness the test of a good sparkling wine is the length of time that the bubbles last in the glass .
29 Is that the hour I ordered my dinner ?
30 ‘ Is that the hour it 's at ? ’
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