Example sentences of "[det] the [noun sg] " 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 But was that the test ?
4 ‘ Is that the wench I met you with in the High Street ?
5 It is when she feels compassion , rather than revulsion , for the salamander and kisses him that the spell breaks .
6 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 .
7 • 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 .
8 That the clock ?
9 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 … ?
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 How lucky she had been to meet Violet , but was n't that the story of her life ?
13 The hunched figure is such a picture of hopelessness that the heart sinks .
14 Is n't that the heart of it ?
15 Given that the involvement of genetic factors is no longer in dispute , two questions need to be answered .
16 The tabner you put in that the tabner the thing went in the neeps and then you cut that
17 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 .
18 ( Was that the noise of other people out on the fringes of unknown perceptions ? )
19 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 .
20 So they 're working to different standards than that the water industry .
21 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 ’ ?
22 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 .
23 Is that the hour I ordered my dinner ?
24 ‘ Is that the hour it 's at ? ’
25 Is that the floor ?
26 Now then Kevin , you 've got some brilliant shells here , what have we got here in keeping that , is that the plasticine ?
27 After that the plum parts began to roll in .
28 Is that the shape of things to come ?
29 which report bar 's that the Con one ?
30 Given that the diagram involves both the rate of interest and the level of real income , this information can be translated to part ( b ) to give the positively sloped curve showing a locus of equilibrium points in the money market .
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