Example sentences of "[det] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blood is contained in three cylinders ( each about the size of a panatella cigar ) which run the length of it . |
| 2 | It records the developing relationship between the leader and the follower and teaches each about the other . |
| 3 | To make the arms , roll several small balls of icing , each about the size of an olive , and flatten them to 5mm ( ¼inch ) thickness . |
| 4 | Make six small balls out of the red marzipan trimmings , each about the size of a pea , and press them gently into the red base , spacing evenly apart . |
| 5 | His flashy marketing campaigns have done little for the success of Midland 's new products . |
| 6 | It did little for the image of a man who has been part of the backbone of the team for so long , and was playing in his eighty-seventh Test . |
| 7 | Timeshare is not normally a solution SAVE would recommend for a historic house because so much of the expenditure goes on pure marketing , leaving too little for the building , but where it is well organized the outcome may be satisfactory . |
| 8 | If the room be too mean , and too little for the books ; if it be too much out of repair ; if the situation be inconvenient ; if the access to it be dishonourable ; is the library keeper to answer for it ? … |
| 9 | Your mag promotes and encourages all this ; reading an analysis of Joe Satriani 's playing , for example , probably does little for the confidence of most readers ( I myself found it quite stretching at first ! ) . |
| 10 | But 3p off a litre of petrol will do little for the men at Ford who need their jobs . |
| 11 | There was little for the crews to do . |
| 12 | That will do little for the Vance-Owen plan 's chances of success and little , therefore , for the vigour of the principles of international conduct . |
| 13 | If a flagrant oversight like this could occur it says little for the prospects of men of lowly status being correctly recorded . |
| 14 | This remarkable volte face did little for the president 's public reputation , was the cause of much scathing comment in the media and , not surprisingly , a poll revealed that 86 per cent of Americans , ‘ had no confidence in the ability of the President to manage the economy ’ . |
| 15 | On a hot day the engine-out rate of climb did little for the blood pressure . |
| 16 | His ministry did little for the more difficult problem of the ‘ residuum ’ . |
| 17 | This may have prevented some children of artisans falling into poverty as a result of the decline of skilled occupations , but it did little for the lowest stratum who were always the most vulnerable to severe poverty . |
| 18 | As everyone was by then in a state of complete exhaustion they did little for the next two or three days except sleep . |
| 19 | Maybe it has been charging too little for the uncertainties involved , but that is another matter . |
| 20 | Until recently he believed that ‘ the magnificent State of Britain' had done little for the Science upon which her wealth , power and very existence depended ; except to provide security and freedom in a country its citizens could be proud of , and this had indeed been enough . |
| 21 | ‘ The music scene is very male dominated and there is little for the girls ’ he said . |
| 22 | And to hide the microphone under a table or behind a curtain , while guaranteeing the naturalness of the content , does little for the acoustic quality — and of course raises an issue that President Nixon memorably pioneered . |
| 23 | Although Nicholas 's victories over the Persians in 1828 and the Ottoman Empire in 1829 had made him temporarily safe from international complications in this area , they did little for the extension of Russian control over the peoples who lived to the north of Georgia . |
| 24 | The Single European Act , fully in force from 1992 , will be a bonus for business but will do little for the rest of us . |
| 25 | It does little for the already low standing of politicians in the public esteem for Major to say effectively that they did not have plans to raise taxes then and they only did it because it was necessary . |
| 26 | When you pray for us please pray that not only will we all have a safe , energetic yet relaxing holiday but that during the course of the venture our faith in and walk with Jesus will be deepened . |
| 27 | Nigel was determined to have none of that during the next Parliament . |
| 28 | Thus the real cost of £1,000 worth of BES shares to anybody earning more than that during the fiscal year , which starts on Monday , would be only £500 . |
| 29 | The 1559 Elizabethan injunctions had specified that , while not in use , the holy table should be ‘ set in the place where the altar stood ’ , but that during the communion service it should be moved down ‘ in good sort within the chancel ’ so that the minister could be more clearly heard . |
| 30 | Extract it , but keep it in your room alphabetically then if the maths department say , hey look , can we have a look at that during the |