Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adv] [det] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time the analysts and the client were somewhat concerned that it was not practicable to implement fully either of the FAOR technical solutions , as expectations had been raised about the final outcome before the implications of these solutions were known in any detail . |
| 2 | Although there are differences in the method of removal favoured by different surgeons ( Goodall , 1957 ) , it is usual to spare as much of the thalamus , basal ganglia and hippocampal cortex as possible and for this reason Austin and Grant ( 1955 ) , among others , have pointed out that the operation might be better described as hemi-decortication , reserving the term hemispherectomy for those cases in which subcortical structures are also destroyed . |
| 3 | Essential to this is making the measurement and reporting of performance against plan meaningful — and that goes as much for the board as the managers . |
| 4 | That covers about half of the erm of the county . |
| 5 | The measure of that lies as much in the minor elements as in the headline-grabbing reforms of taxation and expenditure policy . |
| 6 | It is clear that one of the reasons why the companies were prepared to invest so much in the provision of housing for their workmen was because they could influence employees living in company houses at the pit gates far more effectively than those living in a more mixed community several miles from their place of work . |
| 7 | This owes as much to the country 's past success as to the ruling party 's new tact . |
| 8 | This owes as much to the location of the ring , as to the size of the stones : given the view across the countryside , with nearby lower hills , and distant smooth green fields , a full moon over Strichen will have conveyed powerful mystery . |
| 9 | If it is felt that this smacks too much of the ‘ green shield stamp ’ approach , it should be realized that it is intended that the scheme will operate with a substantial element of vocational and tutorial guidance using specialized staff . |
| 10 | AD 695 that travellers from afar , or foreigners , are instructed to shout or blow a horn before leaving a road , to avoid being treated as a thief or worse ; this says as much about the controls placed on the English population as the desire to protect foreigners . |
| 11 | This depends very much upon the individual , but peer-group support is often invaluable . |
| 12 | This applies as much to the terminally ill patient as to any other . |
| 13 | Since he had no typist or secretary in the country , this meant that much of the time which he wished to devote to his own work had to be spent on business correspondence . |
| 14 | This implies that much of the geographer 's hydrological endeavour is directed not towards the solution of a specific hydrological problem but towards a more complete understanding of the landscape … |
| 15 | Apparently none of this means too much to the East Germans at the moment , but we 're sure it 's just another barrier that they 'll soon surmount . |
| 16 | The second blasted away most of the back of his head , spraying it across the driver 's seat and the side windows . |
| 17 | It is appropriate to consider briefly some of the more important developments in world trade over the past fifteen years or so . |
| 18 | The financial criteria are contained on the Key Card reproduced earlier in the chapter and the substantial changes in eligibility introduced in 1979 took away most of the grounds for the criticism that they were pitched too low . |
| 19 | It is all too easy to pay too much in the heady atmosphere of a contested bid , or to be coerced into making a higher offer ( particularly if a competitor arrives on the scene ) just to avoid paying abortive costs with nothing to show for the expenditure . |
| 20 | Only then will it be possible to suggest that much of the invisible ownership landscape is there in the form of landscape features and is of greater antiquity than has been formerly thought . |
| 21 | This rate is likely to increase as many of the countries with moist forests — Brazil , Colombia , Indonesia , Kenya , Madagascar , peninsular Malaysia , Peru , Philippines , Thailand , Uganda , Vietnam and all of West Africa and Central America — have high population growth rates . |
| 22 | While it may be naive to think that much of the population really believes specific election pledges , that does not justify complacency . |
| 23 | As the rats moved around the arena , the relative perceived positions of the landmarks in egocentric space would have been likely to change as much in the fixed as in the varied condition with , for example , L+ being seen as often to the left or right of L- both within and across trials . |
| 24 | Pupils with mild or moderate levels of visual problems are likely to need only some of the adaptations listed ( for example , closed circuit television will not be needed ) , but they will benefit from an environment and materials that are clear in visual terms . |
| 25 | To conclude , then , these represent just some of the domains of pedagogical activity to which the knowledge and concepts of linguistics can contribute greater understanding . |
| 26 | Lord Ridley , formerly in charge of water privatisation , says : ‘ I never believed it was really possible to do very much with the railways , because basically they are loss-making . ’ |
| 27 | And I know there are speakers coming on that know far more about the N H S than I do , so I 'm not gon na go on too long . |
| 28 | So here 's Emily , back again , because , teasingly , she seems after all to share so much with the women of Inventing Ourselves . |
| 29 | I think you 're all reading too much into the Morrissey thing as to why he wrapped himself in the Union Jack , I think he was probably just cold … |
| 30 | Despite this outpouring of research findings and recommendations , however , it appears that the immediate environment for the elderly changed very little during the period ( Rowntree 1947 ; Utting 1958 ; Townsend 1962 ; Philips Committee — HMSO 1954 ) . |