Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun sg] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter has been with BP for over 20 years , the last 5½ at Sullom Voe , latterly as production superintendent at the terminal . |
| 2 | She watched it keenly through opera glasses from the third row of the empty stalls , and I do n't know how the poor actress carried on under the circumstances . |
| 3 | Complex derivatives of phenols , chlorinated and compounded with an anionic base , have been used widely as glassware agents in the licensed trades until the advent of bisguanides . |
| 4 | It is not encouraging to learn that Saudi Arabia and other states in the region are in the market for additions to their present arsenals of weaponry , seeking in particular equipment used successfully during Desert Storm like the F-15 Eagle fighter , the M1 battle tank and the Rockeye cluster bomb . |
| 5 | In the massage parlour at lunchtime , Molly Lugg told me her son was now unemployed because his boss , Trevor Proby , was ‘ in chains ’ and she would be grateful if I could find him something to do , as he spends all his time kicking his heels , mostly through shop windows in the High Street . |
| 6 | The Pools had closed down and Eileen and Joe were unemployed but Littlewood 's had made arrangements for their staff to sign on for unemployment pay at the Edge Lane office . |
| 7 | So I took on as yard took on as yard foreman on the following Monday . |
| 8 | This Charnwood Forest granite is so hard that there was no known way of dressing it well enough for building purposes until the nineteenth century , but it was used for millstones and supplied road metal and kerbstones to London and other parts of England . |
| 9 | The N2 is routed to bypass west of Luzern , run along through canton Unterwalden on the south side of the lake , passing under the Seelisberg in a 9km ( 5½ mile ) tunnel , and beyond Fluelen running parallel with the old Gotthard road ( and rail ) up the valley of the river Reuss . |
| 10 | For many in North Oxford it will mean paying less for council services at the expense of those who are not as well off . |
| 11 | The Armenian Energy Ministry is intending to restart the ageing reactor at Medzamor , which was shut down for safety reasons after the earthquake in 1988 . |
| 12 | There may be appointments to keep , perhaps for treatment sessions with the physiotherapist or speech therapist . |
| 13 | On April 5 Hans Eichel was sworn in as Minister President at the head of a SPD-Green coalition in Hesse [ for January 1991 Land election see p. 37966 ] . |
| 14 | The bulk of the deposits appear merely as bookkeeping entries in the banks ' accounts . |
| 15 | He was plainly suffering because he had denied Sheila her chance of university but he could not have acted in any other way , perhaps through race fear of the poorhouse or plain temperament . |
| 16 | The plight of the poor was ameliorated by the slowing down of population growth during the second half of the seventeenth century and by simultaneous improvements in agricultural production techniques and employment opportunities offered by rural industries . |
| 17 | And finally , people er were subject to various forms of forced labour , most obviously of course conscription into the armed forces but other kinds of forced labour as well repairing the irrigation streams , digging dykes and , and so on and so forth . |
| 18 | Geac Computer Corp Ltd has reported a third quarter net loss equivalent to $5.6m after an exceptional charge of $8.6m for buying in of software research by the library automation business , against a profit last time of $2.9m , on turnover that rose 31.7% to $22.3m ; net loss for the nine months was $241,000 against a profit last time of $5.1m , on turnover that rose 17.9% at $58.7m . |
| 19 | I wanted to show her why hospitals like Barts are crucial as providers not only of specialist care of the rare and the bizarre , but also superlative care of the plain and usual , with a quality of nursing that surpasses the ‘ barely adequate ’ striven for by the NHS executive . |
| 20 | Martinho and I were separated , then put back to back at about twenty metres , very much like pistol duellists from the old time . |
| 21 | But the state 's shabby and dangerous schools look less and less like breeding grounds for the biotechnologists and virtual-reality scriptwriters of the future . |
| 22 | As we crossed over the road we slapped fiercely with bracken fronds at the itchy swarms . |
| 23 | Prepare the containers by filling loosely to the brim with peat compost , press it down gently with finger pressure around the rim of the tray to ensure there are no air pockets and roughly level it again , then press it down to make a firm , level surface about ½ in ( 12mm ) below the rim . |
| 24 | The poles were pushed in along canvas tunnels at the sides . |
| 25 | Last season Lotto weighed in with club sponsorship with the Blues but from next season they will supply kits , boots and footballs as well . |
| 26 | Earnings-related contributions are collected along with income tax under the pay-as-you-earn system . |
| 27 | Over the next two Saturdays it is organising town litter picks along with skip collections at the Gateway car park , Ox Close and the Parish Church car park . |
| 28 | From its international headquarters in Montreal , Canada , AMARC serves a network of African radio producers and , along with partner organisations on the continent , is developing training materials and resources appropriate for specific countries ' needs . |
| 29 | It has been remarked that Spondylus shells resemble ivory and it is perhaps significant that ivory pegs with expanded terminals , possibly used for securing garments , were found together with shell ornaments in the Rhenish Flomborn cemetery . |
| 30 | resulting in debris from the surroundings washing back into the pond together with water loss from the pond . |