Example sentences of "[adv] [art] [noun] of [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was not what English food exporters wanted but , as it kept down the cost of provisioning the sugar plantations , it was supported by the sugar industry in England . |
| 2 | Reminds you of the US Interstate Highway system and the way it instantly snarled as soon as Washington residents tried to exit en masse during the riots of the late 1960s , does n't it … that blizzard coming on top of the New York World Trade Center bombing was just the kind of disaster the disaster recovery industry has been dreading : according to the New York Times , a heavy accumulation of snow caused the roof of the computer centre in Clifton , New Jersey that supports 5,000 automatic teller machines US-wide , 6% of the total , to collapse , putting the machines out of action — and the centre could n't transfer its operations to the North Bergen , New Jersey site where it had disaster recovery facilities arranged — because the site was full up with work transferred by Trade Center tenants … |
| 3 | They are , in fact , just the kind of thing the natural philosopher might be interested in . |
| 4 | This was just the sort of attitude the paper wanted — in another context it would have been a good news story . |
| 5 | ‘ I mean , this is just the sort of shit the Editor would write . |
| 6 | This is just the sort of problem the family historian has to be aware of . |
| 7 | The Imperial War Museum 's arrival in the town and 300–400,000 visitors it is expected to attract every year is just the sort of development the town needs to help fend off an unjustified reputation recently and most controversially fostered by the Wall Street Journal as a dying town . |
| 8 | Moreover they will tend to be Catholics from just the sort of background the universities here have for years wished to see represented more adequately among students . |
| 9 | Just the sort of thing the Old Man would pick on . |
| 10 | ‘ That note 's just the sort of thing the little sod would do . ’ |
| 11 | It was just the sort of thing the boys liked , and when Hilary had fetched their suppers — a cold Scotch egg each — from the kitchen , they all sat watching it . |
| 12 | ‘ Just the sort of thing the Richardsons would do . ’ |
| 13 | Soaps , audience research had long shown , were not the kind of programme the public associated with the BBC . |
| 14 | While this solution lurked in the consciousness of a large number of US citizens and was eventually to appeal to Hitler and the SS , it was not the kind of thing the Americans admitted or believed about themselves , and was certainly not the kind of solution they wished to offer to their civilised European cousins . |
| 15 | They decided that he was only in it for himself and was not the sort of person the comrades wanted to have with them , and definitely not part of the consensus . |
| 16 | It 's not the sort of thing the son of an important man should say . ’ |
| 17 | Not a bit of wonder the country 's in the state that it 's in . ’ |
| 18 | Arsenal take on Manchester United this afternoon , and Graham outlined yesterday the kind of pressure the game 's top bosses face . |
| 19 | Finally , there is always the prospect of cross-examining the plaintiff . |
| 20 | THE PLANTS growing on urban waste ground not only reflect local conditions , but also the length of time the land has lain waste . |
| 21 | In setting up a method of intervention the main problems you will face will be to do with consequences ; rewarding , withholding rewards , and punishing . |
| 22 | In the summerhouse in the garden of what is now the College of Education the Treaty of Union with England was signed 1707 . |
| 23 | Erm and it 's really a question of retype the , the benefit |
| 24 | THE FERGIE expected to swell the gate at Old Trafford tonight is not Manchester United 's wallet waver , nor even the creator of Budgie the Helicopter . |
| 25 | Frequently they give her the exact day they decided life was not worth living , and sometimes even the time of day the decision was made . |
| 26 | Briefly , she wondered if this were n't the sort of thing the Doctor was after , but decided to continue searching . |
| 27 | It was n't the sort of situation the etiquette books catered for . |
| 28 | ‘ But it was n't the sort of business the family company had grown up with , and it was n't the direction it wanted to go . |
| 29 | On top of even a glass of wine the effect of the sleeping pills was dramatic . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , we have pretty well absolutely ruled out any notion of terrorists , ’ said Milton ‘ This is precisely the kind of job the IRA would have been falling over themselves to claim as their own , and it would be a ludicrous target for any other international loonies we can think of . ’ |