Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the period 1757–1822 it has been calculated that the aggregate drain was approximately £250 million , while it has been pointed out that for the period from the 1850s to the First World War surpluses from the Indian economy were crucial in allowing Britain to balance its deficits with Europe and the USA ( Bagchi , 1982 , pp. 81 , 88 ) . |
| 2 | These are common enough , since , as has already been mentioned , a large proportion of the world 's volcanoes are situated in or below the oceans . |
| 3 | I know , but what I mean is that when they see the city centre , the people who are walking up and down the city centre , they see all the national charities , they do n't necessarily feel that they 're organised in the same way and therefore that they should be participating , and the whole palaver of getting a licence and applying is actually quite difficult , it 's not a simple , it 's not something , we get numerous telephone calls in the office saying ‘ Well can I go out next Saturday and rattle a tin for such-and-such ’ , and you say ‘ Well , you ca n't ’ , and it 's left much too late , so that people do n't know about the way you get licenses to rattle tins in city centre . |
| 4 | Some three-quarters of all the slips in the book had been torn out and with the exception of three , all the stubs had been torn out too . |
| 5 | The District Council considers that the sites may have a role to play in the long-term strategic land reserve , although at this stage as no calculations have been carried out as to the requirements it is difficult to assess what role they might play . |
| 6 | He says we 've had alot of people round looking at the garden and alot of the Chelsea pensioners have been looking in and at the sign above the door and saying ’ Ah yes , I think I know that person ! . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ The men on the right wing and the men on the left have lost half the ranks behind them , although they 're spread out and from the front it looks just the same . |
| 8 | Well as long as you do n't mind the high mileage cars but if they 've been going up and down the motorway all the time |
| 9 | We know now from the Portuguese Government that that delegation has been called off because of the recent tragic events in East Timor . |
| 10 | And her daughter I think she must have been getting on because around the time she told me that she was eighty , she happened to mention that her daughter was forty . |
| 11 | ( When Sinhalese thresh their paddy , pairs of buffaloes yoked together are walked round and round the threshing floor at night . |
| 12 | The Campaign for Real Yorkshire has been set up because of the imminent review of local government structures in the county being carried out by the Government 's Local Government Commission . |
| 13 | The Campaign for Real Yorkshire has been set up because of the imminent review of local government structures in the county , being carried out by the Government 's Local Government Commission . |
| 14 | They 've been running up and down the place doing all the good play . |
| 15 | A less clear-cut example occurs at Frilford , where several distinct concentrations of debris are known in and around the temenos and the crossroads . |
| 16 | Quantities of empty drinks cans have been found in and near the building . |
| 17 | After this time L4 and L5 have been found in and around the pancreas before their appearance in the large intestinal lumen . |
| 18 | Generally , though , ivory seems to have been concentrated in and near the temples . |
| 19 | Before we romanticize the size , wealth and power of these guilds , it should be pointed out that in the main they were fairly small . |
| 20 | Although the soundblaster and Adlib cards are mentioned in the same breath when referring to their support by Windows , I think that it should be pointed out that unlike the SoundBlaster card , the Adlib card ( not including the Adlib Gold ) can only play MID files via the Media Player , and is not capable of playing the digitised speech WAV files . |
| 21 | The candidate must not be hidden in or by the crowd ; at the same time he must not appear too remote . |
| 22 | For the fact is that the family is of such importance in the social structure and in personal life that much social work can not be carried out except in the broad family context . |
| 23 | The physical presence in the territory of the country of establishment must therefore be such as to enable such effective and genuine activities to be pursued on or from the territory of the country of establishment . |
| 24 | In other words , some good measurements might be lost , but bad measurements are likely to be picked up because of the requirement that both the subject measurement and the reference measurement must be consistent . |
| 25 | For a week or so in February , a pair of longtailed tits was often to be seen in and beneath the shrubs near the nutbag . |
| 26 | A small ‘ open-outlet ’ electric storage heater can usefully be positioned over or under the kitchen sink as it will provide sufficient water for washing up . |
| 27 | we 've heard from from Professor Lock there are some economic development projects which because of their size or their importance or their locational requirements just ca n't be accommodated in and around the main settlements of the county . |
| 28 | Right when you could be going up and down the gears and using whatever is appropriate |
| 29 | Er that in my view wo n't happen because the I five sites we will still be allocating in and around the main urban areas . |
| 30 | But the flypast had to be called off because of the low cloud and rain . |