Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv prt] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Governor has effectively given up control of the Bermudian police to the local government , though he still retains the right to be consulted . |
| 2 | This was particularly the case after the first oil crisis when the Euro-currency market may have responded too easily to the financing needs of some countries , effectively building up problems for the future . |
| 3 | This is not to deny , of course , that individuals are causal subjects ; they fill various social roles , engage in the work of production , and thereby bring about changes in the social world . |
| 4 | In 1991 results of serum tests and ultrasonography before 28 weeks ' gestation together made up 38% of the indications leading to a prenatal karyotypic confirmation of fetal trisomy 21 . |
| 5 | Yet the first British census of Palestine showed that Jews only made up 11% of the population . |
| 6 | The forceplate is sensitive enough to pick up forces from the heartbeat of someone standing on it , and robust enough to measure up to five tons of horse trotting past . |
| 7 | It was an hour after sunset and already dark enough to pick out glow-worms in the bracken sparking brightly with a greenish light . |
| 8 | He told the court that after Swindon beat Bolton Wanderers in November 1989 he personally handed out £5,000 to the players and back-up staff . |
| 9 | As we stumble in , Mad Richard from Verve is inadvertently pulling down chunks of the ceiling . |
| 10 | The sound of laughter apparently conjures up starlings for the people . |
| 11 | He had married the daughters of several important Muslim chiefs and was in frequent communication with the " Mad Mullah " in Somaliland , supplying him with rifles and ammunition to help in his long drawn out war against the British . |
| 12 | On his head was the horned-moon helm of Saphery and he swiftly took up position between the queen and the Keeper of Secrets . |
| 13 | Semiconductor industry top ten tables show the Japanese industry apparently taking over leadership from the USA around 1985 . |
| 14 | I hope people at the back can hear , erm , we obviously took up action on the resolution passed last year , in two or three different ways . |
| 15 | Given the claims made for Basquiat 's historical importance in the show 's catalogue , it is surprising that the retrospective has only signed up sites at the Menil Collection in Houston ( 11 March-9 May , 1993 ) , the Des Moines Art Center ( 22 May-15 August ) , and the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts in Alabama ( 18 November-9 January , 1994 ) . |
| 16 | It is , of course , open to the occupier to regulate the right to possession of lost property by contract with the entrant ; it remains to be seen whether merely putting up notices at the entrance declaring that lost property is to vest in the occupier will be an effective manifestation of the intent to control required by Parker 's case . |
| 17 | ‘ My homesite was Cape Wrath but before I ever made my first flight a Man came and … ’ and he began to tell her his story , of the Zoo , of the Cages , of the Men there and his sudden escape … only leaving out mention of the other eagles in the Cages for in his heart he knew their pride would ask that he did not mention their names to a free eagle , nor would they wish for pity from outside . |
| 18 | The talks at Akkerman had apparently cleared up disagreements with the Turks , but the Shah , and particularly his son , believed that the Russian domestic crisis of December 1825 had created enough uncertainty in St Petersburg to justify a challenge to the Russo-Persian treaty of 1813 . |
| 19 | Indeed , their everyday life constantly brings about reminders of the metropolitan life . |
| 20 | Lindsey reckons that he is the most shot down pilot in the world , after all , until the appearance on the UK airshow circuit of Spanish-built Messerschmitt ‘ 109s ’ ( Ha 1112MIL Buchons ) in 1988 , Lindsey had the only German ‘ fighter ’ available . |
| 21 | I could just make out part of the stonework , though most of it was under water . |
| 22 | Although Selina 's career was still in its infancy , she was already building up barriers against the outside world . |
| 23 | The networking company has signed an agreement with Hudson , Massachusetts-based Gradient Technologies Inc , which has already picked up support from the likes of IBM Corp , Hewlett-Packard Co , Sun Microsystems Inc and Unix System Laboratories Inc . |
| 24 | As the diesel train came in and people were already picking up suitcases from the platform Moran turned and kissed her as if it were a last good night to all the nights she had come to him . |
| 25 | In Campbell v. Neilson ( 1897 ) 24 R. ( J. ) 28 , where the circumstances were similar , it was said by Lord Justice-General Robertson at p. 30 : " It is the transferee alone who can lawfully carry on business in the premises under the certificate . |
| 26 | When Lilly finally handed over reports from the June symposium to the Committee on Safety of Medicines on 7 October it also proposed that the data sheets of information to doctors be changed to recommend ‘ half doses to the elderly ’ , according to the DHSS press office , or ‘ reduction of dosage to over 75s ’ according to the health minister . |
| 27 | Not quite , but ( wife of packing foreman at ) did her level best to notch up points in the Darts . |
| 28 | But it was no more than a consolation , and Bournemouth easily played out time in the monsoon to earn a second-round trip to Cheltenham . |
| 29 | ‘ For the loss of my watch I did n't exactly come up trumps in the breakfast lottery . |
| 30 | The article said the chairman of TV London had just taken up residence in the castle . |