Example sentences of "[det] [conj] [pron] [vb base] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 It is this that we examine in the next section .
2 That there 's always this if you scratch at the surface of happiness and goodness .
3 The tidal fall this morning was around two feet lower than normal — I know this because we live with the tide tables , but most people would n't think of it .
4 I 'll tell you this as I sit in the centre of my maze and listen to the clear song of the thrush : the murderous soul I met at Maubisson was one of the most chilling I have ever encountered .
5 The guide-lines for the course , as regards its fitting into the Chinese way of thinking , have been very gently imposed , and we are wondering whether we shall be as fortunate as this when we move to the other cities .
6 And you can use this when we move into the role play
7 They are aware of the need to improve their length so much that they put in the extra line so they are looking at a 1 or 1.5m ( 4 or 5ft ) area .
8 The changes proposed by these authors in so much as they relate to the agriculture/nature conservation conflict in the UK uplands are summarised below .
9 Thus it is that we know as much as we do about the Orynthia and her voyages in the late 1830s .
10 I 've never looked forward to new stuff from any band as much as I do from the Mondays .
11 ‘ In as much as I cringe at the thought of making you sick a second time , yes .
12 Eat as much as you like at the smorgasbord , dinner for £10.75 , lunch £9.25 ; children under 14 £5.50/£4.75 , under four free ; full breakfast £5.75/£3/free .
13 A favourite trip is Sioux City , a visit to an old film set built for Spaghetti Westerns where you can eat as much as you like from the western-style barbecue .
14 Take as much as you need of the information I have provided .
15 they 're about the same , so when the hundred gram bar has got the extra ten per cent it 's it 's just just makes it the better bargain , er , they 're not losing much on that cos they save on the wrapping , so it probably costs them the same
16 Another species , however , has only about twenty young but provides them with more yolk each and they remain within the sac until they become froglets .
17 That the fathers took this view of the Divine Drama is not obvious , the reason being that if we look at the development of theology from the first Great Council of Nicaea ( AD 325 ) to the Council of Chalcedon ( AD 451 ) it is dominated by the disputes concerning the nature of the Holy Trinity and Christological issues .
18 In nineteen eighty two , a loaf was thirty seven P and in ninety sorry eighty two , thirty seven P , ninety two , it 's fifty four P and er I 'm reliably informed by er my wife that you can actually get loaves less than that if you go to the er large supermarkets where they 're discounting the bread to get you in the store obviously .
19 That if you get to the heart of things you find sadness for ever and ever , everywhere ; but a beautiful silver sadness , like a Christ face .
20 That if you work in the big city you might only have seven miles between calls but it still takes you three quarters of an hour .
21 I think what is interesting , though , is that if you look at the two amendments which are on the audit paper , one deals with speculation er proposed by the Tories .
22 like that and they go round the windows .
23 Very few people at all would ever ever ever ever say that and we look at the , when we look at the , the erm format you 'll find called it a sadist because chains on him from because on him so that we .
24 Got a second tomorrow , so that 's seven the whole bit the whole week is all about that until we get to the presentation presentations , what does he mean by presentations ?
25 And then expand on it , and so I go into each of these and I go to the and I say a few words about each of these particular themes .
26 The Northumbrians were instructed not to establish as king anyone who was illegitimate ( a slighting reference perhaps to Aldfrith and his descendants , or , for all that we know to the contrary , to other rulers — Aethelwald or Alhred ) nor to conspire to kill a king who was the Lord 's anointed , and any bishop or priest who was involved in such a crime was to be expelled from the Church and any layman excommunicated .
27 Walking means exercise , walking means effort , you and I have to do something to keep ourselves spiritually awake , going back to our illustration again about the car driver on the motorway , you find yourself after so many miles just dozing off because the road is so straight , not much traffic around , not much to think about apart from the countryside that goes by and you 're there foot on the accelerator , no braking , no gear changing , nothing at all and you get to the point where you 're driving one-handed by the thing , that 's the time when you get so relaxed is n't it ?
28 I hope you enjoyed that discussion I mean well first of all if you live in the Selby area it 's been of relevance to you and you 've managed to hear what both sides are saying but I I hope even if you do n't live in the Selby area it 's er you 've er found it as fascinating as I have to hear the pros and cons of such a complex issue .
29 Wary of causing further commotion , Jack said OK and found to his astonishment at the end of the service that the question had not been ‘ Do ye want a lift ? ’ at all — not at all , at all as they say in the Emerald Isle — but ‘ Do ye want to lift ? ’ , and as he staggered along on his then-arthritic hip bearing the coffin with five other pall-bearers , he kind of wished he 'd stuck to ‘ No thank you , I 'll walk . ’
30 First of all when you come in the everybody got a drink of whisky .
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