Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [pron] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In general there seems to be a tendency for structural rock surfaces to be stripped where they approximate to the profile of the wavecut bench . |
| 2 | Harry Gent , at any rate , always claimed that it arose from the numerous illegal cockfights that were held in the cellar . |
| 3 | It took longer for the territories with loud speakers to be occupied than it did for the silent territories ( Figure 6.2 ) . |
| 4 | Consequently , it is suggested that land cultivation grants in the LFA remain withdrawn and that drainage grants are reduced to 30% under both AHDS and AHGS schemes in the LFA except in the proposed Marginal Zone ( the least handicapped Article 3(4) LFA land ) where it is recommended that they revert to the level obtaining outside the LFA ( 22 ½%),; reflecting the increased financial benefit likely to accrue from drainage schemes on such lower elevation , least handicapped land . |
| 5 | ( So it is recommended that you get into the habit of running VALIDATE at least as frequently as your tape re-use cycle ! ) |
| 6 | The woman 's high colour deepened and she fumbled with the up of wine . |
| 7 | However , there are broader performance measures which could be included and which go beyond the traditional stewardship accounts . |
| 8 | After a normal steep climb-out , at about 120m the aircraft 's nose dropped and it dived into the ground killing all three crew and destroying the aircraft . |
| 9 | Within the hour the show is cancelled and everyone returns to the hotel to drown their sorrows . |
| 10 | Garty 's legs collapsed and he fell to the ground , a twitching moaning heap . |
| 11 | His marriage has collapsed and he lives in the south of England with his two sons . |
| 12 | Happily all four engines had been spared the attention of the Ju88 but I was soon to learn from the flight engineer that the aileron control cable had been severed and he went into the wing root to find the two ends and make some sort of connection . |
| 13 | Neither therapy was enjoyed and I listened to the catalogue of side effects like a reporter who had just pierced the darkest Amazonian forest and was observing a new race for the first time . |
| 14 | For instance , when Paris designated the wanton APHRODITE as the most beautiful of the goddesses , Hera 's morals were affronted and she arranged for the Trojan Wars to occur as just recrimination for the slight . |
| 15 | The old rules have to be revised or discarded because they applied to the circumstances that existed when they were formulated , a hundred years ago . |
| 16 | EC officials said that the areas , which are regarded as among those most in need of aid , had been omitted because they fell outside the administrative boundary of the Highland and Island region . |
| 17 | The work of Melanie Klein is omitted because it relates to the technicalities of psychoanalytic therapy , which is not of central concern here , where it does not impinge on sociology . |
| 18 | Traditional teaching of English literature has been attacked because it creates in the pupil a mood of passivity , an instinctive submission to authority . |
| 19 | By watching , waiting and chatting you should be able to evaluate the following points , which should be considered before you take to the water . |
| 20 | She always felt unnerved when she researched at the august Victoria and Albert Museum and became only too conscious of her lack of formal training . |
| 21 | Both O'Flaherty and Sherington were severely wounded as they got into the warehouse , but with grim determination they staggered clear , leaving a few equally determined Germans in an inner room of the building . |
| 22 | This outstanding man had been seconded from the Royal Welch Fusiliers to serve as Consul at Adana in Turkey , where he behaved with courage and firmness during the Armenian massacres , rescuing several hundred people before he himself was wounded as he rode round the town . |
| 23 | She heard her name called from below , the sound distorted as it echoed from the depths . |
| 24 | A tribe of stray cats scattered as I turned into the yard where Ellen 's apartment lay . |
| 25 | On Oct. 27 the founder and leader of the Spanish Labour Party ( PTE ) Santiago Carrillo , 75 , declared his party dissolved as it integrated with the Socialist Party ( PSOE ) . |
| 26 | He was interviewed as you know by the clerk , by our groundsman , and a councillor . |
| 27 | In fact , he turns up at the Harlem Hospital , a few blocks north , two days later , and is heckled as he walks along the wards . |
| 28 | According to folklore if a traveller on horseback leaves a horse needing a new shoe together with a coin , the horse will have been shod when they return to the spot . |
| 29 | To questions about tax and public services , the public responded as it did in the days of Thatcher : by denying her creed of the Rich Samaritan and countering with approval for self-sacrifice and public services . |
| 30 | Her voice was muffled when she crawled under the oilcloth-covered table to search for Quimper bits . |