Example sentences of "[vb pp] [be] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We remember the dazzling tries of Gareth Edwards , Gerald Davies and the rest but what tends to be forgotten is that they needed the Welsh forwards to pulverise their opponents into submission first . |
| 2 | As to whether national governments are still ultimately in charge , the only matter left to be resolved is whether they retain the means to call a halt to the whole process by which law-making is rapidly ceasing to be their responsibility . |
| 3 | A good application form can be helpful but what has to be considered is whether it stops the candidate from expressing him/herself . |
| 4 | The D R one A is currently an excellent er tactical reconnaissance aircraft , all weather , at night etcetera and er it will go on well into the next century so there 's no great hurry to make a decision er one of the first points has got ta be decided is whether we carry the reconnaissance equipment in a pod under the aircraft replacing some of the other weapons or whether we try to build it in and er but taking first things first we have to get the requirement sorted out . |
| 5 | So , it was in the ordinary conduct of party politics by men in pursuit of power that expectations , aspirations and objectives were reduced to an apparent simplicity , to a crudity of choice for which all that could be said was that it represented the national will . |
| 6 | Of course she knew that Silas had inherited this property , but what she had n't realised was that I have the right to live in the house for my lifetime , or until I happen to marry again . |