Example sentences of "a [noun] [prep] [noun] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I mean , maybe they need a course in theory all the more for that reason , I do n't know , I think a lot of them would have real problems with it . |
| 2 | There are more living arthropod species than all other phyla combined ; if diversity is a measure of success then the arthropods are the easy winners . |
| 3 | The Laws family ran a bakery in Northgate hence the nickname Teacakes . |
| 4 | Whilst a number of considerations may limit the resort to force majeure , there is a sufficiency of means once the will to use them is present . |
| 5 | Chamfer the cut edges of pipe to allow easy fitting of the coupling — a few gentle taps with a hammer to chip away the edge is enough . |
| 6 | Robert Savage referred to it as a box-iron piece , a piece of land roughly the shape of an old fashioned box-iron used for smoothing linen ; and he related that the old ploughmen used to refer to the ploughing of this type of field as goring work . |
| 7 | It was a gargantuan task : each year a piece of woodland approximately the size of a tennis court was brought into the garden . |
| 8 | Then you can put the test on a piece of paper just the questions and I 'm going to give the piece of paper to somebody else to answer . |
| 9 | When work is complete on a range of entries only the text of the latest version of a new or changed entry is transferred to the main archive . |
| 10 | If you are part of a group with instructors then the instructors should take on the roles of the Jones and tell you the sort of things they think Olwyn will work for . |
| 11 | It certainly erm , sent a shock of horror though the whole country , |
| 12 | ( b ) That if the effect of the proviso were to impose a restraint of trade then the consequence was that not only the proviso but also the whole of the paragraph to which the proviso related and which contained the stipulation that post-termination commission would be paid was void . |
| 13 | That had all been an act , partly to lull the Men into trusting him but also , Creggan now realized , to hide the same feelings as they all had in captivity : a game to while away the endless waiting . |
| 14 | Now , what we 've got here is a lump of wood roughly the same shape trying to be a cricket bat , and if you hit a ball with it , the ball will travel about ten feet and you will drop the bat and dance about shouting ‘ Ouch ! ’ with your hands stuck into your armpits . |
| 15 | If they depart in a state of gloom then the chances of improvement are cut by at least half . |
| 16 | When we are in a state of disease then the smooth calm surface is disrupted by ripples ( or even waves ! ) spreading out from the site of disturbance . |
| 17 | There may also be problems in deciding on the segmentation of a word into letters e.g. the letter combination cl can easily confuse with the letter d . |
| 18 | A word of caution here the diagram for the DIP Switches screen-printed on the memory board is correct . |
| 19 | Among the restaurants is the Savini , Milan 's most prestigious , where opera-goers congregate after a performance to while away the rest of the evening in expensive surroundings . |
| 20 | The star 's penchant for nymphet flesh is a matter of record yet the actresses chosen to portray these girls are all individuals who do n't look a day under 25 . |
| 21 | The atlas vertebra is distinctly more massive in the male ( Boyd & Trevor , 1953 ) with a number of dimensions particularly the breadth , greater than in the female . |
| 22 | The dock strike failed because the transport workers did not have the strength to defend the labour monopoly enjoyed by registered dockers in a number of ports once the Government removed its statutory underpinning . |
| 23 | Now is it not they 'll ask you , reasonable to recycle some of those savings and surely regain the into the provision of those ten fire officers that the service so badly needs for a number of years now the Fire Inspector 's report has identified the confidence levels as we in our service . |
| 24 | And they did a lot of things just the old way you know , where they had the |
| 25 | If you have very few batteries then its range is limited , if you have a lot of batteries then the weight of the load is too great , so much work and research is being devoted at the moment to the development of alternative batteries . |
| 26 | But the breathless battering of the shower had done a lot to sluice away the weariness and discomfort of the past couple of days , and perhaps she felt bold enough to try . |
| 27 | In constructing a scheme of work then the selection of content must be closely related to a judgement on the depth of coverage to be attempted . |
| 28 | A couple of minutes later the night silence outside was broken by the sound of a vehicle , presumably an ambulance , starting up and moving off . |
| 29 | A couple of streets away the traffic rumbled but here , in the heart of London , all was tranquil . |
| 30 | A couple of hours later the same Burnmouth boat which had brought the Marischal in picked its secret way out of Berwick harbour , with the three knights as passengers . |