Example sentences of "[verb] [det] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 However I am pursuing that with the Property Services Department , who act for both the Council and the Board , and they have given authority for us to enter the land for the purpose of drilling bore-holes etc .
2 Well I do n't think that with the Romanies there is a problem , because they 're
3 Group B is tight with Crusaders and Distillery level on four points each at the top ; Crues are away to Coleraine while the Whites visit Omagh knowing defeat will let in the Tyrone men .
4 Scott had heard little of the Judge 's summing up or , indeed , of his comments after the life sentence had been passed .
5 Finally , a dense catalogue section itemises each of the sculptures , complete with technical and bibliographical data , and includes the texts of crucial documents relating to the discovery and reproduction of the wax originals .
6 times six X because normally bring that to the front .
7 As early as 1950 Norbert Weiner had predicted that automation would result , within twenty-five years , in a depression that would make that of the 1930s seem like a pleasant joke , and in 1965 an Oxford University professor was quoted as saying at one of the OECD conferences :
8 By superimposing on these techniques an ideology and a practice of self-expression , Cream 's music seems to establish a dialectical relationship between the two , articulating each via the other into a new position — a position , perhaps , of ‘ fraternal individualism ’
9 The employment profile of this group parallels that of the known sector but emphasises the fact that most had never worked or had only had a ‘ work experience ’ employment rather than lost their job because of heroin use .
10 Martin leaned forward , his face touching that of the angel 's , as he raised his arm to strike .
11 This may well be the case , but it leaves one with an increased sense of respect for Eric Shipton and his companions who , in 1929 , made each of the first three Nelion-Batian traverses ( up and down by what is now regarded as the Normal Route ) , in one day .
12 Offsetting that with the Smith Mark , losses and the one-time provision for the Penguin U S Leases , that was all taken care of in nineteen ninety one and the benefit from our fully benefit from our ninety one acquisitions and little bit in ninety two .
13 It is possible to treat each of the pair , as a single consonant phoneme ( we will call this the one-phoneme analysis of , ) , and it is also possible to say that they are composed of two phonemes each — either plus or plus all of which are already established as independent phonemes of English ; this will be called the two-phoneme analysis of and .
14 What the hon. Gentleman says about me does not concern me ; but , if he is calling the local enterprise companies liars , I suggest that he repeat that outside the House .
15 Well er they did them They made them f f fancy kind of things on the top like a They would maybe crisscrosses and things like that and m make a rounded thing like a Just like what some folk has a tassel on their bonnets , well we made that on the top of the stack .
16 She made that before the war .
17 I 'm sure I could find him now , but I have made a vow that I am not going to tell anyone where he is , for the man is innocent and has no hope of proving that at the moment .
18 Unfortunately , he will not be proving that in the Derby .
19 The environmental impact of precolonial agriculture in the subhumid highlands of central México equalled that of the Classic Maya cities in the lowland rainforests of Guatemala , and was even more severe than that of the indigenous cultivators in New Guinea .
20 The movement of a large number of sellers in the parallel market would drive down the price , and push up the yield until it equalled that in the discount market .
21 You can unplug that for the moment .
22 Cos you ca n't I do n't want that on the tape .
23 Non-radioactive oligonucleotide duplexes were prepared the same way by mixing 2 pmol each of the complementary strands .
24 ‘ I realised that in the end . ’
25 It can not escape notice that almost without exception these duties were performed , and in most countries-at least of the West — only performed , by priests until the Council .
26 John Evelyn made little of the episode .
27 Each defendant calls a witness who has also submitted a statement with the facts of his or her life , particularly where that life crosses that of the defendant .
28 It argued that of the half million British troops overseas , 200,000 were in areas that did not create a foreign currency liability , and of the rest few were in areas requiring direct dollar expenditure ; ‘ it follows that the contribution to be made to the balance of payments problem by the withdrawal of troops in overseas theatres will be strictly limited , will apply only to those areas when there is at present a currency obligation , and will produce little or no direct dollar saving . '
29 For various reasons , we expected little of the sitting hen .
30 Sorry yeah , certainly , part of it thinking about the way on which we put together a package of ideas , and how we 're going to get that across and sell that to the other party .
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