Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the established set-up survives the pressures for change then the established constitutional theory will be of use as a rough guide to political and governmental practice , but if that set-up " breaks " then the established theories will be left beached . |
| 2 | He had gagged for hours following the ordeal , convinced that one of the dog 's hairs had lodged itself at the very back of his throat where his fingers were unable to reach . |
| 3 | Apart from the splash of the water , and the squeak and thump of the diving boards , the calls of the Indians to each other and an occasional squeal of delight from the child , it was still , and a thrush , lodged in a tree on the common beyond , dominated for minutes together the air above the sequestered pool . |
| 4 | When he began to project his voice during recitals then the hoarseness always returned . |
| 5 | My own favourite , putting price aside , was the Western Systems , but if you want value for money then the Phoenix is well worth a look . |
| 6 | For centuries previously the subject was a province variously of law , philosophy , history , and other disciplines , each with its own ways of seeing the world . |
| 7 | For Farrer too the images are given . |
| 8 | He says it ended up as bacon just the same . |
| 9 | Jackson lived up to Christie 's description of him as ‘ pound for pound perhaps the best athlete in the world ’ as he scorched to victory in the Heysel Stadium in 12.99 secs the seventh fastest of all-time . |
| 10 | For self-defence therefore the sworn foresters were allowed to carry bows and arrows in the forest . |
| 11 | ‘ Limpar could play for Arsenal again the way he plays for the national team if only Graham had more faith in him . |
| 12 | The minority interest figure is based on Shaw plc 's profit after tax less the dividend receivable from Harris plc and the net movement in the provision for unrealised profit in stock ( since Shaw plc is the selling company ) , plus 30% of Harris plc 's profit after tax . |
| 13 | Conversely , if the Director had no powers of compulsion after charge then the issuing of yet another caution would make no difference . |
| 14 | She argued strongly that nineteenth-century feminism had neglected women 's need for love and a family life ( although this was by no means wholly the case ) and that sexual equality did not necessarily mean ‘ sameness ’ . |
| 15 | This is by no means invariably the case , however . |
| 16 | He regarded the Prime Minister 's unfastidious use of the honours system as the most obviously shocking but by no means necessarily the most dangerous manifestation of the system . |
| 17 | This is plausible but by no means necessarily the case , and therefore the evidence from meteorites has to be treated with considerable reserve . |
| 18 | Nothing more than that someone , by no means necessarily the purchaser of the record , has in the past bought not from Nestle 's but from a retail shop three bars of chocolate and that the purchaser has thus directly or indirectly acquired the wrappers . |
| 19 | Some " disappeared " prisoners are transferred because there has been much publicity about their capture , but this is by no means always the case . |
| 20 | The seller will replace free of charge any goods proved to the Seller 's satisfaction to have been damaged in transit provided that within 24 hours after delivery both the Seller and the carriers have received from the Purchaser notification in writing of the occurrence of the damage and also , if and so far as practicable , of its nature and extent . |
| 21 | Nor is his picture of the clergy a particularly spiritual one : those who pray and those who work are never mentioned , but the cleric who was also a warrior has his place , and after Roland perhaps the most heroic figure of all is the leading ecclesiastic of France , the archbishop of Rheims . |
| 22 | For parents too the head is the leader . |
| 23 | During Winter lower the temperature to 64°–60°F . |
| 24 | For miners today the productivity push has changed the face of the industry . |
| 25 | It may not sound like much to get excited about but for enthusiasts even the merest chance of a sighting is somehting worth turning out for . |
| 26 | The Arts : The palazzo on the Strand is up for grabs Once the tax gatherers have been cast out , Kenneth Powell envisages a brilliant future for Somerset House |
| 27 | Normally , the rates are £19.50 for the first halt hour and for each additional quarter of an hour or part of it , £4.50 , For weekday overtime the rates go up to £23.80 and £5.45 , for Saturday overtime , £24.70 and £5.65 , Sunday overtime , £31.70 and £7.15 and for Bank holiday overtime , £37.00 and £8.25 . |
| 28 | The species still lives in the seas off Florida today The specimen is 6 cm long — but like all gastropods , smaller or larger specimens can be found according to growth . |
| 29 | The products of all three genes are required for restriction [ 3 ] , while for modification only the products of genes hsdS and hsdM are needed [ 4 , 5 ] . |
| 30 | In the Forest of Dean alone the four verderers are still elected as they were in medieval times — by the freeholders of the county called together in County Court by the sheriff . |