Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike lead , which the fuel companies eventually proved only too pleased to take out of petrol , sulphur does nothing for either the performance or longevity of diesel engines and it contributes to acid rain . |
| 2 | He said nothing for almost the whole of the twenty minutes , until he got up and carried his plate and cup to the sink and then said , as he left the room , ‘ I see . |
| 3 | ‘ The problem is that we know nothing about either the land or the people , ’ Alexei said . |
| 4 | Although useful information , this demonstrates nothing about either the quality or quantity of the services they provide . |
| 5 | But he insisted he knew nothing about either the debt or the court case because the bill had not been sent to his home . |
| 6 | Moreover , the measure says nothing about how the wealth is distributed ; a country could raise its GNP by expanding capital intensive industries which leave the poorest sectors of that society completely untouched . |
| 7 | There was nothing about how the pathologist had reached the conclusion that death had taken place some time between 1974 and 1977 . |
| 8 | This reduces the risk of the defendants in a ‘ labour injunction ’ case being taken unawares , but contains nothing about how the court should proceed when both parties are before it . |
| 9 | On the other hand , for the Type B non-profit , the extent to which income from non-revenue sources such as taxation covers cost is only a very narrow measure of performance : it only measures the extent to which the organization spent what it said it would spend , saying nothing about how the market valued its goods and services . |
| 10 | This kind of gross categorisation really tells us nothing about how the language varieties are " mixed " — neither the kind of mixing nor the proportions . |
| 11 | Interviewed by police Paterson said he and Bailey had gone to investigate a broken window at the hangar and that he knew nothing about how the fire started . |
| 12 | ‘ The board seems to have learned nothing about how the people of Arbroath feel for their own hospital . |
| 13 | Let us return to our fertilizer experiment on barley involving N , P , K and C. You will notice how , on their own , these four factors ( as we shall now call them ) tell us nothing about how the fertilizers act in combination , e.g. does the effect of N differ according as P is present or absent ? |
| 14 | It prepared them for exactly the kind of material they can expect to see on the day — and because it is written by the examiners themselves , you can be sure that it tells you exactly what the examiners are looking for ! |
| 15 | ‘ Will you tell me about how the body came to be discovered ? ’ |
| 16 | Can you tell me about how the folks long ago used to do the the pig ? |
| 17 | Heasked me about how the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme was going and what level I 'd reached |
| 18 | Like the squirrel , he should marry only someone of precisely the same blood lines as himself . |
| 19 | ‘ And , as a result , we now find ourselves with perhaps the best assets in Europe . |
| 20 | Hence , there is a danger of the children knowing the act already , so it is a good idea to get someone from outside the usual circuit . |
| 21 | He had not said , Frankly , Peter , you are not up to being Archdeacon , he had instead emphasized the need for someone from outside the diocese , for someone with ecumenical experience in urban work , for someone accustomed to ministerial care . |
| 22 | Someone with accountancy training can be extremely helpful in the preparation of Schedules of Special Damages and if your department is large enough to need some form of dedicated management , this can often best be provided by someone from outside the law as solicitors do not make the best managers . |
| 23 | ‘ You do n't feel that it could be someone from inside the Lodge , do you ? ’ |
| 24 | Given leave to speak , he said he had gone into the church to help , and had simply obeyed such orders as were given to him , and he knew nothing of where the saint 's coffin might be at this moment . |
| 25 | And yet Victoria has accused me of exactly the same sin as I am so lightly attributing elsewhere ( incidentally , to people who are more fiction than fact ) . |
| 26 | ‘ No , ’ she interrupted , ‘ but you seem to be accusing me of exactly the same things I accused you of — or at least had to ask about . |
| 27 | Anyway , news reaches me of how the most loyal of husbands handles this kind of situation without falling unconscious at the table . |
| 28 | These young persons ' attitude to the game reminds me of how the old game used to be — when there were no leagues and no cup competitions . |
| 29 | But , avidly staring , he persuaded himself into both the disappointment and the relief of recognizing that the girl possessed the kind of grace or innate innocence which made it very unlikely — no , impossible ! filthily impossible ! — that her young breasts and thighs were commodities available for temporary hire . |
| 30 | On thirty seven minutes though , Paul Biddle should have made it two nil as he found himself with just the Fairmile goalkeeper to beat , but stupidly played it wide for Brian Marland , but his final pass was poor and Fairmile 's Kevin Shepherd was able to clear the ball from the danger area . |