Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vases of different shapes and sizes lay beside pebbles , weavings , ancient carvings and many other objects no-one knew the purpose of . |
| 2 | In these notes I described the aims and origins of the scheme : |
| 3 | ‘ That was one of the prime reasons I raised the issue , because if the constituents are saying that , it is time the councillors were saying it as well . ’ |
| 4 | For humanitarian reasons I thought the family ought to know . ’ |
| 5 | In terms of the economic activity projections , as a result of representations made to me by one of Professor Lock 's colleagues , that was one of the main reasons I increased the assumptions on the eco economic activity based projection , to increase B one office relocations to a a far higher degree percentage than previously . |
| 6 | Well er to me it does n't matter s er that much , what I 'm concerned about is that this is a matter of public interest , it should n't just be a matter of professional interest and it 's for these reasons I think the government should take a rather more lively interest er than perhaps it does . |
| 7 | ‘ One of the reasons I think the Japanese are so good at putting in quality systems is that , in some ways , it 's painful attention to detail , a series of little things which really improve performance . |
| 8 | Nowhere to be seen and one of the reasons I bought the magazine was to read the article as I have a Ti'ko machine ( and incidentally have been very pleased with it ) . |
| 9 | For those reasons I allow the appeal and I substitute an interim care order . |
| 10 | In both cases I recorded the results through a Fostex desk to find out how the Power Tool translates these sounds to tape . |
| 11 | The switches I find the most awkward to deal with are the mains rotary on/off switches that are supplied by several of the main electronic component retailers . |
| 12 | Of all the Bletchley eccentrics I suppose the most celebrated now must be Alan Turing , largely because he has been the subject of Hugh Whitemore 's very successful play Breaking the Code . |
| 13 | Of Gleizes ' work he said : ‘ Standing in front of his canvases I had the very definite impression of a sobering up after an Impressionist debauch . ’ |
| 14 | After ten minutes I heard the camera motor stop as the film ran out , but the director , knowing by now we could n't use a foot of it , let the old boy run on until he had finished . |
| 15 | But after a few minutes I saw the creature 's body begin to move . |
| 16 | In three minutes I had the Hispaniola sailing easily before the wind , along the coast of Treasure Island . |
| 17 | After two minutes I believe the butcher would have followed her out of the shop had she beckoned him . |
| 18 | At times I thought the process would never end . |
| 19 | In my utter loneliness I had only one resource : several times I took the ferry to North Shields , and walked up the steep bank to a certain public lavatory beside a roaring pub . |
| 20 | A lot of times I play the guy who knows what to do , and that 's not really me . |
| 21 | The first few times I lit the stove , up popped yellow flames and I turned it off . |
| 22 | I did quite well at school in the sports area , and for ages and ages I had the school record for the under-14 's javelin … . |
| 23 | And with my own eyes I saw the stalled clock at Treblinka … |
| 24 | I could only lie there staring , burning more pages to hold back the dark , because every time I closed my eyes I saw the same thing : the dark shadow of a manlike creature with shoulders curving up in two great arcs on either side of its head … |
| 25 | With fresh eyes I surveyed the familiar landscape . |
| 26 | From these fragments I reconstructed the brooding melancholy of a land subject to disaster after disaster , a family forced out through poverty , and I wove from insubstantial vapour the misty quilt in which I sensed his childhood to have been enveloped . |
| 27 | Right , so that 's all we want to look at with regards learning styles I think the key thing to remember is that we must n't fall into the trap , because it 's our learning style if we actually put together our training which reflects our style . |
| 28 | For two months I lived the life of a quiet and responsible man . |
| 29 | And they , of course , fuel the form of crime fiction that attempts to do something more than indulge in a contest with the reader — the books I call the detective novel and the crime novel . |
| 30 | If he likes to use large dragons I think the choice of counter-measure if obvious . |