Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She was at that cocktail party the Sheldonians gave — do n't you remember ? — when we were staying with Mother the summer before last . ’ |
| 2 | It is certainly not as good as capacity factors as an indication of the value for money the owner gets from the plant : each kilowatt hour the reactor produces helps to pay off the capital invested in the power station . |
| 3 | THAT FRIDAY EVENING the wind changed , and brought first rain , then snow . |
| 4 | His review of that crap band The Farm was pure ‘ Swellsian ’ swill . |
| 5 | This section 7(3) required the LTE so to perform their functions as to ensure so far as practicable that at the end of each accounting period the aggregate of the net balance of the consolidated revenue account of the LTE and of their general reserve was such as might be approved by the GLC ; and that if , at the end of any accounting period , the aggregate showed a deficit , the amount properly available to meet changes to revenue account in the next following accounting period should exceed those charges by at least the amount of that deficit . |
| 6 | Inkwells were let into the top of the desks and each Friday afternoon the ink monitors from Standard Seven would arrive with trays , collect these inkwells , take them into the lobby and refill them with very watery ink from a small water can . |
| 7 | That Ken fella the coalman . |
| 8 | Open account : Under this payment method the exporter gives up control of the goods to the importer and receives debt settlement at a later date under the contract 's terms . |
| 9 | There 's some Vauxhall advert the choice buy a Nova with a good deal or very little does n't make sense does it ? |
| 10 | At the end of the four and half hour inquest the cricket sub-committee was asked to re-define the role of captain and chief coach , to consider whether it required a team manger and ordered to report back on 28 November when , presumably , a decision will also be made on the captaincy for next season . |
| 11 | What are the reason for my account the fact that there , they do n't obtain these higher wages because clearly there is this income gap the differential is driving the whole process , yet economic theory tells us that the migration should , should diminish that gap between income in urban and rural areas |
| 12 | Suppose that under this defence statute the Government makes an Order requisitioning land for anti-aircraft missile sites . |
| 13 | Should you , at any stage , decide you want to work on your own , then you may give this Moscow policeman the slip . |
| 14 | As all subjects had the same cost function and the same mean for the price distribution , the comparative static propositions tested in this experiment concern the standard deviation of the price distribution , σ , and the ( per unit ) storage cost , k . |
| 15 | In the cold sunlight of this spring evening the furniture looked old and the pots looked worn . |
| 16 | In fact , the more one thinks about the distribution of this rock platform the less plausible seems the explanation in terms of marine erosion . |
| 17 | The first three sections of this chapter survey the development of government policy towards crime . |
| 18 | another Club hotel the Bohem is across the road , so you 'll never be short of company . |
| 19 | At the start of another football season the professional whingers are in full swing — Ferguson , Kendall and Souness to name but three . |
| 20 | At this infusion rate the median acid output in the H pylori positive duodenal ulcer patients was 37 ( range 8.5–57 ) , which was about twice that of the H pylori positive healthy volunteers ( p<0.02 ) and six times that of the H pylori negative healthy volunteers ( p<0.001 ) . |
| 21 | Given this data base the research perforce aims at conceptual rather than theoretical generalisation . |
| 22 | They might try to look like aeroplanes but at least there were still smart waiters serving drinks to tycoons as they shuffled papers where the noughts ran off the edge of the page building a case to be argued to some Washington agency the next day . |
| 23 | From this Fenland village the Old and New Bedford Rivers take off north-eastward , straight as arrows , to join the Ouse near Downham Market . |
| 24 | In this telephone conversation the receptionist tactfully ascertained the nature of the call , realised that it could be dealt with without bothering a busy manager , dealt with the matter according to established policy and reassured the caller . |
| 25 | In this second treaty the two States undertake ‘ to respect the commitments contained in the bilateral agreement between Afghanistan and Pakistan ’ and ‘ urge all States to act likewise ’ . |
| 26 | In the first chapter of this second letter the apostle wrote ‘ no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation . |
| 27 | In this second stanza the words ‘ fatuous ’ and ‘ toil ’ are used to describe the futility of the sun giving life to planet earth/mankind . |
| 28 | In this second edition the standard work has been fully revised with a number of new photographs and rewritten text to reflect developments and progress in infectious diseases . |
| 29 | In this second edition the standard work has been fully revised with a number of new photographs and rewritten text to reflect developments and progress in infectious diseases . |
| 30 | In this second round the candidate with most votes would win the constituency seat provided that participation was above 25 per cent . |