Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cells would have to expend energy , in the form of adenosine triphosphate ( ATP ) , in order to pump hydrogen ions out of the cell . |
| 2 | The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and characteristics of non-deglutitive motor activity inthe normal human oesophagus and to study the relation of this oesophageal motor activity to motility patterns elsewhere in the gastrointestinal tract . |
| 3 | Pictures done in the zoo can be much better than those done in a museum from a dry skin , perhaps not very convincingly stuffed ; but only if there are field sketches too for the artist to work from can he hope to get the background right . |
| 4 | Champagne ages perfectly in the producers ' cellars with a cheap crown cork , and only sprouts its traditional mushroom just before it goes on sale . |
| 5 | Such a description accounts well for the situation of SF for children , who do not yet possess the relevant textual or literary competence to perform advanced reading-strategies such as implicature , bridging and high-level interpretation . |
| 6 | To promote OTC products successfully through the high street chains nowadays , you have to have a substantial turnover ( £10–15m or so ) to be able to afford the TV advertising . |
| 7 | A hunting shark closing in for the kill homes in on the body electricity given off by its victim . |
| 8 | brown cable snakes in through the hole . |
| 9 | His weekly half-hour CBC programme was one of the most popular and kept his Victor recordings high in the rating charts . |
| 10 | At the holding point we selected flap fifteen , exercised the airbrakes out and back again ( they take a second or two to run each way ) , zeroed the tail trim , turned on the heaters for the twin pitot heads ahead of the windscreen and checked the cockpit for red lights , any of which means no-go . |
| 11 | Varig knows Brazil best , being able to serve you efficiently through 170 branch offices all over the country , with connecting flights to 77 large towns and leading cities in Brazil and South America . |
| 12 | fwd[n] takes the navigation n steps forward from the current position . |
| 13 | The shop was started by the Neal brothers back in the 1870s . |
| 14 | Recoil punched hard and ejected shell casings angrily around the nose compartment , some clattered into the rear of the instrument panel and blew its circuits . |
| 15 | Many factors are at work : physique , training , careful preparation months before in the Vuelta d'Espana or the Giro d'Italia ( rarely both ) , self-knowledge , confidence , the constant assistance of domestiques and then more distinguished teammates . |
| 16 | At higher drug concentrations more of the drug is bound to weaker sites and the dissociation profile contains a greater proportion of faster components . |
| 17 | From Drewsteignton a steep lane drops to Fingle Bridge and from here the route heads upstream along the gorge , picking its way through woodland which grows thickly right to the water 's edge . |
| 18 | From Cardiff the route snakes up through the valleys south of Caerphilly , over the Ebbw River , through the Ebbw Forest and on via the mining town of Risca to Pontypool . |
| 19 | LOU REED steps up to the counter . |
| 20 | John Peel fans approved of ‘ Kennedy ’ and voted it to number two in 1989 's Festive 50 , with four other Wedding Present songs also in the chart . |
| 21 | This can be decomposed as : where X 1 and X 2 are the proportion in the service class and intermediate class ( 0.134 and 0.308 ) respectively : 0.237 + ( 0.134 × 0.482 ) + ( 0.308 × 0.160 ) = 0.351 We shall consider equations like this for interval level variables later in the book ; you may find it useful to come back to this paragraph after you have read chapter 10 . |
| 22 | " [ Mrs Kit Nash ] , year by year , extended the boundaries of her plot by trimming the bramble hedges always from the inside , allowing them to spread and flourish on the outside … |
| 23 | Mr R. Bore , superintendent of Saltley Works , took charge of carriage building at Wolverton Works , the first carriage superintendent of the L & NWR , all carriage activities all over the system coming under his control . |
| 24 | The small smelter and mint was said to have been set up in the heart of the Rusland woods down towards the Leven Estuary , and coins were turned out in large numbers . |
| 25 | For the next fourteen days I spent all the daylight hours either on the forest road , on which no-one but myself ever set foot , or in the jungle , and only twice during that period did I get near the tigress . |
| 26 | It 's still before dawn on a summer 's day in 1989 and the sleek limousine cruises effortlessly along the Pacific Highway towards the Village Roadshow film studios . |
| 27 | The remaining patient developed fever , right upper quadrant pain and deranged liver function tests with negative blood cultures immediately after the procedure requiring intravenous antibiotics for one week with complete resolution of the episode . |
| 28 | Let's see if England can win four Triple Crowns in a row and win six Five Nations titles outright in the next decade . |
| 29 | The project involves a close study of the scientific context of research proposals together with the interactions of researchers , reviewers and funding agencies — topics which have not so far been systematically examined . |
| 30 | This strategy was invented seven years ago as Mr Harrison , as he then was , saw Racal 's difficulties in competing with the defence industry giants even after the takeover of Decca . |