Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 All this activity did little or nothing to reduce the level of local taxation .
2 By early 1973 it was clear that they would do little or nothing to protect the exchange rate from the impact of domestic policies , and indeed increasingly resented the attempts of European and Japanese central banks to prevent the dollar rate from finding its own level .
3 The Vendor is not in relation to the Business a party to any agreement , practice or arrangement which contravenes or is subject to registration under the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 , the Resale Prices Act 1976 or the Competition Act 1980 or which contravenes the provisions of the Fair Trading Act 1973 or which would or might either result in a reference to a ‘ consumer trade practice ’ within the meaning of Section 13 of the Fair Trading Act 1973 or to the Consumer Protection Advisory Committee under Part II of that Act or contravene any of the provisions of Articles 85 or 86 of the Treaty of Rome or any other anti-trust or consumer protection legislation .
4 ‘ Is that where you heard the bad words you used just now ? ’
5 The proposal for a Rhyl relief road could mean yet another where it crosses the A525 .
6 ‘ Is this where I make the noble suggestion of keeping away at weekends to leave you free to sail as much as you want ? ’ he demanded .
7 A small proportion of the absorbed light will sometimes be re-radiated and it is this that we term the fluorescence .
8 It was through the need to obtain money for this that I took the part-time job with Mrs Morton and her husband , Weary Willy .
9 The girl was so frightened by this that she opened the door herself .
10 Later that year , when the giant 's favourite boar was killed by an arrow fired from an unknown bow , he was so enraged by this that he took the first-born of all his tenants and threatened to kill them unless the guilty one came forward or some other person informed on them .
11 After one such day , on the journey back , he and his brother Ifor ended up in a nasty fight with several English supporters and it was to this that he traced the beginning of his lifelong , terribly painful and ultimately crushing spinal problems .
12 ‘ We have made it clear that we accept the principal Father Caden is talking about . ’
13 Whether or not this is true of all of us , it is clear that we have the ability to react , when the situation demands it , to the unspoken sound of a written text .
14 If ever a comparative survey of the I.Q. of the nations of the world was undertaken , there would be no particular surprise if we came top of the league table : It is as clear that we have the ability to solve our problems as to win the only battle that really counted in World War II — the last one !
15 Those housewives who ‘ do n't mind ’ ironing make it clear that they dislike the task itself , yet have found conditions under which it becomes bearable .
16 It is also clear that they understood the logic of tacit collusion , put very clearly by one firm :
17 He and his advisers were so dismayed as to misread the letter , for the reply makes it clear that they understood the meeting of the princes to have taken place already .
18 Comparing them to the English Baroque woodwinds , it is clear that they became the prototype and standard for English makers well into the 18th century .
19 His new Food and Beverage Manager is in favour , but the idea was resisted by the original departmental heads , who made it clear that they preferred the old system .
20 When both the Minister for Justice , General McEoin , and the Attorney General , Mr Charles Casey , made it clear that they considered the legislation inopportune , pressure for an explanation eventually brought forward a response from Mr Casey .
21 Once the assumptions of the perfect market model are dropped it becomes clear that they have the capacity to safeguard these interests , manifested in a sluggishness of response , if not outright resistance , to changes in what consumers actually want , or might want if they were aware of the full range of possible alternatives .
22 The courts made it very clear that they equated the interests of the state with the interests of the government then in power .
23 I emphasize this to make clear that what happened the following weekend was as unforeseeable as a plane falling on your house .
24 In this he was only following in Lanfranc 's footsteps , and it is clear that he expected the king to exercise more authority in ecclesiastical affairs than the more ‘ advanced ’ ecclesiastical theorists of his time thought tolerable .
25 and his wife , it was her second marriage , her first one had been to the doctor and he had actually examined paedophilia backed off , basically said well she did n't , she could n't get a conviction but it was quite clear that he had the motive and he 'd had the opportunity because Connie died from the fire which Harvey Jones had set cos he found out
26 Gloucester was much in demand as an arbiter and as a source of legal redress , and it is clear that he took the matter seriously .
27 Their craftsmanship makes it clear that he took the business of composing verse and music very seriously indeed .
28 Gloucester was much in demand as an arbiter and as a source of legal redress , and it is clear that he took the matter seriously .
29 But Vergil 's presentation of the episode makes it clear that he thought the accusation had no validity and was merely an excuse for Hastings ' execution .
30 The judge made it clear that he thought the complainant was the truthful witness and that the case should continue .
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