Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [det] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scrofula attacking the glands , or bones , or other parts of the body , is a disease of two-thirds or more of the potters … |
| 2 | She was not contrite or sorry or any of the things she should have been . |
| 3 | ( I had better say now that readers who identify the I of the Sonnets with Shakespeare 's own personality not only encourage that futility of speculation about the identity of a real-life ‘ Friend ’ and ‘ Dark Lady ’ which has pestered discussions of these poems for so long , and is now in the last stages of senility ; but in so doing they also destroy one of the essential principles of literary criticism in modern times , the independence of the I in lyric poetry , its existence as a persona or mask behind which the poet is free to impersonate any human situation without being identified with each or all of the mutations — often contradictory — taken on by his persona . ) |
| 4 | The Secretary of State recognised that if a high proportion of the boroughs left the ILEA , then what remained would be unworkable , and he therefore decided that if eight or more of the thirteen boroughs opted out he would force the remainder to follow suit . |
| 5 | ‘ There is no doubt that your situation is very difficult and the panel were not unsympathetic to this or any of the other cases before them with similar unfavourable circumstances . |
| 6 | If there is a dispute about this or any of the other four reasons , the court can be asked to decide the issue on an application under r27 . |
| 7 | A primary health care sector with half or more of the general practitioners as fully fledged budget managers would certainly facilitate the implementation of such a strategy , as has been pointed out . |
| 8 | Everyone in the developed countries around 1970 or so knew that there was both a baby bust and an education explosion going on ; half or more of the young people were now staying in school beyond high school . |
| 9 | In our study of the incidence of childhood leukaemia during 1972–85 the excess was concentrated in the 50 electoral wards in which half or more of the area was within 10 km of the atomic weapons establishments at Aldermaston and Burghfield . |
| 10 | The data so far accumulated suggests that half or more of the adult population of this country believe that they have had some sort of direct religious experience . |
| 11 | Scientists only declare a " hole " in the layer when half or more of the ozone in the high-altitude atmosphere is destroyed . |
| 12 | Mr Fallon said the Conservatives wanted to allow council tenants to convert their rents into mortgages for half or more of the value of their home . |
| 13 | I think at any particular moment in the day we found that half or more of the unemployed people that we were able to interview were at home at that point in the day erm which is much , much more spent indoors and |
| 14 | The River Thames had received them with some kindness , not passing on to them hepatitis or typhoid or any of the other plagues its waters might be carrying . |
| 15 | Normally , classes were held on works premises but at least partly out of works time , with the apprentices themselves paying some or all of the fees , electing their own voluntary officers and choosing their own subjects of study . |
| 16 | People who lived longer were more likely to have spent some or all of the last year of their lives in residential homes . |
| 17 | Problem people may justify the use of some or all of the following techniques : |
| 18 | You may therefore wish your employer to agree to pay some or all of the following : |
| 19 | His job might necessarily include some or all of the functions formerly performed by existing employees , such as yourself . |
| 20 | In many of the predator assemblages described here , the mandibles of small mammal prey species are frequently intact , here defined as having all the bone of the mandibular body and ramus present for each half mandible , but lacking some or all of the teeth ( Fig. 3.12 ) . |
| 21 | People are likely to conclude that you are genuine if you do some or all of the following things : |
| 22 | Co-ordinators employ some or all of the following behaviours . |
| 23 | Doers employ some or all of the following behaviours . |
| 24 | Thinkers employ some or all of the following behaviours . |
| 25 | Supporters employ some or all of the following behaviours . |
| 26 | The order form will include some or all of the following information : |
| 27 | There are camping and hotel facilities throughout and paddlers are welcome to join in for some or all of the trip . |
| 28 | The second characteristic of the type of statements given above is that they are stereotyped : the social argument against rural primary school closure generally consists of some or all of the following assertions : |
| 29 | Sometimes , instead of the article , the leader gives a set of instructions that some or all of the teams should follow . |
| 30 | When a sound is directed at the microphone , some or all of the l.e.d.s should flash . |