Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sharp icicles fly out from the caster 's hand and strike the first unit or model in their path . |
| 2 | The tickover burbles and barks , but blip the throttle and the whole car twists with the torque reaction and the birds fly out of the trees . |
| 3 | But if researchers home in on the record as the first level of access , ignoring the surrounding administrative context and archival structure which forms part of its meaning , will understanding be fostered or impaired ? |
| 4 | All the pubs and clubs empty out at the same time . |
| 5 | That the services they provide are relevant to environmental groups , and in that way to help environmental groups plug in to the kinds of advice on fund raising and er , management and all sorts of other aspects of running a voluntary organisation , which , at the moment , of , er a lot of , er social service organisations plug into , but so many environmental groups . |
| 6 | For a while they walked in silence , retracing their steps back up towards the house . |
| 7 | But the winners make up with the size of their winnings what they lack in numbers . |
| 8 | Hurst nodded and started to pin the team-sheets back up on the board . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , as ministers ' eyes glaze over at the thousand ‘ what ifs ’ thrown up by war , they would do well to remember Lord Salisbury 's deflatingly modest dictum from more than a century ago : ‘ The first object of a treaty of peace should be to make a future war improbable . ’ |
| 10 | Two hopeful crabs line up for the start of the race . |
| 11 | And when old words die out on the tongue , new melodies break forth from the heart ; and where the old tracks are lost , new country is revealed with its wonders . |
| 12 | Michael looked up from where he knelt on the floor in front of the old armchair , his books spread out on the chair . |
| 13 | Cheeks dripping white , the kids walk back to the car , happy and contented . |
| 14 | Your eyes look out into the world around you . |
| 15 | ‘ Early statements of the model ( e.g. , Marslen-Wilson & Welsh ( 1978 ) ) assert that candidates drop out of the pool of word-candidates when they do not fit the specifications of context , in the same way as when they do not fit the accumulating sensory input . |
| 16 | Place the horses inside the stable holes , securing them with royal icing and positioning them so that their heads peep out over the doors . |
| 17 | The decor is a fascinating mix of antique and modern and the bedrooms look out to the countryside . |
| 18 | The losses run up in the third quarter will seriously hit the aggregate figure for the whole of 1992 , with pre-tax profits for the year expected to be about 95 per cent down on the £528 million recorded in 1991 . |
| 19 | Competition between consumers for a given commodity may , for example , tend to force its price upward ; each consumer is careful not to consume beyond the point where the marginal purchase is just worthwhile ; during the process , those who are less eager consumers of marginal units drop out of the race earlier . |
| 20 | The lines of the images stand out from the high quality Montval paper and are accompanied by a braille text . |
| 21 | During the final stages of an attack the weapon 's sensors lock on to the target ship 's radar or sonar signals and the Telemine homes in on them . |
| 22 | The dangerous stinging tentacles hang down below the float . |
| 23 | The double sweep 1 : both fighters square off in the right stance . |
| 24 | Hapless drivers draw up at the lights and are yanked from their cars at knife-point . |
| 25 | As employers respond to the guidelines set out by the UKCC then parity of courses will emerge and budgets for courses will need to be arrived at in response to local situations . |
| 26 | The initial appointment is for one year but may be cancelled in the event of a serious breach of the guidelines set out in the Tutors ' Handbook . |
| 27 | This should be carried out under the guidelines set out in the CFM for Quick Appraisals ( Chapter 5 ) . |
| 28 | The review should be carried out under the guidelines set out in the CFM for Quick Appraisals ( Chapter 5 ) . |
| 29 | The approval of the Animal Welfare Committee at the Durham VA Medical Center was obtained before all studies and care of animals conformed to the guidelines set out in the Guide for the care and use of laboratory animals . |
| 30 | All the bronzes set out in the Gardens of Bagatelle are on loan from the Henry Moore Foundation , with the exception of two : ‘ Draped Reclining Figure ’ , 1952–53 , from Time-Life International , London , and ‘ Reclining Figure ’ , 1982 , lent by the Fondation Pierre Gianadda , Martigny , Switzerland . |