Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An alteration in circumstances concerning 4–7 of the above reasons has brought about the situation found since the mid 1980's , when there has been a lack of growth . |
| 2 | The real reason is that competition between the various issuers has forced down the charges levied on the retailers — once as high as 3 to 5 per cent , down to an average of 2.2 per cent in 1988 and now 1.7 per cent and falling . |
| 3 | A heavy backlog of cases has snarled up the court process for dealing with non-payers . |
| 4 | A major chain of small grocery shops has taken on the might of the big wholesalers in a battle over the right to sell newspapers . |
| 5 | The organization of women in the controlled zones varies considerably depending on the region : either one of the women 's organizations has taken on the task or there may be a women 's committee of the Popular Power Council . |
| 6 | HOUSEWIFE Sarah Fox 's dream of making a fortune from soap that FLOATS has disappeared down the plughole . |
| 7 | The search for such solutions fails to draw out the full implications of the criticisms of the traditional method of legitimating corporate managerial power . |
| 8 | The 14-year-old civil war between the government and Jonas Savimbi 's Unita rebels has brought about the collapse of the oil-rich Angolan economy , the story goes , and turned Luanda , once called the Rio de Janeiro of Africa , into one of the continent 's dirtiest capitals . |
| 9 | A recent outbreak of aggregate reactions in the concrete transformer bases of 11 electricity power stations has thrown up the possibility that most of the sands and gravels removed from the Trent valley ( one of the most widely-used sources of aggregates in Britain ) may contain the forms of silica that cause the reaction . |
| 10 | The other four winning projects are : Community Education , Whitechapel Art Gallery , London , an educational programme under the direction of Lucy Dawe Lane involving over 200 artists living in the East End of London , ( the award will be used to set up after-school activities for local Bengali children and their families ) ; Art in Albany Prison , Isle of Wight , where Colin Riches has set up the first art centre in a maximum security jail , providing full-time employment and art education for eighteen long-term prisoners , ( Colin Riches will use his award to carry out further researches into the benefits of art in prisons ) ; Art Trust , Homerton Hospital , London , where the inspiration of surgeon William Shand has covered the bare walls and public spaces of the new building with specially-commissioned pictures and sculpture , ( the award will be used to commission a major sculpture for the principal courtyard ; and The Fan Museum , Greenwich , London , the first museum of fans , set up by Dicky and Helen Alexander who have donated their collection of 2,000 fans to the museum , ( the award will be used to provide proper storage facilities for the collection ) . |
| 11 | Argument about rival therapies has taken on the passion previously given to theological debate . |
| 12 | KRAFT General Foods has snapped up the US and Canadian businesses of breakfast cereal giant R J R Nabisco . |
| 13 | The Convoy Aid Romania coordinator has challenged other mercy groups to a public debate but Cleveland Aid for Romanian Children has turned down the invitation . |
| 14 | Every ten minutes , another group of tourists arrives to check out the rockets and winds up taking pictures of Kevin Davies taking pictures of The Shamen . |
| 15 | Such a conception of women has continued down the centuries . |
| 16 | If , for any reason , one of my colleagues needs to take over the file at any stage , you will be consulted . |