Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bottom five notes or so of the violins can be enriched by adding a bassoon or two in unison . |
| 2 | The point I 'm trying to get at sir is that erm it is none of it is in none of our interests , either the planning authorities or even of the developers , that if we were to erm find a strategic sites policy appropriate for this alteration , it 's in none of our interests that it should be confusing to the public or to the development industry as to how rare a thing this should be and how tightly directed it should be in geographical terms . |
| 3 | The counsellor has to enter into the family dynamic , not intrusively , not demanding compliance with the wishes or even with the needs of the elderly counsellee , but to ensure that the feelings and needs of each member of the family , however weak , are heard . |
| 4 | Third , he exercised jurisdiction over the pagenses ( the " men of the pagus " or county ) : replicating the assemblies of the realm at local level were the county assemblies which were supposed to be held three times every year , and met either in the civitates or elsewhere in the county . |
| 5 | And unless you make a special effort to do something active on a weekend , then you can add another 16 hours or so to the total , making a grand total of more than 70 hours each week . |
| 6 | Cover and leave for at least 4 hours or overnight in the fridge . |
| 7 | Certain themes run through pronouncements by all members of the family — interest in national unity ; worries about the environment , from Prince Charles 's confrontations with modern architects to Prince Philip 's affection for the giant panda ; concern about family life , at home in the Inner Cities or overseas through the Save the Children Fund . |
| 8 | Members of the committee are entitled to receive any travelling expenses directly incurred by them or their representatives in attending at committee meetings or otherwise on the committee 's business ( r 6.164 ) . |
| 9 | The final ten minutes or so of the session will be spent discussing what has arisen , how the patient feels about it , and the way future treatment is likely to proceed . |
| 10 | I gave you ten minutes or so of the lesson to look at some words . |
| 11 | It can take effect immediately , but it usually takes twenty minutes or so for the full effects to be felt . |
| 12 | He had paid three pence at the booking office for his ticket and , after waiting ten minutes or so on the cold and draughty platform for the next London-bound train , he had arrived at Christchurch some ten minutes later to run through torrential rain toward the group of cottages which flanked the open park in the town centre . |
| 13 | After that , the manager went through the procedure adopted : a telephone call to the reference number cited ; verification of credit card ; verification of driving licence ; verification of home address ( the last three usually completed within ten minutes or so on the International Information Computer ) ; preparation , presentation , and signing of the contract ( including appropriate insurance clauses ) ; then , paperwork now completed , the car brought round to the outer forecourt , with an assistant to give the client a quick run-over of the controls , and to hand over the keys . |
| 14 | If teachers and the head are in the playground for five minutes or so before the bell and if parents know that they will be welcome in classrooms for ten minutes or so at the end of both morning and afternoon sessions then good routines will be established and easily maintained . |
| 15 | After twenty minutes or so with the list broker you start to see the world as he does . |
| 16 | When we had driven for ten minutes or so across the plain of frozen sea Harvey said , ‘ All out . ’ |
| 17 | If teachers and the head are in the playground for five minutes or so before the bell and if parents know that they will be welcome in classrooms for ten minutes or so at the end of both morning and afternoon sessions then good routines will be established and easily maintained . |
| 18 | Few 24-hour races ever go the full distance — fans usually burst on to the sacred tarmac 20 minutes or so before the official end |
| 19 | Keeping on the go can become a habit and there are very many people who could manage to let up for ten minutes or more in the course of most days , with a bit of careful planning . |
| 20 | Erm so you have you have another thirty minutes , twenty minutes or less from the candidate . |
| 21 | Not all otters are restricted to rivers , however ; some can be found upon the quiet shores of our lakes or even beside the sea . |
| 22 | There is not one of the erroneous and superstitious beliefs of mankind that are supposed to have been superseded but has left vestiges at the present day in the lower strata of civilized peoples or even in the highest strata of cultivated society . |
| 23 | Most country and metropolitan district councils in England and Wales hold definitive maps , and you can ask to see them at council offices or sometimes at the public library . |
| 24 | It seems likely they met in their respective offices or possibly at the Salisbury Club which was a new , but important , social and business focus in the town . |
| 25 | They are photographed holding their cheques , given for ideas that will benefit the company either in production , the offices or anywhere within the organisation where improvements can be made . |
| 26 | He left also a timeless description of Fowey , where ‘ … the little boats that lie tethered to the rings and stancheons of the old sea wall are gaily painted as those I clambered in and out of in my own childhood … and by the windows the great vessels glide , night and day , up to their moorings or forth to the open sea . ’ |
| 27 | Since the proclamation of Czech independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918 , the castle has sheltered the president of the Czech Republic , and you may have to make way for an enfilade of black limousines or indeed for the changing of the guard every hour in their colourful new uniforms . |
| 28 | It is complicated by intrusions , where sudden squalls or now from the bay 's 50-odd tributaries causes local mixing . |
| 29 | Finally , a number of local authorities without polytechnics or much in the way of advanced further education provision have considered it unfair that they should nevertheless have to pay sizeable sums of money into the pool . |
| 30 | Choose instead a framing which cuts the figure , say , just above the knees or just below the shoulders . |