Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Non-executive directors , that is a strength erm it 's also a threat but it is also a strength but basically it 's acting as a sort of yardstick to control or actually guide the actual management right down from board level right down the company there . |
| 2 | The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and characteristics of non-deglutitive motor activity inthe normal human oesophagus and to study the relation of this oesophageal motor activity to motility patterns elsewhere in the gastrointestinal tract . |
| 3 | Martin Meeks has seen his income rise sharply since the '70s . |
| 4 | Pictures done in the zoo can be much better than those done in a museum from a dry skin , perhaps not very convincingly stuffed ; but only if there are field sketches too for the artist to work from can he hope to get the background right . |
| 5 | Champagne ages perfectly in the producers ' cellars with a cheap crown cork , and only sprouts its traditional mushroom just before it goes on sale . |
| 6 | Such a description accounts well for the situation of SF for children , who do not yet possess the relevant textual or literary competence to perform advanced reading-strategies such as implicature , bridging and high-level interpretation . |
| 7 | Whereas some areas have a per capita income level well above the EC average , there simultaneously exist areas which have just a fraction of that average . |
| 8 | To promote OTC products successfully through the high street chains nowadays , you have to have a substantial turnover ( £10–15m or so ) to be able to afford the TV advertising . |
| 9 | This was considered revolutionary at the time it was written ( 1955 ) , but case study after case study elsewhere in the country now suggest the same basic pattern of large estates . |
| 10 | Von Gallwitz was a talented artillerist , having been the Inspector General of the Field Artillery just before the war , and more recently had added to his lustre in leading the Eleventh Army to victory in Serbia . |
| 11 | TODAY 'S excellent programme at Cheltenham has not been ruined by the hard ground to the extent which at one time appeared likely and there are two bonus runners , namely the champion hurdler , Beech Road in the Charles Heidsieck Champagne Bula Hurdle , and the Queen Mother Two Mile Champion Chase winner Barnbrook Again in the A.F.Budge Handicap Chase . |
| 12 | His weekly half-hour CBC programme was one of the most popular and kept his Victor recordings high in the rating charts . |
| 13 | So much happening here at the moment as the ball was followed up by David he looked at the referee as er challenge him for the er shove inside the penalty area but the referee was unimpressed by that , Blackburn have already got one penalty here tonight from which they 've scored , Shrewsbury have scored from a penalty too and it 's the third division side still in the lead here by three goals to two . |
| 14 | At the holding point we selected flap fifteen , exercised the airbrakes out and back again ( they take a second or two to run each way ) , zeroed the tail trim , turned on the heaters for the twin pitot heads ahead of the windscreen and checked the cockpit for red lights , any of which means no-go . |
| 15 | There were a good many farmers ' sons going in the doors of University College today for the first time . |
| 16 | With a cable break close to the ground there is always plenty of room ahead for the landing . |
| 17 | Varig knows Brazil best , being able to serve you efficiently through 170 branch offices all over the country , with connecting flights to 77 large towns and leading cities in Brazil and South America . |
| 18 | Recoil punched hard and ejected shell casings angrily around the nose compartment , some clattered into the rear of the instrument panel and blew its circuits . |
| 19 | Many factors are at work : physique , training , careful preparation months before in the Vuelta d'Espana or the Giro d'Italia ( rarely both ) , self-knowledge , confidence , the constant assistance of domestiques and then more distinguished teammates . |
| 20 | With a new single imminent and a debut album currently in the writing stage ( both definitely on the funky tip ) , Jamiroquai can justifiably hold his head high . |
| 21 | In working with a family , after an initial assessment interview primarily with the elderly person , the social worker may find him/ herself working with : |
| 22 | At higher drug concentrations more of the drug is bound to weaker sites and the dissociation profile contains a greater proportion of faster components . |
| 23 | From Drewsteignton a steep lane drops to Fingle Bridge and from here the route heads upstream along the gorge , picking its way through woodland which grows thickly right to the water 's edge . |
| 24 | Compared with the black and grey tones for the blue and red of the other roundels one might almost believe that on number five the roundel ring immediately inside the yellow is red and the inner spot is blue , although on this one the tail stripes appear similar to numbers one , two , four and six . |
| 25 | Chamberlain fitted the following regression equation separately to the observations for each futures contract : where Vol t represents the volume for day t , and M t is the maturity on day t . |
| 26 | Although the complex divisions in the DUP 's North Belfast branch accord slightly with the view that there is a basic conflict between old extremists and new ‘ moderates ’ in that McQuade , while he was alive , supported Seawright against the executive , the departure of Seawright has seen some of the founder members , who left when he became a force , returning . |
| 27 | Prepare a budget recommendation together with the broad media strategy you would adopt to fight off the competition . |
| 28 | John Peel fans approved of ‘ Kennedy ’ and voted it to number two in 1989 's Festive 50 , with four other Wedding Present songs also in the chart . |
| 29 | This can be decomposed as : where X 1 and X 2 are the proportion in the service class and intermediate class ( 0.134 and 0.308 ) respectively : 0.237 + ( 0.134 × 0.482 ) + ( 0.308 × 0.160 ) = 0.351 We shall consider equations like this for interval level variables later in the book ; you may find it useful to come back to this paragraph after you have read chapter 10 . |
| 30 | It would be presumptuous to assume fans switched allegiance overnight and started buying records by The Wedding Present instead of The Smiths . |