Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His smile deepened as he added , ‘ I have been told that I am a good lover and I can think of nothing in this world that would give me greater pleasure than to teach you the plaisirs d'amour . |
| 2 | These ‘ id-impulses ’ may be either for ‘ perverse ’ sexual acts which sometimes can not even be admitted to consciousness as acts which the person desires , or they may be impulses of sadism and destructiveness . |
| 3 | There is nothing more interesting to a busy chief executive or personnel director than knowing what the competition are doing , what they are being paid and who is moving where . |
| 4 | With regard to intrauterine devices we suggest that in some women developing endometriosis while using them the disease goes unrecognised and they are treated by removal of the device . |
| 5 | I see this marvellous mechanism as giving us the certainty of immortality , for the impact of our thoughts and personality becomes imprinted in the brains of other men and they will continue in the minds of future generations . |
| 6 | 2.43 Lord Reid would have added £500 on the annual dependency to allow for the shortfall created by the incidence of taxation and that , of course , is a factor that should be taken into account when assessing what the dependency is . |
| 7 | I think it is well to begin by admitting that the Austrian people , as a whole , have more potential artistic ability than have we the English . |
| 8 | So , even your interest can be earning interest while leaving you the option of getting at your money instantly if you need to . |
| 9 | Sometimes such problems are tackled by putting the students to work in twos and threes , so that good readers can help the slower ones ; in the case of fairly lengthy work-cards , where more explanation is given , it is also helpful to record the text on a cassette , which the slower reader can listen to with the words before him , increasing his familiarity with the written word at the same time as giving him the information that he needs . |