Example sentences of "[det] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the summer , when Sirius rises heliacally , only twelve of these divisions of the sky can be seen rising during the hours of darkness , and it was this that led to the twelve-hour division of the night . |
| 2 | The degree and meaning of prostitution was an important issue in itself ( one estimate would have made prostitution the fourth largest female occupation ) but more important , given the double standard , was the reservoir of venereal disease especially syphilis , that it was perceived as constituting , a threat particularly to the efficiency of the armed services , and it was concern over this that led to the passing of the Contagious Diseases Acts ( in 1864 , 1866 , 1869 ) . |
| 3 | It was this that led to the first hints of how the theories of quantum mechanics and general relativity might affect each other — a glimpse of the shape of a quantum theory of gravity yet to come . |
| 4 | It is this that leads to the dependency culture predominant among deaf people in integrated education . |
| 5 | and coming up with a travesty like this that masquerades as a motion to the Council . |
| 6 | Infact it is alot easier doing something like this than going into the ring because you see all their fresh faces and all they care about is having their quetions answered . |
| 7 | The rate recorded for the South East was under half that recorded for the North of England . |
| 8 | She was marked out by her brightly coloured stockings , some red , some yellow and some that looked like a chessboard . |
| 9 | Membership benefits include some that arrive through the post , and others that are waiting for you just around the corner … |
| 10 | erm Well not really because erm I believe erm that one was erm one of a few that survived at the erm time of the change of the erm Prime Minister . |
| 11 | Preston thought about this and came to no satisfactory conclusion . |
| 12 | I thought about this and came to the conclusion that it seemed a very good philosophy . |
| 13 | To ignore this and focus on the false antithesis of punctuation versus gradualism , with no mechanism to explain either , is to engage in a scholastic war of words largely devoid of scientific content . |
| 14 | The final hymn had eight verses , not to speak of a chorus of Hallelujahs at the end of each one ; Mr Frizzell enjoyed this and sang in a pleasant tenor voice . |
| 15 | Long afterwards , when it was over , when he could finally bear to think of it all , he understood that , deep down , Laura had not expected to live beyond thirty and that , without realizing it , he had picked up on this and joined in the relentless , exhausting determination to sample life to the fullest . |
| 16 | Rocktron have noted this and vaulted to the rescue by producing the rather obscurely titled Bass mAxe . |
| 17 | She expressed her wonder at this and asked for the name in Italian . |
| 18 | Do not open this and drive at the same time . |
| 19 | Please can you look into this and arrange for the job to be finished as soon as possible . |
| 20 | I have to down this and get to the House in half an hour . |
| 21 | Some of these children , if they were given this attention over a two year period , could overcome this and go into the secondary school able to cope and take their place alongside the other children , and this is desperately important . |
| 22 | Ooh I 'll carry on watching this and go for a bloody shower ! |
| 23 | erm sequences such as what happened yesterday , what happened today , what 's going to happen tomorrow — dyslexic people very often have great difficulty with this and transferring from the two dimensional to the three dimensional , like you might say to a dyslexic adult when he or she asks directions , ‘ Oh , well , it 's first right , second left and then there 's a tower on your right and you 've got to turn to the left after the tree ’ and so on , and a dyslexic person ca n't remember any of that at all , or transfer it from the map to the reality . |
| 24 | It starts as for Ziggerat , climbs direct to the first roof , pulls through this and continues up the steep wall to the next roof which is passed by very difficult bridging . |
| 25 | She wondered whether Philippa had really outgrown her passion for partially disabled men but she seemed oblivious of all this and sat like a springtime sprig in a bed of roses , contemplating her coincidental twin . |
| 26 | With this and talked about the rest of the the books . |
| 27 | Mandeville sensed this and closed like a hawk for the kill . |
| 28 | Just work on this and forget about the restrictive diet side of the equation . |
| 29 | Using exactly the same technique , I encouraged her to imagine doing just this and to practise for a further fortnight , after which she was in fact able to go to the local park and sit on a bench watching the children at play . |
| 30 | Go through this and continue on the good track into the woodland , passing a ‘ crossroads ’ with a wall and gate on the right . |