Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Various sources claim that before age 20 he had amongst other things , rediscovered and proved the law of quadratic reciprocity , discovered the double periodicity of elliptic functions , proved that every positive integer is a sum of 3 triangular numbers ( these are integers of the form unc where n ε Z+ ) , formulated the principle of least squares and conjectured the prime number theorem ( itself not proved until 1896 ) . |
| 2 | She 'd invented some errands and left the two men alone . |
| 3 | I also spoke of my difficulty in giving talks to the armed forces ; for nothing remotely intellectual was acceptable , and the only use which I felt I could be was in taking along a few maps and indicating the whereabouts of places increasingly mentioned on the wireless or the press ( though they read only the ‘ picture ’ papers ) . |
| 4 | So , after a little research in Bangkok , I wrote a few letters and made a few calls and found a Brother distributer . |
| 5 | Requirements concerning the degree of processing or working were made more flexible by doubling the tolerance of non-originating components to 10 per cent , abolishing the double threshold rule for some products and lowering the percentage of added value required for others , and reducing the threshold for obtaining derogations ( that is , waiving of the rules-of-origin requirements ) from 60 per cent to 45 per cent of local added value in finished products . |
| 6 | One month later , it raised taxes on some products and put a four-month freeze on the prices of a further 42 per cent of products . |
| 7 | They thump your chest a few times and call the old crash unit and then they grope around for your pulse , but it 's a very amateurish affair really . ’ |
| 8 | On my third day of freedom I managed to steal some coins and sent a note to my master in Ipswich . |
| 9 | The effect began within a few minutes but took an hour or more to reach a maximum . |
| 10 | I waited around a few minutes and had a chance to talk with Tony Dorigo and met his mother who works in the Digital office in Birmingham . |
| 11 | He returned after a few minutes and put the tray on a low table by his chair . |
| 12 | It is this incredible flexibility that allows us to juggle page layouts in just a few minutes and produce a fresh piece of artwork each time rather than wait hours , even days , for the re-worked page to come back from the artist 's studio . |
| 13 | The tourist or business or conference traveller will more often than not travel on a plane manufactured by one of the few aerospace TNCs that dominate the civil airline industry , occupy a hotel room subcontracted to or owned or managed by the local affiliate of one of the few chains that dominate the global hotel industry , hire a car from an agency of one of the international firms that dominate the car rental industry , and will pay for all this with one of the credit cards issued by the few TNCs that control global personal finance . |
| 14 | For example , during its mad dash his plunging horse had burst through some bushes and disturbed a she-bear with her cubs , but had gone on before the bear could react . |
| 15 | So that I think has been the biggest , communication-wise , has been the biggest step forward in a more erm friendly and er happier sort of note we , we were one of the few brigades that started a band . |
| 16 | It would encourage newcomers ; especially if they 'd been on a few walks and seen the problems . |
| 17 | On the other side , we jumped over some steps and entered a cavernous , empty doorway , a place of slime and undergrowth . |
| 18 | Before the Prophet 's increasingly terrified gaze , Curtis stepped back another few paces and pulled a box of matches from his pocket . |
| 19 | Since they were not obvious from where he was standing , he took a few steps and examined the table-top . |
| 20 | The song contained few words and had a different lyrical slant than most of his material . |
| 21 | Ciaran said a few words and presented the prizes to the winning teams . |
| 22 | She left after a few months and had a home tutor . |
| 23 | This group has been set up within the past few months and had the task of re-organising the Covenant . |
| 24 | so he sold it in a wrong time he could have , he could have hold on to it another few months and got a lot of money for it |
| 25 | After we had been constantly studying the sky for a few months and getting the feel of things , we did tend to develop a sixth sense regarding the weather , a bit like farmers . |
| 26 | A VARIED selection of veteran and vintage aircraft have appeared on the register within the past few months and include the former Warbirds of Great Britain P–63A Kingcobra which has been on rebuild to flying condition at Duxford for some time for The Fighter Collection . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll put an awning up there in case it rains , and we can have a coke brazier to roast some chestnuts and heat the chocolate . |
| 28 | Until the eighteenth century settlement within the neighbouring parish of West Bromwich took the form of small groups of cottages clustered together in ‘ ends ’ around the heaths , where squatters had opportunities to graze a few animals and to build a little workshop . |
| 29 | He has made few speeches and passed no Bills . |
| 30 | Therefore , we seek a system which will share out the burden of set-aside between the major producers in particular and will not exclude some countries while laying the burden on others . |