Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few peaks due to the excitation of overtones of vibrations of lower symmetry ( e.g. 2ν 9 ) can also be seen , but the main feature of the spectrum is a set of progressions in ν 1 , with or without excitation of one of the other a 1g modes . |
| 2 | An study by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has shown how EC " structural " funds , designed to alleviate poverty , fail to account for the environment and are in some cases responsible for the destruction of habitats and extinction of species . |
| 3 | On the first occasion , when a clear moonlight night was forecast , the most atrocious storm developed and we were forced to spend an uncomfortable few hours benighted near the summit of Elidir Fawr . |
| 4 | Three days into our trek we were only a few hours short of the first Zanskari hamlet . |
| 5 | ( So in some schools keen on the creative arts , children never opened their mouths in drama lessons ! ) |
| 6 | Politicians and political parties for some months prior to the announcement of the date of the election had been making their arrangements for manifestoes and candidates . |
| 7 | Erm you were telling me when we had the preliminary interview about erm what happened a few months prior to the disturbances that occurred in the late Summer . |
| 8 | Ian remembered it , but I did n't , being only a few months old at the time . |
| 9 | It might be argued that for years Britain unsuccessfully attempted the ‘ Italian approach ’ , trying to establish an independent , strong domestic producer and that now an approach , in some respects similar to the ‘ Spanish approach ’ ( welcoming foreign investment ) is being adopted . |
| 10 | Some lines previous to the main speech have been incorporated here . |
| 11 | That the son turned out to be all but six and a half feet tall at the age of thirteen and went through school and university wielding a subversive wit which catapulted him into the West End and the beginnings of real fame in his early twenties , seems almost in bad taste , very embarrassing indeed , certainly uncalled for and probably best left undiscovered . |
| 12 | The complex PCR probe originating from the B19C12 150 kb YAC allowed the detection of the ERG gene ; however , the application of this procedure to YACs of the order of one megabase might have some limitations due to the very high complexity of the PCR products . |
| 13 | Some functions available to the problem program ( such as transput operations , or program intercommunications facilities ) will be implemented as extracodes on all models of the range . |
| 14 | Secondly Chairman I would like to draw the Councillors ' attention to the fact that I 'm this years representative on the South East Waste Regulation Advisory Committee and we have indeed got in hand a project which is to look at the whole of the recycling and the priorities for the South East region and I would imagine that by the time our officers have reported back to this Authority that they will have an advantage of having access to that report . |
| 15 | And so what if her dentures are a few molars short of the set . |
| 16 | There were , however , few booksellers present at the session , a fact remarked on by the chairman , multimedia consultant Tony Feldman . |
| 17 | There are still some places available for the Summer Course at Green Park , Aston Clinton . |
| 18 | I should have known that Jean-Claude would wish to return to Paris a few days prior to the anniversary of Montaine 's death , a date embossed not only on his and Mme Guérigny 's mind but on my own . |
| 19 | In the past a Welsh dealer had brought ponies and kept them on the moors at Hartshead to fatten them up for a few weeks prior to the fair , and Mr Rawson had often helped to drive them from there to Lee Gap . |
| 20 | In a statement , the company said : All Meon Villas are inspected a few weeks prior to the start of each letting season , with particular emphasis on safety . |
| 21 | There are few needs specific to the use of cotton Wool ; most of the interest centred on the mother 's more general needs as she uses the product . |
| 22 | The central question I want to use as a peg on which to hang various theories is , ‘ Why are so few Christians aware of the direct threat of modernity to the Christian church ? ’ |
| 23 | The richness and variety of plant life in Teesdale is well known , particularly in the lower-lying areas where some plants common in the south have their northernmost limit . |
| 24 | One of the few things certain about the outlook is that 1993 will be a difficult year financially . |
| 25 | Some officers familiar with the medium range Trigat project are sceptical that it can be modified to defeat the new armour . |
| 26 | The rent cheque was , to my surprise , a few pounds short of the amount I was actually paying — certain deductions had been made for lighting and other odd things that were technically included in my monthly rent . |
| 27 | SAVE FACE THE SAVE FACE/Lemon Fund has closed with £94,445 banked , only a few pounds short of the money we were required to pay Jason Donovan in settlement of the libel action he brought against us earlier this year . |
| 28 | This chamber looks in some ways similar to the alchemical laboratory ( location 72 ) save that nothing is broken here , it 's simply very dusty and cobwebbed . |
| 29 | The idea of testing is , therefore , in some ways acceptable to the DES . |
| 30 | Because Karajan was a legend in his own lifetime and thus in some ways indistinguishable from the legendary figures of the past , it is important not to overlook the ways in which he effected a thoroughly modern revolution in both the method and the manner of orchestral training . |