Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [noun pl] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Thorneycroft took over in July 1962 , the Defence Votes were under pressure again , and pruning was once more the order of the day . |
| 2 | There is wide agreement that the recent forest damage can predominantly be ascribed to atmospheric pollution even if there remains uncertainty concerning which pollutants are to blame at which locations and what the response mechanisms are for triggering damage , as well as over how the contributing natural stress factors should be weighted ( Hinrichsen , 1986 ) . |
| 3 | The project we 're hoping to sponsor , there 's now Friends of the Earth in Ghana , erm who 've Doctor Plumtree quite rightly said , Ghana are working hard on re-forestation schemes , and a scheme that Friends of the Earth is doing is a community re- forestation scheme , because a lot of the re-forestation schemes are from the top down , and they do n't actually get the villagers involved in whatever , so we 'll actually be funding community reforestation schemes , several species of trees , particularly those which help to regenerate the soil , especially if it 's been degraded because the trees have been chopped down , or what-have-you . |
| 4 | Indeed , local ozone depletion rates in the lower stratosphere inferred from the AASE observations were in excess of 1% per day , approaching the values calculated for extended periods in the Antarctic . |
| 5 | It later occurred to me that almost every one of the board members was of a different nationality . |
| 6 | All the powder paints are in the cupboard next to the sink in that room . |
| 7 | The track climbs steadily through the woodland where the yew trees are of special interest . |
| 8 | A list of the ASCII codes is at Annex A. |
| 9 | As McHale suggests , any ‘ stable world ’ the text projects is at best fragmentary , and is generally ‘ overwhelmed by the competing reality of language ( McHale 1987 : 234 ) . |
| 10 | A great number of the OBOE pilots were in fact Blind Approach Training ( BAT ) instructors and the hurdle was 1,000 hours on a BAT Flight , the relationship to PFF OBOE work here being too obvious to detail . |
| 11 | In no time , it seemed , the Easter holidays were with us , and with them the start of the visitor season . |
| 12 | He guessed that somewhere aboard the survey vessel a meeting was in progress to determine whether or not the quarantine regulations were to be obeyed , and whether that adherence meant that he ought to be abandoned . |
| 13 | Large ‘ two line ’ tinplate destination boxes were fixed on stanchions above the ends of the upper deck and the deck screens were of close mesh fine wire . |
| 14 | The grant applications are in , and when we 've got all that information er then subcommittee will erm bring all those reports together , and present a report to the full council . |
| 15 | Where the difficulty lies is in relation to " comparative advertising " ; that is , where one trader advertises his goods by reference to another trader 's goods . |
| 16 | The Ministry men are on hand , |
| 17 | THE camp beds are in place , the beer is on ice and market makers at the City 's big integrated houses are ready for tonight 's unofficial over-night trading session . |
| 18 | Most of the mare basins were in place by the time Mare Serenitatis was filled with lava ( Table 6.1 ) . |
| 19 | Mr Deputy Speaker I I 'm grateful to the honourable gentleman for posing the central question and I hope in the course of my remarks I will satisfy the house , if not all Labour members , that the settlement proposals are at is all to the good and delivered by councils throughout Wales and that they offer enough money er to avoid sacking essential staff , certainly the offer enough money to avoid sacking any teacher who is needed in the classroom . |
| 20 | As a result the A-level scores of the university graduates were in general substantially above those of the CNAA graduates . |
| 21 | However , it is strongly rumoured that this may be sometime in the early part of 1992 , when some amendments to the Building Regulations are to be introduced . |
| 22 | Persons and private trusts held somewhat less than 10% of the total and the combined holdings of the banking sector and the building societies were around 5.5% . |
| 23 | The sun penetrates the mist and I am in a world of dazzling light and the rain running down the beech trees is like a tide of green blood and fire , its waves and bubbles sparkling in the sunlight . |
| 24 | The Ghost rackets are of 100% graphite construction and retail for £199.99 . |
| 25 | The chancel fittings are of oak , and the pulpit is carved stone . |
| 26 | Can I say also what a load of rubbish the story lines are in Coronation Street at the moment . |
| 27 | Such a solution has the disadvantage that , if the transput units are to be driven at anything like their full speed , the programmer must scatter test instructions through his program . |
| 28 | By now the cottage lettings were in full swing . |
| 29 | Observation and participation in the installation ceremonies are to be the major tools of research and have been made possible by earlier field-work . |
| 30 | Well the Pyramint bars are like a truffle . |