Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a [adj] [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Resentful at Alexander and fearful that the King might beget am heir by his new queen and so lose for a second time the opportunity to advance the claims of his own house ? |
| 2 | Both legal literature and the documentary evidence attest the use of what can be called trust clauses , as well as the practice of using for a single disposition the wording of both legacy and trust . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , Reading Council were lashing together a municipal PR exercise , using as a dodgy pretext the 400th anniversary of the destruction of the local abbey by Henry VIII . |
| 4 | When pressed for a favourable reply the pontiff put forward a set of propositions which would have to be accepted by Napoleon before the ceremony could take place . |
| 5 | Often regarded as a last resort the use of contract cleaners is a valid management option to replace any or all of the ‘ in house ’ capability . |
| 6 | The officials said the plan , approved by the President last week , has as a central element the use of the US military to intercept drug transactions abroad . |
| 7 | The principle of Contrast , then , has as a general consequence the elimination of synonyms . |
| 8 | In relation to the almost antithetical Marxist positions of Sartre and Althusser , Foucault does not , however , simply follow the latter rather than the former : he articulates through a historical perspective the problems that their work encountered and attempts to produce a new method of historical enquiry — though not a general theory of history as such — that is both theoretically coherent and politically effective with respect to the particular problems under examination . |
| 9 | The report highlights as a major problem the fact that only three of the works staff were in post at the time of the inspection . |
| 10 | He accepts as a basic premise the truth of all world religions , and he acknowledges the benefit that could be derived from a sympathetic study of the Scriptures of different faiths . |
| 11 | Poland had by now withdrawn most of its trade through the city to its own port at Gdynia , and the Reich could hardly be expected to maintain or guarantee for an indefinite period the subsidy the city required.20 Lipski and Göring agreed that Germany and Poland should draw together in an understanding that they would jointly stabilise the city if the League should either collapse or decide to withdraw from Danzig . |
| 12 | Peasants came to her to be reminded of a particular tale the details of which they had mislaid in the mists of childhood ; more sophisticated members of the community , less concerned with the tale than the teller , made the journey to Elling in an effort to keep alive a tradition that had died elsewhere . |
| 13 | A fine fool she 'd look if she allowed herself to be swept off her feet by more of those blood-stirring kisses , then found herself dropped like a burning coal the moment Doreen stepped through the door . |
| 14 | The demure Lily in her straw hat , a hat I could describe to you now , still , as well as if I had it here in front of me , the crown swathed in a pale tulle the colour of a summer haze … in a long-sleeved , high-necked , pink-and-white striped blouse … a dark-blue hobble skirt , beside whom I walked across Regent 's Park in the spring of 1914 . |
| 15 | Figure 7.1 illustrates in a general way the likely sequence of contributing factors , and the two most promising points of intervention . |
| 16 | This passage illustrates in a vivid way the fact that the arrangements the judges have made with the Inns are merely the machinery through which the judges perform what remains a judicial duty , and also how decisions on rights of audience are different from decisions on call to the Bar . |
| 17 | This logic is set out in a manner that illustrates in an exemplary way the structuralist intention to map out all the possibilities of literature as distinct from its actual manifestations . |
| 18 | But they do exist to deal with operators who fail , without reasonable excuse , to provide in a satisfactory manner the services registered . |
| 19 | The thick hempen cords were slung round our necks ; a dusty-robed priest appeared as if from nowhere to recite in a precise voice the last prayer for the dying . |
| 20 | As business people and newcomers to the NHS ( apart from one , Sir Brian Bailey , who was Chair of the Health Education Council ) , their views of the shortcomings of NHS management paralleled to a remarkable extent the findings of academic research as summarised by Harrison . |
| 21 | Their generosity was appreciated being so willing to give some time explaining to a fellow enthusiast the intricacies of steaming a locomotive for the first time and the difficulties which had been experienced in the rebuilding process . |
| 22 | The rectory , some hundred yards from St Andrew 's , was a high Victorian monstrosity , facing north , and perched on a small mound the better to catch the chilly winds of the Cotswold country . |
| 23 | Godwin illustrates on a small scale the proximity of cesspool and pump ( Fig. 34a ) which an investigator in the town of Stafford in 1866 found to be a more general rule : ‘ The water supply of the whole town is obtained from wells , many of them in close proximity to receptacles of filth ; and I am in the habit of saying , partly in joke , but principally in earnest , that the persons living at No. 6 drink the water that is made at No. 7 . |
| 24 | On 1 April 1959 he presided over a lavish ceremony the purpose of which was the inauguration of an extraordinary church , built , in Franco 's own words , " in memory of my victory over communism , which was trying to dominate Spain " . |
| 25 | It is essential to establish at an early stage the significance of the properties to the operations and overall value of the target business . |
| 26 | Although I was walking at a normal pace the impact stunned me . |
| 27 | Utilising at a local level the dynamic model of the building process developed at macro level by the Building and Civil Engineering Economic Development Council ( see ‘ How Flexible is Construction : a Study of Resources and Participants in the Construction Process ’ NEDC HMSO 1978 ) the research is intended to provide a detailed profile of the construction industry into the counties of West Glamorgan and Dyfed . |
| 28 | if income arises in an overseas company owned by an overseas settlement the income can not be taxed upon the settlor under this section ( the " see-through " provision which is now abolished in s681(1) ( b ) never did apply to Chapter II ) ; 2. no reference is made to the domicile of the settlor in Chapter II of Part XV unlike Chapter III ( see s681(1) ) ; 3. no reference is made in s663 to the Case under which the tax charge is to arise . |
| 29 | WHO HAS ever heard of a popular tax The American colonists certainly took exception to Britain 's tea levy in 1773 . |
| 30 | In particular , it proposed the ending of detention without trial as soon as was politically possible , and it condemned as a serious mistake the establishment of a ‘ special category ’ for convicted prisoners claiming political motivation . |