Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | In rural communities , pressures to conform to a fixed structure of normative obligations were strong , since most people 's livelihood depended upon remaining within the family unit . |
2 | far from being crushed as a nation by the Russian conquest , the Yakuts succeeded in adapting to the ways of their conquerors and extended their own influence over their Tungus and Yukagir neighbours , not to mention the Russians themselves . |
3 | As a respondent in my study commented about economising on the heating : ‘ I turn it off when I 'm in on my own and put a blanket on myself . |
4 | In a typical wing-bearing segment of most insects there is a single apodeme on either side formed by infolding along the pleural sulcus and known as the pleural ridge . |
5 | And also the marks of the little side axe used for trimming off the sides . |
6 | Warmer fluid escaped through the interfacial region above the sedimenting layer and enhanced the convection driven by cooling at the roof . |
7 | There would be the ox-roasting at midday and then a demonstration of marching by the lads followed by skirmishing with the Ancient Britons . |
8 | Emotions ( according to this theory ) are purged because of the release of tension involved in identifying with the participants in a representation of violent events . |
9 | For some reason , no one knew why , he had for the last four months taken to sleeping in the south porch . |
10 | He was n't up to the fancy footwork required for duelling on the high seas . |
11 | That defeats the whole purpose of requiring a certificate , since it destroys the certainty which the parties required by providing for the certificate . |
12 | Boom predicted in shopping on the telephone |
13 | But his career all but ended that August day in 1967 when the MCC announced he 'd been suspended from bowling suspected of throwing for the rest of the season . |
14 | The backlog of homeowners prevented from moving by the recession in the housing market has increased , according to a survey today . |
15 | It is a cruel sport at best , but the poor show the matadors and toreadors made by running for the outer rail and escaping over the fence when the enraged bull pursued them was not a creditable sight ; I spent my time , for as long as I stayed , cheering for the bulls . |
16 | In 1979 the state constitution was amended and a ceiling placed on spending by the state and in local jurisdictions within its borders . |
17 | The State Department announced on Feb. 7 that Felix Bloch , a US diplomat suspected of spying for the Soviet Union , had been informed that he was being suspended without pay with immediate effect . |
18 | This distortion may be important in providing the flexibility needed for binding of the binuclear iron cofactor . |
19 | ESTIMATED TONNAGE OF RAW POTATOES USED FOR PROCESSING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM |
20 | Anglo-Saxon battle based on drawing in the Canterbury Hexateuch . |
21 | Pupils from Lexden Primary School spent the day at the zoo , learning about the work involved in looking after the chimps and other animals . |
22 | The committee charged with looking into the habits of the EBRD , which last year spent more on itself than on helping ex-communist countries , has set strict standards for the inquiry . |
23 | The change in anxiety invoked by reading about the potential complications of surgery is shown in table II . |
24 | The women 's singles championship went to Joan Blackett who beat Gwen Wharton 21–13 while John Hanmer beat Les Appleby 21–13 to secure a men 's singles championship final place in a breathtaking match dominated by drawing to the jack end after end . |
25 | 11.2 Any statement made in writing by the Landlord 's solicitors to the Tenant 's solicitors prior to the making of this agreement [ in reply to an inquiry made in writing by the Tenant 's solicitors ] was made with the authority of the Landlord |
26 | Mr Husseini , the most senior supporter of the PLO in the occupied territories , has spent much of his time recently trying to prevent the killing of Palestinians suspected of collaborating with the Israeli authorities . |
27 | Yassin had been sentenced to life imprisonment in October 1991 for ordering the killing of Palestinians suspected of collaborating with the Israeli authorities [ see p. 38550 ] . |
28 | An Israeli military court in Gaza on Oct. 16 sentenced Sheikh Ahmed Yassin , the founder of Hamas , to life imprisonment plus 15 years for ordering the killing of Palestinians suspected of co-operating with the Israeli authorities . |
29 | But what one now sees belongs chiefly to the centuries of this book , the great church to the tenth and eleventh centuries , the atrium before it — though in form and function preserving the great courtyard of an early Christian basilica , where clergy and laity met before processing into the church for solemn eucharist — is of the early twelfth . |
30 | Four Palestinians accused of collaborating with the Israeli security forces were shot dead and their bodies dumped near the West Bank village of Kafr Rai on Jan. 26 . |