Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Advocates of this type of curriculum not only have the problem of deciding who can speak for the culture ( or cultures ? ) and making an appropriate selection from it , but of deciding to what extent the curriculum should attempt to conserve , reform , revolutionize or even reverse cultural patterns and trends . |
| 2 | He was not going to forgo the opportunity of adding to his music the force of his words . |
| 3 | This does not follow , however , from Simmel 's approach ; for him , the Walbiri 's intimate relation to the objective forms taken by their social products , and their classifications of the landscape , might well have appeared more ‘ cultured ’ than the attitudes of his German contemporaries , who , in spite of having at their disposal the enormous possibilities of mass culture , did not possess the means for assimilating these into the development of person or group . |
| 4 | There is no way of knowing at what stage the Howards discovered that they were supporting a usurpation , but there are no signs of second thoughts . |
| 5 | There is no way of knowing at what stage the Howards discovered that they were supporting a usurpation , but there are no signs of second thoughts . |
| 6 | It is the only method we have of associating with our policy the Party as a whole through a body that is representative of the front and back benches and the Party in the country as well as the Party in the House . |
| 7 | He makes a point of mentioning in his Guide the provision ( or lack of it ) for the poor and ill . |
| 8 | As neighbours of the enormously powerful and expansionist United States , the Canadians had a direct and abiding interest in maintaining for their part the fiction that they belonged to the same political entity of the rich and powerful United Kingdom . |
| 9 | Next time he came on one of these recces he would bring a bag for these trophies , but the chinagraph pencil had worked well in noting on his slate the depths of water and the position of that false beach . |
| 10 | The radiance of jade and the crystal clarity of water are the qualities mentioned by Xu Jing , Chinese ambassador to Korea in the twelfth century , in describing to his emperor the stoneware produced in that country . |
| 11 | Before going for their lunch the Physical Training Instructors must complete the last of their duties as ushers . |
| 12 | In coming to its decision the Tribunal bore in mind the following and I quote : |
| 13 | In the next section we will examine the consequences of not having a rational sentencing policy before asking to what extent the courts are responsible for the ensuing crisis , and what options exist for tackling it . |
| 14 | To put those odds into perspective , however , it should be remembered that apart from having at his disposal the incredible equine resources of In-Keeping 's trainer , Martin Pipe — who himself broke all records for a jump trainer last season — events conspired very much in favour of the four-times champion jockey . |
| 15 | But the past conditional is a notoriously tricky area , even for mother-tongue speakers , and there 's no point in speculating on which way the final result might have gone if we wouldn't 've scored that first goal , Ron . |
| 16 | So strong had sympathy with the Communists grown among the active membership that the NAC was instructed , against its wishes , " to approach the Communist International with a view to ascertaining in what way the ILP may assist in the work of the International " . |
| 17 | On returning to his studio the drawing was turned over and he would go over the marks of the original drawing visible through the paper . |
| 18 | On returning to his office the following Monday , Mark was surprised to find that it was now occupied by visiting American auditors . |
| 19 | The density of the landfall was critical to calculating at what moment the dam would capitulate . |
| 20 | That is the nature of the self-punishment which Britain inflicted on itself by maintaining in its law the assertion that citizens of other countries , wholly independent and acknowledging a different head of state , were nevertheless in every respect members of the single category of ‘ British subjects ’ , possessing within the United Kingdom the rights that attach to that category . |
| 21 | Gaston , however , disposed of the latest invaders and then commemorated his double success over the heathens by incorporating into his portal the figures of two Saracens in chains and oriental costume , to be seen still hunched submissively at the foot of the central pillar of the doorway as if having to bear all its weight . |
| 22 | And ever afterwards , when Father began to criticise my general angling inability , I could always stop him , instantly , by muttering under my breath the word ‘ Brora ’ . |