Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun sg] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The teacher 's comment reflects her conviction that the impetus for collaborative learning arises from the processes of the task , rather than its structure . |
| 2 | Moreover , just as important as stressing the plurality of political resources , which form the basis for the exercise of power , pluralist approaches tend to stress the contingency of transforming the potential for political power offered by the possession of such resources into the actual exercise of power . |
| 3 | They said the Chinese vice-foreign minister , Tian Zengpei , would confer with the British ambassador , Sir Robin McLaren , but one source said the talks would ‘ definitely not ’ include the plans for political reform proposed by the governor of Hong Kong , Chris Patten . |
| 4 | The use of ‘ rabbit ’ for incessant chatter comes from the rhyming slang , ‘ rabbit and pork ’ meaning talk , and the creature itself is so named from Rabbie , the Scottish version of Robert . |
| 5 | Both the Winchester Housing Trust and the St. Mary Church Association had had their plans for low cost housing in the village refused . |
| 6 | Provision for specific warranty claims against the group are to be made where in the opinion of the directors there is a probability of the claims becoming payable . |
| 7 | His recipe for roast lamb triumphed in the regional heats and he hopes it will be picked again next month . |
| 8 | In fact , at common law , it is better for the seller if he is not fixed with actual knowledge of such contracts , since he is then more likely to escape liability for consequential loss suffered by the buyer if the seller 's default prevents the buyer from fulfilling his obligations under those contracts . |
| 9 | During the last few years the EMS has become a central plank of EC policy , and Economic and MOnetary Union has become the linchpin of the project for European Union constitutionalized in the Treaty on European Union . |
| 10 | The other motivation for European Union came from the newly-freed countries of Central Europe themselves , who favoured it in the knowledge that only a strong Community , closely knit in a European Union , would have the resources and united will to assist them towards eventual EC membership . |
| 11 | There was no significant difference , however , in the time taken for labelled trypsin to appear in the duodenal juice of the post-acute pancreatitis patients . |
| 12 | By contrast , the time taken for labelled amylase to appear in the duodenal juice was longer in the patients ( p<0.05 ) . |
| 13 | The widespread distribution of opportunities for tertiary education occurring during the preceding decades has extended its development into broader opportunities for communal leisure activities . |
| 14 | The cooperation of consumers enabled the disruption of production to be minimised ; and the industry 's expertise in avoiding the more serious problems developed with experience and with the higher priorities they were granted for scarce coal supplies after the disastrous crisis of February 1947 . |
| 15 | Following agreement with a number of settlement banks , payment for gilt-edged stock transferred within the CGO is guaranteed . |
| 16 | Moreover the two bishops standing at the foot of the throne had both been appointed for administrative work done in the King 's service . |
| 17 | If he were tempted to decide against Mrs. McLoughlin , he would indeed ask himself whether any principled distinction could be drawn between her case and the case of mothers who recover for emotional damage suffered at the scene . |
| 18 | The conventionalist judge we just imagined , who worries whether deciding against Mrs. McLoughlin would be efficient in virtue of the precedents that mothers may recover for emotional injury sustained at the scene , has no need to look for any larger underlying principle " embedded " in these precedents or to defend one controversial view about the content of these principles . |
| 19 | The disclosure letter is just as important a part of the negotiations as the sale and purchase agreement , and it would be a mistake for extensive work to go into the due diligence exercise and subsequent negotiations of the sale and purchase agreement , only to be undone by an inadequate disclosure letter . |
| 20 | He is using your partner as divine sandpaper to take off the rough edges . |
| 21 | Aspects of sexual law which have relevance for social work lie in the following Acts . |
| 22 | The Pan-African Union for Social Democracy called for the total rejection of any modification of the election timetable , while on Sept. 15 the National Alliance for Democracy ( AND ) , a grouping of about 40 political parties , demanded that the 12-month transition period be respected and called for a reshuffle of André Milongo 's transitional government . |
| 23 | Seeking through German unity to contribute to the unification of Europe and to the building of a peaceful European order in which borders no longer divide and which ensures that all European nations can live together in a spirit of mutual trust , |
| 24 | Early state intervention over factory hours , therefore , can be seen as public control necessitated by the blind self-destructiveness of capital itself . |
| 25 | A study of a remarkable set of documents put together by USAID ( the administration for foreign aid given by the United States ) during the past few years entitled , Environmental Profiles , one for each country , shows in considerable detail the extent of soil degradation , alkalinisation , salinisation , waterlogging , and desertification world-wide . |
| 26 | By selecting different icons , the user can load panels of graphics from the disk , reduce or enlarge the graphics , use icons such as the " Black frame icon " which draws a box round the graphic to highlight it , and use a variety of " pens " for free hand drawing on the screen . |
| 27 | Several manuals were published : prestigious journals such as Scientific American reported on the importance of earth as a building material ; and in Britain , in 1920 , the government built an entire village out of the local earth . |
| 28 | The men on the raft unclamped their life-saving fingers from the balsa wood , uncurled their bodies braced against the fury of the Pacific , and waded through calm lagoon waters to the beach . |
| 29 | This is then repeated for respired air blown into the burette . |
| 30 | The Contingency Reserve has always existed as a cushion to meet unexpected demands for spending without breaking the overall planning target for public spending set in the White Papers . |