Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [conj] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she was still meditating for hours and waiting for the voice of the flat to inform her of its favoured colour scheme . |
| 2 | The secretory effect of cholera toxin in our study probably continued for hours as evidenced by the stool output after the experiment . |
| 3 | as in Tarrow and Suleiman. that in so far as group interests are expressed or mobilised through institutions that survive in the long term . |
| 4 | ‘ I pay enough tax on my first job ’ , Mike said , and did n't accept the connection between taxes and help for the unemployed . |
| 5 | POLICE should abandon ‘ fashionable management theories ’ which blur traditional relationships between ranks and return to the hierarchical principles of leadership , a senior officer said yesterday . |
| 6 | but he has more of a chance to use the resources he gains for goals that correspond to the policy values of his party . |
| 7 | Sunk in biology , she thought , listening for creaks or moans above the ceiling , listening to the soft stirring in her belly , licking her fingers . |
| 8 | How often have you been lost for words when engaged in the ‘ what sort of strings do you use ’ type of conversation with a newly acquired guitar playing chum you 're eager to impress ? |
| 9 | Many volunteers acted as models or helped behind the scenes with refreshments and raffle tickets . |
| 10 | Remember that demand , leading to overload and pressure , is a function of the disparity between duties and wishes on the one hand and limitations on the other . |
| 11 | The plaintiff will be the tenant and the landlord the defendant , but if head lessors or mortgagees are likely to be affected they should be added as defendants and served by the lessee , or else notice should be given to them that they may apply to be joined if desired . |
| 12 | It is to Alan Rough 's eternal credit that he developed a sense of humour which carried him through experiences that ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous . |
| 13 | MCD spectra provide information about the degeneracy of states and help with the assignment of electronic spectra . |
| 14 | But Harrison sees the recent rise in awareness of values as following from the realisation that they are the key to a good , effective school , with strong exam results and happy children . |
| 15 | The cube dependence is not a precise match with the 3.4 exponent obtained from viscosity measurements of long chains , but it is acceptable , particularly as the model gives a satisfactory picture of how a polymer chain can overcome the restraining influence of entanglements and move within the matrix . |
| 16 | As with the data manipulation unit , these units are able to carry out any one of an appropriate set of operations when signalled by the control unit ; for example , to read a digit punched on paper tape and store it in a specified store location or to retrieve a digit from a specified store location and print it on an electric typewriter . |
| 17 | The data manipulation unit is capable of performing any of a fixed set of operations as signalled by the control unit . |
| 18 | In essence , it proposes the introduction of a system of checks and balances into the boardrooms of UK listed companies , to be administered by non-executive directors according to a prescribed code of best practice and to be given force by public disclosure of compliance . |
| 19 | These votes came after a long and stormy debate ; some deputies warned of the dangers of dictatorship because the proposed new presidency lacked an adequate system of checks and balances by the legislature , and argued that a switch to presidential rule was premature . |
| 20 | The two main candidates had been Khasbulatov , nominated by the Democratic Russia group , and Sergei Baburin , nominated by the centrist Rossiya group of deputies and supported by the Communists of Russia group . |
| 21 | Children have to learn that it is easier to start at one end of a line of objects and finish at the other . |
| 22 | All that 's changed is the way the formula 's been applied , and the number of calls that counts towards the formula . |
| 23 | Sir James Reckitt did some amateur excavating when he lived at the manor and some stones , which could have formed church windows , can still be seen in the gardens of houses since built on the site . |
| 24 | Ramlal approached in fear , awed by the sounds of chanting and the peal of bells that rose above the endless mutter of devotees . |
| 25 | The accord , signed 10 days ago , is aimed at preventing the sort of conflicts that led to the break-up of the Soviet Union from being repeated within Russia . |
| 26 | It has been pointed out by feminists that the tradition which depends upon this demarcation line fails to give a satisfactory account of conflicts that arise in the private sphere . |
| 27 | A year later a second note was among another smuggled group of notes that arrived for the relatives . |
| 28 | The participants represented a wide variety of views and tended on the whole to disapprove of state-imposed censorship . |
| 29 | ACE genotype ( DD more frequent in cases than in controls ) : Population ( different relative frequency of cases and controls in the 4 populations ) : Heterogeneity of ACE genotype effect across populations : |
| 30 | She glanced across at the dog-eared book of maps that lay on the passenger-seat beside her . |