Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [conj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As Allan ( 1985 ) points out , contemporary attitudes to divorce are illustrated by the prevailing opinions as to the effect of divorce on children .
2 Europia , a group representing 34 European oil companies including BP , Elf and Shell , agreed to be more diligent in avoiding spills and accidental emissions and in the handling of raw materials , the conservation of natural resources and the managing of waste .
3 As the deputation withdrew tactfully to the further end of the great chamber , the queen-dowager conferred with her family , listening to their conflicting views and in the process becoming more undecided than ever .
4 Waldheim continued to be banned from entering the United States because of his alleged participation in the execution and maltreatment of Allied prisoners and in the deportation of Jews .
5 my Lord another factual situation which I 'll simply referred to is the er on going debate in European commission or cases relating to up stream fuel , er , where there 's very little trade , erm for technical reasons because of the isolation of the United Kingdom , however the commission has searched jurisdiction over restricted competition in the market because the fuels have a direct impact upon product , erm from production costs , product down stream of which there is trade
6 These working practices had developed quite informally , and had become ‘ institutionalised ’ in a set of unwritten rules that in the end failed to satisfy anyone completely .
7 For the Kikuyu the success of the struggle for independence in Kenya lay in the combination of Kenyatta 's political activities and in the effectiveness of Mau Mau in eroding settler confidence .
8 However , no doubt mollified both by the President 's dramatic decision on Tuesday to announce the release of eight long-term political prisoners and by the urbanity of his style , the archbishop did note that the talks had proceeded in ‘ a far better atmosphere ’ than previous encounters he has had with the government .
9 The main points were ( i ) a tax of 0.3 per cent on financial transactions ( ITMF ) , in force until 1994 , but not applying to wage cheques , pension payments and popular savings accounts ; ( ii ) to fight tax evasion an instruction to banks to report in specific cases and at the Finance Minister 's request all movements of individuals ' and companies ' accounts ; ( iii ) the simplification of the tax system with the elimination of three social contributions and their replacement by valued added tax ( VAT ) of between 7 and 10 per cent ; ( iv ) the elimination of taxes on manufactured products , fuel sales and additional income , and their replacement by a selective tax ( the rate of which had yet to be specified ) on cars , alcoholic drinks , fuels , electricity and telecommunications ; ( v ) the elimination of the separate collection of taxes by state and municipal governments and another by municipal government , so that all taxes ( except the ITMF ) would be collected by the federal government and shared with the states and municipalities , expected to produce a real increase in their revenues of 9 and 17 per cent respectively ; and ( vi ) a ban on the contracting of fresh debts by the Federal District , states and the municipalities until the year 2000 .
10 I 'd lay odds that the person responsible is an insider , a pretty high-up insider with free access to secret information , such as closely guarded secrets as to the composition of the cargo , the destination and the time of take-off and arrival .
11 For feminists who believe in coalition with other progressive groups and in the power of eloquence to change men 's attitudes , then educational systems , like other institutions , can become the site of struggle in which concerted action might bring about changes in personnel and policies .
12 Now in drama an excessive degree of vested interest in either the technical aspects or in the substance of the subject-matter can upset the balance so that the ‘ game ’ of drama and the necessary spontaneity that goes with it disappear .
13 They found themselves rubbing shoulders with right-wing MPs , the same who in 1984 organised a million-strong demonstration in support of private schools and for the right of the parents to choose , and who today declare themselves staunch supporters of the state secular education system .
14 When furnished with thread-like branches as in the Apoidea they are termed plumose hairs .
15 High interest rates , themselves necessary to hold spending within non-inflationary bounds because of the liberalisation , may put the process into reverse for a while .
16 In 1989 the Science Museum , with the British Computer Society , founded the Computer Conservation Society dedicated to the restoration and preservation of historic computers and to the capture of operational know-how of computing machines .
17 People will pay first in higher mortgages , lost jobs and diminished economic opportunities because of the uncertainty caused by the opt-out clause on the single currency .
18 The notices give general information on particular aspects of the tax , while leaflets provide more specialised guidance for specific trades or on the liability of certain supplies .
19 It seems likely that both the concern of political parties and of the public at the activities of the BUF was totally out of all proportion to its importance and to the political challenge which it presented ; as John Stevenson and Chris Cook wrote ‘ British fascism was almost a non-starter ’ .
20 They may form a continuous series with the oral papillae as in the genus Ophiopristis .
21 The idea grew out of their weekly meetings and from the desire to inform younger West Indians about their heritage .
22 In the absence of other acceptable proposals or of the will on the part of government to override opposition to such proposals as existed , shortage of revenue remained an obstacle to central government action and was acutely worsened by the high cost of the Boer War which opened in 1899 .
23 There will be more people in future above current pensionable ages than in the past , barring some fairly improbable changes in fertility and mortality trends ( DHSS , 1984 ; Ermisch and Joshi , 1987 ) .
24 Director of psychological services at Broadmoor Hospital , Dr Derek Perkins , said last night : ‘ Sometimes sufferers actually go through painful operations and in the case of Munchausen 's by Proxy it would appear that Allitt 's motives were to create drama and attention . ’
25 Moran rattled the newspaper a few times but by the time he could look around the three children were locked back into their school books .
26 Eminent authorities both in the United Kingdom and in the Commonwealth have expressed different views as to the impact of this provision upon traditional notions of the sovereignty of the imperial Parliament .
27 Pupils have many different views as to the nature of learning and the role of teachers , and part of the work with a new class is in some cases to get them to modify their perspective .
28 He argued that the time was now ripe for the application of the positivist method to social phenomena and for the establishment of sociology , a term he seems to have invented .
29 Health is another , whether in the form of workplace hazards that pose broader dangers or in the form of struggles to defend the health service .
30 If you had SUPERFILE you could not only produce MailSorted address labels for all those people , but you could do much subtler selections as well — all in a few minutes and at the press of a few keys .
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