Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun pl] [noun sg] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A significant number were aimed at positive prevention and these included altering the time allowed for lesson changeover to reduce crowd chaos , a decision to involve all staff in corridor supervision , a move to set up mutual support pairs amongst staff and the creation of a rewards system following the realization that for non-academic pupils the school offered little or no incentives . |
| 2 | A laboratory study of Californian students by Forsythe , Palfrey and Plott ( 1984 ) found that the introduction of a futures market increased the speed with which information was reflected in the spot price . |
| 3 | The result is the same as for Cox , that is , that the introduction of a futures market increases the amount of information reflected in the spot price . |
| 4 | The Indian kids would n't matter , but the Yuppie type might get half an hour in the back of a police car checking the pavements and the pub car parks for some sign of his attacker . |
| 5 | Whereas the report of an ex-police inspector highlighted the genocidal implications of Chesterton 's speech , that of the Special Branch scribe merely stated that the whole of his discourse was directed towards racial discrimination and hatred of the Jew . |
| 6 | It took three minutes for a plain-clothes policeman to reach the booths , but all were empty . |
| 7 | These jobs were soon done , and Redpath telephoned for a police car to take the cartridges and clothes to their respective experts . |
| 8 | She was hardworking and industrious , and in her work as a contracts officer enjoyed the challenge of getting value for money when it came to servicing the needs of the company 's departments . |
| 9 | Sir : Following your article on video ‘ spy ’ cameras ( 11 October ) , I feel compelled as a police officer to balance the National Council for Civil Liberties 's views on the issue of video surveillance . |
| 10 | Each track would stage a home leg , with a points system determining the winners . |
| 11 | Yeltsin 's speech also covered the issues of land ownership , the need to counter crime and corruption , for which a group had been formed consisting of Vice-President Aleksandr Rutskoi , First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Soviet , Sergei Filatov , Security Council Secretary Skokov and State Secretary Gennady Burbulis , and the need for an arms law to combat the " blatant pilfering of military property " . |
| 12 | Twenty travellers are staging a protest outside a police station demanding the return of their vehicles . |
| 13 | The story about a whole bloodstained cupboard being removed from Belmodes to a police laboratory went the rounds with the speed of light , being especially well received at Teddy Touch 's outfit , marketing street clothes known as Touchline . |
| 14 | The purchase of a call option on a futures contract gives the owner the right to acquire a long position in the futures contract at a set price ( the exercise or striking price ) during ( or at the end of ) a specified time period . |
| 15 | You lean out of a corner on a trials bike to keep the tyre biting . |
| 16 | Miaowing at a police dog brought the wrath of the section upon one tactlessly witty accused , though his conviction was quashed on appeal . |