Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun pl] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She trailed a hand along an imaginary banister , sweeping the other behind where the skirts of a ball-gown would have trailed and was so tangibly created that when she sat down on the sofa Delia Sutherland moved to make room for the folds of that gown . |
| 2 | I explained this ( J. Milroy , 1982b : 43 ) in relation to the simplification pattern in short /a/ ( see chapter 4.5 for the findings of this study ) , which we measured by using a three-way analysis of variance . |
| 3 | It did n't do anything for the tenants of this city or did n't put any new proposals forward . |
| 4 | a fully informed and supportive user community for the products of all information technology systems . |
| 5 | Although well acquainted with rejection notices , we were unprepared for the criticisms of this paper . |
| 6 | Transport 2000 wanted to see a radical shake-up of the funding system for the railways in this country to provide a better service . |
| 7 | Wiping her tears with the corner of her apron and clutching the baby to her she searched for the reasons for this volte-face . |
| 8 | As for the curves in this selection , the C13 and C14 were not the same , and therefore the work that was possible with one tool could not be repeated on its mirror image with its counterpart . |
| 9 | BUT the Policyholder shall repay to the Corporation all sums paid by the Corporation which the Corporation would not have been liable to pay but for the provisions of such law . |
| 10 | BUT the Policyholder shall repay to the Corporation all sums paid by the Corporation which the Corporation would not have been liable to pay but for the provisions of such law . |
| 11 | This may have been characterised by a mystic other-worldliness which had little time for the concerns of this world , and the working out of faith in relation to the everyday challenges of life . |
| 12 | Four ‘ change-facilitating factors ’ are picked out by Ramon ; heavy and unchanging reliance on segregated institutions ; the existence of a minority of psychiatrists prepared to act politically ( while not having the desire to act in a party political framework ) ; the autonomous nature of the regions leading to more enthusiastic reform beginning in socialist and communist areas ; and perhaps most importantly for the concerns of this book , |
| 13 | Bagehot was anxious that the established parties might bid for the support of the working man , and he was even more anxious that a working-class party might arise that would then press for the interests of that class through the ballot box and through Parliament . |
| 14 | Cut out two tiny rectangular panels for the plates on each side of the boat and press on , securing with a little water or royal icing . |
| 15 | This has been interpreted as being a consequence of the negative enthalpy of mixing in the system which acts as an additional driving force for the chains on either side of the boundary to cross into the other matrix . |
| 16 | Von Tunzelmann , remarking that prices had the greater influence on real wage trends over this period , finds that the indices available are much closer to each other than they are for the periods on either side . |
| 17 | In other words , life would be just the same for the inhabitants of another planet who were both mirror images of us and who were made of antimatter , rather than matter . |
| 18 | Well why on earth , if you 're s , y'know , you embark on that route why do n't you put something in the budget for the fruits of that exercise and we believe that you can save money by that and that er this is going to be one of those budgets that 's gon na end up er under strength at the end of the day because of that . |
| 19 | Now , however , the current Master of the Rolls , Lord Donaldson , is the most influential figure and he favours a more modest role for the courts in this area than Lord Denning , in particular , would have wanted . |
| 20 | Much above the average in wealth for a Buckinghamshire incumbent , his estate totalling nearly £19 included £7. 1s. 4d. in ready money , a substantial amount for the times by any reckoning . |
| 21 | Such facilities , which include homely ‘ lounge ’ bar and restaurant areas , have not escaped the notice of the corporate world , where an increasing demand for ‘ staff awaydays ’ has resulted in a boom time for the clubs in this area . |
| 22 | Do you have a strong logo and make consistent use of a particular style of print for the headings for all school correspondence ? |
| 23 | In any case , it is Gandhi 's view that every citizen , since lie sustains a government in power , is responsible for the actions of that government . |
| 24 | If the relationship between mother and daughter is poor , a good relationship may be ‘ invented ’ to compensate for the shortcomings of that relationship . |
| 25 | Perhaps in conjunction with a yacht , motor-cruiser or smaller water craft the aeroplane would provide a smashing day out for the high-achievers in any organization , make an unusual fishing expedition to normally remote waters , take more passive passengers sightseeing , or allow access to many such widely-separated leisure activities all on the same day . |
| 26 | A summary of the limits of cover under the special scheme arranged for the holidays in this brochure is shown below . |
| 27 | The problem for the students to some extent , is being compounded by the withdrawal of housing benefit , which means that they 're paying the full cost of rents in the private sector , whereas before they might have been getting ten , twelve even , more pounds a week refunded to them through the housing benefit scheme . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll crash in the back of the van for a couple of hours before hitting the road , I 'm too easy a target for the cops in that thing and I 'm over the limit . ’ |
| 29 | The monitoring , enforcement and compliance with these local regulations is a matter for the authorities of that country and the foreign supplier of the services concerned . |
| 30 | The report on the coarse wares is very illuminating for the views at that time of a man who had spent a lifetime handling pottery . |