Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun pl] [prep] [det] [noun] " 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 | Thirdly , they had a fearful respect for the dangers of such drugs as morphine and worried that they might kill children who were already desperately sick . |
6 | Although well acquainted with rejection notices , we were unprepared for the criticisms of this paper . |
7 | And if you are a parent yourself , please spare a thought for the mothers of these children so far away . |
8 | Transport 2000 wanted to see a radical shake-up of the funding system for the railways in this country to provide a better service . |
9 | Wiping her tears with the corner of her apron and clutching the baby to her she searched for the reasons for this volte-face . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | The essence , or form , of a species accounts for the properties of that species , and a definition of it provides the means of demonstrating that the species does have those properties , and why it has them . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | 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 , |
16 | Although they faithfully echoed the time-honoured myth that the Tsarist government stood above social divisions and cared for the interests of all classes , they firmly grasped that the mainstay of the autocracy was in fact the landed nobility . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | I support the hon. Gentleman 's observations on the need for the circumstances of such cases to be made known . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | The first appearance at away matches of massive groups of skinheads , all uniformly dressed and intent on smashing their opponents into the ground , must have been rather unnerving for the managers of those clubs who were hoping to turn football watching into a family outing . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | The question for the courts in these cases is whether the third party can escape from the effect of the documents that he or she has signed . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | The taxpayer financed the training of those nurses : there is a hidden bonus for the owner of that home , and for the owners of many others . |
29 | The great British car manufacturing companies , among them Daimler , Lanchester , Rolls-Royce , Sunbeam and Vauxhall , all of which are represented in the Dolls ' House , made their own engines and chassis with a standard body , but it was more usual for the owners of such cars to have special bodywork built to their own requirements by coachbuilders . |
30 | 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 . |