Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun pl] of [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 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I support the hon. Gentleman 's observations on the need for the circumstances of such cases to be made known . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Flowers have been left by wellwishers at the plant and an appeal fund opened today for the families of both men has already reached £5,000 . |
| 22 | The publicity is fairly short-lived , of course it has tremendous effect on the British media , and we 're all very , very happy for the families of these people |
| 23 | You could , if you wish , try Java Fern , which is rather too woody for the tastes of many species — but if you want a good covering you will need to let it establish for a few months — or else you can cheat and use Java Fern-covered rocks/bogwood from another tank . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | If the relationship between mother and daughter is poor , a good relationship may be ‘ invented ’ to compensate for the shortcomings of that relationship . |
| 26 | Some radio stations are run by public corporations with a degree of operational autonomy from government , on paper at least — as in Malawi , Ghana , Nigeria and Zimbabwe — but in each case a greater degree of government control exists than is true of the BBC , which provided the model for the corporations of these countries . |
| 27 | This shall be yours for life and for the lives of any children you may happen to have . |
| 28 | The reference to experience leads us back to Chapter 6 , for the beliefs of all religions arise out of experience and are misinterpreted at a very fundamental level by outsiders who see them as merely forms of words imposed upon people . |
| 29 | Despite the divisions the omens were encouraging , for the communists of all factions had striven to undermine Japanese rule and had not compromised with Japan , as had so many of the conservative nationalists with the exception of Syngman Rhee and Kim Ku . |
| 30 | Somehow it conjures images of smuggling days , perhaps because of its standing as the chief gathering place for the seafarers of former times . |