Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] the [noun pl] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They tell us almost nothing about the labourers employed by the more prosperous peasants . |
| 2 | ‘ Edouard thinks Maurin knew nothing about the brothers going to the flat until someone told him . ’ |
| 3 | You can think of them as the wires leading from a bank of three million photocells ( actually three million relay stations gathering information from an even larger number of photocells ) to the computer that is to process the information in the brain . |
| 4 | We need not concern ourselves with the views expressed in newspapers which are wholly controlled by the state in totalitarian societies . |
| 5 | We had , above all , time to amuse ourselves without the problems imposed by the huge crowds at the State balls . |
| 6 | The Immigration and Nationality Department of the Home Office has asked through the Scottish Education Department that we write to all governing bodies in Scotland reminding them of the difficulties created by urgent requests for naturalisation shortly before international sporting events . |
| 7 | Such a valuation is , in any event , required by the building society to ensure compliance with the criteria of prudent management set out in section 45 and by the directors of the building society to ensure compliance by them of the duties imposed by section 13 . |
| 8 | She told them of the hardships suffered by our men . |
| 9 | Recourse to ‘ subjective meanings ’ threatens to make each action unique , to say nothing of the problems set by asking whether the actors need be conscious of them . |
| 10 | In these pre-Cubist paintings of 1907 and 1908 it is as if Picasso were preparing himself for the difficulties involved in creating a new style by taking stock afresh of some of the basic problems inherent in all painting since the invention of illusionistic perspective . |
| 11 | He had prepared himself for the Stoics match in typical fashion the night before . |
| 12 | Plenty for the politicians to talk about . |
| 13 | Darlington council must decide by mid-March which of the companies bidding for the contract to repair the leisure centre will do the work . |
| 14 | Ace raised her stolen gun , unsure which of the things to aim at . |
| 15 | Whenever possible , notices of change should precede the event ; ( 2 ) identification of the partners who will continue the practice under the original or a new firm name ; ( 3 ) notification of the outgoing partner 's new address and firm name ; ( 4 ) invitation to the client to indicate which of the firms referred to he wishes to instruct . |
| 16 | which of the conditions specified in s 258(2) or ( 4 ) ( definition of a subsidiary undertaking ) has been satisfied . |
| 17 | ( i ) Which of the notations introduced in 2.6.3(ii) is used is merely a matter of personal difference . |
| 18 | ( 3 ) Third , and most important , understand which of the assets used by the vendor are required by the purchaser and which are to be excluded and retained by the vendor . |
| 19 | The six-month assessment will at least allow you to learn from your mistakes by pinpointing which of the pitfalls mentioned during this section you may have fallen into . |
| 20 | Unless the court otherwise orders , an affidavit may be used notwithstanding that it contains statements of information or belief , but every affidavit shall state which of the facts deposed to are within the deponent 's knowledge and which are based on information or belief and shall give , in the former case , his means of knowledge and , in the latter case , the sources and grounds of the information or belief ( Ord 20 , r 10 ) . |
| 21 | When the defendant has served his comments , the schedule should be lodged with the court , so that the trial judge can , before the hearing starts , get a clear picture of which of the issues raised in the case are agreed and which disputed and why from the pleadings , the experts ' reports and the schedule . |
| 22 | Such conservation work is , however , being hindered by the huge growth in tourism that has occurred since 1970 , and although there is in theory a master plan which in the mid-1970s allowed for a maximum of 12 000 visitors per year , de Groot states that since 1979 this number has been increasingly exceeded . |
| 23 | He should confine himself to the questions put to him . |
| 24 | What I did n't know was of the ninety-plus pieces of work , both large and small , which Save The Children undertook in the United Kingdom . |
| 25 | This rhetoric was offered to make sense of a changing society , which by the mid-1980s resulted from Conservative economic policy . |
| 26 | In those circumstances , it will be necessary to attempt to spell out the general laws , metaphysical and methodological principles , etc. involved in a paradigm in order to defend them against the alternatives involved in the threatening new paradigm . |
| 27 | However , I ca n't help wondering how many people after seeing the engraving based on Turner 's painting by Middiman and Pye of Hardraw Force got off their wagonettes and hurried through the door of the Green Dragon Inn — only to be underwhelmed by a narrow , peaceful , tree-clad valley that leads serenely to a rocky bow with a high fall dropping from its lip to the valley floor which , impressive though it certainly is ( particularly after heavy rains ) , is nothing like the falls depicted by Turner . |
| 28 | You will not hear about the inequality shown to our women , nor will they tell you about the workers killed by unsafe standards . |
| 29 | Let me tell you about the schools involved in the show anyway . |
| 30 | If you intend to apply for leave of absence you should contact your Studies Adviser or Senior Course Tutor who will advise you of the procedures to follow before leaving the University . |