Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] as [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The Company is empowered under its articles of Association to borrow up to twice the aggregate amount of the share capital and reserves of the Company and its subsidiaries as indicated by the latest audited accounts , subject to certain adjustments .
2 I can certainly give my hon. Friend an assurance that , were the investigations by the Serious Fraud Office to produce evidence of fraud that would have to be considered by those involved in criminal prosecutions of if there were claims that the Occupational Pensions Board had been negligent or in any other way culpable of failure to carry out its duties as imposed by the law , those matters would be considered with great care .
3 Of the other parties , the Independent Smallholders ' Party ( which had won 57 per cent of the vote in the last free election in 1945 — see p. 7600 ) , led by Istvan Prepeliczay , advocated the return of collectivized land to its owners as listed in the 1947 land register ; the Hungarian Socialist Party ( HSP ) was established in October 1989 [ see p. 36960-61 ] as the reformed successor to the Hungarian Socialist Workers ' Party ( HSWP ) and currently claimed 50,000-60,000 members , the first candidate on its national list being Imre Poszgay , who had acted as a catalyst for many of the reforms but who came third in the constituency where he was also standing ; and the League of Young Democrats ( FIDESZ ) , led by Viktor Orban and claiming 5,000 members , was closely allied to the SzDSz .
4 The level of provision of the social element of citizenship has to depend upon the prosperity of the country and its priorities as determined by the government in allocating resources between investment , private consumption and social services .
5 Alongside Ernest Bevin 's conduct of the Ministry of Labour , they were at the forefront of the process by which workers came to see their interests as identified with the extension of state power in economic life .
6 The largely voluntary history of its development , set out in Chapter 2 , attests to the way in which many courses within the Polytechnic have seen their interests as lying within the modular scheme , and the way in which new subject areas and approaches have then influenced it from inside .
7 ‘ The age structure of our customers as provided by the latest survey is as follows — approximately 50% of them are over 40 years ; some 25% are in the 20–40 age group ; while the remaining 25% are aged below 20 years .
8 On 16th April 1973 the estate agents had written to the defendants drawing attention to the existence of the counter-inflationary measures then in force and concluding with the sentence : ‘ I would also confirm that should you be successful in acquiring these premises then it will be necessary for us to look to you for payment of our fees as based on the commercial scales of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors . ’
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