Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The foresters of fee usually had the right to take ‘ cablish ’ — that is , dead and dry wood , and trees or branches blown down by the wind within their bailiwicks : in Bernwood Forest , if the wind felled ten trees ‘ in one night and one day ’ , the king took them all , but if there were less than ten , the forester of fee took them . |
| 2 | Objectives ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) could consist of checks after a preliminary period of revision or practice carried out by the student on her own . |
| 3 | Trees might be planted or earthworks thrown up to the north of a house to disperse harmful ch'i emanating from that quarter . |
| 4 | The ‘ purlieus ’ , or areas put out of the forest by the perambulations , were a special bone of contention . |
| 5 | and Kaplan J. ) [ 1991 ] 2 H.K.L.R. 215 given on 15 March 1991 allowing an appeal by the taxpayer , HK-TVB International Ltd. , from the order of Godfrey J. made on 9 April 1990 in the High Court whereby he had allowed an appeal by the commissioner by way of case stated from the decision of the Board of Review that the relevant profits for the years of assessment 1980–81 to 1983–84 inclusive did not arise in or derive from Hong Kong from a trade or business carried on by the taxpayer in Hong Kong . |
| 6 | The question of law for the opinion of the High Court stated by the Board of Review was whether , on the facts agreed and proved , the relevant profits for the years of assessment in question did not arise in or derive from Hong Kong from a trade or business carried on by the taxpayer in Hong Kong . |
| 7 | Three conditions must be satisfied before a charge to tax can arise under section 14 : ( 1 ) the taxpayer must carry on a trade , profession or business in Hong Kong ; ( 2 ) the profits to be charged must be ‘ from such trade , profession or business , ’ which their Lordships construe to mean from the trade , profession or business carried on by the taxpayer in Hong Kong ; ( 3 ) the profits must be ‘ profits arising in or derived from ’ Hong Kong . |
| 8 | They can put in ramps instead of stairs , widen doorways , fix rails in bathrooms , lower working surfaces in kitchens , extend tap handles , place electric points within reach , etc. all these things can make life much easier and increase the independence of a disabled person , though clearly it would be simpler in many cases to provide bungalows or flats designed especially for the disabled , in particular those confined to wheelchairs . |
| 9 | Even today surgeons turn over a large number of patients for hymen replacements or repairs carried out in the strictest confidence and secrecy . |
| 10 | Any correspondence or filing left over from the morning shift should be dealt with . |
| 11 | And informed Ulster security sources say there is no evidence that the fatal shots have been fired by a specially trained marksman or mercenary brought in by the IRA or that only one or two men has carried out all the attacks . |
| 12 | When the train had emerged from the last tunnel on the Central Line between Stratford and Leyton , issuing with little more space to spare than toothpaste squeezed out of the nozzle of another kind of tube , somewhere past that point , though he was not sure yet where , he would climb out on to the roof of the car . |
| 13 | That was the surprise packet that Stagecoach pulled out of the bag . |
| 14 | Republicans believe that intelligence passed on by the RUC special branch insider led to the arrest of several of their members recently on serious criminal charges . |
| 15 | This species is confirmed from only one locality in the Outer Hebrides , although plants identified just to the genus Salicornia alone are recorded quite widely . |
| 16 | It is also possible that cultural adaptations during this phase may have selected genetic bases for behaviour in ways that ensured the development of social strategies designed to ensure that individuals fitted well into the existing social structure . |
| 17 | One point favouring all theories that rely on changes affecting the Solar System as a whole , rather than changes confined merely to the Earth , is that the planet Mars is currently , like our own world , in the throes of an ice age . |
| 18 | On the whole , the evidence ( P.A. Consultants , 1987 ) suggests that companies located in enterprise zones have performed better than firms located elsewhere in the local economy . |
| 19 | A natural response to this state of affairs would be to say that theory cut off from the writing of literature is no more than a sterile academicism . |
| 20 | Colonic mucins are also highly sulphated , more so in fact than mucins produced elsewhere in the gastrointestinal tract . |
| 21 | The emotional problems contained in ‘ customs , ceremonies and dogmas left behind by the original relation to the father may have made it possible for later generations to take over their heritage of emotion ’ . |
| 22 | With a little wave of his hand he indicated that his officials and guests should take a pace or two backward into the aisle between the adjoining rows of pillars to clear the way between the throne and the open doors , and the next moment the ranks of singers and musicians drawn up around the walls of the courtyard outside burst into a plaintive musical chant . |
| 23 | Permit me to take up our plight — try to imagine for a moment the straight and level run in to the target , " bombs gone " followed by the desperate seconds ( best described by one of my Canadian pilots as " when I bite buttons off my parachute cushion " ) before the automatic photoflash and the aiming point picture taken by the night camera . |
| 24 | Business was brisk , shopkeepers even running out to grab Corbett by the arm and offer a pie , a piece of cloth , fresh fish from the Firth , almonds , nuts and raisins brought in from the nearby port of Leith . |
| 25 | Matches and trophies carried on after the outbreak of war in August 1914 , although the Autumn Meeting in October was almost cancelled . |
| 26 | There is still a great deal to be learnt about early Anglo-Saxon society , both as a result of new excavations , the publication of older ones and research carried out on the wealth of material already published or in museums . |
| 27 | An exhibition of some of the work and research carried out by the University of Stirling was on display in the crush hall . |
| 28 | Members and supporters brought up in the pre-1968 glory days are mostly content to support the White Rose despite their lack of success . |
| 29 | I could just make out Tobermory , looking like an Anne Redpath painting , cubes of white and blue and primrose and Venetian red , the houses and shops strung out along the bay , tiny in the distance . |
| 30 | There had been research and review carried out by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) and by International Movements Towards Educational Change ( IMTEC ) . |