Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [prep] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Minister — this Minister — replied : ’ Warning signals are intended to alert officers to potential difficulties or risks in dealing with the individual . |
| 2 | One corner of the Instrumentation and Control Board activities was concerned for weeks or months with grappling with the problem . |
| 3 | This supports the gravel and allows water to pass through slots or holes after passing through the gravel to produce biological and mechanical filtration . |
| 4 | It appears that cases of poisoning in the United Kingdom from this form of lead are as statistically significant as were those involving lead fishing weights , and in some parts of Europe there is increasing concern . |
| 5 | Her nudity provided a carte blanche that hours of queuing at the press tent could never have done . |
| 6 | Although revenues from consulting in the UK declined during 1991 , he said that there was steady growth throughout 1992 , and sales remained at 1991 levels overall . |
| 7 | So far it has been assumed that levels of processing within the system operate serially , from the pattern recognition , to the lexical look-up , then onto syntactic and semantic analysis . |
| 8 | In this case , subsistence requirements could still be met from cotton income , but as there appears to be no clearly demonstrated link between cash crop promotion and improvements in food crops to make up for the shortfall in the cropping area that results from giving over the land to cash crops , the issue of food security must be raised . |
| 9 | Presumably , they will choose the cheapest method and this will tend to alter the relative prices of shares and futures towards conforming with the no-arbitrage condition , that is , they will trade-the-cheapest . |
| 10 | People remove watches , jewellery and chains before venturing into the menacing streets . |
| 11 | Cave Squigs were unleashed upon the Dwarfs , but several were killed by Troll Slayers while others ran wild snapping at the Night Goblins , biting off limbs and heads before vanishing into the mountains . |
| 12 | By 1911 , Umberto Boccioni who was dead by 1916 , was grappling with the emotions of modern life ; the impact and anxieties of living in the stroboscopic uncertainties of a mechanised urban environment . |
| 13 | Up to 1946 , Truman had been able to rely on support from both Democrats and Republicans in dealing with the Soviet Union . |
| 14 | It is not prurient but cruel , hip and disturbingly beautiful , intimate and playfully referential , as in Thomas and Dovana , where a naked black man and a ball-gowned white woman are caught , dancing , in a pose that both mocks and reveres the myths and fears of Gone with the Wind . |
| 15 | Joey plans to return to school and dreams of writing about the wild scenes he witnessed at Seth 's house — ‘ La Traviata in New Orleans , man , ’ he says . |
| 16 | These anxieties strengthen the importance of habit : people stick to credit types they know from experience , rather than risk the worry and difficulties of dealing with the unknown . |
| 17 | And provision by the welfare state expanded until the 1970s with benefits increasing in real value , access to higher education and health care expanding , and rights to housing for the homeless being guaranteed by law for priority groups . |
| 18 | Three years later , during the carnival of 1645 , John Evelyn saw Ercole in Lidia by Monteverdi 's pupil and successor at St. Mark 's , Giovanni Rovetta ( C. 1596–1668 ) , at the Teatro Novissimo , with ‘ variety of sceanes painted and contrived with no lesse art of perspective , and machines for flying in the aire , and other wonderfull motions … one of the most magnificent and expensive diversions the wit of man can invent ’ ; and the San Cassiano had a chorus for a few years . |
| 19 | He paused for a moment , checking the hall and stairs before stepping into the room and closing the door behind him . |
| 20 | Most of the police station meeting was taken up by discussion between council officers and the police on security for the Ks and ways of dealing with the club — to which the council , just to complicate matters further , had indemnified a £100,000 loan . |
| 21 | Even when new members are regularly taking their place on Panels , the training continues into every aspect of children 's lives , into care , physical , mental and sexual abuse , criminal activity , and ways of dealing with the variety of cases that come before them in the course of their work . |
| 22 | The narrow road , complete with alarming hairpin bends , wound its way over the mountains giving breathtaking views of lakes , fjords and waterfalls before descending into the fruit-growing region of the Hardanger Fjord . |
| 23 | An index to local geophysical surveys is nearly complete , and techniques for dealing with the digital field data , including their retrieval and presentation as profiles and maps , have been proved in a pilot study . |
| 24 | Briefing on this topic should cover the incidence of crime , whether it is usual for expatriates to employ security staff and , if so , when such staff should be on duty , and procedures for dealing with the police . |
| 25 | The user can not zoom around the screen selecting items from a menu here , altering data there , changing files and programs without resorting to the keyboard . |
| 26 | Camping facilities will be available on site , and charges for skating for the whole weekend will be kept to a minimum to make everyone stoked . |
| 27 | I noted then , what I had noted earlier , that , at such a juncture , he seemed to sink his own personal problems and interests in concentrating on the troubles of the other person . |
| 28 | For instance , he examines the costs and benefits of creching to the ducklings , to the parents who lost offspring to the common pool and to the recipient adults who rear other birds ' young . |
| 29 | This involves students in the examination of conflicts between and within societies , and draws on the insights of political scientists , historians , social scientists and philosophers in looking at the origin and nature of such conflicts and the means of resolving them . |
| 30 | Colour Counsellors is an interior design company whose franchises help you put together fabrics , carpets and wallpapers without tramping round the shops for samples . |