Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Requests for the metal are made in telexes in the names of banks or solicitors acting for the buyer . |
| 2 | The limitation on the scheme is that the works must come from galleries or artists operating within the region covered by Northern Arts 's territory . |
| 3 | As Lord Wilberforce pointed out , once evidence is brought out in court it is in the public domain ; unless the terms of relevant legislation or international agreements provide otherwise , there is nothing to prevent other interested persons or authorities acting upon the information thus made available . |
| 4 | Sometimes for this reason civic dignitaries or merchants trading with the country from which the ambassador came would turn out to swell the column of men and vehicles and deepen the impression made on those who watched . |
| 5 | Among Diptera there are two lobes or pulvilli lying below the claws , often with an arolium between them or , in place of an arolium , the plantar sclerite distal to the unguitractor plate is prolonged into a median bristle or empodium ( Fig. 22 ) . |
| 6 | The first project was a film on Scapa Flow made with a director whose talent in obtaining striking images of light on water , cloud formation , or reeds bending in the wind I had greatly admired in his previous work . |
| 7 | Chemical names and formulae may refer to either chemical species or entities depending on the context . |
| 8 | The main problem with current yield is that it does not take into account capital gains or losses resulting from the differences between the current price of the bond and its maturity value . |
| 9 | At the end of every day 's trading , the profits or losses accruing to the counterparties as a result of that day 's change in the futures price have to be received or paid . |
| 10 | Gains or losses arising on the translation of the net assets of overseas subsidiaries and associated undertakings are taken to reserves , less exchange differences arising on related foreign currency borrowings . |
| 11 | There are at least seven haulage firms or drivers operating from the village . |
| 12 | From these observations the task before the court on this appeal can be distilled in this form : the court is concerned to inquire as to the persons with respect to whom Parliament is presumed to have been legislating when using the expression , ‘ any person , ’ and in making that inquiry Parliament is to be taken to have been legislating only for British subjects or foreigners coming to the United Kingdom , unless the contrary is expressed ( which it is not here ) or is plainly implicit . |
| 13 | The paraglider itself is rectangular and made up of numerous cells or pockets running from the front to the rear of the wing . |
| 14 | This does not mean however that the ‘ clean slate ’ doctrine was unreservedly upheld : boundary treaties and treaties creating rights or obligations relating to the use of territory and considered as appertaining to the territory of the successor State are express exceptions . |
| 15 | There are countless individual stories encapsulated in the photographs of migrant workers arriving at Continental stations or commuters pouring into the London termini , of the Jews being herded on to trains headed for the death-camps , or of armies departing for half a dozen different wars — the brave , cheerful , youthful faces of a nation 's young men heading off for the rendezvous with destiny . |
| 16 | Or have no window treatment at all except glass shelves full of plants , or plants hanging from the ceiling or from poles slung across the window . |
| 17 | the sale or purchase of goods , being goods either usually employed by the firm for its own business , or in which the firm deals , or goods belonging to the firm ; |
| 18 | Any amount paid to the court under s.61 is to be paid out , or to be distributed , among such persons as the court may direct , being a person or persons appearing to the court to have entered into transactions with the miscreant . |
| 19 | This may be associated with financial or housing problems , loneliness , problems with relationships , or difficulties coping with the responsibility of having a tiny baby . |
| 20 | Away from the pitch there were other voices of dissent , not least that of Gulf manager Bob Driver describing the hotel which accommodated all the teams : ‘ There are no TVs or radios functioning in the rooms , the swimming pools are out of order , and the tennis courts ca n't be used . |
| 21 | But many animals take this even further : creatures as different from each other as salmon and pigeons may even navigate by smell , detecting minute changes in the concentration of certain chemicals in the water or odours wafting through the air . |
| 22 | The trustees objected to the Crown 's asking if Professor Macleod had considered actual transactions in , or agreements relating to the valuation of , shares in H and SW . |
| 23 | In flight refreshment or meals according to the time of day . |
| 24 | Above all , she loved his Italian mannerisms : hands cupped together in a pleading gesture when she was slow to understand something or arms flailing in the air as he enthused about the beauty of Capri , the magnificence of St Peter 's — anything , so long as it was Italian . |
| 25 | These could show some activity going on in the garden — someone weeding a flowerbed , say , or children playing in the sand-pit . |
| 26 | A clause achieving this would be as follows : As regards voting in general meetings the holders of the Preference Shares shall be entitled to receive notice of , and to attend at , general meetings of the Company but shall not in respect of their holdings of such shares be entitled to vote upon any resolution unless : ( A ) there shall have been any Arrears on any Preference Shares or Preferred Ordinary Shares for more than two months on the date of the notice convening the meeting ; or ( B ) the Company , on any of the Redemption Dates under sub-paragraph ( d ) ( i ) below of this Article 2.2 , shall have failed or been unable to redeem all or any of the Preference Shares falling to be redeemed on any such Redemption Date ; or ( C ) the resolution is one which directly or indirectly varies , modifies , alters or abrogates any of the rights , privileges , limitations or restrictions attaching to the Preference Shares or " A " Ordinary Shares ; or ( D ) the resolution is for the winding up of the Company , the reduction of share capital , the approval of the giving of financial assistance or the purchase by it of any of its shares . |
| 27 | It can be disconcerting at auction if the vendor or agents acting on the vendor 's behalf bid up the price from the floor in the early or even later stages of the auction . |
| 28 | We can then predict changes in the behaviour as consequences of changes in either the antecedents or consequences according to the laws of operant learning . |
| 29 | Neither DW nor LD shall be not liable for any incidental or consequential damages , such as but not limited to , loss of anticipated profits or benefits resulting from the use of the Program or arising out of any breach of any warranty . |
| 30 | It 's clear from from that sort of policy that the need for or benefits arising from the development would always have to be assessed against environmental and other considerations , for example , regional strategy . |