Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb -s] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Howell ( this volume ) takes up some of these issues in her paper where she argues against the interpretation of ritual as catharsis among the Chewong . |
| 2 | It was then that she read Angela Kunze 's manifesto , written in blue on a long ribbon of paper above her head where she rests against the wall : ‘ I am fasting to cleanse myself of fear and hopelessness , hate and violence , impatience and the lust for novelty . |
| 3 | He believes ‘ That all individuals should be considered to be good , worthwhile and honest until he or she proves to the contrary ’ , It is a sentiment that still today remains his guiding light , and he would add that ‘ All things are possible through God ’ . |
| 4 | Otherwise a seller 's spouse may be asked to sign the contract to demonstrate that he or she submits to the sale : the spouse will then be estopped from subsequently seeking to frustrate it . |
| 5 | Although a spouse may be protected if he or she stays in the home , if the partner goes into permanent residential care , the spouse may want to move into smaller and more appropriate accommodation . |
| 6 | The person is implicitly saying that he or she subscribes to the network of rules of the discipline in question . |
| 7 | But as there must always be some kind of observer-effect in patterns revealed in this analytic way , the position of the observer , and the preconceptions that he or she brings to the act of observing , must be accounted for at every phase of the research . |
| 8 | Calls made to the BT bureau in Ealing , west London , will be passed on as usual , taking into account the traveller 's schedule and the different time zones he or she encounters along the way . |
| 9 | Qua researcher , the academic may inhabit world III ; but qua teacher , he or she works in the realm of world II . |
| 10 | Anyone can help by making a clear list of what he or she sees as the consequences of the sufferer 's drinking . |
| 11 | Since normal practice is for a member to be issued with paid-up shares , the member 's liability is limited to the extent that the shares which he or she has in the company are rendered valueless . |
| 12 | Panorama also employs the concept of ‘ sticky ’ windows ; windows that are dragged around with user wherever he or she moves in the system . |
| 13 | Organisational authority refers to the scope and amount of discretion given to a person to make decisions , by virtue of the position he or she holds in the organisation . |
| 14 | As has been often demonstrated , however , this is not the case if we take the representative individual from a group divided on the basis of skin colour , parental occupation , gender or , in England , whether he or she lives in the north or south of the country . |
| 15 | In the latter he or she develops from the moment of birth . |
| 16 | Do you that a child 's mind works in this way , as he or she looks at the world and finds meaning of in it , and are others who are influenced by their own experiences and by their conclusions of others . |
| 17 | Indeed , if you were to ask each what he or she infers from the term enrichment in this context , the divergence of their thinking may become apparent straight away . |
| 18 | The task of the theist , as I see it in this book , is to define what he or she means by the word ‘ God ’ , and to give some evidence for believing that this Deity exists . |
| 19 | Protecting the environment means different things to different people , but in most cases it is the individual 's own perception of what he or she wants from the environment . |
| 20 | In such a sample , the researcher specifies what type of people he or she wants in the sample , within broad categories ( quotas ) , and it is left up to the interviewer to find such people to interview . |
| 21 | He lives — with Judy , his wife of 24 years — in Ealing , West London , where he drinks at the cricket club and , along with the Kinnocks , is one of the local celebrities . |
| 22 | For example the owner of a motor vehicle can be said to use it where he sits at the side of the driver , who is not his employee and the vehicle is being used for his purpose ( Cobb v Williams [ 1973 ] RTR 1 13 ) . |
| 23 | Like Russian Formalism , Richards 's early work turns its back on positivistic scholarship , and calls for a criticism that deals directly with the distinctive properties of literature ; where he differs from the Formalists , however , is in defining these properties in terms of human experience and human value . |
| 24 | In mid-November Sinterklaas sails in his steamer from Spain [ where he lives during the rest of the year ] to Holland . |
| 25 | Sherlock Holmes leaves England for New York City where he comes to the aid of his long-time love , the famous stage actress Irene Adler . |
| 26 | Guess we kinda know now where he stands on the issue . |
| 27 | Where it crosses through the X and Y axes . |
| 28 | At the northern tip , where it merges with the Vale of Evesham , some grain was also grown , but the Vale of Berkeley , towards the south , was an area of small dairy holdings where arable farming was restricted in scale . |
| 29 | The case of trusts is similar , even though the evidence is late ; a constitution of Gordian allows the addition of the word volo where it fits with the words actually written . |
| 30 | After the Second World War the pottery moved to Tingewick , the Keyes family house , where it continues under the aegis of Phyllis 's great-niece , Sara Johnson . |