Example sentences of "[conj] the [noun pl] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the possession of these nuclear materials , more than know-how about their use , that separates the Israelis from the Iraqis , or the Indians from the Iranians . |
| 2 | Mr Zaphiriou seems to state that the whole of the Treaty and all regulations are directly applicable in this country ( p 4 ) , yet sec 2 ( 1 ) of the European Communities Act , 1972 , makes it abundantly clear that only those rules of Community law , be they derived from the Treaty or the acts of the institutions , which are directly applicable under Community law have direct effect in this country . |
| 3 | They were accepted works of scripture , as legitimate as the canonical Gospels of the New Testament , or the Acts of the Apostles . |
| 4 | They 've had er enormous difficulties and er the honourable gentleman will er know that the South Wales police authority committee , its officers and its Chief Constable have er visited parliament er to put their case to members representing the South Wales police authority area and indeed to er Earl Ferrers the minister er responsible for the police and they certainly have n't had any er criticism made of them by his own government and if er he believes that there is a criticism I would suggest that he takes a leaf out of the book of his er , his right honourable friend the Secretary of State and refers the matter so that it can be properly audited and er I think the honourable gentleman knows that when that is done he will see that there is no blame attached whatsoever to the members or the officers of the police authority . |
| 5 | I do n't think it does much for the feel or the looks of the frets , but there you go . |
| 6 | And that produced a spin off effect , because the people who actually lived in properties or the shopkeepers in the properties , they could see that the outsides were improved , and that provided a spur for them to provide the insides . |
| 7 | He looked out into the roadway without seeing the rain beating mercilessly against the cobbled surface or the leaves of the trees dripping constantly as they shivered in the breeze , he was seeing the four walls of his cell and remembering his feeling of helplessness as the door slammed shut behind him . |
| 8 | So efficient is the American-trained force that when asked whom they fear more , the drugs police or the thugs from the cartels , farmers say UMOPAR , without hesitation . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ The politics of selective condemnation will mean little to the victims or the families of the victims of the IRA operation . |
| 10 | The general form relied on the argument that the riots were not a form of protest against the insufferable social conditions of inner-city areas or the actions of the police , but a ‘ criminal act ’ or a ‘ cry for loot ’ . |
| 11 | Centuries before Elijah , Joshua glimpsed the same syncretistic tendencies in Israel and delivered an ultimatum to the people : ‘ If it does not please you to worship the Lord , choose here and now whom you will worship : the gods whom your forefathers worshipped beside the Euphrates , or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living . |
| 12 | Look out of the window ; there 's always something good to see , whether it is the early morning sunshine , the flowers in the garden or the birds in the trees . |
| 13 | Forget the texts I spent months researching and editing , or the nineteenth-century works from the collection of the Neue Gallery under the cloths , or the texts on the walls , or my use of black and white for nearly thirty years which was used in Kassel as a reference to the Documenta IX logo ; these are all mere details in the formalist 's eye . |
| 14 | Perhaps he was with the group by the lake , or the others under the trees , or others still farther away on the terrace of the house . |
| 15 | The provision … may be amended or revoked … by the parties to the treaty without the consent of the State entitled to the right … , unless — ( a ) the parties to the treaty had entered into a specific agreement with the latter with regard to the creation of the right ; or ( b ) a contrary intention appears from the terms of the treaty , the circumstances of its conclusion or the statements of the parties . |
| 16 | ‘ Not one of Rainbow 's cells , ’ I persist , ‘ remembers the cold slap of the water in the stream where you and Gittel swam , or the taste of the berries from the bush near your hut , or the names of the birds in the woods where you screamed to the old native gods . |
| 17 | This method is used in the study of changes in the structure of an organization or the roles of the participants in an educational programme or a specific institution . |
| 18 | To step out of the curriculum centres , the institutes or the ministries into the schools of Africa provides such a contrast that it is easy to caricature the differences . |
| 19 | There is no requirement for costs payable out of the bankrupt 's estate , be they the costs of the petitioning creditor or the costs of the solicitors acting for the trustee , to be taxed ( r 7.34 ) . |
| 20 | I , I do n't believe that to be the case because further information was provided to the er legal representatives of the prospective purchase indicating very clearly that the brochures were an estimate , or the costs in the brochures were an estimate or the cost in the brochures were an estimate and therefore it would be subject to adjustment |
| 21 | There was no way of combining the information in the workbooks , the sounds of the audio tape or the images of the slides and film strips . |
| 22 | That will actually I 'll be able to put the targets , or the ideas of the targets onto computer , and pick up any trailing training from that . |
| 23 | Furthermore , training schemes do not produce the skills or the qualifications for the jobs that are needed in Britain at this time . |
| 24 | ‘ And the man or the men behind the controls of that plane are surely dead . |
| 25 | Could it be Silas — or the men in the rafts — or perhaps it 's one of the guides ? ’ she finished waspishly . |
| 26 | Or the men in the longhouses could be tasked with sending it . ’ |
| 27 | In other words , he could n't benefit from the property or the dividends on the shares , or any part of the gift . ’ |
| 28 | They will be demonstrating , in other words , the continuing process of adaptation and adjustment without which , as we well know from observation , teaching can easily stagnate into a set of half-understood routines , performed irrespective of the conditions of the class or the needs of the learners . |
| 29 | Nor does Patrick appear to have accepted the pronouncements of the Church Fathers or the canons of the councils . |
| 30 | Where the differences between the classes relates to financial entitlement , i.e to dividends and return of capital , the likelihood is that they will be given distinguishing names , though these may be no more informative than ‘ preference ’ and ‘ ordinary , ’ ( perhaps , in the case of the former , preceded by ‘ first ’ or ‘ second ’ where there are two classes of preference shares ) . |