Example sentences of "[to-vb] that [prep] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But more , were one to accept the date given in the traditional account , one would also have to accept that in the space of something less than three years Molla Husrev was appointed to and then abandoned the posts to which he was appointed at the death of Hizir Bey , went to Bursa , built a medrese and taught there , and returned to Istanbul to accept the office of Mufti . |
| 2 | For the purposes of the present work , it is sufficient to know that by the end of the seventh century a town inhabited mainly by people of Latin culture existed on the site , and that the surrounding countryside was peopled by Slavs . |
| 3 | Whilst not denying the symbolic role of leaders , radical elite theorists are more concerned to establish that behind the diversity of official power holders in every liberal democracy there is a defacto centralization of ‘ real ’ decision-making power in the hands of a core executive : the locus of the power elite . |
| 4 | It would , however , be proper for a circular letter to indicate that in the absence of any contrary indication within a specified period the client 's affairs would be acted upon in accordance with instructions previously given to the acquired firm . |
| 5 | We can go on to observe that since the middle of the twentieth century there has been a big revival of informal street music , produced in non-literate , often amateur performance and through the public dissemination of recordings ( see Prato 1984 ) ; this has , of course , gone along with a wave of amateur music-making , centred on the guitar and on non-literate modes of production , whit h in the rock 'n' roll , ski Me and ‘ beat group ’ periods ( the late 1950s and the 1960s ) swept across the whole of Europe and North America . |
| 6 | In his autobiography A Little Learning ( 1964 ) Waugh was to observe that at the age of sixteen he noticed that his publisher father , ‘ whom I had grown up to accept with complete simplicity ’ , was in fact a highly gifted actor in everything he did . |
| 7 | Of course , like Marshall , Boogie 's reputation is built on tone , so it 's good to see that at the centre of all this gain and distortion is a fundamentally great sound . |
| 8 | IT is heartening to see that in the wake of Glasgow 1990 and despite increasing difficulties in funding , large scale multi-media events can still take place . |
| 9 | And , lassitude apart , he had more than enough sense to see that after the triumph of the Abdication , with the memory of the vicissitudes of the previous year so fresh in his mind , a calm movement away from the gaming tables and towards the chip-cashing caisse was obviously prudent . |
| 10 | In order to understand what you would see if you were watching a star collapse to form a black hole , one has to remember that in the theory of relativity there is no absolute time . |
| 11 | ‘ It is simply wrong for the Government to suggest that on the basis of these raw figures it 's possible to make valid comparisons . ’ |
| 12 | There is evidence to suggest that by the time of Euclid these observations were occurring in a cone of vision . |
| 13 | Despite the tables being somewhat dated , it is fairly safe to assume that in the case of Scotch Whisky production , the coefficients will not have changed significantly in the interim period . |
| 14 | I concede that it will do for judging in retrospect the spontaneity beyond the margins of my rationality , as when jumping like an instinctive animal for the side of the road , and for such primitive choices as the child 's refusal of another helping ; but I continue to insist that at the centre of me I differ from the child in having escaped being restricted to choice between spontaneous goals . |
| 15 | The intensity of these hatreds was such as to ensure that at the christening of a male child his right hand was kept clear of the water so that it would be free for unhallowed retribution upon family enemies . |
| 16 | It is the users responsibility to ensure that at the time of the next offline run , the specified terminal is connected and not logged in — the offline system will not allocate a terminal to itself if it is already allocated to another VAX/VMS process . |
| 17 | Even quite small companies parted with large sums to ensure that at the end of the line the fare-paying public would be greeted by an imposing terminal . |
| 18 | Mortgage Protection — Whilst it is not compulsory , it may be advisable to ensure that in the event of death before the loan is repaid , funds will be available to pay off the loan . |
| 19 | During those two years , I have also come to believe that with the help of two powerful tools we can turn people on to the quality process . |
| 20 | Except for the two years after Martin drowned I 've always been able to believe that at the heart of the universe there is love . ’ |
| 21 | Although I do agree with some of his points — the need for more public courses and more emphasis put on rules of etiquette — I was somewhat alarmed to read that in the interests of quicker play , we high-handicappers were being relegated to a boring , 9-hole course until we improve our game enough to join ‘ the big boys on the big-boys ’ course ’ . |
| 22 | It is easy to forget that alongside the architecture of Nash and Soane , the engineering work of Rennie ( whose London Docks were the largest buildings of their date in Europe ) , Maudslay and Telford had few European rivals . |
| 23 | Of course we also have to recognize that in the kind of world in which we live , it is possible to have inward peace and security and yet to suffer from various problems with our bodies . |
| 24 | It may be that Luke is referring to this tradition , and if so , he will mean us to understand that on the day of Pentecost , the gathered representatives ‘ from every nation under heaven ’ heard the mighty deeds of God being proclaimed , ‘ every man … in his own language ’ . |
| 25 | Now making these points to and then to go backwards still about what we 've been talking about and that is it 's the same with the opera and what you were saying about Harry Enfield and everything else , that you can an and Billy Connolly , you can bring certain groups of people into areas where they would n't previously have been , but you will not necessarily take them on the next leaf so for example , this is all gon na sound snobby and I 'm sorry but you know I mean a lot of people like Gilbert and Sullivan for example , but will not move on to Bizet or whatever it is and will never do that and I mean I have a problem with that I mean it , to me it 's not we 're not it 's just reality , but we have to understand that I mean we have to understand that in the context of sponsorship |
| 26 | Finally , it is important for those involved in the work of harmonization to appreciate that with the making of the Convention their work is only half completed . |
| 27 | Before we consider why this was so , it is important to realise that in the kind of discussions which Beattie analysed ‘ automatic ’ speech is rare . |
| 28 | Given the most rapid detection possible , the most effective means of transmitting the call to the fire services and their most prompt attendance , it is reasonable to suppose that in the absence of an effective automatic fire extinguishing system or even the benefit of a conventional one , that the fire will have reached a well advanced stage on their arrival . |
| 29 | The hon. Gentleman neglected to mention that during the course of this Parliament , unemployment in his constituency has fallen by 32 per cent . |
| 30 | It will probably not surprise the reader to learn that at the outset of the course serious gaps in participants ' knowledge were identified . |