Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [det] [noun pl] [adv] the " in BNC.

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1 Do you know of any cases where the desire for success has led a scientist to falsify or misinterpret , either unintentionally , or deliberately .
2 In this month 's article we will concentrate on some examples where the double stops are all derived from chords .
3 In the 1984 debate on the shipbuilding industry Peter Shore , the opposition spokesman on Trade and Industry , said : ‘ I can think of few industries where the medium to long-term view of demand is more necessary . ’
4 If , as was proposed , denominational schools should have a choice of status — effectively inside or outside the fully provided and supported system — what should happen in those districts where the only school was a Church school ?
5 This raises interesting questions about what actually does happen to such relationships when the third party is no longer there , that is , when the marriage is broken through death or divorce .
6 The law also abolished the principle of primogeniture ( the direct passing on of land to the first-born son ) , save for those cases where the eldest male was prepared to embrace Protestantism .
7 The other ‘ road ’ had been developed when in Avon Finance v Bridger [ 1985 ] 2 A11 ER 281 the court envisaged the extension of the protection previously given to wives to elderly parents , and in the present case Scott LJ saw no reason why the ‘ protection ’ should not extend to all cases where the relationship between the surety and debtor was one in which influence by the debtor over the surety and reliance by the surety on the debtor were natural and probable .
8 If , as was argued earlier , the notion of duty should be seen as functional rather than purely temporal , it should therefore extend to all situations where the constable is engaged in obligatory police work .
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