Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] the [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hearing will be adjourned pending the delivery of the High Court 's opinion , at which time it will be relisted and a decision given on the merits in the light of the High Court 's opinion on the law . |
| 2 | A special book has been illustrated by Sister Frances Therese at the Carmelite Convent to record every donation given to the hospice in memory of someone who has died . |
| 3 | Aunt Margaret brushed her hair with the silver-backed brush which , like Winnie the Pooh , had survived the crash ; she brushed and brushed until Melanie 's black hair swirled like the Thames in flood , and then she floated all the daisies on it . |
| 4 | Most unions are single enterprise units extending membership to all regular employees , but what appears unusual from a Western perspective is the amount of administrative support given by the company in collecting union subscriptions or in providing organizational help for union officials . |
| 5 | As a result of a case heard by the Convention in 1976 , in which the outlawing of homosexuality was considered to be a breach of privacy , homosexual acts between consenting adults over 21 were decriminalised in Northern Ireland . |
| 6 | They do not approach the present problem which arises when the successor lived with the tenant in different premises during the qualifying period . |
| 7 | It was said that one result of reading the Section as I read it would be this : that Mr Astor would be liable to pay tax in respect of the income received by the trustee in the United States as income deemed to be his ( Part XV ) and also likely to pay tax on the income which the trustee was bound to pay over , the latter being ( within the decision in [ Garland v Archer-Shee ( 1930 ) 15 TC 693 ] ) the income springing from a foreign possession , namely , his right of action against the trustee . |
| 8 | All lighting circuits are radial ones — that is one cable goes from the fuseway in the consumer unit to the first light position , and then on to the second , and so on to the last on the circuit . |
| 9 | Another posse gathered around the referee in the 56th minute after Young 's high challenge on Allen , for which the Wimbledon defender was booked . |
| 10 | She only had one cow , it was all she could afford , but it provided enough milk to go with the porridge in the morning and the potatoes at other meals . |
| 11 | I would hope , however , that any grant received by the Council in respect of a private sector partners investment in a joint project could be treated differently . |
| 12 | As Alan Dukes TD argued in the Dáil in response to the pastoral letter : |
| 13 | The embroidery , a pattern of golden lily-flowers dotted here and there , each one at a fair distance from the other , would be confined to the shoulder band and to a broad sash fastening at the back in as large a bow as Miss Dallam would tolerate , its ends falling to the hem of her skirt . |
| 14 | ’ … thus to take a case like that in question of a purchase from a retailer the reliance will be in general inferred from the fact that a buyer goes to the shop in confidence that the tradesman has selected his stock with skill and judgment . ’ |
| 15 | So far as the La Pintada case [ 1985 ] A.C. 104 is concerned , that case differs from the present in the following material respects : ( 1 ) In the La Pintada case the plaintiffs were seeking to establish an extension of the common law that would apply in parallel to the statutory provisions . |
| 16 | This case differs from the case in which the agent cognitively agreed , i.e. expressed a belief that a person has certain rights in a situation in which he should have known that the hearer may reasonably rely on the utterance to his detriment . |
| 17 | The snake 's skin trembled at the movement in the air . |
| 18 | Cusack headed against the post in the last minute . |
| 19 | Cusack headed against the post in the last minute . |
| 20 | A second difficulty lies in the uncertainty in our knowledge of the topography of Venus ; the precision is only ± 1500 m which leads to an uncertainty of 10 µs in timing . |
| 21 | 1 Does the photographer specialise in the area in which you need to commission photography " ? |
| 22 | When taking a train journey women were advised to equip themselves with the largest hat-pin they could find and if travelling by night , or through a tunnel , they were to sit bolt upright , hat-pin clenched between the teeth in case of attack . |
| 23 | Back room stage so small the performers have to rest their mike stands on the floor in front . |
| 24 | Weather conditions had definitely worsened since she went to bed , and she needed Fen 's support to struggle along the towpath in the face of the gale , in order to reach his car . |
| 25 | Langbaurgh School , in Sulby Avenue , has been chosen to take part in the BBC Newsround Election , the world 's biggest ever children 's election organised by the BBC in association with the Hansard Society and supported by a national newspaper . |
| 26 | The selected schools were taking part in the world 's biggest children 's election organised by the BBC in association with the Hansard Society . |
| 27 | The Buchan Meat chairman , Peter McKilligin , argued against change and urged the FASL board to concentrate on the scheme in existence . |
| 28 | When the UKCC announced its proposals for community nursing , Professional Nurse congratulated Council on its approach , which looked set to unite community nursing and pave the way for an improved service for patients , and also for giving nurses the opportunity to comment on the proposals in true democratic fashion . |
| 29 | In the first place the Americans had to accept Britain 's inability to persist with the experiment in sterling convertibility in the summer of 1947 — this was attempted in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement . |
| 30 | Secondly , the perceptions of those adopting a change varied with the context in which each person worked , even within individual institutions . |