Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of those that did , only a tiny proportion happen to lie in the rocks that outcrop on the surface of the ground today ; and of these few , most will be eroded away and destroyed before they are discovered by fossil hunters . |
| 2 | Nurses in that sector have to cope with the effects on their patients of poor housing conditions and a deteriorating social fabric . |
| 3 | Nonetheless , just as computer scientists have had to solve the problem of mapping abstract functional languages onto unyielding and unhelpful hardware , so also will the EP community have to grapple with the difficulties of ‘ link-editing ’ and presenting suitable subsets of some highly abstract hypertext on conventional devices ( including plain paper ! ) . |
| 4 | The representations of these bodies can lead to the making of conditions or the reinforcement of conditions which the planning authority wish to impose in the interests of amenity . |
| 5 | In The Form the first two degrees of love seem to correspond to the stages in the contemplative 's life that Rolle has addressed in chapters one to six . |
| 6 | Entrants to the competition agree to abide by the rules which appeared in our March issue and are available on request , if you enclose a stamped addressed envelope . |
| 7 | Entrants to the competition agree to abide by the rules which appeared in our March issue and are available on request , if you enclose a stamped addressed environment . |
| 8 | Soil water and surface runoff tend to accumulate in the hollows between the well-drained mounds and the soil patterns are related to these variations in hydrologic conditions . |
| 9 | Almost half a million visitors a year come to wander round the grounds or float past in punts on the River Cherwell . |
| 10 | The people of the Empire tend to refer to the areas adjoining rivers by the names of the rivers themselves , for example Talabecland around the river Talabec , the Reikland by the banks of the Reik , and so on . |
| 11 | Does the Labour party want to return to the days when British Steel cost the taxpayer £8 billion or £16 billion in today 's money . |
| 12 | Another rich son come to sniff around the daughters of the ruling class and ( ultimately ) propagate the Protestant elite . |
| 13 | The deeper problems in the art market have to do with the depredations of the auction houses . |