Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for the present my principal interest is in meanings qua explicitly posited topics of discourse . |
| 2 | They returned in March 1962 ; he at last finished his essay on George Herbert but , before he could start work on a new play , he had to prepare for the press his early graduate thesis on the work of F. H. Bradley . |
| 3 | Perhaps the most resonant phrases in the whole debate came from the pro-rights organiser who suggested that future centuries would come to regard our attitude to animals with the same horrified disbelief we now feel for the periods which practised slavery . |
| 4 | The central theme of Hopscotch is the quest for the authenticity which Western man has lost , stifled by a distorting rationalism and by the conventions of the bourgeois social order . |
| 5 | " Then you had better start exploring the coast for the villages which still build , own and crew these prahus . |
| 6 | We shall have to wait until each is announced , but the possibility of reopening new routes — a far cry from bus substitution — raises a new image for the sector which ten years ago had been written off by some people as a collection of unremunerative passenger railways . |
| 7 | Health authorities are encouraged to arrange for the services which ethnic minority communities need and which reflect cultural differences . |
| 8 | Deepening concern that Labour could form the next government at Westminster provides a potent message for the billboards which other parties , with links to neither of the two main protaganists , can not match : ‘ Vote Kennedy to keep Kinnock out . ’ |
| 9 | The Standing Committee was exercised by a single issue : should an employee who develops an invention in the course of his contractual duties receive a special monetary reward for the contribution which that invention has made to his employer 's business ? |
| 10 | The Haywards , seen here enjoying the sights that attract thousands of British holidaymakers to Disney World , have nothing but praise for the way their American hosts dealt with the situation . |
| 11 | But they remain firm friends , and David has nothing but praise for the way his former girlfriend has handled stardom . |
| 12 | She was swamped by a wave of impotent anger at and violent dislike for the man whose dogged persistence bordered on persecution . |
| 13 | no particular reason for the rise its general movements and not a serious movement as far as we 're concerned includes the whole element of debtors from ourselves to our wholesale debtors which is our own manufacturing operation where they 're selling to outside customers there 's nothing particularly significant in that . |
| 14 | Many appear to be infected by the phocine distemper virus , which was blamed for the epidemic which afflicted dolphins in the North Sea in 1988 . |
| 15 | For the moment her critical faculties seemed to have deserted her . |
| 16 | For the moment our principal concern will be to enquire into the forces which produce deviations of p , from , . |
| 17 | Although he still has a long-term ambition to become a managing director of a successful company , for the moment his main aim is ‘ to help build Citigate into a top-quality player ’ . |
| 18 | For the villager his whole life was to provide for himself and often to help supply the lords table , and as one writer puts it , doomed to agriculture , it was the only life he knew . |
| 19 | The territories constituted an outlet for surplus or substandard production , with the same elasticity for the economy which Arab labour afforded . |
| 20 | When the pin misses the hole , but enters the block then only three surfaces exist within the sub-space ; for the pin its circular end and the inserted portion of the cylinder whilst for the block there exists only a single outer surface ( see Figure 3.10 ) . |
| 21 | When one tries to analyse the real reasons for the respect which French cookery has so long exacted from the rest of the world , the French genius for presentation must be counted as a very relevant point , and its humble beginnings can be seen on the market stalls , i the small town charcutiers ' and pâtissiers ' shops , in the modest little restaurants where even if the cooking is not particularly distinguished , the most ordinary of little dishes will be brought to your table with respect , properly arranged on a serving dish , the vegetables separately served , the object of arousing your appetite will be achieved and the proprietors of the establishment will have made the most of their limited resources . |
| 22 | GRK is a kidney tumour derived cell line expressing human Thy-1 RNA ( 40 ) and RNA prepared from this line was used as a positive control for the human Thy 1 mRNA protected fragment . |
| 23 | To ask the Minister for the Arts what recent assessment has been made of the effect on attendance figures of the introduction of admission charges to museums . |
| 24 | As for the point my hon. Friend raises about the Opposition 's attitude to legislation , it is up to the Opposition to speak for themselves — and I say that knowing that they will do so honourably . |
| 25 | In a month it was forgotten ; it was but a dream , and to-day you might search in vain for the place which enthusiastic optimists averred was the cradle of a second Winnipeg . |
| 26 | I am deeply grateful to each one of you for the care which this gesture signifies , a care for the diocese , for the people of the diocese , and a care for me personally . |
| 27 | To suggest that the signs are up in order to show a ‘ vigorous contempt for the people whose productive labour pays for all their intellectual endeavour ’ is not only wrong but reinforces the old stereotype of ‘ them and us ’ which at least some colleges are trying to break down . |
| 28 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what new proposals he will be putting forward to protect the environment of Oxleas wood in south-east London . |
| 29 | The court may require any property transferred as part of the transaction to be vested in the company , release any security given by the company , require ‘ any person ’ to make payments to the administrator or liquidator in respect of benefits received by him from the company , provide for a guarantor whose obligations have been discharged to be under revived obligations , provide for security to be given for the discharge of obligations imposed by the order and for the priority which such security shall have , and provide for the extent to which persons may be able to prove in the winding up . |
| 30 | Philip 's selection is also a boost for the North-East which each season is developing its potential as a major hockey force . |