Example sentences of "[prep] [n mass] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly , more research needs to be done , but the main point is that the assumption that people with common political aims and grievances will definitely form pressure groups within the liberal democratic context is by no means borne out by the evidence . |
| 2 | GHI Advice : If you 'd like a copy of Practical Guide for Asthmatics , send a cheque for £1.75 made out to the Good Housekeeping Institute ( Asthma ) , 72 Broadwick St , London W1V 2BP . |
| 3 | The case of Copeman v Coleman ( 1939 ) 22 TC 594 concerned a company which was formed in 1933 with a capital of £1,000 owned equally by the respondent and his wife . |
| 4 | As they moved along the route she became aware of birds singing in the trees , and of sheep grazing peacefully in the fields . |
| 5 | The damage became obvious in 1957 when the Midland lost its coveted position as Britain 's largest bank Barclays ' deposits of £1,346m edged ahead of the Midland 's £1,342m . |
| 6 | The column stopped abruptly and when the noise of aircraft climbing away from the raid faded into the distance there was a short silence during which only the chug-chug of many stationary vehicles could be heard . |
| 7 | Wolfe led his troops up the cliffs on to the Plains of Abraham which commanded Quebec from the west , and so there emerged the unusual sight of infantry lined up in the formal European manner on North American soil . |
| 8 | In schools the increasing number of para.professionals creeping in under the resources umbrella have understandably aroused suspicions in teachers ' union branches . |
| 9 | Three hundred tons of fish arrived daily from the western fishing ports . |
| 10 | A shoal of fish jumps out of the sea , a sight to quicken the heart as Tor says this often happens when the fish are being chased by orca . |
| 11 | Members of staff benefit directly from the Group 's success through profit sharing . |
| 12 | This Act introduced the Rate Support Grant , made LEAs ( rather than central government ) responsible for paying for school meals and milk , and allocated funds ( under Section 11 ) to local authorities for payment of staff employed specifically for the education and welfare of immigrants . |
| 13 | Chief Whip Richard Ryder anxiously counted the numbers of MPs trooping back from the lobbies . |
| 14 | Other times , in the outside divisions , we would often have a list of people to call up in the morning — such as our own men for early morning duty . |
| 15 | It is the vision of people looking up from the depths , de profundis , from the ‘ dark shadow of death ’ and of despair , and seeing a new light : ‘ unlooked for , glittering and bright ; and the people of Middle-earth beheld it from afar and wondered , and they took it for a sign , and called it Gil-Estel , the Star of High Hope ’ . |
| 16 | Back to the edge of the island and there was already a crowd of people looking down at the rocks . |
| 17 | Over 2,000 people passed through the museum during its three month opening period in 1992 , so we are encouraged and look forward to seeing a larger number of people pass through during the six month opening period in 1993 . |
| 18 | Different sort of people turn out on the hunting field these days , too . |
| 19 | A lot of people ran away with the idea that they were Pacifists , but so far as he was concerned that was not true . |
| 20 | And there , after her warming-up exercises , she leaped like a gazelle , undisturbed by the fact that she was being filmed on video by two pupils and barely noticing that during the session a small group of people tiptoed on to the gallery , and she did her last jump to applause . |
| 21 | The Pumphouse in Liverpool 's Albert Dock claimed its busiest day ever as droves of people poured in to The Mersey Regional Health Authority-sponsored event was one of many Drinkwise Day events arranged around the country yesterday . |
| 22 | On March 3 several tens of thousands of people demonstrated peacefully in the capital , Bamako , in support of multiparty politics and an end to " rule by violence " . |
| 23 | I was able to talk to the German customer and the people on the floor , who are excessively worried about the number of people coming in from the East , not only East Germany but they 're very , very worried about people coming in from Eastern Europe , and secondly there was so much East European food that was for sale in Germany at very low prices and there 's food that used to go to the Soviet Union . |
| 24 | Creggan was watching the group of people coming along from the other direction and making a lot of noise . |
| 25 | It improves the experience of the students themselves and the businesses ' experience of the type of people coming out of the schools . |
| 26 | And that erm led to a lot of people coming down to the probation office , asking , you know , what if anything they could do about the noise up there . |
| 27 | Cromwell destroyed that liberty : he appointed twenty-seven fit and proper persons — schoolmasters , lawyers , ministers of religion , doctors ( the sort of people found nowadays on the regulatory bodies for broadcasting and video ) to censor public reading . |
| 28 | An Independent Television Authority would regulate them , run by a group of people pulled out of the old drawer marked ‘ gentlemen amateurs ’ . |
| 29 | Parliaments typically contain a section of people drawn disproportionately from the better-off sections of the community . |
| 30 | SIX o'clock on a Friday night and , in the Lyttleton foyer , groups of people cluster noisily round the bar ; others , waiting for companions , finger books in the bookshop . |