Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [vb -s] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It frequently happens that a daughter lives with a widowed parent for 20 years or more ; if the parent changes council houses or moves from the private sector to a council house within one year of the death of the parent then on the death of the parent the council house will be the home which contains all the furniture and other articles which form part of the home and have been fitted into the council house by the parent and the daughter .
2 My father loved old time Music Hall songs and hits from the Gay Nineties like ‘ Good-bye , Dolly Grey ’ , and ‘ Soldiers of the Queen ’ , and one of his favourites was ‘ Burlington Bertie ’ .
3 The channel of communication is the copper wire which carries the electrical signals and runs to the distant end .
4 Its many alterations and additions reflect in stone and brick , the looms and busts at the woollen industry .
5 The major agreements are drawn up between a small number of tightly-controlled organisations and the outcome of their central negotiations sets guidelines and limits to the industry-wide negotiations which then subsequently take place .
6 Denice lets out little yelps of laughter at the occasional humorous moments and squirms and groans during the gory bits .
7 The great landscape of lights glitters and shimmers in the warm evening air .
8 Between these two stable points the composition tilts and weaves through the various clustered groups and knots of interest , reaching its climax in the prostrate figure of Nelson .
9 The Public Order Act of 1936 was passed by Parliament to control political rallies and marches by the British Union of Fascists and the counter-demonstrations which such rallies provoked .
10 When investigators questioned the public about privacy on behalf of the Younger Committee , 33 per cent of those asked objected to the publication of names and addresses as happens in the Electoral Roll .
11 Notice that there will not be quite so many trajectories as points on the top face of B since trajectories will , in general , intersect this plane in a large ( possibly infinite ) number of points .
12 It was concluded that low cost tools have limitations but can provide useful experience to system builders that allows for the critical selection of more advanced software .
13 Yes One o one of the elements that goes towards the four thousand four hundred
14 Detailed analysis of the local bond structure is required when defects are being considered , such as jogs , folds and kinks in the solid polymer .
15 My own favourite example concerns the determination of the atomic and molecular weights of naturally occurring elements and compounds in the nineteenth century .
16 The split could have gone in a different direction with different characterizations and emphases within the overall framework .
17 I , Bella laughed , I 'm just the aunt , the one who sees lessons are done , the one who teaches and organizes and cooks and mends and deals with the practical side of life .
18 The use , as materials , of things that have been discarded , abandoned or neglected : from lost shoes and combs to the forgotten histories of women , characterises much of the best work .
19 St Nicholas Cathedral at the corner of our square is a great deep cavern of dusky toned Baroque , the light upheld by the dark shadows which flow in elegant curliques and whisps around the ornate ceiling , along pillars and walls emblazoned with the richness of colour that only an intensely , at times intellectually , emotional and predominantly Catholic country could produce .
20 Remember that demand , leading to overload and pressure , is a function of the disparity between duties and wishes on the one hand and limitations on the other .
21 What matters is access to Japan 's markets ; America would be content if Japan increased its imports and exports by the same amount ( leaving the trade balance , and the associated accounting identities , undisturbed ) .
22 An extremely fat and gummy bus conductress wobbles and frets and poddles and wets on the opposite seat to me of the bus 's lower , non smokers deck in fierce counterpoint to the holey road beneath .
23 It is flanked by a group of handsome Victorian residences and looks towards the new Phase I building which provides studios , laboratories and workshops for the faculties of Art and Design , Science and Technology and the Faculty of Informatics .
24 It is flanked by a group of handsome Victorian residences and looks towards the new Phase I building which provides studios , laboratories and workshops for the faculties of Art and Design , Science and Technology and Informatics .
25 They are , in brief , of the form If A , even if X , then still B. ( 1.4 ) Certain facts stated by the latter conditionals , together with effects being taken as later in time , are all that is needed to explain the difference we find or make between causal circumstances and causes on the one hand , and , on the other , their effects .
26 By the process of psychology the subject is all too often bound to the negative events in their lives and focuses on the negative results in their personality .
27 Volume 47 ( 1993 ) will include articles and reviews on the following subjects :
28 Traffic out of Paris to the south-west was interrupted for about 90 minutes and trains in the southern Midi-Pyrenees region were at a standstill for seven hours .
29 This meeting notes with concern the potential for exploitation of junior members of the Bar with the introduction of standard fees in the magistrates ' courts and calls on the Legal Aid and Fees Committee to liaise with the Law Society , the Legal Aid Board and the Lord Chancellor 's Department with a view to agreeing a fair approach to fixing Counsel 's fees and making such practical arrangements as are necessary . ’
30 Firing a gas kiln is an art and despite all his care the potter submits his ware to the flames and delights in the subtle variations that are beyond his control .
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