Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] [vb -s] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Prime Minister may be more concerned to ward off the various demons she perceives on the horizon . |
| 2 | Quite apart from the doubts it casts on the multitude of extensive verbatim passages in Johanson 's engaging account , this and other changes make one wonder whether legal evidence has become a consideration in reporting scientific expeditions . |
| 3 | In creating specialist organists or choir trainers it contributes to the achievement of the highest musical standards , but does not generally offer all-round experience . |
| 4 | Sun Microsystems Inc has signed a long-term lease for three buildings in Chelmsford , Massachusetts to consolidate the four existing offices it has in the state . |
| 5 | To my eyes it looks like the pattern , though I know with my head that it 's the background . |
| 6 | ‘ So you have to keep at him because like all kids he lives for the telly and various electronic gadgets and he 'd be quite happy eating crisps and playing for the rest of his life . |
| 7 | Should Japan be restricted in the number of cars it sells in the UK ? |
| 8 | As the company wants to increase the number of cars it sells in the UK rather than maximise profits , that is likely to mean price cuts . |
| 9 | It is concerned with what is possible in the context of the strengths and weaknesses of the company and the threats and opportunities it perceives in the world outside the company , the environment in which it operates . |
| 10 | It is necessary that the people of Northern Ireland fully appreciate the importance to the community of the Constitutional Convention , and the opportunities it offers to the public and its elected representatives to determine the future of Northern Ireland . |
| 11 | ‘ Practice ’ need not be eschewed as part of higher education ; but its presence in the curriculum must be justified in terms of the opportunities it affords for the student 's critical reflection . |
| 12 | The vision of the fabliaux offered by R. Howard Bloch ( 1986 ) seems to fit this definition squarely : he sees fabliau narrative as the origin and catalyst of sexual desire ; in reading , or writing , the fabliaux , sexual experience is purely linguistic : " " if any pleasure is attached to sex in the fabliaux it comes from the deferral in speech , of speech , substituting for the act " " . |
| 13 | I think that is a , there is a need to look into this , it is an area where we have n't looked into at the moment , and when you consider the valuable work that our staff in the D S O organisation does , and the profit it makes for this county council , and the savings it makes for the county council , it would be sensible for us to also look into building maintenance as well . |
| 14 | It feeds off the passions of a small and economically dependent country and the emotional demands it places on the game . |
| 15 | Fundamentally , the program must present the demands it makes on the class as worthwhile , achievable and preferably , enjoyable . |
| 16 | Within 6 months he excels at the art . |
| 17 | The professional and personal uncertainties she suffers on the way up give heart to this novel , which is at its best exposing the machinations of editorial top brass . |
| 18 | Its ability to trap dust , the ease with which stale and fresh foam can be kept separate without mutual diffusion , and the barriers it offers to the spread of flame or explosion , are all points in its favour . |
| 19 | Gooch produces evidence that our own society , which he claims is derived from that of the Cro-Magnons , still shows traces of the social mores he ascribes to the Neanderthals . |
| 20 | ‘ If there are any advantages it comes from the background . |
| 21 | The reader is shown many bad marriages through the course of the novel and the disastrous effects it causes in the upbringing of children . |
| 22 | They are literally the only possessions she has in the world : those two pictures , and the ring , her father 's ring . |
| 23 | Her conscious understanding of how she was using language is clear from the explanations she gives for the expressions she uses in the poem : ( on line 2 ) " She lived outside in the open , so the air was like her house " ; ( on line 5 " the streets were like a giant shop where she could pick and choose out of bins and gutters " ; ( on line 8 ) " this means she was close to nature and she felt like the yew was her mother " . |
| 24 | On his travels he passes through the tower vaults ( unpleasant ) , local village ( worse than Ludlow ) , Baron Frankenstein 's Castle ( tasteless decor ) , Black Forest ( well , more green than black ) , Graveyard ( dead dudes ) and The Morgue ( Spectrum Fan Club offices ) . |
| 25 | The origin legend of the Merovingians as recorded by Fredegar is important not only for its suggestion that the family claimed to be descended from a supernatural ancestor , but also for the implications it has for the rise of the dynasty . |
| 26 | For these reasons , the uncertainty about the scope of ‘ civil and commercial matters ’ does not have the serious implications it has in the context of the taking of evidence for use abroad . |
| 27 | Every free man has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public ; to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press ; but if he publishes what is improper , mischievous or illegal , he must take the consequences of his own temerity . " |
| 28 | To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what responsibilities he has for the sports and arts foundation . |
| 29 | When Thompson asks about the emergence of classes he enquires into the choices and intentions of individuals , which are for him a crucial kind of evidence , and sees the process of class formation as one of self-making . |
| 30 | When everyone has found their places he stands by the microphone at the top table , hammers on the table with a gavel , and announces loudly , ‘ Ladies and Gentlemen , Pray SILENCE for the Reverend John Smith , who will now say grace . ’ |