Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 At a district level CPRW 's branches seek to protect the important qualities of their own particular areas , using their special knowledge of local conditions .
2 One of the sad things about history is that nations keep making the same mistakes .
3 The companies are watching carefully lest other lobbyists try to slip the tougher provisions back in .
4 There is some repetition as the authors backtrack to report the same developments from different points of view and new characters are introduced ; the detailed mathematical discussions do become daunting for the non-specialist reader .
5 The Pilot Survey showed some monitoring , further standardisation of the equipment was essential , mainly though , I 'm going to make sure all schools have got the same pipes and connector and I 'm going to give them some solutions to test because there was a bit of variation between schools , and there will be variation geographically , so I want to be able to have a measure of any error that will be involved as well .
6 Will the Prime Minister confirm that 140 nations have signed the United Nations nuclear non-proliferation treaty , including Tory Canada ?
7 MPs of all parties have condemned the current laws which makes it legal to own and sell detection equipment but illegal to use such a device on the road .
8 However , if the parties have agreed the essential terms — price , quantity , date for performance — a court may find that they have reached a concluded contract on the telephone ( but see Levison v Patent Steam Carpet Cleaning Co Ltd [ 1978 ] QB 69 ) unless it can be established that the parties contemplated further formalities before concluding their contract .
9 However , interested parties have to fulfil the following prerequisites :
10 The authors have taken the basic concepts of keeping cichlids of all sizes and often adapted them to suit the best requirements of the species being kept .
11 Failing this , if a consumer buyer is effectively denied the protection of the implied terms because the instructions or labels have shrunk the central obligations , recourse will have to be made to the common law rules on incorporation and the general controls of reasonableness found in ss2 and 3 of UCTA 1977. ( f ) Manufacturers ' guarantees In Lambert v Lewis [ 1980 ] 2 WLR 289 , the Court of Appeal declined to hold that statements , made in advertising literature , constituted a collateral warranty on the basis that they were not " intended " to create contractual liability ( this decision was reversed on other grounds in the House of Lords [ 1982 ] AC 225 ) .
12 Small shopkeepers tend to support the Liberal Democrats , but Mr Kaifu wants to please a more important supporter , Mr Bush .
13 The directors propose to transfer the retained profits of £31.0 million to reserves .
14 As such , overlapping seems to be particularly effective at the engineering stages where companies want to avoid the technical problems associated with sharp reductions in individual stage length .
15 ‘ Why is it that pansies seem to run the best restaurants ? ’
16 The insurance companies anticipate maintaining the premium rates at current levels but they retain the right to review them from time to time , subject to giving each insured person 60 days notice of any change .
17 The Insurance Companies anticipate maintaining the premium rates at current levels but they retain the right to review them from time to time , subject to giving each insured person 60 days notice of any change .
18 As Einstein says , ‘ The singers seem to snatch the single words from one another 's mouths ’ .
19 For many thousands of children experiencing actual separation and the consequences of divorce of their parents , it is likely to be a continuous process of change and adjustment and of considerable anxiety as their parents try to resolve the different stages identified above .
20 As a result of Section 89 of the Companies Act 1985 , if the Directors wish to allot the unissued shares for cash ( other than pursuant to an employee share scheme ) , they must in the first instance offer them to existing shareholders in proportion to their holdings .
21 Their shortcomings help swell the growing numbers of the ‘ new ’ unemployed and the ‘ new ’ poor ; women whose unemployment and poverty remain hidden .
22 And the tame descendants have kept the same views on this matter .
23 Numerous trials have evaluated the various procedures performed during pregnancy and labour ( Iain Chalmers has even gone to the trouble of collating them ) but very few of these ideas have changed obstetric practice .
24 Its new models have put the successful ones produced by Ford and Vauxhall in the shade .
25 In practice , in many instances companies have fragmented the machining tasks as CNC has been introduced , setting up separate programming departments , often staffed by people from a ‘ white-collar ’ background .
26 I think there 's a lot of the co , er , the smaller companies feel that way , but the bigger companies have tried the smaller ones , and I think we , we 're not likely to lose the bigger ones as easy as lose the small ones .
27 I appreciate that the television companies have to get the best shots of the game or we 'd complain about that , but I think they should bear in mind those people who have paid to see the game and , in some cases like mine , travelled a long way to see the match .
28 Their differing concerns have led the two groups to dwell upon different regions of the Empire .
29 Its debatable if his indecisiveness at coming/dealing with back passes have caused the other mistakes or not ?
30 The Army has destroyed crops , helicopters have bombed the surrounding areas and people have been tortured while under arrest .
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