Example sentences of "[noun pl] in [noun sg] [vb -s] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The abandoned vine-terraces along the inland valleys , dried grey by the sun , look like the side of an amphitheatre ; much of the local retsina you think you are drinking in the village tavernas in fact comes from the mainland . |
| 2 | Indeed , it is amazing that Sir Leon Brittan should still refer to these ‘ costs ’ long after Pöhl has said quite clearly that they are irrelevant : ‘ the repeated reference to alleged huge savings in transaction costs for the currencies of a single currency area are not in the least convincing ’ . |
| 3 | Another area which can pose problems in translation relates to the ability to determine when and when not a certain item of information can be treated as given . |
| 4 | One of the most significant changes in marriage occurs with the transition to parenthood . |
| 5 | At the dealers : Richard Green at 39 Dover Street , W1 has the best exhibition of English Marine Paintings for years ; the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour shows at the Mall Galleries ; Anthony d'Offay switches on neon art by Bruce Naumann . |
| 6 | The social researcher must make compromises … between roles as scientist and citizen ; between commitment and impartiality ; between openness and secrecy , honesty and deception ; and between the public right to know and the citizen 's right to privacy and protection … the onus for making decisions in practice rests with the individual researcher . |
| 7 | Nearly all fourth year pupils in mathematics sets in the lower half of each school 's attainment range took the reference test . |
| 8 | The Government has been asked to give a high priority to the subject by making substantial cuts in rate poundages in the tax year 1992/93 . |
| 9 | On this occasion the Hansards seem to have been the main beneficiaries from the decline in the activity of other alien merchants , but they too could be affected by political rivalry , and periods of tension between England and the Hanse towns , even if this fell short of war , were marked by substantial falls in cloth exports by the Hanse merchants . |
| 10 | Another example of lingering pollution taboos in Catholicism lies in the ban on including women in the Holy Thursday ceremony of the washing of the feet . |
| 11 | My sympathy goes to all those who have lost loved ones in motorway smashes over the holiday season , but the emotion I feel most is anger . |