Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] [prep] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Envy of the children — or over-concentration upon them by the other partner -will show itself in a dozen ways in attitudes and actions . |
| 2 | If you have not made stock from the bone , place the whole bone or part of it in the pan with the measured amount of water , not stock . |
| 3 | We may also collect factual information on the ability and attitude of individual pupils and on their background in the subject concerned ; this last is of importance because the level of demand on pupils can only be judged in the knowledge of how far the material concerned is new to them and of their record of success or failure with it in the past . |
| 4 | They have been particularly interested in a fact that I touched upon earlier when discussing the ‘ Ontological Argument ’ , namely that existence is not a quality or attribute of something in the way that being round , or hard , or long-haired is an attribute . |
| 5 | The only proof of our suspicions is the lack of any chain or evidence of one on the body . |
| 6 | NOTICE To : Smith & Jones ( Contracts ) Limited , whose registered office is situate at Coldharbour Road , Thames Marshes , Essex WHEREAS ( 1 ) You are justly and truly indebted in the sum of £1250 to Robinson Bros Ltd trading as Go Fast Transport whose registered office is situate at Cornmarket Chambers Ipswich Suffolk more particularly in respect of transport costs for the quick delivery of fragile machine equipment and related warehousing costs ( 2 ) By Section 517 ( 1 ) ( f ) of the Companies Act 1985 it is provided that a company may be wound up by the court if the company is unable to pay its debts ( exceeding £750 ) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to you pursuant to Section 518(1) ( a ) of the Companies Act 1985 that you are required to pay the said sum of £1250 to Go Fast Transport ( GFT ) not later than 3 weeks from tomorrow 's date AND that if you neglect to pay the said sum or to secure or compound for it to the reasonable satisfaction of GFT an application will be made to the court for your winding up by petition presented by GFT under the provisions of Section 519 of the Companies Act 1985 . |
| 7 | Section 123(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986 provides that a company is deemed unable to pay its debts if a creditor ( by assignment or otherwise ) to whom the company is indebted in a sum exceeding £750 then due has served on the company , by leaving it at the company 's registered office , a written demand ( in the prescribed form ) requiring the company to pay the sum so due and the company has for three weeks thereafter neglected to pay the sum or to secure or compound for it to the reasonable satisfaction of the creditor . |
| 8 | A debtor appears unable to pay a debt if the debt is payable immediately and either : ( i ) the petitioning creditor has served on the debtor a statutory demand in the prescribed form requiring him to pay the debt or to secure or compound for it to the satisfaction of the creditor , at least three weeks have elapsed since the demand was served and the demand has been neither complied with nor set aside ( s 268(1) ( a ) ) ; or ( ii ) execution or other enforcement action on a judgment has been returned unsatisfied in whole or in part ( s 268(1) ( b ) ) . |
| 9 | Erm , and then I just thought I 'd finally conclude a bright , cos I think it , it 's like how I see myself at work , erm with showing you where our work comes from erm and basically you 've got all these arrows coming in and er sometimes you do have a sense of feeling quite bombarded with requests for work , but the main , I mean the main formal source of our work is the local government sub committee , which is erm , like Mary was referring to earlier , every department or unit in our in the Council have to formally report and get it 's work through by a Council committee , our committee is the local government sub committee and it formally sets our work programme once a year , and I our priorities , it also comes up with other things it would like us to do by the way , during the course of the year , so erm , that includes Mary as well . . |
| 10 | Scientists take their side in the battle for reasons having nothing to do with the merits or lack of them of the issues but rather because of their politics . |
| 11 | Resource is therefore not the problem with synthetic fuels and the progress or lack of it in the industry is a function and a consequence of the price and availability of hydrocarbons . |
| 12 | The first glimpse of Father Philip had made his heart turn and contract in him with the pain of the memories that tugged him back towards Aber , older memories than the bitterness and anger that had driven him away . |
| 13 | The achievements made to date are impressive and are a credit to the individual skills , determination and enthusiasm of everyone in the Group . |
| 14 | There is now great momentum and enthusiasm from everyone in the project team which forms an excellent springboard for commissioning this year . ’ |
| 15 | He is lead to changes of the dosing of remedies because the ‘ variety among patients as to their irritability , age , spiritual and bodily development necessitate a great variety in their treatment and administration to them of the doses of medicines ’ . |
| 16 | Instead of which too many locals see the tourists arrive in Puerto Maldonaldo and speed across it to the river without even buying a Coke . |
| 17 | Now do the same with your shoulders and experiment with which of the positions feels most comfortable . |
| 18 | The Precision in a way is too middly , but the thing about the Jazz is that you can get more top and bottom from it at the same time , and that 's the sound I like . |
| 19 | We rested quietly and most comfortably in Sligachan Inn , than which I can not imagine a better retreat in the early summer of late autumn , either before or after the great throng , who , coming from north and south to it in the height of the tourist season , make it a place of stir . |
| 20 | If he did , he was in an enviable position to play cat and mouse with her for the duration of their stay . |
| 21 | Now she was more Maman 's maid , and mender of everything in the house in which she could discern a wear or a tear . |
| 22 | That is why the couple whisper and point to me on the bridge . |
| 23 | I 've never seen the sort of breathtaking squalor I witnessed there but give them a day when their neighbourhood is shown to be worth the world running through it , gratefully accepting water and candy from them at the roadside , and it 's amazing the way mutual mistrust can disappear . |
| 24 | Hannah is obviously a natural musician , although the aforementioned modesty forbids her to agree with that assessment But as a child she quickly learned to play both piano and organ with none of the pain and stress often endured by most youngsters , even those with natural skills . |
| 25 | The seventy strong press and media corps were in the rear of the Prime Minister 's plane and we had arranged a special area and platform for them in the terminal . |
| 26 | Whilst we still have a lot to do , the determination and resolve of everyone in the Group to continued improvement is encouraging , and gives me confidence that we will meet our goals . |
| 27 | Everyone who worked with Laura at this time agrees that , as a fashion editor , she had a sure instinct about forecasting trends , a canny feel for coordinating colour and fabric that was invariably right , and knowledge of which of the latest details could be adapted to the ‘ Laura Ashley ’ look . |
| 28 | The apex ( tip ) of the shoot continues growth by mobilising food and water towards itself from the older tissues behind . |
| 29 | This is the story of Okonkwo , the strong son of a feckless father who builds a position of respect and authority for himself in the tribe — only to see things fall apart as he is undermined by the arrival of whites . |
| 30 | I want to drink tea with you at the Samoyovska Hotel in Kiev , and vodka with you in the evening in a place where they used to play gypsy music when I was a student . |