Example sentences of "[vb pp] of [noun pl] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'VE heard of prisoners going on the run to prove their innocence , but here 's a prisoner who says he 's on the run to prove his GUILT . |
| 2 | GLENRATH SETTLEMENT Manor Water road off the A72 between Peebles and Lyne leads to a Celtic settlement and field system of lynchets and dykes , with cairns made of stones dug from the earth during cultivation , and fragments of circular houses . |
| 3 | But " oral " can also be used of tests given in the form of a one-to-one interview , or where answers are tape-recorded . |
| 4 | The decision is discussed more fully below , but it is of importance in the present context because the House of Lords explicitly disapproved of statements made in the Court of Appeal that a court could exercise a general power to consider whether the decision reached was fair and reasonable . |
| 5 | Under experimental conditions , old people in NHS nursing homes may do at least as well as those in traditional geriatric wards , but the same can not be assumed of units removed from the traditions and surveillance of a health or social services hierarchy . |
| 6 | It carries a double spiral statement composed of pictograms imprinted on the clay with 45 possibly wooden but more likely metal stamps . |
| 7 | The extensive slate quarries , and the long rows of cottages occupied by those who work there , are a strongly-marked feature in the day 's walk ; while many of the walls are entirely composed of slates fixed into the ground and placed upright : in the churchyard many of the tombstones were slate slabs , with painted inscriptions . |
| 8 | Conversely , living in an area of less expensive terraced accommodation or of council houses ( estates composed of houses rented from the local authority are common ) reinforces one 's identification with the working class . |
| 9 | It also criticized the privatization commission responsible for the evaluations , which was composed of members nominated by the Finance Minister . |