Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [verb] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of ancient or medieval coinage the existence in different groups of coins of different or similar patterns of die axis may support or reduce the likelihood of some coins belonging in the same group . |
| 2 | Now it is perfectly true that some families remained in the same district for hundreds of years . |
| 3 | The government plan 's provisions , said Gaidar , coincided with some suggestions made in the many alternative economic reform programmes currently in circulation , including that of Civic Union . |
| 4 | Taffeta , pile fabrics and some dupions fall into the latter category . |
| 5 | As long as only a few predators hunt in the same area , each aposematic family is likely to produce several survivors . |
| 6 | For this writer it began when , shortly after stepping off the plane in Johannesburg , it became apparent that a few stitches sustained by the All Black winger Terry Wright in a training accident was deemed as worthy a front page news story as the continuous blood-letting in the Natal townships between rival ANC and Inkatha factions . |
| 7 | Control over such errors declined during the latter half of the nineteenth century , and was only ‘ rediscovered ’ 100 years later . |
| 8 | That is a context which includes such passages found in the same judgment of Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. in In re J. [ 1991 ] Fam. 33 as the following , at p. 41 : ‘ No one can dictate the treatment to be given to the child — neither court , parents nor doctors . |
| 9 | ‘ Master , ’ I touched him on the shoulder , ‘ it is strange that these messengers stop at the same convent where the Lady Francesca was educated . |
| 10 | Both these objectives suffer from the same constraints — the uncompetitive nature of railfreight charges compared with road haulage , other than trainload freight , and the lack of private sidings in Britain on anything like the scale in France or Germany thus requiring intermodal handling and its resultant costs . |
| 11 | Although all these theories flourished during the latter half of the nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentieth , the links between them are not simply the product of historical circumstance . |
| 12 | It is difficult to believe these comments refer to the same Report as that evaluated in a balanced leader in the Independent ( 16 November 1988 ) under the headline ‘ A blow for literacy ’ . |
| 13 | All these techniques lead to the same conclusion . |
| 14 | There has been some concern expressed that these courses offered by the former colleges of education have different objectives from those in art colleges , and might therefore lack professional competence , thereby creating ‘ a dual standard within higher education ’ . |
| 15 | At the start of NEP many of these papers collapsed for the same reasons that affected others . |
| 16 | Under these conditions it is necessary to organise all employers operating within the same market to preclude the possibility of a wage increase secured at one firm adversely affecting its competitive position , and therefore employment . |
| 17 | It seems , therefore , that focused patterns in real speech communities are not patterns in which all groups speak in the same way , but patterns of relatively stable differentiation within the community . |
| 18 | Can we conclude that despite our reservations about Hick 's presupposition that all religions believe in the same God , there is a case for seeing a common theistic structure among many of the world 's religious traditions ( or at least those that have any idea of God at all ) ? |
| 19 | The Act empowered the Secretary of State to put a limit on the amount if in his opinion the amount proposed to be raised was ‘ excessive ’ according to principles he determined which were to be the same for all authorities falling within the same class . |
| 20 | Usually , all rules begin with the same or nearly equal weights . |
| 21 | The minimal acceptances are thus essentially sets of channels , and so in constructing them we must identify all guards corresponding to the same channel . |
| 22 | John Hick 's God and the Universe of Faith introduces the ‘ ecumenical ’ idea of many faiths believing in the same God . |
| 23 | In the worst possible case , with all errors operating in the same direction and all being at plus or minus two standard errors ( a most unlikely occurrence and an overstatement of the true joint confidence intervals ) , the estimated expenditure needs might range from £108 to £509 for every child aged 5–17 . |
| 24 | If all incomes rise by the same percentage amount , then those at the lower end of the income scale will , of course , receive a lower extra sum of money compared to those at the higher end of the income scale . |
| 25 | All applicants qualify under the same criteria . |
| 26 | Interestingly , not all rhythms develop at the same rate . |
| 27 | Classes help the actor to gain confidence in dealing with many things happening at the same time , and this is an important part of student work . |
| 28 | This leads to a ‘ bandwagon ’ or ‘ follow-the-leader ’ effect in which many firms invest in the same markets at roughly the same time ( Knickerbocker , 1973 ; Graham , 1990 ) . |
| 29 | A cohort may consist of all persons born in the same year ( a birth cohort or generation ) ; but all women married in a particular year or a random sample of all cancer sufferers diagnosed in a certain month are equally valid examples of cohorts . |
| 30 | On principle I am against owning too many establishments dealing in the same merchandise in the one town . |