Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [is] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another is pain after stroke that does not respond to narcotics but in some cases is reduced by the opioid antagonist naloxone . |
| 2 | A commentary on the effect of Government planning in the last few years is found in the recent report of the Working Party on the Building Industry : ‘ The producers of building materials … found that their assessment of the demand for their goods was liable to be upset by sudden changes of policy which they could not possibly foresee . ’ |
| 3 | Such large assemblages of young in the charge of only a few adults is known by the French word for a nursery — a creche . |
| 4 | As Tudge ( 1988 ) discusses , the facility of plants to regenerate from a few cells is related to the characteristic known as totipotency . |
| 5 | The inclusion of a counselling element into such groups is based on the understanding of their potential value in facilitating and enabling personal change , by helping group members understand their own thoughts and feelings , and in changing their coping behaviour to the situations in which they find themselves within the group . |
| 6 | The need to check if , and how fully , an authority will meet the cost in such cases is outlined by the Department of Health in guidelines to authorities on how the NHS market will work . |
| 7 | The natural solution in such cases is to look to the National Trust or the National Trust for Scotland . |
| 8 | A fine illustration of how these terms are marked occurs in L'Esquiriel , " The Squirrel " , one of a set of fabliaux , such as Le Damoisselle qui ne pooit oïr parler de foutre or Cele qui fu foutue et desfoutue noted above , in which the markedness or a related ignorance of such words is used as the basis of the drama forming the narrative . |
| 9 | If this is not the image that most people have about mental handicap hospitals it is because their concept of such places is founded on the attitudes toward mental handicap prevalent in society , and on various myths surrounding mental handicap which persist to this day . |
| 10 | An insight into the relationship which may be found between technology and cultural form in such societies is offered by the argument formulated by Franz Boas ( 1955 ) concerning the origins of primitive art ( see also Gombrich 1979 ) . |
| 11 | How little pacifist or humanitarian feeling was behind such notions is revealed by the concluding remark that ‘ it is only worth while waging war if the enemy can be destroyed with the first blow , which we did not manage . ’ |
| 12 | The pluralist arguments , on the other hand , are designed to show that the possibility of such criteria is ensured by the existence of logically irreducible relations ; or by the existence of irreducibly relational , and hence essentially " pluralistically committed " , properties . |
| 13 | Before any options are granted to replace those which have already been exercised and which would result in the total value of options granted to an individual under the Scheme ( including options which have been exercised ) exceeding four times his annual remuneration , the Committee will satisfy itself that the grant of such options is justified by the performance of the Company in the previous two to three years . |
| 14 | The ambivalence which is being expressed on such occasions is caused by the fact that , emotionally , the animal is a surrogate for the father , loved and feared , hated and killed . |
| 15 | The overall quantum number j can be or ½ and the difference in energy between these states is related to the spin-orbit coupling constant for the atom . |
| 16 | The survey people stressed the importance of neutrality and objectivity in research , and the participant observation enthusiasts argued that the essential thing about social life is what it means to those involved , and that the only valid way of getting at these meanings is to participate in the lives of those who shared them . |
| 17 | The key to understanding the religious function of these images is found in the gun motif . |
| 18 | When the possible words in a particular position have been determined , the information about these words is transferred from the lexicon to the interface structure . |
| 19 | A list of the key message from these schools is given at the end . |
| 20 | The nature of delegated financial control is that decision making in these areas is moved from the LEA to the school level . |
| 21 | These laws impose obligations on citizens , and obedience to these obligations is enforced by the courts . |
| 22 | The VP 1 of these lines is located by the line that passes through the observer 's eye E . |
| 23 | What is essential in considering all these matters is to see beyond the weeping , struggling figure to the austere searcher who had devoted his life to reaching precise definitions of Truth , Rectitude and Justice , and to living accordingly . |
| 24 | The threefold purpose of these brackets is detailed in the preface . |
| 25 | The ledger for these transactions is represented by the balance of trade accounts which show the difference between our overseas earnings and overseas expenditure . |
| 26 | The notion that a Ministry which can not command a majority in the House of Commons … a Ministry in a minority of 31 per cent … in these circumstances is invested with the right to demand a dissolution is as subversive of constitutional usage , as it would , in my opinion , be pernicious to the general and paramount interests of the nation at large . |
| 27 | The effect of these EDMs is measured by the number of signatures they attract when they are printed on the daily Order paper . |
| 28 | The I-Thou relationship in these poems is poisoned by the Friend 's behaviour , so it follows that the Poet 's attempt to excuse it degrades himself still further . |
| 29 | But the community comprising these individuals is responding to the biodiversity crisis by setting priorities and defining focused research programmes . |
| 30 | The absence of serious internal religious discontent during these years is illustrated by the lack of parliamentary concern . |