Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [pron] [conj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everybody hopes that we 've forgotten about that , but we have n't , and we 're reminded of it because of the courage of Lord Whitelaw and his advanced age and ill health , getting on to the T V last week and saying the Home Secretary is wrong to nationalise the police . |
| 2 | It begins by understanding a basic biblical concept : life is not ruined by the sins committed against us but by the way we respond to those sins . |
| 3 | Everyone has it impressed upon them that on the day there will be no discussion of any problem . |
| 4 | Even if the rules were obeyed , the system was clearly oppressive both to the families whose best sons were torn from them and to the young boys who would never see their parents again . |
| 5 | That your Lordship would direct , it would be in our task that that figure should n't have interest added to it because of the way in which it was approached . |
| 6 | Armanjani reported to me that at the height of his powers our man sometimes accompanied a two hour programme of film trailers spliced together . |
| 7 | She hoped that she had n't made an enemy out of Joe Lucas ; she knew that what he 'd done , he 'd done for her and for the memory of Christine . |
| 8 | Michael told him about the evidence of religious experience in the Christian mystics ; both of what some of the great masters had said about it and of the slighter experience of simple Christians . |
| 9 | Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey were among the first to import them into England , and the painter Hans Holbein has since had a particular type of design named after him because of the number of times it featured in his portraits of Henry and the English Court , Similarly , the Flemish painter Hans Memlinc provides ample pictorial evidence of the passion for oriental rugs in the Netherlands and the Northern Europe . |
| 10 | Several republics had objected to the size of contributions being sought from them and to the division of tax revenues , while the USSR Supreme Soviet had run out of discussion time because of arguments over defence spending . |
| 11 | And his quality show earned the praise of manager Steve Gritt , who said : ‘ That is the best all-round performance I 've seen from him and for the second game in succession he 's earned us a draw . ’ |
| 12 | Inscribed Bibles were presented to them and among the recipients were several members of Edenderry . |
| 13 | The giant predators that walked on their hind legs ( Tyrannosaurus , Allosaurus and other theropods ) share structures of the hip bones with the sauropods that show they are more closely related to them than to the rest of the dinosaurs . |
| 14 | Ideally I would like to work part-time , and have written to you as in the last few years I have seen part-time posts advertised at Prentice 's . |
| 15 | In the meantime and excepting certain problem areas which are causing difficulty , it can be said that the Secretary of State 's general policy is to align the new Sheriff Court Districts with the existing Local Government Districts , or a combination of these , unless good reason is shown to him to the contrary as a result of representations made to him or to the appropriate Sheriff Principal . |
| 16 | and the import of this publication was reflected in the citations that have subsequently been made to it and in the reviews which appeared including : Glenn W. Frank writing in Professional Geographer ( 1965 , 17 , p. 46 ) : |
| 17 | And so in conclusion I looking at it and the exhibitions we 've made to you and to the county in the course of the consultation draft is that this county does not need this policy and that it is in fact an insidious and repressive kind of policy that it contrary to national planning guidance and should not be included in the alterations . |
| 18 | They want to place on record the generous support that they 've had from you and for the , yes in a moment , the seconder of the emergency motion for er moving her support . |
| 19 | ‘ ( a ) that the commission of the offence was due to a mistake or to reliance on information supplied to him or to the act or default of another person , an accident or some other cause beyond his control ; and ( b ) that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of such offence by himself or any person under his control . ’ |
| 20 | that the commission of the offence was due to a mistake or to reliance on information supplied to him or to the act or default of another person , an accident or some other cause beyond his control ; and |
| 21 | There must , though , be space to say how deeply Eva and I have appreciated all the love and generosity Queen 's Park has shown to us and to the Bulgarian Baptists and to say a big ‘ Thank you ! ’ for making my visit possible . |
| 22 | Since they were provided to enable the binder to collect the various gatherings or sections in the right order before putting the covers round , much more care was exercised with them than with the page numbering . |
| 23 | A classic example of this is the need some elderly people have to talk about death — often their own death in particular , even to the point of wanting to discuss very freely the kind of arrangements they would like to be made for their funeral : how it should be conducted , what hymns should be chosen , and who should be invited to it and to the family gathering afterwards . |
| 24 | As another example , suppose that , in some sloping field , the effects of nitrogen ( N ) , phosphate ( P ) and potash ( K ) on yield of barley are to be compared among themselves and with the yield from unfertilized ( C ) ground . |
| 25 | She lived in a bungalow provided for her and at the time of Mr Farrington 's death was receiving £2.50 per week for her services and paying £1.50 a week inclusive of rates for the bungalow . |
| 26 | ‘ It is now clearly ascertained that the present chartered body will not accept the terms which is understood have been proposed to them and for the information of the Governors of the Royal Veterinary College I shall feel much obliged by your informing me whether or not a Charter will be granted to them . ’ |
| 27 | The two-layered cameo of Augustus which has ended up in the British Museum bears tangible evidence of regard , even of awe , in the delicate circlet of gems , including a miniature cameo , affixed to it while in the hands of a medieval owner ( fig. 26 ) . |
| 28 | It was explained to me that over the years all the planes on the green sward had landed by mistake , assuming that it would be solid enough to allow a take-off . |
| 29 | After a good deal of success in his 13 years of moto cross , Zeelenberg would have gone with them but for the advice of manager Jan Huberts , who still manages Zeelenberg and the Sharp Samson team . |
| 30 | However , given the important role which the DES should play in educational policy , such a membership is not perhaps unreasonable , and in any case , some guarantee of NAB 's independence is given by the powerful LEA figures represented on it and by the stature of Christopher Ball , the Chairman of the second tier . |