Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wandered through to the kitchen to get her bag , and checked through her notes for the name and address of the Rose Bowl 's usual wholesaler . |
| 2 | A NUMBER of North West names have been honoured for their services to the community or their profession . |
| 3 | Sometimes the findings were examined for their implications for the effectiveness of prisons in preventing recidivism ( European Committee on Crime Problems , 1967 ) , but this was a side issue : the sociology of the prison was not about devising effective treatment programmes . |
| 4 | Jovellanos , in his campaign for technical education and the useful arts as a means of raising living standards , may be forgiven for his attacks on the dead languages . |
| 5 | An empty drink tube rolled between their feet as the jitney wheeled into motion , whisking them away from the cargo concourse and plunging into the tunnels of Plenty . |
| 6 | No er at er briefing , officers are again reminded of their responsibilities within the law , as to reasonable force and even when the officer issuing firearms , which is not myself , er an officer of inspector rank issues the firearms , er arms to the individual officers , they are again reminded of their responsibilities within the criminal law . |
| 7 | No er at er briefing , officers are again reminded of their responsibilities within the law , as to reasonable force and even when the officer issuing firearms , which is not myself , er an officer of inspector rank issues the firearms , er arms to the individual officers , they are again reminded of their responsibilities within the criminal law . |
| 8 | A few lines earlier ‘ wonder ’ has come into his eyes at the mention of Lothlórien . |
| 9 | You look like a child caught with her fingers in the jam cupboard . ’ |
| 10 | She felt foolish and guilty , like a child caught with her fingers in the cake tin . |
| 11 | matter of not getting caught With your fingers in the till . |
| 12 | In this business , a sense of direction can mean the difference between laughing like a drain or getting caught with your trousers around the ankles of a friend you never had . |
| 13 | The chalets on the lower ground nearest the beach were liable to flood and more than once young children had to be lifted from their beds in the middle of the night . |
| 14 | They have tiny holes drilled in their heads for the insertion of twisted pairs of gold-plated bronze wire to represent tresses of waving hair . |
| 15 | The couple were chauffeured from their homes to the town hall where they put on the replica mayoral chains made specially for the occasion . |
| 16 | MIDDLESBROUGH Bears and Newcastle Diamonds were outclassed in their heats of the Heat Team Championship and are just about eliminated from the competition . |
| 17 | When police relaxed the cordon friends and relatives went to speak to the people who had been trapped in their houses throughout the bank holiday . |
| 18 | This work was summarized in his Studies on the Periodicity of Earthquakes ( 1938 ) . |
| 19 | The Tynes , perched in their multitudes on the hand-carved cart that had lain cherished and unused in their garage . |
| 20 | The difference is that with the first type , the innocent party , though entitled to damages , must still perform his part of the bargain , whereas with a repudiatory breach he may , in addition to claiming damages , regard himself as discharged from his obligations under the contract . |
| 21 | John Piper was , at the time , a constable , but was to be discharged from his duties at the following session . |
| 22 | The sample members will then be interviewed in their homes during the evening . |
| 23 | Social liberals , like Booth and Rowntree , and Fabians , like Sydney and Beatrice Webb , may have differed in their views on the extent and the permanence of the provision of state welfare that they advocated , but shared an interest in what they saw as the factual demonstration of the extent of poverty which existed in what was still regarded as the major industrial and political power . |
| 24 | In recent years Lord Chancellors have differed in their opinions about the value of judges having had experience as politicians . |
| 25 | Head teachers and other school teachers ( as well as lecturers in colleges ) were questioned and interviewed on their perceptions of the objectives and outcomes of the study skills courses being offered . |
| 26 | The government responded to its difficulties on the economic front with Mengistu 's announcement of limited liberalization measures in March , including steps towards the introduction of a mixed economy , with scope for private enterprise and a free market in agricultural trade , although the state would continue to own the land . |
| 27 | Jack Kelly , chairman of the Sigma 33 class , has responded to my comments in the December ‘ Silver Salmon ’ column on the Genesis No 1 genoa trials with a full letter setting out his own thoughts and the class thinking behind the trials and consideration of the new sails : |
| 28 | Thousands of readers responded to our Women In The 90s questionnaire , and your views on everything from politics to passion came across loud and clear . |
| 29 | Group norms about work , work rates , dress , conformity , and so on , are soon added to our concepts of the role we are to play . |
| 30 | We have , of course , stressed to our friends in the Baltic states that their membership of the CSCE — Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe — process and their aspirations to join the Council of Europe will naturally depend to a great extent upon their ability to meet international standards in such matters . |