Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [conj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the three , that showing John Tradescant is the finest , for neither corpse in the other two paintings is shown in shrouds , both women having been painted as if at the moment of death rather than after the laying-out . |
| 2 | Given that pre-trial standards were acceptable , the maintenance of , or an improvement in those standards is to be expected during and at the end of the trial . |
| 3 | It was nice and cool here in the bowels of the earth and the sounds muffled as if from the bottom of a swimming pool . |
| 4 | Momentarily undecided as to whether to go on looking or to give up the chase there and then , her eyes lingered on the stranger 's face , and for a heart-beat , or less , his features blurred , and in their flux , caught as if by the sun off a wing in the stratosphere , she saw Gentle , his hair swept back from his high forehead , his grey eyes all yearning , his mouth , which she 'd not known she missed till now , ready to break into a smile . |
| 5 | For Japanese to be discriminated against because of the colour of their skin , despite Japan 's success in proving herself the military and political equal of other powers , implied the virtual impossibility of Japan 's being accepted as a full equal by the industrialized nations of the West . |
| 6 | In this case by far the most important ground of appeal was the contention that written statements made by Zaidie and Matadial to the police and not disclosed before or during the trial had been wrongly withheld from the defendant and his advisers . |
| 7 | Sometimes the light is carried to and from the point of observation by optical fibres . |
| 8 | Tony Benn and Dennis Skinner , who with boring and automatic regularity voted against the leadership , have with boring and automatic regularity come at or near the top . |
| 9 | The whole structure of the season , plus the situation with World Cup and European Championship games , has got to be looked at because at the moment we just seem to penalise successful teams . |
| 10 | ‘ Notice to any partner who habitually acts in the partnership business of any matter relating to the partnership affairs operates as notice to the firm , except in the case of a fraud on the firm committed by or with the consent of that partner . ’ |
| 11 | 16 Notice to any partner who habitually acts in the partnership business of any matter relating to partnership affairs operates as notice to the firm , except in the case of a fraud on the firm committed by or with the consent of that partner . |
| 12 | Here then , amongst the Lugbara , we see a thoroughly moralistic creed , based upon and administered by ancestor spirits , and applied for and to the benefit of the village elders . |
| 13 | The situation is much simpler where software is written for and at the request of a client . |
| 14 | But the words were not said as if from the mind of a child but from that of an adult who had experienced many things . |
| 15 | They were built for and of the town and were surrounded , up to their walls , by houses and civic buildings . |
| 16 | No more potency testing was done during or after the trial . |
| 17 | Experiments need to be done with and without the condenser in place , depending on the specimen . |
| 18 | 19 ( 1 ) In all leases whether made before or after the commencement of this Act containing a covenant condition or agreement against assigning , under- letting , charging or party with the possession of a demised premises or any part thereof without licence or consent , such covenant condition or agreement shall , notwithstanding any express provision to the contrary , be deemed to be subject — ( a ) to a proviso to the effect that such licence or consent is not to be unreasonably withheld , but this proviso does not preclude the right of the landlord to require payment of a reasonable sum in respect of any legal or other expenses incurred in connection with such licence or consent ; … |
| 19 | One is where an adjournment is sought before or during the course of a summary trial . |
| 20 | ‘ In applying national law , whether the provisions in question were adopted before or after the directive , the national court called upon to interpret it is required to do so , as far as possible , in the light of the wording and the purpose of the directive in order to achieve the result pursued by the latter and thereby comply with the third paragraph of Article 189 of the Treaty . ’ |
| 21 | whether the provisions in question were adopted before or after the Directive , a national court must interpret the national law as far as possible in the light and wording of the Directive in order to achieve the aims of the Community law . |
| 22 | Thus , the energy transferred to or from the system — that is , the heat — does not describe the system . |
| 23 | where ‘ User Procedure ’ is the name of the module and ‘ usproc.crl ’ is the file name used when the module is transferred to or from the user 's account . |
| 24 | This is the name used each time the package module is transferred to and from the user 's directory . |
| 25 | There were , however , three periods when his wife 's assistance was necessary — in early and late summer when the livestock was moved to and from the mountain grazing , and at hay making . |
| 26 | Stated generally , the fundamental rationale he offers for having to do so is that he , either himself or as the agent of society , knew better than the patient what should be done to or for the patient . |
| 27 | But what represented that elementary force at this period , if not capitalism and the world made by and for the bourgeoisie ? |
| 28 | When I left home that baby was n't even thought about and by the time I get home it will be a year old ! ’ |
| 29 | It does not include problems which may be thought of as on the fringe of sexual considerations such as unmarried motherhood , neurotic guilt about sex or non-sexual marital dissonance , although all of these may in themselves stimulate sexual difficulty . |
| 30 | The window could have been closed before or after the murder … |