Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [prep] the [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are to make yourself the master of a particular sub-topic or sub-sub-topic rather than prepare for the year 's examination in the whole subject . |
| 2 | Gregory himself did not doubt the efficacy of the saint , but clearly Leudast and his supporters were less than impressed by the bishop 's special relationship with his supernatural patron . |
| 3 | To assume that a study of Islamic pattern will have particular meaning for all Moslem children is imposing an idealised view of others ' cultures , rather than starting from the children 's real community . |
| 4 | Although proposed by the UN 's International Law Commission , the idea has been widely criticised as legally unsound and practically unworkable . |
| 5 | His vote was more than halved in the party 's northern region , and nearly halved in both Yorkshire and the north-west . |
| 6 | O. M. Honoré pointed out that even if an ( informal ) arbitration concluded in my favour , if I later become convinced that my original claim was mistaken I should acknowledge the claim of the other litigant rather than rely on the arbitrator 's decision . |
| 7 | Ellis 's sense of the quiet solidarity between women , and of the bonds of love that bind the generations together , is so sure that it more than compensates for the novel 's occasional listlessness . |
| 8 | Further complications raised at the symposiumover whether Mantegna or Antonio Pollaiuolo takes precedence in these crucial early years of printmaking threatened to take over the proceedings until halted by the discussion 's Chairwoman , Caroline Elam , Editor of the Burlington Magazine . |
| 9 | But Deana 's persecution , continued more subtly and covertly as the days went by , had left its sting , and she began to wonder if living in the nurses ' home was really the right thing . |
| 10 | For long moments Frankie was held as if transfixed by the man 's gaze . |
| 11 | I 'm actually , I am actually , I 've been party , they 've been circulating me with the correspondence of the residents ' association and I am very worried about this but do n't feel , until invited by the residents ' association , that we should do any more . |
| 12 | But is England such an oddly deformed place , even if judged in the left 's own terms , especiall if Scotland and Wales are added to make up modern Britain ? |
| 13 | Changed , he returned into the lounge to find her standing at the window again , as if watching for the assassin 's return . |
| 14 | When it got within spitting distance of Mafouz , who was now standing , arms loosely apart , mouth open , as if hypnotized by the thing 's movements , it did a sharp turn to the left , bounced along horizontally for a few yards , and then snarled up and down to land on the unfortunate boy 's head . |
| 15 | A letter will not be considered for publication unless accompanied by the sender 's name and address . |
| 16 | A letter will not be considered for publication unless accompanied by the sender 's name and address . |
| 17 | I say strangely because finishing as the League 's top striker surely warrants a travelling place even if only for experience . |
| 18 | As well as being appropriately dressed you should also be aware that you may have been noted even while looking at the agency 's window display . |
| 19 | For John Prescot today , not a discrete silence while waiting for the leader 's call , he was making it clear that he wanted a swap to one of the top economic jobs . |
| 20 | There is a one-in-328 chance of an employee being killed in accident while working on the nation 's farms . |
| 21 | Stop a front kick by barring down with your leading guard whilst reverse-punching to the opponent 's chest |
| 22 | A Dayglobe Leisure spokesman said the company was still considering whether to appeal against the council 's decision . |
| 23 | A county council will decide tomorrow whether to appeal against the Government 's decision to cap the authority . |
| 24 | It is a political tragedy that this whole subject has all but disappeared from the world 's agenda under the impact of the past three astonishing years in Europe . |
| 25 | As explained in the FTA 's International Digest ( Comment , 9/86 ) : |
| 26 | trustees comprise persons for the purposes of income tax ; 2. they comprise a separate entity liable to tax on monies they receive or which they are entitled to receive ; 3. the main inroads into that separateness and liability are of a restricted nature as explained in the Reid 's Trustees case ; these inroads are : ( a ) in certain cases ( but not all ) where a trustee mandates income direct to a beneficiary the trustee will not be liable to tax ( Williams v Singer ) ; ( b ) in the case of a life interest trust a see-through or conduit approach is adopted for identification of source purposes so that the origin and parentage of the income is not changed by virtue of its journey through the trust ( Archer-Shee v Baker ) ; ( c ) if income arises to the trustees of a life interest trust ( subject to deductions for expenses ) it is taxable upon the life tenant whether or not he actually takes the money ( Spen 's case ) . |
| 27 | The local doctors believed that when undertaken by the child 's mother it could have positive effects but fundamentalists like the magistrate insisted that any such teaching was morally wrong . |
| 28 | Legitimate requests A request based on the manager 's authority and right to know as prescribed by the firm 's regulations . |
| 29 | [ as amended by the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Repeals Rules |
| 30 | While it is appreciated that the contract — as contained in the works ' rules , etc — can contain such a provision , one wonders whether industrial tribunals should feel bound by such a provision . |