Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently , the fate of children 's contributions sometimes had less to do with their quality than with their ability to sustain the teacher 's pre-existing intentions for the session as a whole . |
| 2 | This figure acts variously as the symbol and chief bearer of the admirably strong , tightly-knit family and culture , as the oppressed subject of traditional Asian patriarchal practices , as a problem because of her failure to learn the language and customs which might allow a smoother integration of her community and children into ‘ the British way of life ’ , and full of sexual charm and allure produced by a demure seductiveness replete with the promise of a mysterious Oriental eroticism . |
| 3 | The box terrapins are so called because of their ability to close the undershell or plastron at both front and back . |
| 4 | Indeed , apparently traditional flail-threshing barns continued to be built throughout the nineteenth century because of their ability to house the threshing machine as well as the crops . |
| 5 | Birds were held in high regard because of their ability to soar between heaven and earth , among them birds of prey valued as protective spirits because of their propensity to kill the small animals that damage crops , as well as phoenixes considered to be especially effective against the scourges of drought and fire . |
| 6 | We analysed minimum blood flow values because of their potential to show the presence of focally ischaemic areas , but found a large overlap between Crohn 's disease and control patients . |
| 7 | However , because of their desire to promote the idea of history as a scientific discipline , the Annales school have not been equally well disposed to all aspects of the past . |
| 8 | Gamma-interferon plays a critical role in protective immune responses because of its ability to stimulate the effector functions of several non-specific cells such as macrophages and natural killer cells , and to enhance the expression of class II major histocompatibility complex antigens on antigen presenting cells and other tissue cells . |
| 9 | It has long been argued that this gives great advantage to the ruling party because of its ability to manipulate the economy for the desired results on election day . |
| 10 | Taiwan , threatened with an international boycott because of its failure to sign the Montreal protocol , has begun taking steps to phase out use of chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) . |
| 11 | The move also followed the passing of budget resolutions by the House of Representatives on May 1 and by the budget committee of the Senate on May 2 , both of which embodied much deeper cuts in military expenditure than those contained within the Bush budget , which was increasingly viewed as obsolete because of its failure to address the implications of the radical change in Eastern Europe . |
| 12 | A decision taken by the United States in 1989 to withhold aid to Laos because of its failure to assist the USA in the suppression of drug trafficking was reversed in early 1990 . |
| 13 | FoE said the European Commission was threatening the UK government with court action because of its failure to apply the EC 's drinking water directive fully . |
| 14 | It should not however be criticised because of its attempt to relate the gospel as directly as possible to the world in which we live . |
| 15 | In 1965 he resigned from Sinn Féin , of which he had been a vice-president , because of its refusal to recognise the legitimacy of both governments in Ireland . |
| 16 | The seven-member committee — dubbed the " God Squad " because of its power to override the Endangered Species Act — will have about six months to decide whether to grant an exemption to the provisions of the Act and permit logging to resume on 4,750 acres in 44 tracts owned by the Bureau of Land Management . |
| 17 | She had Dreamed Lord Roger as a former surgeon , still brooding because of his inability to save the life of his only child . |
| 18 | Hayling had been excluded from becoming a Founder first because of his job policing the project for the GLC grant , and then because he was working for the company . |
| 19 | It is precisely because of our wish to create the sort of free market and wide community that we have in mind that we have included , at our insistence and with the agreement of other colleagues , a declaration in the presidency conclusions about the future enlargement of the Community . |
| 20 | Stretched out on the pavement lay the huge Godzilla , apparently lifeless , while astride his chest sat the victorious shaven King Kong . |
| 21 | The smaller , vertical indicator column headed ‘ program ’ tells you which memory number is in use , while to its right sits the memory selector keypad . |
| 22 | The laughable forerunner , he hangs his head and averts his face , while over his head runs the sky like a great river of peace . |
| 23 | Cornered , he resorted to patting her on the shoulder , while across his face flitted the craven smile of a man dealing with an unpredictable pet that yet might turn on him . |
| 24 | He might have become treasurer in 1332 but for his reluctance to buy the office . |
| 25 | In default of explanation Mr. Cunningham 's award was so far below what , by analogy with the award of an industrial tribunal , he was entitled to expect as in my judgment to compel the inference that the assessment was irrational , if not perverse . |
| 26 | And doubts were expressed as to its value given the conceded fact that only a small dent was likely to be made in the pigeon population . |