Example sentences of "[subord] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was claiming that next year his chairmanship would last a day longer than set down in the rules . |
| 2 | Many would prefer to risk a pregnancy than put up with the side-effects of ‘ efficient ’ contraception . |
| 3 | Piracy may be very damaging to trade ; but if carried on by the merchants themselves , it can obviously stimulate it . |
| 4 | A head like none she 'd ever seen before bobbed out of the waves , whiskered and grinning and as big as her whole body . |
| 5 | A possible framework for comprehensive assessment is offered through the concepts of quality of life and risk : two related , multidimensional concepts which can be translated into statements of purpose and scope as well as broken down into the factors which constitute quality of life and risk . |
| 6 | Kate was down in the pit lane for the Friday qualifying session , her nerves nearly as wound up as the drivers ' , knowing that Ace was waiting to live up to his name with the fastest lap . |
| 7 | In the relatively short period of time prior to the Industrial Revolution the function of the prison can be seen as related directly to the needs of the economy , in that labour was forced to work on specific projects to overcome labour shortages . |
| 8 | The market is still , of course , seen as made up of the activities of the market participants — the consumers , producers , and factor owners . |
| 9 | The place has all the appropriate externals , chimneys choked with ivy , windows with jasmine , worm-eaten shutters , mossy thatch , all of which ‘ under the quiet light of a sky marbled with high clouds would have made a sort of picture which we have all passed over as a ‘ charming bit ’ , touching other sensibilities than those which are stirred by the depression of the agricultural interest , with the sad lack of farming capital , as seen constantly in the newspapers of that time ’ . |
| 10 | Since Fate was the power that kept order in the universe , as revealed particularly by the stars and planets , the prevalence of Stoicism influenced the growing belief in astrology in Hellenistic times and in the days of the Roman empire . |
| 11 | Firms are often poorly capitalised , relative to their needs , as shown elsewhere by the difficulties of some securities firms resulting from their equity operations after the stock market crash and the need for injection of capital from parent banks . |
| 12 | Instead , according to the Tory party , and as spelt out in the guidelines to the commission , we have a structure that accords with the aims of the right hon. Member for Cirencester and Tewkesbury ( Mr. Ridley ) . |
| 13 | Colonial politics is seen as based exclusively on the interests of the metropolitan power versus the interests of the colony as a whole . |
| 14 | Wallowa Reservation as set up by the Commissioners in 1873 |
| 15 | The awards will take the form of a cash payment to the school or college , to be used , as set out in the rules , to process the original project . |
| 16 | Much , therefore , depends upon the precise circumstances and , in particular , the quality of the case of contributory negligence as set out in the pleadings . |
| 17 | The normal method of recovering the amount due is by application to the proper financial officer of the council , on the appropriate form of application as set out in the Regulations . |
| 18 | I call upon Councillor to move the appointment to committees as set out in the sheets circulated round the chamber . |
| 19 | To remedy these grievances it was enacted that the Charter of the Forest was to be kept in all its articles , that the perambulations made in the time of Edward I were to be observed , that those perambulations which still remained to be made should be made as quickly as possible , and that the forest boundaries in each county should be confirmed by royal charters , as laid down in the perambulations . |
| 20 | Apart from these cases , the entire property , other than that in which the deceased 's interest ceased at his death , is held by the executors or administrators on trust for sale , in the first instance for the payment of his debts , and then for distribution as laid down in the Intestates ’ Estates Act 1952 , which has replaced the relevant provisions of the Act of 1925 . |
| 21 | The engineer makes decisions according to his or her powers and duties as laid down in the terms of the contract . |
| 22 | Mr X was found guilty and sentenced in May 1981 , and it is difficult for anyone who reads the story as laid out in the pages of the BBPS to see how his guilt could have been established beyond reasonable doubt , in view of the conflicting scientific evidence . |
| 23 | Although evaluation is a complex issue , it is important in considering future development to ascertain whether day care is fulfilling its objectives as perceived both by the providers and also by the consumers of services . |
| 24 | It is not merely the study of dogmas as accumulated down through the centuries ( as in the Roman Catholic understanding of dogmatics ) , but their critical subordination to and testing by the primary and original dogma , which is nothing other than Jesus Christ himself . |
| 25 | The greater degree of digestion of the isolated teeth is due to their greater exposure to digestion while still in the predator 's stomach ( as suggested earlier for the molars ) . |