Example sentences of "[subord] the [noun] [vb -s] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 There follows deep , sluggish water , a very serpentine course between high banks , a 2.5 mile slog to Balnaan Bridge where the flow quickens for the last 100 yds to the modern , single , wet arch .
2 The argument gains force when applied to boxing where the emphasis shifts to the muscular flexibility and , as manager Terry Lawless put it , the ‘ natural fluidity ’ of black fighters which gives them a distinct edge over their more rigid white counterparts :
3 Where the privilege arises under the law of the requesting State and the privilege has not been stated in the Letter , the requested authority may ask the requesting authority to confirm whether such privilege or duty exists , in order to safeguard the witness 's interests .
4 Even where the government pays for the mechanical means of conservation entirely ( and thus avoids the problems of a lack of capital or labour on the part of the farmer , his inability to forgo food crops for a season , and the reduction of his perception of the risks involved even if his private resources are sufficient ) , such an act engenders apathy on the part of the farmer , who regards the work as belonging to the state ( FAO 1966 : 172 , for a project in Morocco ) .
5 the fostering of an impersonal approach to health and medical care , where the machine intrudes between the patient and the doctor , and may thereby affect deleteriously the development of caring personal relationships .
6 Similar principles are relevant where the issue goes beyond the express rules to imply additional terms , based on public policy , or the presumed intention of the parties .
7 However , if we choose our loop as shown in fig. 4.16(d) , where the boundary moves with the rotating disc , the both flux linkage and flux cutting make sense and lead to the desired result .
8 Just as solicitors acting for the wife , where the matrimonial home stands in the husband 's sole name , will have given advice concerning the registration of a Class F Land Charge or a notice ( if registered land ) ; so , where the home stands in the joint names of husband and wife as beneficial joint tenants , will they have advised on severance of that joint tenancy in order to prevent the husband acquiring the whole property by operation of law in the event of the wife 's death before the determination of the matrimonial proceedings ( see Barton v Morris [ 1985 ] 2 All ER 1032 ) .
9 We are very willing to accept that those parts of the judges ' visitorial jurisdiction which were not incident to the administration of justice in the courts passed down through the routes suggested by Sir William and Professor Baker , but in the context of the present case , where the court has for the first time to inquire into the particular function which is being performed , we are not satisfied that the whole of the visitorial jurisdiction passed by this route .
10 Here a single actor plays an imprisoned man , and performs in silence , and the scene culminates in an emotional breakdown where the prisoner beats on the door of his cell .
11 Where the strap goes into the case .
12 If you 're using wooden or fibrous plaster mouldings without pilaster for the arch , it tends to look better with corbels fitted to its ‘ springing points ’ ( where the arch starts on the side walls ) .
13 The hay is laid across the poles ( which are supported on the trestles ) and lower wire triangle , leaving a small air space where the hay meets in the middle of the tripod .
14 Look at the little brown shrivelled sheath where the flower grows from the stalk .
15 Contrast the word homosexual , where the prefix comes from the Greek homos , meaning ‘ the same ’ : a homosexual is a person who is sexually attracted within his or her own sex .
16 The biceps have 2 heads , the points of origin being the coracoid process on the shoulder blade and the glenoid fossa ( where the humerus fits into the shallow socket of the shoulder blade ) .
17 If I wished to raise the level it would be a simple matter of raising the lip on the top header pool where the water runs into the bottom header .
18 As the bough grows thicker and longer , it gets heavier , and this increases the stress in the top and bottom surfaces near where the branch emerges from the trunk .
19 Yet in practice we now have a constitutional monarchy where the Queen acts on the advice of her Prime Minister .
20 Where the river flows past the southern edge of the rim wall there is a settlement called Talagaad and a deep harbour .
21 or on the sand , near where the river runs into the sea ?
22 This principle is questionable when it comes to more opaque varieties of literary language , where the writer tends towards the innovative techniques of poetry .
23 However , the Yates decision should not be regarded as authority for the proposition that a collection of individually non-confidential items of information can not be the subject of confidentiality where the confidentiality lies in the fact that they are collected together .
24 The two modes fight it out in Schlesinger 's Billy Liar , where the hero escapes from the constraints of life in an undertaking business by fantasizing himself as variously a soldier , Winston Churchill , a gunman mowing down his family or an aristocrat living with obliging parents whose behaviour is strikingly different from that of the real screeching proletarians .
25 i ) Look at the top of the tension mast where the yarn feeds through the tension disc .
26 Where the deviance provides for the development of social relationships between rule-enforcer and rule-breaker , enforcement is directed towards compliance .
27 Where the fault lies with the structure of the job there is little point in blaming the holder of the job .
28 Also , her hyper-knee flexions , where the knee goes beyond the recommended 90 degree angle , puts too much pressure on the knee ligaments .
29 Where the sail extends behind the cross-spar , it may be necessary to use an over-length and curved stand off in GRP .
30 Temperatures will fall to around five celsius , forty one fahrenheit in the east , but where the cloud breaks in the west , perhaps getting as low as one celsius , thirty four fahrenheit , with a frost possible in some of the more sheltered areas .
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