Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [subord] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I 'd rather live in the park than go to the smelly old place . |
| 2 | If the official receiver has a number of general proxies given to him , it is usual for him to vote with these proxies in accordance with the wishes of the majority as expressed at the meeting itself or by virtue of special proxies lodged . |
| 3 | I would argue with the author on the merits of the wing-down as opposed to the crab cross-wind landing techniques , and feel that he should have concentrated less on right-hand tractor American rotation engines , but other than that I ca n't fault him , and would class the book as absolutely required for anyone aspiring to be a tailwheel instructor . |
| 4 | Both of these rejected the notion of the primitive as used in the earlier studies , as well as the evolutionary concepts which had legitimized that notion . |
| 5 | Thus ‘ dexter ‘ refers to the left -hand side of the shield as viewed from the front , and ‘ sinister ’ means the right -hand side . ) |
| 6 | The term used to describe the course of the board when sailing in the same direction as the wind . |
| 7 | However , it seems that the relation is not quite the same , for there is no comparable way in which a hearer can express the same wonder or wish by assenting to the sentence as uttered by the speaker . |
| 8 | The Dempster was called into court by the ringing of a bell and recited the sentence as recorded by the Clerk of the Court adding " This I give for doom . " |
| 9 | ‘ The measure as revised by the committee tried as hard as possible to accommodate the views of those who object to women priests . |
| 10 | Judgement means that the court agrees that your debtor owes you the money as stated on the judgement which is normally your debt , the interest and some costs . |
| 11 | Say , for example , the text as recorded in the computer 's memory showed WORD WORD WORD i WORD n WORD WORD . |
| 12 | Should the final print of the Catechism include the text as leaked on the use of the death penalty you have my assurance that I shall write to the Pope and Cardinal Ratzinger to express my disapproval and condemnation . |
| 13 | Norman Holland 's theory of reading ( 1975 ) takes as its starting point the text , but the text as perceived by the individual reader . |
| 14 | Where the parties have not chosen the law which is to govern their contract the applicability of the Convention will depend upon the law governing the contract as determined by the conflict rules of the forum , which , of course , may vary from State to State . |
| 15 | It can of course also occur that the buyer treats the contract as repudiated by the seller and yet does not reject any goods . |
| 16 | To exercise his right to treat the contract as repudiated by the seller 's repudiatory breach , the buyer must inform the seller that he regards the contract as at an end . |
| 17 | The Cake Walk was supposed to be a most daring ride although if you held the rail whilst progressing around the U-shaped walk as it tossed like a rough sea , it was n't too bad . |
| 18 | The eagerness of the plea as opposed to the hasty promise before it quite took Charles aback . |
| 19 | The poor Christian settlers in the mountains view the Buid as standing in the same relationship to them as they stand to their own patrons . |
| 20 | These injuries , severe and painful though they were , are only a small part of the story when compared to the effects of the severe closed head injury . |
| 21 | Finally , bend the strip as shown in the drawing . |
| 22 | On June 16 , the Senate ( the upper house ) approved the budget as adopted by the Sejm . |
| 23 | On that basis we have an amendment to the budget as presented to the finance panel and as the Mayor explained . |
| 24 | First , it reiterates and extends the list of central purposes of the curriculum as outlined in the 1944 Education Act ; secondly , it establishes the priority of individual and social needs over the economic , the needs of pupils as pupils rather than as future wage-earners . |
| 25 | This type of evaluation can be contrasted with empirical evaluations , which most of the later chapters of this book consider , and which require a consideration of the curriculum as experienced by the pupils . |
| 26 | The tenant may wish to limit its liability to the state and condition of the premises at the commencement of the term , in which case it would need to include a provision that it will keep the Premises in no worse condition than they are in at the commencement of the Term as evidenced by the Schedule of condition annexed hereto A schedule of condition would then of course have to be settled including , if possible , a portfolio of photographs . |
| 27 | For rent reviews , commercial leases contain their own machinery for dealing with this problem , because the new rental decided by the expert becomes the rent as defined in the lease , and the landlord 's rights to the rent and interest on late payment are generally as full as the law permitswith penal rates of interest for delay . |
| 28 | However , I never knew of any among our crew , and would suggest that the reason may lie in the contrasting modes of rest ie , the luxurious , all-encompassing comfort of the hammock as opposed to the cold , hard and impersonal barrack-room bed . |
| 29 | Cameron and Parkes ( 1983 ) cite , by way of example , the death of a woman who had spent her last weekend at home with her husband discussing plans for the future while sitting in the sun to regain her strength . |
| 30 | Underlying the Unionist acceptance of coalition in 1918 was a darker attitude to the future than appeared in the coalition programme . |