Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [conj] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Our detailed knowledge of the site 's later history is largely dependent upon the excavations across the defences and at the west gate .
2 ( iv ) Although the claims in these actions are not made for the performance of the obligations under the contracts or as a result of their breach , they do concern matters relating to a contract , since the court is determining the consequences of the nullity of the contracts , particularly with regard to the contractual matters of total failure of consideration and payments under a mistake .
3 There 's also some new kind of rubberised surface by the swings and at the end of the slide .
4 Furthermore the court 's alternative conclusion that the profit arose in or derived from the places where these assets were licensed erroneously presupposes that the rights in question had a fixed situs outside Hong Kong whence profits accrued not to the sub-licensees but to the taxpayer .
5 The Model Contract Conditions set out fairly and succinctly the principle obligations of the solicitors and of the authority .
6 For the experiment , eight temporary space lights were installed in the Chamber and the strip lights under the galleries and above the Speaker 's Chair were upgraded .
7 The Committee even considered the possibility that the occupant of the Chair be given a cut-off button or that other devices be employed to override demonstrations or disturbance in the galleries or on the floor of the House , but it rejected such innovations .
8 Gangs of men were at work trying to rescue the contents of the burning shacks , going from one to another , putting out the fires ; or so I thought till with a shock it came to me that these were no rescuers but incendiaries , that the battle I saw them waging was not with the flames but with the rain .
9 But as a consequence of all that work , we 've actually gained an additional five hundred and seventy pounds grant from the church commissioners , from the Scouts and from the Cathedral Council for this new additional work .
10 Such statements , estimates and projections reflect various assumptions made by the Shareholders and by the management of the Company concerning anticipated results , which assumptions may or may not prove to be correct .
11 If the heir was a child , he was in wardship to the lord : the lord was his legal guardian and had control of the estates and of the person of the ward until he came of age .
12 There are three different crystallographic forms of chitin — a- , B- and y- chitin — which differ in the arrangement of the chains and in the presence of bound water ; a-chitin is the most stable and the only one found in arthropod cuticle .
13 On the further consideration of the action , Macnaghten J. held that , as the plaintiff , under the agreement , was to pay not to the creditors but to the credit of their solicitors there was a sufficient consideration .
14 Springing was provided only on the bolsters and above the axle boxes giving a comfortable ride but a tendency to roll .
15 So , I 'd an appointment in town at the hairdressers and for a legwax and that you do n't want to let yourself go I do n't want him to get back and catch me with my knickers down and my nail varnish all chipped …
16 Sitting on the tall range , its small legs sticking out over the bright brass rail which acted both as a safety barrier round the hotplates and as a place to hang grubby kitchen towels , the small attendant 's face was almost at the same level as the human 's .
17 In his opening speech , the chair Ruslan Khasbulatov [ for whose election see p. 38537 ] warned the deputies that after the break-up of the Soviet Union the Congress had no longer the excuse of central Union power to influence its deliberations ; the Congress now represented , he emphasised , the highest legislative body of a sovereign state .
18 In 1799 he settled as a barrister in Newcastle upon Tyne , rapidly acquiring an enviable reputation as a man of strict integrity and sound judgement , whether in the courts or as an arbitrator in industrial disputes .
19 To date , the number of cases taken in this fashion are very few and there has been very little guidance from the Courts as to the ambit of the provision .
20 A number of recently developed innovative schemes encourage early diversion of mentally disturbed people out of the courts and into the care of the mental health services before they reach prison .
21 Once again the legislature reversed the courts and by the Trade Disputes Act 1906 made picketing lawful if in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute and if the purpose was peacefully obtaining or communicating information or ‘ peacefully persuading any person to work or abstain from working ’ .
22 Information and opinions are now exchanged on broad questions of strategy , policy and resources ; the preparation of legislation and White and Green Papers ; the gathering of statistics about the operation of the system ; and the uses of technology in the courts and in the preparation of cases .
23 Small time offenders in need of psychiatric help are being jailed by the courts because of a rundown of psychiatric hospitals .
24 There is greater scope for a change in the context of the multilaterals than in the context of the bilaterals .
25 Mr Allan was also found liable in the expenses of the Complainers and of the Committee as the same might be taxed on a Solicitor and Client basis .
26 Mr Soper was also found liable in the expenses of the Complainers and of the Committee as the same might be taxed on a Solicitor and Client basis .
27 Thus , a consideration of earlier work on DMVs has led us to the conclusion that the settlement patterns we actually see on the maps and in the landscape consist of a range of settlements , at various stages of development at all periods ; everything , in fact , from surviving medieval villages to totally abandoned farm sites .
28 Do not copy the notes but underneath the stave write marks to show where the music gets louder crescendo marks and softer diminuendo marks .
29 Cut the slices in half and stand them semi-upright round the edges of the dish(es) and across the centre .
30 ‘ Now , I ca n't build on the south or the east side of the houses because of the sea .
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