Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] [v-ing] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gardeners Roadshow Owing to the inability of obtaining the services of a speaker the meeting had to be cancelled . |
| 2 | Gardeners Roadshow Owing to the inability of obtaining the services of a speaker the meeting had to be cancelled . |
| 3 | At that time we also ran a children 's hospital , so that I had the opportunity of seeing the effects of treatment on acute surgical cases , both pre- and post-operatively , as well as dealing with some fairly ill children and a good mix of diagnostic and management problems in the adult unit . |
| 4 | This will give you the opportunity of smelling the oils first , and buying only those you like . |
| 5 | Thus , for example , the way in which it is proposed to structure the rules regulating take-over bids simply reflects a judgment about how far acquiring companies should , through the mechanism of the take-over bid , be given the opportunity of dislodging the managers of the target company — a judgment which can not be justified simply by appealing to the ideal of a free market . |
| 6 | As a matter of policy , the tutors seldom intervene , so pass up the opportunity of helping the students learn ; also ( critics say ) much time is wasted in interminable discussion over semantic niceties . |
| 7 | Non-Greeks exploited to an unprecedented extent the opportunity of telling the Greeks in the Greek language something about their own history and religious traditions . |
| 8 | Such action on the part of the employer can deprive the tribunal of the opportunity of considering the factors already referred to . |
| 9 | It seemed that all of the owners had taken the opportunity of visiting the horses while the train was standing still , and listen though I might I could hear no one else reporting trouble . |
| 10 | As to this Lord Roskill said , at p. 333 : ‘ That was not , of course , a label switching case , but it is a plain case of appropriation effected by the combination of the acts of removing the goods from the shelf and of concealing them in the shopping bag . |
| 11 | The main barriers to growth have been the complexity of using the systems , their inability to handle anything but the simplest graphics , the high cost of connect-time charging and poor publishing decisions about which databases to offer online . |
| 12 | The difficulty in meeting the relaxed comparable income eligibility criteria and the complexity of preparing the plans has severely limited the number of plans agreed . |
| 13 | At first , place your foot in position with very little weight on it ; then , when your decide to begin the turn , swing your body weight across the board by bending the knees so that more and more weight is borne on the back foot . |
| 14 | The trick about surrounding the plants with soot was OK until one tried to irrigate . |
| 15 | Some of the attempts at peacemaking the churches in Ireland are making may seem worrying may seem politically subversive but how will we respond to the longing for peace to the desire for reconciliation for the hope the stakes that will result in a permanent and just solution ? |
| 16 | It would make more sense to put some of the money to improving the surfaces of the existing roads , which again compare very unfavourably with our European neighbours . |
| 17 | Whitbread says it will spend the money from selling the wines and spirits business on expanding its Pizza Hut , Beefeater Steak Houses , Country Club Hotels and TGI Friday 's chains in the UK and Europe and on the company 's Keg chain of restaurants in the US . |
| 18 | The client should also be warned of the dangers of misrepresenting the effects of the terms , and of settling claims without reference to the terms . |
| 19 | You have the privilege of knowing the contents several hours before everyone else , but at this stage in the proceedings it is too late to influence the outcome . |
| 20 | An 1801 description criticised , ‘ Though the corporation are said to be enriched by the produce of the ferry over the Tamar , the privilege of dragging the oysters , the anchorage and clearance of foreign vessels etc , yet the town presents but a poor appearance ’ . |
| 21 | The headmaster paused , reminding himself of his conclusion that the privilege of educating the sons of the royal house had been conferred on this school because it was uniquely endowed with a philosophy which informed all its actions and made it equal to the task . |
| 22 | the case of checking , the case of checking the goods number two there . |
| 23 | This supports the case for using the oils we like best , especially for stress-related problems . |
| 24 | My Lords , the case for relocating the areas that my Noble Friend spoke about , will be considered when the British Library has completed its investment appraisal for use of the surplus land . |
| 25 | His response to the captain 's surprised question , 'so you came to Czechoslovakia to go to the football match , Professor ? " ( p. 71 ) is , initially , to violate the maxim of quality ( " Certainly not " ) and then to imply that this is not entirely the case by violating the maxims of quantity and relevance when he provides three excuses for not attending all the sessions of the Colloquium instead of admitting the truth . |
| 26 | If the text is shorter than the width of the block reduce the width to that of the text by dragging the handles in before you copy the text . |
| 27 | Such operations have the advantage of removing the pollutants entirely from the waste stream ie the compounds do not merely undergo a change of state within the environment — and can exhibit beneficial interactions with microorganisms ( eg the so-called powdered activated carbon ( PACT ) process , in which powdered carbon is added to activated sludge and ‘ biological activated carbon ’ , in which microorganisms extend the life of carbon filters before regeneration is required ) . |
| 28 | The study was confined to the North-East , but this had the advantage of providing the authors with a large number of Far Eastern companies , reputedly the highest concentration of Japanese firms in the country . |
| 29 | What is the advantage of using the cases ? |
| 30 | I have not , of course , had the advantage of having the plaintiffs ' claim explained to me by their own counsel . |