Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mercosur Foreign Ministers attended a two-day meeting with their European Community ( EC ) counterparts in Guimaraes , Portugal , in early May , during which they complained about EC protectionism and agricultural subsidies ; the EC repeated its offer of technical help to assist in the regional integration of the Mercosur countries [ see p. 38910 for May meeting of the Group of Rio and the EC ] . |
| 2 | Attention will be paid to the choices made by firms concerning which products to develop , in which market segments to compete , with which customers to collaborate and which sources of technical know-how to utilise in the search for competitive advantage . |
| 3 | Lack of political motivation to change on the part of English feminists and increasing racism , combined with determination and effective networking of Irish women , resulted in our permanent separation from the mainstream of English feminism . |
| 4 | The ability of each group to fight alongside the other ( something which depended upon a very disciplined approach ) was undoubtedly one of the main tactical developments of the fourteenth century , and was to play an important part in helping bring about a succession of English victories in battle . |
| 5 | The Prime Minister personally will authorize the inclusion of each commitment to legislate in the Queen 's Speech . |
| 6 | The question is whether these hallowed archaisms are only a surface phenomenon which a sensible modernization of Parliament would easily sweep away , or whether they indicate a fundamental unsuitability in the traditional kind of representative institution to cope with the problems of modern democratic government . |
| 7 | Especially the Royal Academy , he wrote , with its Presidents and its private views and its Signed Goblets and its Concerts of Spanish music to go with the Murillo exhibition and its Concerts of Russian music to go with its Tatlin exhibition and its Concerts of Dutch music to go with its de Hooch exhibition , and its Silk-screened Scarves and its Special Offers and its Jigsaws of the Raft of Medusa and La Grande Jatte and its Good Taste and its Tondo and its Education Department and its Restaurant with its Tasty Snacks and its Cold Buffet and its Glass of Wine and its Napkins Designed by a Living Artist , and its Proximity to Cork Street , with its Galleries and their Private Views and their Favoured Clients and their Phone Calls to New York and their Summer Shows and their Autumn Shows and their Winter Shows and their Embossed Invitations and their Highly Polished Floors . |
| 8 | Any change in the vulnerable elderly person 's capacity to cope with daily living should be considered in relation to his/her place in the family network , and the capacity of that network to respond to the change . |
| 9 | This presentation allows the hint of primitive ritual to remain in the background , just as later Eliot was to imply with deliberate provocation that behind the High Mass lay , if one went back far enough , ‘ the Australian ceremonies described by Spencer and Gillen and Hewett [ sic ] ’ . |
| 10 | This is not new in child-centred teaching , but Way extends the notion of direct experience to exercise of the senses in the way other theatre people like Rose Bruford ( 1955 ) have recommended for children . |
| 11 | At 200 metres you could be reasonably sure of a killing hit , or , if not , a wound which would cripple and which would therefore require the services of another man to look after the wounded soldier . |
| 12 | Compromising , Theda found a piece of old blanket to place on the coverlet so that his hairs might not spread everywhere . |
| 13 | Yes Chairman , the figure of a hundred thousand as we said did , was erm a figure quoted on by account chief 's executive of the purchasing consortium erm , that was spoken at a public meeting held here in Harlow last week erm the issue of the the transport around the area erm , was accepted by the the chief executive of the health authority erm or of that of the consortium erm , and the and the view that it would be much more difficult with the lack of public transport to get to the more relo , remote areas of Essex the the reason that the erm reduced use of London was put into this report was also erm , clearly stated by the chief executive , i it 's their clear aim to provide more of , to purchase more of the services from within the north Essex area , and that was stated in a major part of the conta , of of their erm achievements and that automatically means a reduced amount of choice for those people who would otherwise for , to London . |
| 14 | Aromatherapists now have the weight of scientific evidence to drop on the die-hard sceptics who delight in ridiculing the ‘ airy-faerie ’ practice of aromatherapy . |
| 15 | They asked for a delegation to meet the Social Work Committee ; they asked the Director of Social Work to meet with the Action Committee Chairman and Vice-Chairman to discuss the report issued by the organisation PAIN . |
| 16 | The reminiscing had begun and , although she paused briefly to hand round the plates and a bowl of crisp salad to go with the pie , there was no way Harry could stop her . |
| 17 | However , it may be because of some problem to do with the job itself or the working conditions . |
| 18 | It may be of some importance to provide in the expert clause that the parties have the right to make representations . |
| 19 | The consequences strike at the right of the people of this country to live under the laws made and altered by their representatives in Parliament . |
| 20 | It certainly is n't in the interests of this country to do to the mining industry what is being done . ’ |
| 21 | We could n't possibly have got a production company of this size to come to the Everyman . |
| 22 | The duty officer was DC Holman , a local man , young enough to be ambitious and anxious to make the most of this chance to work with the crime squad . |
| 23 | I can not conceive that the pathologist will trouble to look there for a puncture mark and indeed , prior to that eventuality , it does n't seem likely that the emergency team of paramedics they 'll send out from Brighton General will be well enough acquainted with the action of this drug to hit upon the right antidote in time to prevent her from expiring . ’ |
| 24 | I think it would be wrong of this Committee to comment on the er , what happens in other committees , certainly in this Committee , I do n't think any , anyone 's ever criticized your erm , representation on the community project , we do perfectly , we ca n't hurt their decisions , so your relationship with this Committee is , is good , er , elsewhere , I do n't know anything about it . |
| 25 | In respect of the proposed problems , I think we have come forward with clear , simple and positive recommendations and therefore I would like to support the acceptance of all recommendations in this report and finally , though it 's not my place not being a member of this Committee to comment on the budget you have agreed earlier . |
| 26 | We do not wish to be the first case of this kind to go before the Special Commissioners . |
| 27 | With a revival in fifties and sixties pop music , this has now gone further , to the use of hits of this period to sell to the under 25s : the Levi 's 501 commercials of the mid-eighties , with songs by Sam Cooke and Percy Sledge , are now classic examples . |
| 28 | The point is to facilitate discussion of how to change things — how in terms of the title of this book to get Beyond the Inner City , both for Tyneside and for other places like it . |
| 29 | Anxious to exploit government embarrassment over the delay in its programme for electricity privatisation , he added : ‘ Energy policy is too critical to the future of this nation to leave to the short-term whims of market forces . |
| 30 | It is not the purpose of this chapter to speculate on the degree of roof venting but it is necessary to consider the means by which roof venting is controlled . |