Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [prep] [art] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be hard to reconcile the ideals of chivalry at Edward 's court with the burning , looting and killing which were so much a part of the campaigns the nobles fought in France , and difficult to argue that the idea of chivalry had any substantially mitigating effect on the horrors of war . |
| 2 | The findings were that for a majority of the firms the variance of anticipations exceeded the variance of the realizations , which is inconsistent with the rational expectations hypothesis . |
| 3 | Interestingly enough , the researchers did notice a link between the foods the mother ate and her baby 's symptoms . |
| 4 | Let's take a look at the changes the Trusts , under N H S Trusts , staff can adapt their services more easily to suit the needs of local people . |
| 5 | As a result of the pilots the researchers are working on a separate form for children with disabilities . |
| 6 | She said an assault at the St Chad 's Drive pub on the Friday night was followed by a confrontation with the bouncers the following night when a gun was produced . |
| 7 | She said an assault at the St Chad 's Drive pub on the Friday night was followed by a confrontation with the bouncers the following night when a gun was produced . |
| 8 | As a consequence of the talks the Assam government lifted restrictions imposed under the Disturbed Areas Act on Sept. 1 and asked the ABSU to stop the violence in response . |
| 9 | Alex MacIntyre , a director of the actuaries The Alexander Consulting Group , pointed out : ‘ It may be possible for the actuary to adjust the underlying assumptions in the fund value calculations to avoid the need for increased contributions . ’ |
| 10 | Andy has a party that night , partly for me and partly because his pal Howie is leaving for a job on the rigs the following day . |
| 11 | Section 317 Companies Act 1985 provides that it is the duty of a director of a company who is in any way , whether directly or indirectly , interested in a contract or proposed contract with the company to declare at a meeting of the directors the nature of his interest . |
| 12 | A hotbed of the arts The MacRobert celebrates in style |
| 13 | But McHale was a distant third last year when Fisher won for the third time , a sign of the troubles the three-times Tarmac champion was having with his ex-Carlos Sainz Toyota Celica . |
| 14 | Space does not permit more than a summary of the aspects the would-be consultant needs to consider jointly to ensure both a good beginning and optimum development for such a group , and readers are therefore referred to the guidelines offered in detail elsewhere ( cf Hanko 1985/7 ) . |
| 15 | Neighbours had complained about noise from the church and the council wanted soundproofing , a limit on the hours the building could be used and a ban on bass drum playing . |
| 16 | This has naturally led to a drop in the price receivers are able to get for a failed business , and thus a drop in the surpluses the receiver hands to the liquidator . |
| 17 | On examining the pattern of soiling it was possible to see a correlation between the times the parents had a build-up of tension about a difference of opinion and the times David began to retain his faeces . |
| 18 | In a number of the houses the staircase has been preserved and much of the upper floors ; only the roof is missing . |
| 19 | These are similar to flow process charts except that no standard symbols are used , the chart is simply a list of the actions the operator takes but there may well be additional columns referring to the events which occur and the consequent information which appears . |
| 20 | She has made a list of the items the business owns . |
| 21 | On that same day in a letter to The Times the President of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund , announced that work in their laboratories had proved that the danger of contact with cancer patients was negligible — we were not contagious — and that ‘ the importance of early diagnosis , the local character of cancer at its start , and the possibility of permanent cure by early operation are now the accepted basis for the treatment of this disease . ’ |
| 22 | Erm perhaps money could be spent on on face-lifting the areas , because a lot of the structures the s themselves seem very stable and sound . |
| 23 | ‘ What I have found in the region is that because it has experienced more downturns than other parts of the UK it has a resilience to the dips the economy may take , ’ he said . |
| 24 | Keeping a note of the times the child goes to bed . |
| 25 | 3 Order a supply of the drugs the patient requires . |