Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 As far as I can discover from replies received or from the 1959 College Register the rest of us , either from choice or to fulfil the conditions of grants or the needs of wartime , became teachers , the length of our service varying accordingly .
2 However , there is no agreement among researchers as to the length of this " natural " period of abstaining or to the length that amounts to a " contraceptive method " or to a " traditional custom of post-partum abstinence " .
3 For this purpose a ‘ ship ’ is defined as ‘ Any structure , whether completed or in the course of completion , launched and intended for use in navigation as a ship or a part of a ship ’ — Section 12 Merchant Shipping Act 1979 .
4 Since the two groups are as alike in all respects except that one of them , the experimental group , has received the supposedly causal treatment , the new teaching style , then any differences in academic attainment between the two groups must be due either to chance or to the causal factor .
5 ‘ Property ’ is proved in most cases by describing it in the statement of the person to whom it belongs or in the police officer 's statement .
6 One often reads of jealousies , of quarrels , of friendships , of instances of patronage , of pique and of loyalty which illuminate some aspect of a man 's character , of the nature of the society in which he lived or of the system in which he worked .
7 Such is the tensile strength of individual laminations that some are seen to have been partially pulled out of the core during piston coring or by the wire during core splitting .
8 These primer pairs allowed for PCR not only of the AD1 sequence but across its junction with either flanking type III repeat or across the junction of both 5' and 3' flanking repeats .
9 But rather than be diverted by the red herring of whether or not such a category should exist or by the tricky question of how love should be expressed outwith marriage , let us not look for the borderline .
10 It is aimed either at the external hacker of which there are far fewer than press reports suggest or at the employee who though they have legitimate access legitimate lim limited access to a computer , nevertheless go beyond that authorization , but in order for the act to be successful , in order to get a successful prosecution , the prosecution have got to show that the access was unauthorized , and in the absence of clear codes of conduct , clear on-screen messages , that can be quite tricky .
11 I do n't mind presenting to people I do n't know or to the people I work with .
12 9.4 Disputes with adjoining occupiers If any dispute arises between the Tenant and the tenants or occupiers of other parts of the Centre or the Adjoining Property as to any easement right or privilege in connection with the use of the Premises and any other part of the Centre or the Adjoining Property or as to the boundary structures separating the Premises from any other property it shall be decided [ by the Landlord or in such manner as the Landlord shall direct or by the Surveyor acting as an expert and not as an arbitrator ] The problem with this provision is that it restricts the tenant in any action it may wish to take against other tenants , and could result in a dispute being settled against its best interests .
13 The maintenance of the right of silence in police station interviews — the Commission 's own research showed that this right is little used and has little effect on the decision of the police whether or not to prosecute or on the outcome of the proceedings .
14 Already 24 of the 64 units are let or in the hands of solicitors and another 22 have attracted specific applications .
15 A person domiciled in a part of the United Kingdom may , in another part of the United Kingdom , be sued : ( 1 ) in matters relating to a contract , in the courts for the place of performance of the obligation in question ; … ( 3 ) in matters relating to tort , delict or quasi-delict , in the courts for the place where the harmful event occurred or in the case of a threatened wrong is likely to occur ; … ( 8 ) in proceedings — ( a ) concerning a debt secured on immovable property ; or ( b ) which are brought to assert , declare or determine proprietary or possessory rights , or rights of security , in or over movable property , or to obtain authority to dispose of movable property , in the courts of the part of the United Kingdom in which the property is situated .
16 Walking or cycling to work or to the station instead of using the car , and exercising the dog regularly ( breathing deeply and keeping a good posture as we walk ) , are ways of incorporating exercise into the normal schedule .
17 This can include walking to work or to the shops , jogging , skipping , swimming or dancing .
18 Finishing with a par 4 Stevie had won and on the morrow would be presented by the Princess with his Golden Putter .
19 As half-time approached and with the score at 0–0 , Reg and I shuffled nervously on the bench , but the duck was about to be broken .
20 Smith was writing as the era of good harvests and cheap food was ending and before the onset of demographic acceleration .
21 But Wilkins , at 36 playing better than ever , was instrumental in the club 's 2-0 win at Wimbledon and said : ’ We were committed and in the end we came through . ’
22 They ask for more stimulus than their children provide and for the opportunity to give expression to their other creative and intellectual drives .
23 Here they gave poetry readings in the 800-seat auditorium ; a measure of the man he was becoming and of the distinguished company he kept .
24 ‘ In the west it is the prices which are hard to accept and in the east people are unhappy about unemployment .
25 For drama school it is the first taste of things to come and on the whole a good thing .
26 The power of traditional chiefs was curbed and for the first time women and young people were drawn into the political process .
27 The overall expectation was that the Conservatives would win and in the event they did so with rather more comfort than the polls had tended to suggest .
28 I believe it can be made to work and with the background of the proposed Amendment and what b can be done by Parliament as a result of that , that can be a sensible way of proceeding .
29 It is a tale full of interest , and it reveals an attitude to work and to the Service that makes pleasant reading ( unhappily some authors give the impression they had a less than fulfilling time while in the RAF ) .
30 Resource owners ' initial ignorance of the kinds of commodities consumers will buy and of the relative prices which can in principle be obtained for these commodities gradually diminishes .
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