Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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61 It was a good system for everyone except the artist , who was frequently offered a low rate for the job , then had his payment deferred , and sometimes had to battle for months to receive anything at all .
62 It campaigned for free universal state pensions for everyone over the age of 65 , in order to combat the poverty created by the rejection of older workers by employers on the grounds of age .
63 They want the Government to abolish Child Benefit and all tax allowances for parents and use the money to set up full-time Community Homes for everyone under the age of sixteen .
64 Add to that a packed lunchtime season , and late-night entertainment in the studio on Fridays and Saturdays , and we think you 'll agree that there 's always something for everyone at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round .
65 Currency exchange negotiations for everyone on the ‘ open ’ market were conducted between the team 's administrator , John Brown , and the hotel 's elderly porter in a lift that went constantly up and down to the top floor until they were concluded .
66 Under communism there would be no exploitation , and society would be run by and for everyone on the basis of equality and community .
67 That goes for everyone on the mainland as well .
68 It finds a place for everyone within the divine purpose , regardless of their background , status or gender .
69 There should be a treat for everyone among the host of special features in this Christmas issue .
70 It 's a very versatile shape for everyone from the slender to the grandest size .
71 Golf Magazine , Motorcycle World , Bike , Amateur Gardening — there are specialist magazines for everyone from the rat fancier to the rugby fan .
72 At a public meeting last September he suggested that saying ‘ they ought to do something about it ’ was pointless , and boldly proposed that the only way to save the shop was for everyone in the village to club together and buy it .
73 We aim to take an active role in setting up projects which will set standards of excellence and make the arts more accessible by developing a wide ranging programme of arts activities for everyone in the South East . ’
74 There are so many compensations for everyone in the family during the teenage years that it is a grave mistake to look on the black side .
75 A white cow used to provide milk for everyone in the locality , but it was customary for only one pailful to he taken .
76 The tendency is for everyone in the team to touch the ball as it goes through and to shuffle back each time someone has completed their turn .
77 ‘ We 've opened the doors to new possibilities for everyone in the hotel industry , ’ he declares .
78 He may do it by actually ‘ clobbering ’ somebody , but this would imply a rather drastic escalation of the conflict situation and happens too rarely for everyone in the aggro-leader role to prove themselves .
79 If you are having difficulty cooking for everyone in the family , try Roseyne Masselin 's recipes ( see p.70 ) ; they are also Mediterranean in style and perfect for today 's lifestyle .
80 Prayer should be beyond self , and so Nenna repeated a Hail Mary for everyone in the world who was lost in Kingsland Road without their bus fares .
81 ‘ As in XEU , Alaska is building a good track record and the challenge is to enhance and maintain it.Within BPX , however , the scale of the challenge continues to be very large for everyone in the business .
82 By April 1994 , the ES intends to take responsibility for negotiating pay with the appropriate trade unions for everyone in the ES .
83 David Meldrum , general manager , financial services , said the last couple of years had been very difficult for everyone in the industry .
84 We need some of the younger , newly retired to come and join us in the fight to restore the dignity and security that should be there for everyone in the autumn of their lives .
85 He then became the resident guitarist at ECM and therefore has played guitar for everyone in the modern movement : for example , Paul Bley , Mike Gibbs , Eberhard Weber , Paul Motian and Jan Gabarek .
86 I have not described a tenacious battle to secure compensation for a number of distinguished urologists who contracted hepatitis , believedly at a medical banquet , and for whom at the end of the day a moderate degree of compensation was — against considerable odds — secured .
87 It was a meadow ready for cutting and suddenly I realized that it was high summer , the sun was hot and that every step brought the fragrance of clover and warm grass rising about me into the crystal freshness of the air .
88 ‘ Since this campaign began , not a day has passed without them trying to spin some story or other about me to the local paper .
89 When I get out of my train at Victoria and look about me at the other two hundred — mostly strangers , not least so those whose names as early schoolfellows dawn on me when they disappeared , — I sometimes think that one or two of us ought to speak out instead of just voting and making a remark in the complaint book once or twice a year and writing to a newspaper less often .
90 And I was married to a soldier so I did n't have any family round about me at the time so it was it was pretty hard .
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