Example sentences of "[pron] [subord] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have not , therefore , been able to satisfy ourselves as to the amounts included in respect of these subsidiaries , or the effects , if any , that the proceedings may have upon the consolidated financial statements . ’ |
| 2 | I am astonished that the author did not consult ourselves as to the allegations made prior to publication . |
| 3 | We paid her my first big visit in Brooklyn , she had n't met me except on the phone . |
| 4 | Responding to the Handsworth events Douglas Hurd was moved to argue forcibly that such events were senseless and reflected more on those who participated in them than on the society in which they took place : ‘ The sound which law abiding people in Handsworth heard on Monday night , the echoes of which I picked up on Tuesday , was not a cry for help but a cry for loot ’ ( Financial Times , 13 September 1985 ) . |
| 5 | Such manoeuvring , though , is symptomatic of the distrust which they face , and reflects less on them than on the dominant culture of the age . |
| 6 | Since they were provided to enable the binder to collect the various gatherings or sections in the right order before putting the covers round , much more care was exercised with them than with the page numbering . |
| 7 | In the London suburb where I live we see plenty of foxes , and I feel far greater affection for them than for the local cats or dogs . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , and their cats will be looked after too — one only hopes Daisy wo n't put in more food for them than for the humans . ’ |
| 9 | Because they appear reasonably proficient , the instructors tend to give less practice to them than to the other students . |
| 10 | The giant predators that walked on their hind legs ( Tyrannosaurus , Allosaurus and other theropods ) share structures of the hip bones with the sauropods that show they are more closely related to them than to the rest of the dinosaurs . |
| 11 | He had uttered more words of advice to them than to the girl he was meant to be treating . |
| 12 | Authority were more likely to listen to them than to the DoH . ’ |
| 13 | When asked whether he would support a constitutional change in Scotland if he did not have proportional representation , he said no ; so he makes it clear that he gives higher priority to the self-interest of the Liberal Democrats and a voting system that would help them than to the issue of principle on Scotland 's constitutional future . |
| 14 | Their farms were usually small , often less than a hundred acres , and we know much less about them than about the gentry . |
| 15 | Maintenance of the driver and command files for the process is very much the LIFESPAN Manager 's responsibility , and what better way to keep track of them than inside the process to which they refer . |
| 16 | Doubtless some protestant paramilitaries — though there have been fewer religious persons among them than in the case of the provisionals — hold to similar religious understandings of the necessity of violence under certain circumstances . |
| 17 | More Welsh homes — 72 per cent — are owned by those who live in them than in the United Kingdom as a whole . |
| 18 | One of the beefs I have about accommodation for elderly people is the fact that by , that the purpose built , very excellent , bungalows and flats for elderly citizens are restricted to one bedroom which , to which but is by government decree to keep the cost down , but it does seem to me to be very heartless because elderly people 's children are unable to come and stay with them except to the great deal of discomfort and perhaps as society grows a little more considerate for the fact that the percentage of elderly people will get even greater as the years go on , then they should make allowance and provide them for the facilities to enable them to be visited by their children and grandchildren . |
| 19 | The individuals most concerned on these three occasions do not usually instigate them except in the case of the marriage . |
| 20 | My missionary vocation landed me with the task , the experience probably did more for me than for the fifty to one hundred loyal missionary supporters who attended . |
| 21 | Obviously this may tell you more about me than about the works themselves . |
| 22 | ‘ Probably using a VT detonator to give an air burst over the target , ’ he murmured , more to himself than to the Staff Sergeant . |
| 23 | In one case promotion in the off-farm employment had been refused by the employed himself because of the added restriction it would have placed on his farming activities . |
| 24 | ACTOR Patrick Swayze has slashed £200,000 off the wooden mansion he built himself because of the US property slump . |
| 25 | ‘ Good , ’ said the Count , who was in London himself because of the importance of the venture and the advisability of maintaining direct contact with his operatives . |
| 26 | Lucien could not see very far in front of himself because of the tablecloth over his face and was unaware of the bewildered and amused glances he received from passing house staff . |
| 27 | I 'm the drummer the dragon boats arise from an ancient chinese legend about a council official who drowned himself because of the poor service the people were getting . |
| 28 | For present purposes the point is that such passages , which because of the name ‘ Anchises ’ may seem Virgilian , are nothing of the kind . |
| 29 | This generates a number of economic changes which because of the overlap of social , economic , political and religious systems in rural communities , have extensive social repercussions . |
| 30 | The second main type of lending occurs when libraries borrow from one major centre , which because of the size of its collections can provide an effective service on a large scale . |