Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The comprehensive nature of the local groups is evident from a list of their duties , which were to focus the efforts of different agencies dealing with juvenile employment ; to organize methods of collecting information about the character , education , and home life of school-leavers , usually with the assistance of teachers and school care committees ( SCCs ) ( which were under the control of the education offices ) ; to form subcommittees or rotas to attend the labour exchange for the purpose of interviewing applicants and parents ; and to organize a system of ‘ after-care ’ in co-operation with SCCs , clubs , and other similar organizations . |
| 2 | PUCE complexions at Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust , where plans to commemorate the 50,000th investor suffered an unexpected hiccup yesterday . |
| 3 | The transverse fibres or commissures unite the two ganglia of a pair . |
| 4 | Without the proper technical knowledge or skills to tackle the new tasks future development will be much harder . |
| 5 | All these particular strategies or skills have the common goal of helping clients feel more in control of both their symptoms of stress , and their life in general . |
| 6 | Things such as ‘ If I have been wrong , please forgive me ’ or attempts to share the blame with others are ineffective in restoring trust . |
| 7 | Silent serial recall of similar-sounding words ( homophones ) or signs sharing the same handshape ( non-homophones in English ) was used as a base for considering the effect of overt rehearsal either in sign ( into sign ) , or in words ( into words ) . |
| 8 | My mother will , of course , succeed , being a very determined person ; this day is far too important to allow the caterers or hoteliers to dictate the proceedings . |
| 9 | The bill of lading is a document that the master of the vessel gives to the merchant-shipper in which he acknowledges having received on board a number of packages or cases containing the quantity or quality of merchandise to be consigned or delivered to a person in the place where the ship must go . |
| 10 | in what ideological terms do these classes or groups perceive the problem of soil erosion — causes , blame , solutions ? |
| 11 | The General People 's Congress ( GPC — Parliament ) promulgated on Sept. 2 its " Law Number Nine of the Year 1992 " authorizing the privatization of enterprises and permitting " individuals or groups to exercise the liberal professions and to invest freely in the private sectors " . |
| 12 | This change is functional for the stability of monopoly capitalism because the pseudo-democracy of direct voting by a mass electorate for leaders or policies increases the legitimacy of the political system , allows the mass of citizens to be co-opted into compliance , and poses no real risk of losing control over key state decisions to the masses . |
| 13 | The Bar has lost by the gradual extension of county court jurisdiction ( where solicitors have the right of audience ) ; and the income limit for legal aid in civil cases has fallen well behind inflation , so that few people are now eligible for it . |
| 14 | The starting premiss here coincides with what is basically the common sense belief , viz. that things or entities constitute the hard core of reality . |
| 15 | Internal baffles or risers restrain the fabric gores to hold shape where practical , otherwise a central spine and spar structure is employed as we show for the Shark . |
| 16 | Where steps follow the slope of a bank , retaining walls can also be stepped |
| 17 | The shore remains frozen until the summer thaw ; during summer the beaches and rocky shores alike are scoured by floating ice ; in consequence few plants or animals inhabit the intertidal or upper littoral zones . |
| 18 | Even where informants invoked the ‘ rule ’ of parallel cousin marriage it was mostly as a ‘ second order strategy ’ . |
| 19 | said : ‘ There are no precedents or guidelines to assist the judge in forming that view . ’ |
| 20 | A turn of the head or eyes turns the CVR . |
| 21 | Until Helen spent a week at home in early October , they did not meet again for four months ; and when the Webb family were at Rotherfield for two months in August and September , there are no letters or notebooks to fill the gap . |
| 22 | Losses on domestic mortgage indemnity policies alone , where insurers stand the first slice of losses on the sale of repossessed houses , were cut from £257 million in 1991 to £160 million . |
| 23 | Enough is known from archaeology to realise that in many cases chance finds of flint nodules or fragments provided the raw material for small tools . |
| 24 | Russia has welcomed the Korean contribution of experts , equipment and funds to finance the survey , expected to cost US$400,000 , but has said it will have to continue dumping because it lacks the facilities or funds to process the waste on shore . |
| 25 | This makes them terrible foes in battle as an uncanny silence reigns as they fight , no war cries or screams rend the air as they wield their halberds with deadly intensity . |
| 26 | They are terrible foes in battle as an uncanny silence reigns as they fight , no war cries or screams rend the air as they wield their halberds with deadly intensity . |
| 27 | There are commercially produced stands or easels to hold the papers , but a home-made version is cheap and easily stored . |
| 28 | From Figuration Libre painters , each portrayed in his own iconographical universe , he moved on to more natural , less intrusive backgrounds in his silkscreen-on-metal prints of Tunisian children or Berliners celebrating the fall of the Wall . |
| 29 | The issue is not whether nationals or foreigners control the media , but whether the interests of those who do control the media , nationals or foreigners , are those of the capitalist global system . |
| 30 | This presents no problem if the seller has a certificate or certificates representing the precise amount sold to a single buyer . |