Example sentences of "[noun sg] the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a couple or family contract the patient and his partner , for example , may undertake to do things on a reciprocal basis ( e.g. a husband agrees to organize weekly social outings for he and his wife , while she agrees to tell him when she is feeling distressed , rather than keeping her feelings to herself ) . |
| 2 | I raised with counsel the question whether , on an appeal such as this , it was appropriate or permissible for me to have regard to those additional findings and reasons . |
| 3 | Not only so , but I believe this statement to be deeply theologically inadequate and that various points to be at variance both with scripture and with the Westminster confession of faith the standard and the principle subordinate standard of this church . |
| 4 | As a community of faith the model and inspiration in life is Jesus Christ and not merely a consensus among individuals . |
| 5 | Currently playing Alison Steadman 's shy daughter , Little Voice , she is the talk of London 's theatregoers for her virtuoso role in Jim Cartwright 's new play The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice at the National 's Cottesloe theatre . |
| 6 | He must have decided to do so because he took on an apprentice the day after he was freed . |
| 7 | In a passive sentence the person or thing affected by the action of the verb occurs as subject of the sentence : |
| 8 | I 've always fixed my hair the way that people had it before they came to me to have it styled and fixed . |
| 9 | BADGES have long been a cheap , effective way of making a statement — whether it 's Ban The Bomb or I Love Madonna — but do n't throw them away when your fervour wanes . |
| 10 | A film company has enlisted our help in finding a man who was arrested at Goodison Park the day after the President was gunned down in Dallas . |
| 11 | Unclothed and at rest , cold-adapted humans can maintain a core temperature ( i.e. central body temperature , measured by mouth or rectum ) of 37°C in still air down to 27–29°C , or in water down to 35°C ; in either case the skin and extremities are likely to be several degrees cooler ( Edholm , 1978 ) . |
| 12 | In either case the content and timing must be specified so that there can be no confusion at a later date when the agreement on who does what is no longer fresh in the mind . |
| 13 | Variable parts consist of a base component and variable component , in this case the head and shank of a rivet , the variability being the shank length . |
| 14 | The tenant will not wish to restrict himself to too narrow a use , for while this might be satisfactory in the short term , if the lease is for 25 years much can happen to the tenant 's business , eg expansion or contraction resulting in the necessity for the tenant to assign or sublet the premises , in which case the assignee or subtenant may wish to carry on a different use . |
| 15 | We must always question the use of deception in research , but in this case the public and professional importance of the question being asked seems to justify the small element of deception . |
| 16 | In this case the finding that the father had acquiesced in the removal and/or retention of the children in England made it appropriate for the court to consider whether to decline to order the return of the children . |
| 17 | In this case the supplier or a consultant may be asked to assist if facilities are not available ‘ in house ’ . |
| 18 | And it was then , in the midst of the suffering and chaos round them , as Rachel knelt on the ground and took from David 's case the aerosol that would hopefully save a man 's life , that he suddenly looked across at her . |
| 19 | ‘ In the present case the act or omission of the defendant occurred while he was driving a motor car upon a public highway , and it was , we think , then reasonably foreseeable that such act or omission might cause injury to a pregnant woman in the car with which his car collided and might cause the child she was carrying to be born in an injured condition . |
| 20 | In the present case the position when Mrs. Dennis died was that her husband had not yet been adjudicated bankrupt . |
| 21 | There 's not many people er do observations , or case the joint as you say . |
| 22 | If the sellers ( in this case the manufacturer or wholesaler ) do not keep their part of the bargain , the contract is broken . |
| 23 | In any case the ignorance and superstition of the Russians themselves was notorious . |
| 24 | In a notebook , beneath the underlined word ‘ tone ’ and ‘ NB ’ penned three times , Dostoevsky has written among other jottings ‘ summer , dust , mortar ’ ; and in this case the man and the artist are at one . |
| 25 | Often , the space between intercalated ions is filled with solvent molecules ; in this case the name or formula of the solvent compound is inserted after that of the electropositive constituent , otherwise it is added after that of the intercalated species . |
| 26 | The degree and diploma are offered in two formats , either as specialised qualifications based on one major and one minor course , in which case the degree and diploma are awarded in the specialisation of the major course ; or as less specialised qualifications , based on three minor courses . |
| 27 | At all events in the present case the question whether , in the light of Price 's subsequent retraction before the magistrate , his Swedish evidence was sufficient to justify the applicant 's committal , was essentially a matter for the decision of the magistrate , who had heard Price give evidence before him . |
| 28 | ‘ Very overrated , ’ he kept saying , and soon they were laughing so much that they had to put their heads beneath the blankets to stifle the noise , in case the farmer and his wife wondered at their hilarity . |
| 29 | 210 In all cases between landlord and tenant , as often as it shall happen that one half year 's rent shall be in arrear , and the landlord or lessor , to whom the same is due , hath right by law to re-enter for the non-payment thereof , such landlord or lessor shall and may , without any formal demand or re-entry , serve a writ in ejectment for the recovery of the demised premises , which service shall stand in the place and stead of a demand and re-entry ; and in case of judgment against the defendant for non-appearance , if it shall be made appear to the court where the said action is depending , by affidavit , or be proved upon the trial in case the defendant appears , that half a year 's rent was due before the said writ was served , and that no sufficient distress was to be found on the demised premises , countervailing the arrears then due , and that the lessor had power to re-enter , then and in every such case the lessor shall recover judgment and execution , in the same manner as if the rent in arrear had been legally demanded , and a re-entry made ; and in case the lessee or his assignee , or other person claiming or deriving under the said lease , shall permit and suffer judgment to be had and recovered on such trial in ejectment , and execution to be executed thereon , without paying the rent and arrears , together with full costs , and without proceeding for relief in equity within six months after such execution executed , then and in such case the said lessee , his assignee , and all other persons claiming and deriving under the said lease , shall be barred and foreclosed from all relief or remedy in law or equity , other than by bringing error for reversal of such judgment , in case the same shall be erroneous , and the said landlord or lessor shall from thenceforth hold the said demised premises discharged from such lease ; provided that nothing herein contained shall extend to bar the right of any mortgagee of such lease , or any part thereof , who shall not be in possession , so as such mortgagee shall and do , within six months after such judgment obtained and execution executed pay all rent in arrear , and all costs and damages sustained by such lessor or person entitled to the remainder or reversion as aforesaid , and perform all the covenants and agreements which , on the part and behalf of the first lessee , are and ought to be performed . |
| 30 | The length of the board should be greater than 3.60m unless the user is a slight lady or a child , in which case the length and volume can be less than the figures quoted above . |