Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difference is only that for postverbals the property complex qualifies the E ( and in surface terms we have an intransitive verb phrase ) , while with adverbals the property complex is qualified by the E ( in surface terms , a transitive verb phrase ) . |
| 2 | Just as within a state the law may be more effective in responding to armed robbery than it is at responding to a military coup d'état , so in relations between states the law may be better at laying down detailed provisions for the treatment of prisoners of war than it is at addressing the potential human catastrophe of a nuclear war . |
| 3 | For hours the magician swam around , with the normally chatty parrot perched silently on his shoulder . |
| 4 | For hours the dark , dry |
| 5 | For hours the planet had grown no larger in Miles Engado 's faceplate ; seeming instead to retreat as he fell towards it . |
| 6 | For generations the place where all the more mature locals have come to buy their clothes . |
| 7 | Even for objects the size of stars , the attractive force of gravity can win over all the other forces and cause the star to collapse . |
| 8 | These two offices , coupled with the less formal influence Gloucester derived from his closeness to the king , ensured that for contemporaries the duke 's importance was national rather than purely regional . |
| 9 | These two offices , coupled with the less formal influence Gloucester derived from his closeness to the king , ensured that for contemporaries the duke 's importance was national rather than purely regional . |
| 10 | By the urbanity of his almost patrician deportment , Coleman tended greatly to raise the standard of the profession in public esteem , and he powerfully contributed to obtain for veterinarians the grade of commissioned officers in the army . |
| 11 | The BBC Scottish SO under their conductor-in-chief Jerzy Maksymiuk are firmly in charge of accompaniments for the Hyperion project , and for openers the gift Piers Lane ( born London , lived in Australia ) has the spotlight . |
| 12 | How this shortfall is to be accounted for forms the focus of the survey and analysis which follow . |
| 13 | Methodological objections could be made to comparing the two groups because of the different periods of time monitored , that is , for prisoners the period of time refers to after the sentence has been served whereas for probationers it is after the sentence has been imposed . |
| 14 | The position as regards the recovery of damages in English law was reviewed by the House of Lords in the Garden Cottage Foods case . |
| 15 | It is the charity that really gets things done for birds the countryside — action for birds , on your behalf . |
| 16 | For Westerners the sense of shame and embarrassment has become strongly associated with nakedness and the proprieties of dress and attitudes towards nudity ( especially among conventional Protestants ) . |
| 17 | For centuries the Church of England was liberal in its spirit and never pressed its clergy to conform to every rubric . |
| 18 | For centuries the pot stills used to make malt whiskies have been made from copper , in traditional shapes which vary from distillery to distillery . |
| 19 | For centuries the lane served no doubt as a cattle-road , but why did it come into existence at all , and when ? |
| 20 | Set between the mighty River Severn and the scenic grace of the River Wye , The Royal Forest of Dean , for centuries the hunting ground of Kings , is rich in customs and traditions . |
| 21 | It is of far greater historical significance that the legends of Kosovo helped to keep alive for centuries the spark of Serbian national consciousness which burst into flame with the Karadjordje revolt of 1804 , and which led ultimately to the founding of an independent Serbian kingdom . |
| 22 | Hungary was for centuries the frontier state between the Ottomans and Europe . |
| 23 | For centuries the practice of philosophy has been overwhelmingly the prerogative of men but it is only recently that feminist analysis has made it possible to see the distorting effect of this historical fact . |
| 24 | For centuries the science of cooking has intrigued and occupied the minds of philosophers to kings . |
| 25 | Ivy-covered or not , universities had once protected themselves as if by walls from the outside gaze ; effortlessly so , on the whole , since for centuries the world beyond had little curiosity about them , they cost the taxpayer nothing , and their inmates were proverbially remote and ineffectual . |
| 26 | For centuries the traveller who wanted to cross a sea or an ocean went to the nearest port and hung about until he found a ship going in his direction . |
| 27 | For centuries the argument continued without any real evidence on either side , but in 1803 the British chemist and physicist , John Dalton , pointed out that the fact that chemical compounds always combined in certain proportions could be explained by the grouping together of atoms to form units called molecules . |
| 28 | During earthquakes the soil becomes a semiliquid soup that no longer supports the weight of the buildings above . |
| 29 | By drawing attention to the need for funds the ambulance service hopes to spark a debate on where the money should come from … health authorities , the NHS , or the Government . |
| 30 | Where there is agreement about goals the public assumes that professionals share in that consensus but ‘ if consensus is in doubt , there is an accompanying uncertainty about the values and practices that guide professional activity ’ . |