Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once , Bill Pertwee — again a staple member of the cast — remembered for me , Kenneth Horne made him write to the wife of an executive he thought Ken had insulted at a party given by the BBC for the Round The Horne cast . |
| 2 | For the rich the cost of legal services is not a barrier to the use of lawyers . |
| 3 | For the all the impact it has on the local political climate , it might as well be in Alaska . |
| 4 | Although the analysis of variance for the recoded risk information is slightly different from that for the all the potential risks it is clear from Figure 7.3 that with the exception of the medium risk exemplars the general pattern of results is very similar to that shown in Figure 7.2 . |
| 5 | Mr Clarke halted trials of the American-style side handled baton saying : ‘ It could fundamentally alter for the worse the style of policing in this country . |
| 6 | In many aspects of work for the disabled the voluntary agencies were pioneers . |
| 7 | Finally , we may return to the fundamental difference between the mediation and differentiation theories of acquired distinctiveness — for the former the associations formed during distinctiveness training play a critical role , whereas for the latter these associations are essentially irrelevant . |
| 8 | For the former the sterling area was good for business ; for the latter , an international financial role for Britain involved direct responsibilities which placed it in the central position in government to which it had become accustomed before 1939 but had lost over the war years . |
| 9 | There is no reason why schools should not include within their plans for the 1990s the full range of managerial and support roles which emerged from PNP during the 1980s . |
| 10 | For the latter the risk was high and he took even more stringent steps to protect himself against default . |
| 11 | For the latter the prosecutor has discretion to invoke a judicial examination but rarely does so . |
| 12 | For the former , the normal requirement would be for the duty solicitor to attend the court ; for the latter the predominant arrangement would be a ‘ call-in ’ scheme based on either a list or a rota of duty solicitors . |
| 13 | An analysis by marital status and number of children showed that for the married the main difference was between those with no children , 17 per cent of whom had been in a residential home , and those with one or more , for whom the proportion was 5 per cent . |
| 14 | The haul , however , is small , and only one of these cases is actually attributable to a jurist ; for the other the emperor is responsible . |
| 15 | But basically they dish out their awards in accordance with strata of society — influential architect Richard Rogers got a knighthood — rather than genuine appreciation for the good the recipients have done their country . |
| 16 | However , thought she , it would be right to take the children , which I did — thus proving , not for the first the last time , I 'd be wasting my time applying for the Mensa test . |
| 17 | A linguistic sign consists in the union of two elements , a sound-image ( or its written substitute ) and a concept ; for the first the term signifier is used , for the second signified ( signifiant and signifié ) . |
| 18 | For the first the sender is given a sheet of paper with a diagram drawn on it similar to that shown in Figure 11.1 and the following instructions : |
| 19 | Nationalism , yes , but not narrow : what Burke meant by ‘ the little platoon ’ , and a modern writer in small being beautiful , for the greater the overall unit ( and the Common Market was then looming ) , the greater the necessity for autonomy within that unit , if those being governed were still to feel in touch with those governing . |
| 20 | Looking back towards his study of Cornford and Harrison , he approves of Johnson 's view that for the modern the distinctions between tragedy and comedy were superficial . |
| 21 | What about for the elderly the |
| 22 | The bust , bosom or cleavage was for the Fifties the apotheosis of erogenous zones . |
| 23 | For the pluralist the most important political freedom is freedom of association . |
| 24 | For the homeless the right to buy and the provisions of the 1988 Act are an irrelevance . |
| 25 | For the Christian the source of human values is neither the result of genetics nor the product of human reason nor even as Hayek would have it a process of cultural selection by which certain rules of conduct become accepted and others rejected , but the revelation by God through his Word in history . |
| 26 | Derek Hallworth , industrial organiser for the north is pictured aboard one of the touring drays , ready for the worst the seaside weather can throw at him . |
| 27 | So it was quite a simple job and of course , as yard inspector at Street , my job was to see that the s platforms were always When one train left you had to put the other train in to get the shunters to shunt another train into the empty platform you see , for the next the next shunt and that and if a train came in from Carstairs you see , you seen that the pilot and phoned the signalman , let the pilot into number five dock . |
| 28 | Bone transport causes problems for palaeoecological reconstruction , for the larger the catchment area for a fossil assemblage the greater the possibilities of mixture of habitat and the less precise is the interpretation of the palaeoecology . |
| 29 | Belfast Harbour Commissioners are confident that during the 1990's the Port will respond to the challenges presented by changing trading patterns within an economically unified Europe with the ability to satisfy its customers ' needs and demands for an efficient , cost effective service . |
| 30 | The Belfast Harbour Commissioners are confident that during the 1990's the Port of Belfast will remain Ireland 's premier port , largely due to its ability to respond to the challenges presented by changing trading patterns within an economically unified Europe and by its ability to satisfy its customers ' need and demands for an efficient , cost effective service . |