Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | If there were problems for the disabled they could be ironed out . |
2 | From the start of welfare provision for the disabled it was recognized that social workers would have a key role to play in putting the handicapped in touch with the provision available . |
3 | A lot of aggressive publicity and marketing surrounds funboard design , and for the uninitiated it is difficult to understand what is going on . |
4 | Cichlasomaniacs are all too familiar with the current confused taxonomy of their favourites , but for the uninitiated I had better explain the basic situation — even if you find taxonomy boring you may find this helpful in understanding the names currently applied to these fish . |
5 | Many educationalists in the nineteenth century believed that for the young it was right to teach only what was certain , such as geometry and classical languages ; once these had been mastered it would be all right to get on to more hypothetical subjects . |
6 | It 's nice for the young I think . |
7 | While we sat on the plane waiting for the injured I noticed the dog . |
8 | All headed coalitions on the Dutch model , for despite their hatred for the Dutch they accepted their constitutional forms as their own . |
9 | For the unwary it is a feeling as infectious as embarrassment or flirtatiousness . |
10 | For the tongue-tied it 's worth preparing some stock comments and even preparing for social chit-chat by noting interesting stories in the media . |
11 | Her defence , that in providing for the poor she was doing what the HUD was supposed to do , earned her the nickname " Robin HUD " . |
12 | but as for the dead they have conscious of nothing at all |
13 | Although both the OALD and the re-indexed CED produce 70% correct choices , the z-score for the OALD is 2.15 whereas for the CED it is 0.98 . |
14 | Of this , 4 million cubic kilometres is a reasonable estimate for the freshwater we could extract . |
15 | Another is food , and for the hungry it is infinitely more important than oil . |
16 | No Peace for the Wicked we called it . |
17 | Despite the fact that relief trailers were provided for the homeless they remained empty due to the lack of available land on which to site them , yet the government refused to take over corporate land even for humanitarian purposes . |
18 | Well , well thank you for the supporting me Victor , that snort came from the bearded one there . |
19 | His third round of 67 left them all for dead , and with 11 holes to go for the Open he was ten shots ahead of the field . |
20 | For all this however , he has an iron nerve and told me , ‘ I have never been scared but when I go out for the National I get a tingling sensation . |
21 | For the self-employed it is either the last 26 weeks or the last year 's set of accounts which are used . |
22 | For the self-employed it is either the last 26 weeks or the last year 's set of accounts which are used . |
23 | For the self-employed it is either the last 26 weeks or the last year 's set of accounts which are used . |
24 | But for the converted it was worth the wait . |
25 | [ For the learned it is |
26 | During the read-through we 'd all be busy with our little pencils , marking out sections of dialogue , and saying at the end , ‘ Do n't you think we should change this to read like that ? |
27 | And at various stages during the organic you 'll also be coming to what we call optical isomers . |
28 | And for , our children when they grow up cos I had three children nearly every one that had come into the town had little ones so you see we were trying to build a town for our children to benefit which I do n't know whether you think that it 's a town worth living in but I think that we have done very well and it 's a town that is caring for such as the elderly they really do care ! |
29 | It was like having this image of yourself being heated up and being sold as the new you or something . |
30 | See the next FOCUS for other policy proposals — and if you would like more detailed information about the above we can lend you the documents . |