Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In passages which resonate with the spirit of Bagehot , ‘ a man of genius ’ , Dicey argues that the ‘ rule of a party can not be permanently identified with the authority of the nation or with the dictates of patriotism ’ and that ‘ while popular government may be under wise leadership a good machine for simply destroying existing evils , it may turn out a very poor instrument for the construction of new institutions or the realisation of new ideals ’ The limitations in practice of his belief in ‘ democracy tempered by snobbishness ’ are finally conceded : |
| 2 | Many ventures which begin life as EEIGs will , if successful , need to progress to full integration , earning their own profits , enjoying limited liability and providing a basis on which capital can be raised from institutions or the public . |
| 3 | the nature of the relationship between political institutions or the state and the mass media , and i the nature of the media ‘ audience ’ . |
| 4 | Holistic theories suggest that racism can not be eliminated without the radical transformation of state , economy and civil society — whether this entails the dismantling of key institutions or the overthrow of the power structure as a whole . |
| 5 | Cleaning invariably begins and ends at the sink whether installations use domestic equipment or the 450 litre giants or the catering ‘ plonge ’ . |
| 6 | According to tradition , many sites , both natural and artificial , were formed by giants or the devil . |
| 7 | perhaps it would be a good The Times or The Guardian |
| 8 | Clearly you would n't write in the same way for the Sun as you would for the Times or the Financial Times or the Guardian , or the Cambridge local paper . |
| 9 | a T V Times ? or Radio Times or the paper . |
| 10 | 17% of urban adult and a mere 2% of rural Zambians read the Times or the Mail every day . |
| 11 | Nannies & the Law , Insurances etc |
| 12 | Their policies drew little disapproval from sports authorities or the rest of the white population . |
| 13 | Ring fencing needs to be enshrined in the legislation to prevent the funds from being diverted by regional health authorities or the Government . |
| 14 | The issues about which respondents expressed concern included the use made of the results by , variously , the police authorities and the IRA , and the associated question of whether the field-worker was a spy for the authorities or the Republican paramilitaries ( on researchers as spies see Hunt 1984 : 288–9 ; Manning 1972 : 248 ) ; the obtrusiveness of the ethnographer 's ubiquitous notepad ; sensitivity to how the research might compromise their personal security or lead to a transfer , and worthies over the field-worker 's religion ; and the whole focus and topic of the investigation . |
| 15 | The upshot is that Marx never even concerns himself with questions such as the relation between individual perceptions to objects or the texture of feelings , sensations and thoughts , which might have led him towards a theory of where individuality occurs . |
| 16 | For example , in the celebrated Royal Mail Steam Packet case ( R v Kylsant and Morland ( 1931 ) 75 Acct LR 62 ) it was argued in court that if the accounts or the audit reports had shown the enterprise 's true financial position , it would have encouraged competitors to engage in predatory pricing so as to drive the company out of business . |
| 17 | NatWest refuses to disclose any figures for its Tessa accounts or the number of holders . |
| 18 | This , combined with external concept/keyword access — through either maps or the Housing Unit datafile — will help pupils identify the true relationships between topics , which may not be so clear using a program such as EDFAX . |
| 19 | As the line that seemingly connects the two circle centres needed close scrutiny , I went back to the 1:25,000 scale maps or the area and laid a straight edge along the apparent intersection . |
| 20 | Even before considering individual development projects or the potential of individual enterprises , attention must be paid to the pre-conditions for survival and growth of the area and population concerned . |
| 21 | Rice flails , which could not be taken into football matches , were used in street battles , as also were edges of razor blades taped to the inside of fingers or the instep of boots . |
| 22 | As she went on talking , making occasional references to the length of my fingers or the breadth of my brow , I thought it ironical that this odd woman should be defending me , not from outright attack but from my mother 's protectiveness . |
| 23 | ( 8 ) In proceedings to enforce a liability arising by virtue of subsection ( 3 ) above , it shall be a defence for the defendant to prove that he believed , and had reasonable cause to believe — ( a ) that the residential occupier had ceased to reside in the premises in question at the time when he was deprived of occupation as mentioned in subsection ( 1 ) above or , as the case may be , when the attempt was made or the acts were done as a result of which he gave up his occupation of those premises ; or ( b ) that , where the liability would otherwise arise by virtue only of the doing of acts or the withdrawal or withholding of services , he had reasonable grounds for doing the acts or withdrawing or withholding the services in question . |
| 24 | The development of alternative , environmentally safer energy technologies or the expansion of the nuclear power industry are two further contrasting options to help combat global pollution . |
| 25 | The solution is to divide the entire maturity spectrum into grid dates ( denoted ) and to allocate coupon payments between two grid dates in a way that preserves either the present value of the bond 's cash flows or the duration of the bond ( duration is defined in the next section ) . |
| 26 | To do justice to the complexities Or the situation , the universities have assembled a research team which represents a wide range of social and environmental sciences . |
| 27 | The traditional career patterns followed in this country have not produced ministers or civil servants with either the skills or the experience to perform such a task ; and , moreover , business leaders would not welcome the loss of the freedom to run their affairs as they think best . |
| 28 | The subject is limitless — we have not touched on applique , edge bindings , attachments for folding hems or the complexity of parafoil sewing . |
| 29 | He put his reading glasses on and looked more closely at it ; there were , he knew , dozens of different kinds of wood-lice , all classified , all named , distinguished by minute anatomical refinements , small but significant differences in the antennae or the genitalia . |
| 30 | Second , a labour market can be defined by skill or occupation : we can speak of the market for economics lecturers or the market for car workers . |