Example sentences of "[det] [subord] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hotman 's case is particularly interesting in that where in the first version the word populus was used , in the 1576 edition the term ordines , meaning orders or estates , was inserted to " clarify " the meaning , or , we might suspect , to reassure those alarmed by the dangerously democratic sound of the first version . |
| 2 | The great majority of its members were more attracted to this than to the abuse from the Communists or to the dissensions of the ILP . |
| 3 | ‘ It is more difficult to be precise about this than about the earlier phases , partly because the pictures are rarer and less accessible , and have not been adequately photographed , partly because it includes considerable variations . ’ |
| 4 | The anatomy is also more strongly stressed in this than in the earlier statue , perhaps to tell against reflections in the shiny metal ; and this is something that becomes even more marked in succeeding generations . |
| 5 | Having denied that we may ever legitimately interfere with the liberty of another except on the grounds of self-protection , Mill ( 1910 ) asserts : |
| 6 | Centromeres are portions of the DNA that hold the two halves of a divided chromosome together , and it is reasonable to suppose that the centromeres of a given species would be more like one another than like the centromeres of another species . |
| 7 | Although through the efforts of Charlemagne , who was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope in the year 800 , the centre of European culture began to move northwards from the Mediterranean , the Viking raids of the ninth and tenth centuries delayed the full effects of this until about the year 1000 . |
| 8 | It can do this because during the recent election campaign , there was no great disagreement about economic policy among the parties . |
| 9 | They suffer from the drawback that warping can leave open gaps in the cladding ( waney-edged boards are particularly prone to this because of the way they are sawn ) , and so they tend to be used more on out-buildings than on house exteriors , except as feature panels . |
| 10 | Capitalists exploit the workers by depriving them of this surplus value and they do this because of the nature of property in capitalist societies , where the means of production are controlled by the capitalist . |
| 11 | but is this because of the family 's bad eating habits , or is there a genetic factor ? |
| 12 | At present all the pressure for reform is on the secondary schools , and this because of the new wave of vocationalism that has swept over education since the late l970s . |
| 13 | He was moved to do this because of the feeling that this is not a mere river but the Lord 's compassion flowing before us . |
| 14 | Was this because of the wording of the items or the unfamiliarity of the task ? |
| 15 | The first fish purchased were the Corydoras Arcuatus , the Skunk Cory , called this because of the black stripe running along the arch of the back . |
| 16 | He had to think like this because of the nature of his employment , whereby he was often required to make inflated claims for the nature and properties of the products which his clients wished to bring to the daily notice of the populace . |
| 17 | I enjoy this because of the diversity and intellectual challenge ’ . |
| 18 | Organisations are neglecting this because of the emphasis on technical expertise . ’ |
| 19 | Is this because of the strange life your mother forced on you or is it a natural trait of character ? ’ |
| 20 | Head : ‘ We need to consider this because of the decline in the value of the per capita allowance . ’ |
| 21 | His argument is that the department can not do this because of the numbers now being taught in Art ( group sizes of up to 32 ) , which the Head of Department stands by . |
| 22 | First of all , I think that it it 's difficult to be sure of this because of the way in which the County Council prepared their the evidence on which I relayed relied and like Mr I did n't come here prepared to talks in detail about the inner northern . |
| 23 | Was this because of the over accident ? |
| 24 | Youth boss Ray Hankin said : ‘ Over the season we will get points from games like this because of the hard work we put in . |
| 25 | It would do this because under the plan Muslim and Croat forces could not move into areas conquered by the Serbs when Serb forces withdrew ; UN forces would replace the retreating Serbs . |
| 26 | Firstly , geography alone means foreign traders are less well known to one another because of the distances involved , e.g. a Brazilian exporter despatching goods to Singapore . |
| 27 | But the psychoanalytic theory of paranoia enables us to see that these two equally-well-attested interpretations are not in any way in conflict with one another because in the latent content of paranoia we find both a tendency to symbolize the father as the sun and a delusion of persecution concerning him which in a typically paranoid way denies the homosexual factor by saying I do not love him , he hates me . |
| 28 | For though conflict arises often from the aggressive attitudes of others , it feeds not so much on this as on the learned and unlearned responses of our inner world . |
| 29 | Some of the girls had been looking forward to this as to the highlight of the trip , but Clara had been dreading it , and for a classic reason , which was that she had nothing nice to wear . |
| 30 | No longer can there be a neat and tidy debate in the pages of august journals such as this as to the benefits , or otherwise , of the new product . |