Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun pl] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The events are a good reason for the enthusiasts of this largely non-social past time to gather and renew acquaintances . |
| 2 | We arrived safely on the 19th [ 18 September according to the Hobart Town Courier ] of September in excellent health , and but for the thoughts of those we left behind should also be in good spirits as our prospects here are in many respects cheering . |
| 3 | She trailed a hand along an imaginary banister , sweeping the other behind where the skirts of a ball-gown would have trailed and was so tangibly created that when she sat down on the sofa Delia Sutherland moved to make room for the folds of that gown . |
| 4 | I explained this ( J. Milroy , 1982b : 43 ) in relation to the simplification pattern in short /a/ ( see chapter 4.5 for the findings of this study ) , which we measured by using a three-way analysis of variance . |
| 5 | It did n't do anything for the tenants of this city or did n't put any new proposals forward . |
| 6 | After his re-election in 1972 Nixon asked for the resignations of all non career employees in the executive branch and took steps to ensure that all those appointed or reappointed were loyal to him and his policies . |
| 7 | The need of a nation for energy — for the consistent supply of electricity , for instance — is vital , unlike the need for the products of many medium-sized companies . |
| 8 | a fully informed and supportive user community for the products of all information technology systems . |
| 9 | [ the mark-up ] is kept down to modest size by the existence of many independent firms within the corporate sector ; by the availability , elsewhere in the corporate sector , of reasonably close substitutes for the products of any one firm ; and by the perennial threat of new entry into any field in which the monopoly mark-up is large . |
| 10 | Thirdly , they had a fearful respect for the dangers of such drugs as morphine and worried that they might kill children who were already desperately sick . |
| 11 | The new large hall also provided the opportunity for the formation of a very active Bowling Club as well as offering further scope for the activities of all the young people 's organizations . |
| 12 | This committee acted as the co-ordinator for the activities of many other organizations , including the Spanish Medical Aid Committee , the Spain Foodship Youth Committee , the League of Nations Committee , the Peace Pledge Union , and various local councils of action and ad hoc bodies . |
| 13 | A tragedy for the customers of all the banks , mostly French these days , that have substantial funds tied up financing IBM mainframes on the assumption of residual values that are emphatically no longer justified , and therefore do n't now have that money available to finance new and promising businesses . |
| 14 | Although well acquainted with rejection notices , we were unprepared for the criticisms of this paper . |
| 15 | And if you are a parent yourself , please spare a thought for the mothers of these children so far away . |
| 16 | Transport 2000 wanted to see a radical shake-up of the funding system for the railways in this country to provide a better service . |
| 17 | Stewardship of our resources , as well as respect for the preferences of many of our people , demands that it be maintained at a high level . |
| 18 | Wiping her tears with the corner of her apron and clutching the baby to her she searched for the reasons for this volte-face . |
| 19 | Of course , each village does contain its own unique qualities , but to dwell on these only serves to obscure the nature of the changes which have overtaken them , since a concern for the minutiae of each individual village leads us to lose sight of the widespread changes that have affected almost all villages in recent years . |
| 20 | As for the curves in this selection , the C13 and C14 were not the same , and therefore the work that was possible with one tool could not be repeated on its mirror image with its counterpart . |
| 21 | The essence , or form , of a species accounts for the properties of that species , and a definition of it provides the means of demonstrating that the species does have those properties , and why it has them . |
| 22 | BUT the Policyholder shall repay to the Corporation all sums paid by the Corporation which the Corporation would not have been liable to pay but for the provisions of such law . |
| 23 | BUT the Policyholder shall repay to the Corporation all sums paid by the Corporation which the Corporation would not have been liable to pay but for the provisions of such law . |
| 24 | This may have been characterised by a mystic other-worldliness which had little time for the concerns of this world , and the working out of faith in relation to the everyday challenges of life . |
| 25 | Four ‘ change-facilitating factors ’ are picked out by Ramon ; heavy and unchanging reliance on segregated institutions ; the existence of a minority of psychiatrists prepared to act politically ( while not having the desire to act in a party political framework ) ; the autonomous nature of the regions leading to more enthusiastic reform beginning in socialist and communist areas ; and perhaps most importantly for the concerns of this book , |
| 26 | Although they faithfully echoed the time-honoured myth that the Tsarist government stood above social divisions and cared for the interests of all classes , they firmly grasped that the mainstay of the autocracy was in fact the landed nobility . |
| 27 | Bagehot was anxious that the established parties might bid for the support of the working man , and he was even more anxious that a working-class party might arise that would then press for the interests of that class through the ballot box and through Parliament . |
| 28 | Realising the vindictive nature of this man , and knowing how he had conditioned her husband since he was a child , Beth felt obliged to look out for the interests of those she loved . |
| 29 | Unions were viewed as monopolistic combinations of labour which catered mainly for the interests of those of their members who were in employment at the expense of the unemployed . |
| 30 | As was pointed out in Section 1 , one of the functions of the present study is to cater for the interests of those seeking replicable materials for English-language teaching . |