Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have my doubts about the latter vision since archivists , librarians and museum creators deal with materials which are differentiated by the type of activities which created them , rather than simply by the physical form of those artefacts . |
| 2 | I know it sounds stupid , but I was trying to do all my sessions at the same speed I was used to at home . |
| 3 | My thanks also are due to Miss Mary Burkett and her staff at Abbot Hall , from whom I have had help and co-operation since the start of the survey in 1975 ; to Mr B. C. Jones and Miss S. J. MacPherson , County Archivists , of the County Records Office , who have given generous help and advice ; ; to Marie Hartley and Joan Ingilby , whose book first aroused my interest in the stocking trade ; to my fellow members of the Lancashire and Lakes Guild of Spinners , Weavers and Dyers for encouragement and support ; to my granddaughter , Anne Allen , who took the photographs , ( except where otherwise stated ) ; to my daughter , Jan Hare , who typed the manuscript ; to my friends , Penelope Porter , Kathryn Allen and Mary Sutherland , who gave technical advice , reviewed text and read proofs ; Elizabeth Edwards and Kathleen Drummond for advice and information , and above all my thanks to the many kind people who live where there are galleries , and who have put up with my enquiries with such patience and kindness . |
| 4 | The difference was that , having applied my colours in the same direct way , drawing from the end and edge of the pastel stick . |
| 5 | I have no wish to intrude my feelings upon the many bereaved people who insert such notices , but I ask myself — why do they invite me to intrude upon their private grief by inserting the notice in that most public of places , the newspaper ? |
| 6 | I would be grateful if you could try to protect my interests in the same way . |
| 7 | This is a game I invented to allow me to get some exercise and amuse my children at the same time . |
| 8 | There is some kind of conspiracy of bureaucrats : they all have their fingers in the same profitable pie . |
| 9 | ‘ If we discover the SDLP and Alliance Party requested their meetings at the same time or later , there will be one major political row , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Even before Branshaw is let to an American , to whom his tenants do not raise their hats in the same way , the house has already begun to alter : |
| 11 | Sweden 's 7-5 win over France gave them the overall title by virtue of more individual wins , because while France enjoyed victories over Italy and Scotland , the unbeaten Swedes halved their contests against the same opposition . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , Iomega has enhanced its products to the same drive to work with Unix , Apple Macintosh and personal computers machines , has also made its drives work with the NeXT Inc and Silicon Graphic Inc 's boxes via interfaces . |
| 13 | Because they do not have the sublime sensations of princes , they do not express their passions in the same dignified tone ; but that contrast , in itself , should make more truly pathetic the fate of their superiors . |
| 14 | My colleagues may offer their opinions on the latter ; I can only assert that the first accusation is nonsense and if the allegation is true then I would love to know more about it but , regrettably , my request for further information has been met with silence . |
| 15 | If our tea and lunch breaks could be structured on the lines of the ancient Egyptians I am sure that by 10.30am each day there would be a smile on the face of each and every member of staff ; and if we could ensure that all our members were treated by their employers in the same way , our membership figures would double instantly . |
| 16 | Where the people rest with their wood or timber and unload it from carts outside the close of the franchise of the Charterhouse among the towns , and afterwards take up their loads of the same wood or timber , the Foresters attach them and amerce them grievously at their will without right . |
| 17 | Managers should be obliged by the Takeover Panel to provide their shareholders with the same information , particularly three-year cash-flow forecasts and industry analysis , that they show their bankers . |
| 18 | Sure enough , they dropped their sticks at the same moment and ran across to the downriver side of the bridge to watch for the winner . |
| 19 | On the way home from school that afternoon she began to mull over the various possibilities , and when at last the germ of a brilliant idea hit her , she began to expand on it and lay her plans with the same kind of care the Duke of Wellington had done before the Battle of Waterloo . |
| 20 | He managed to convey some contempt for the TAS and its operations at the same time . |
| 21 | The best way to mimic an earthquake is to place a building on a shaking table which subjects its Foundations to the same force as the acceleration of the ground during an earthquake . |
| 22 | When the indicator board clacked out the information BAGGAGE IN HALL against their flight , a circle of bell-ringers in my stomach all heaved on their ropes at the same time , and the terrible clangour they set off in my skull could only be stilled by a couple of stiff ones at the bar . |
| 23 | Or perhaps the New Horizons people would prefer you to buy WinMail , which Software Partners also have on their lists at the same price — we 'll perhaps look at that another time . |
| 24 | A friend said of John Piper , ‘ He does things properly , for he sends carriages and four , or boats for those who like the water , and returns his guests to their homes in the same manner . |
| 25 | Like Hornblower , whose temperament was delighting readers with its contradictions at the same time as that of the Quinn adventures , Septimus has adopted certain measures of what could be called self-defence . |
| 26 | Gandhi speaks of loving enemies and reacting to their wrongdoings in the same way as you would react to the wrong-doings of friends and relatives . |
| 27 | In fact , their necks are so mobile that they can keep their heads in the same position while a branch sways in the breeze underneath them . |
| 28 | The Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge asked him to report on the work of its schools at the same time . |
| 29 | The Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge asked him to report on the work of its schools at the same time . |
| 30 | Caroline tossed back her head , curved her lips into the same sort of bright smile she wore on the catwalk , and took Sabatini 's outstretched arm . |