Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iago seems to be acting wholly for the others ' good , since , as he challenges us to deny , ‘ this advice I give is free and honest . |
| 2 | The Gnomes had gone to considerable trouble ; Culdub and Bith had sat up long hours and consulted books and chronicles and there had been much burning of late candles and worried scurryings to and fro between the Gnomes ' houses in the little mountain village . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's just the same , ’ Maggie said and continued on about the nurses ' home while Sheila bit her tongue . |
| 4 | ‘ He 's in there and you 're out here , carrying on for the children 's sake . |
| 5 | Furious Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson argued it should have been called an incomplete pass and made his point forcibly after the Redskins ' 20-17 victory . |
| 6 | The teacher can learn much about the children 's thinking by observing the way that children handle and use the equipment . |
| 7 | Erm thanks very much for the directions er you gave me , it 's quite awkward coming off the main road there cos you really have |
| 8 | Some of the neighbours , however , do n't care much for the spotters ' activities . |
| 9 | The company is responsible not only for the meters ' manufacture , but also their installation and commissioning — and the decommissioning of the old Spectra-Tek equipment . |
| 10 | He was still interested in politics , and for a while a fairly active member of the Labour party , especially during the miners ' strike when he and Solowka canvassed on their behalf . |
| 11 | and among they put it down as the parents er ca n't control her . |
| 12 | Within two minutes Mike Hall put Peter Dods in for the Barbarians ' third try , and another four followed in a procession interrupted by one for Newport by John Thomas . |
| 13 | You say they 've got some sort of guidance , perhaps through the Magistrates ' Association , or maybe through some local starting point tariff if I could put it that way . |
| 14 | Oh I , I should think that about fifteen years ago er when erm the lighting manufacturers had decided that er there was a great deal more available in lighting than just the erm , type of glass bowls and shades that had been used , well in between the wars er , I mean after the war was over in nineteen forty six er they were still using the same things that they did before the war and this just carried on er and er it , it only within the last what I suppose fifty years that 's over |
| 15 | So inertia keeps the insurance in place long after the societies ' compulsory term has expired . |
| 16 | Vincent spoke almost enviously of the miners ' darkness , and the chance it gave them to reclaim the light . |
| 17 | It was unusual because specialist nurses did much of the doctors ' work . |
| 18 | It is not permissible for some only of the partners ' names to be shown on business stationery . |
| 19 | He enhances our sense not only of the poets ' universe — me cosmology of Dante and Milton , for example — but also of the symbolism used by painters and architects . |
| 20 | Very slowly , and keeping down below the seals ' horizon , I crept forward towards the sound of singing . |
| 21 | The doctor performs a tracheotomy , much against the women 's will ; the little girl recovers , and as the Feldsher remarks later , from then on his practice flourishes . |
| 22 | Then he made 38 runs in good time as Northern cashed in against the champions ' depleted bowling resources . |
| 23 | It can not be otherwise : self governing will happen only with the doctors ' approval and only if they are convinced that patients will benefit . ’ |
| 24 | For others , however , circumstances have unfortunately prevented more progress and this particularly so with the Children 's Traffic Club and the application for Urban Aid . |
| 25 | This required the ATB staff to have a good knowledge of the family situations of wives attending courses and to arrange course times that fitted in with the families ' needs and routines . |
| 26 | The new nanny , a reassuring figure in her brown Norland uniform , came in with the children 's coats and Victoria automatically dropped the conversation . |
| 27 | Then , by watching and joining in with the children 's play , the balance of new and old can be altered as their interests change , without having everything in the water at once . |
| 28 | Unfortunately , the Sports-channel package consists of 17 weekly , one-hour highlight shows , with the national feed on Saturday mornings at 10am ( wedged in with the children 's cartoons ) . |
| 29 | That does mean that they have already had a very difficult exercise in terms of looking at an , an efficiency effectiveness distribution of funding and how they manage the service , and that 's very much tied in with the children 's services plan , which Mike referred to earlier on , and which is later on the agenda . |
| 30 | I now felt far more confident and comfortable knowing that I could refuse to go along with the guards ' antics if they really upset me . |