Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [vb -s] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arguments in favour are that the video recording gives a more complete record because it shows what the lecturer writes on the board or displays on the Overhead Projector and it can also cover any demonstrations that are part of the lecture . |
| 2 | DELOITTE Haskins & Sells in the UK has firmly established itself as the Zsa Zsa Gabor of the accountancy profession . |
| 3 | The move follows Wednesday 's announcement of a merger between Coopers and Deloitte Haskins & Sells in the United Kingdom . |
| 4 | Telling a story means making what is false ( or at least largely invented ) seem true , so ‘ realism ’ ( a term hard to define but impossible to avoid ) becomes a crucial yardstick of success , a measure of whether the film wins or loses in the game of make-believe , which may also be the serious game of box-office success or failure ( though this in turn relates only erratically to the quality of a film in general or its SFX in particular ) . |
| 5 | As we have seen , a public company is no longer permitted to have a charge or lien on its shares except ( a ) when the shares are not fully paid and the charge or lien is for the amount payable on the shares , or ( b ) the ordinary business of the company includes the lending of money or consists of the provision of hire-purchase finance and the charge arises in the course of a transaction in the ordinary course of its business . |
| 6 | Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries or concerns with the tape or Handbook . |
| 7 | It frequently happens that a daughter lives with a widowed parent for 20 years or more ; if the parent changes council houses or moves from the private sector to a council house within one year of the death of the parent then on the death of the parent the council house will be the home which contains all the furniture and other articles which form part of the home and have been fitted into the council house by the parent and the daughter . |
| 8 | Whitty and Jones 's analysis stands or falls on the meaning of health , whether health services have an impact on health , and on the central functions of public health medicine . |
| 9 | This is a provision which is usually inserted , since , once an order has been placed , it becomes a separate contract , with a life of its own , and stands or falls on the terms and conditions which govern it . |
| 10 | Product orientation — in this case the organization stands or falls by the quality of its products . |
| 11 | Sunk in biology , she thought , listening for creaks or moans above the ceiling , listening to the soft stirring in her belly , licking her fingers . |
| 12 | Children born in the United Kingdom to students , visitors or illegal immigrants no longer automatically acquire British citizenship at birth , but they will still be able to register as British citizens if either parent later becomes a citizen or settles in the United Kingdom , or if the child has spent the first ten years of its life in the country . |
| 13 | That 's the thinking that lies behind the huge number of initiatives being taken by environmental organisations as their contribution to the Earth Summit . |
| 14 | and is that the thinking that lies behind the eventual getting of Terry Wogan and Angela Rippon ? |
| 15 | The deepest cleft that exists in the earth 's surface is the Grand Canyon in the western United States . |
| 16 | Many interesting works of English Literature of the past remain unedited and unavailable , and it is a pity that the ingenuity and assiduity that goes into the labour , or play , of interpretation could not be directed to the truly useful work of editing these texts . |
| 17 | The theories to be discussed in this section of the chapter all suppose that something is learned during the pre-exposure phase of a latent inhibition experiment that interferes with the formation of the CS-US ( conditioned-unconditioned stimulus ) association during the conditioning phase of the experiment . |
| 18 | Like Kennedy , Clinton has a physical force that works on the campaign trail . |
| 19 | The compact telescope , which is very small and can be mounted on a ring that fits on the finger , is useful in activities which require mobility and can be helpful in identifying street names and bus numbers . |
| 20 | He might try to justify the principle by appealing to logic , a recourse that we freely grant him , or he might attempt to justify the principle by appealing to experience , a recourse that lies at the basis of his whole approach to science . |
| 21 | Most people who have travelled through the Monkton district of Ayrshire will have noticed the monument that stands on the high ground behind the Dutch House Caravan Park , and wondered what it is and why it is there . |
| 22 | In sharp contrast to Blauner , who argues that this ‘ objective integration ’ will lead to social integration of workers and management , Mallet argues that this objective integration has the opposite effect , leading to a new form of revolutionary consciousness that aims at the overthrow of the existing pattern of social relations in the enterprise . |
| 23 | Recently , a non-oxidative pathway of alcohol metabolism that leads to the production of fatty acid ethyl esters ( FAEEs ) has been described , catalysed FAEE synthase . |
| 24 | " Next week I shall be writing about moorland walks and suggesting an itinerary that takes in the ever-attractive Tower Foin . " |
| 25 | The sense of disappointment that hangs over the rest of his career reflects the loss of nerve that came from finding that , at the moment when his career seemed to be taking off , there were no opportunities to build on what he had achieved . |
| 26 | In the chapters to come , contrast if you will the demanding world of the schoolroom , as our participants see it , with the world of ritual and formal genesis of a respected self in the putting on the regalia of the club that reigns on the terraces . |
| 27 | There may nonetheless be a genetic predisposition that leads to the mood-altering substance providing the perceived perfect solution to this quest for unconditional love . |
| 28 | Suddenly , the group has hijacked his campaign ; nominated Bernie Grant as his running mate ( sinking Ann Clwyd 's bid for the deputy leadership in in the process ) ; and put out a policy programme that reeks of the old 1970s left . |
| 29 | He had broken through the terror barrier , perhaps , and was in the dead calm state of mind that lies on the other side . |
| 30 | The peace of mind that comes from the Radio Rentals Total Service Guarantee . |