Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What starts as a mild downturn becomes a severe recession through the reaction of risk-averse , highly leveraged businesses . |
| 2 | ALLEGATIONS that the Swiss government failed to pay kidnappers for the release of an abducted Red Cross official in Sidon last year may lie behind the seizure yesterday of two more Swiss delegates of the International Red Cross . |
| 3 | Mr Hanley also partly blamed a lack of support among the employers of part-timers for the drop in their numbers . |
| 4 | ‘ Was that … was that the hospital ? ’ she asked , a numbing dread about the fate of her cousin suddenly driving all else from her mind . |
| 5 | The twelve member states , by a separate protocol , would authorise the eleven to use the Community 's institutions for the purpose of implementing social policies pursuant to the Social Charter . |
| 6 | The increasing importance of the diplomatic network which bound together the States of Europe was reflected in the eighteenth century in the development in most countries of central institutions for the direction of foreign policy . |
| 7 | Few had any great faith in prisons as institutions for the reform of the inmates they contained , nor of imprisonment as a means of controlling crime . |
| 8 | Corporatism also implies an institutional ‘ fusion ’ in that institutions for the representation of functional interests are also used for the purposes of state intervention ( Jessop 1979 ) . |
| 9 | She had a sensual certainty about her , though she experienced as many philosophical doubts and emotional woes as the rest of us . |
| 10 | Events such as the extension of the franchise , the seizure of power by working-class parties , the fractionated and conflictual basis of state institutions , the crucial mediating role played by state bureaucracy , the higher material and social benefits granted to the working class and , perhaps most importantly , the fact that the forms of political representation and state intervention in different countries have shown remarkable dissimilarities over time and space , have all been difficult to accommodate within Marx 's and Engels 's original formulation about the nature of power in capitalist societies . |
| 11 | Our principal exposure to the public arose from the chance that Her Majesty the Queen became interested and used Motability as the centre for her Christmas address in 1981 . |
| 12 | Local offices display their service standard and encourage customers to put forward views about the service at any time or through Customer Satisfaction Surveys . |
| 13 | Two US scientists have been awarded the chemistry prize for a discovery that has changed scientists ’ views about the origin of life . |
| 14 | Two views about the origin of mankind have been current among the most notable scientists and historians . |
| 15 | But then I have unprintably strong views about the keeping of the larger tankbusters , so I 'm probably biased . |
| 16 | In the previous section we have examined Marx 's and Engels 's views about the evolution of the family . |
| 17 | Two are related to the national revolution and to the growth of the nation-state : the first reflected differences between subject and dominant cultures within a multi-cultural society ( such as Switzerland and , in a recent development mobilizing a bias that was previously only potential , Belgium : Murphy , 1988 ) ; the second reflected differences between religious and secular authority , representing the ‘ old ’ and the ‘ new ’ in views about the location of power ( again , as in Switzerland , and also in The Netherlands ) . |
| 18 | He had no views about the direction of movement of spot or futures prices . |
| 19 | Despite these dilemmas and contradictions , there have been feminist movements in the past that have had clear views about the kind of housing that women want . |
| 20 | This search must necessarily take place against a broader background of views about the relationship between linguistic factors and educational development . |
| 21 | Hall 's positive views about the timing of the judges ' appointments probably originated as early as 1835 , when the plans for the new Houses of Parliament were being considered . |
| 22 | The first stage of the process involves a conventional fact-finding exercise , where representative staff are interviewed to determine views about the purpose of the organisation , the role of the staff , and any problems that are pertinent to the study . |
| 23 | They have mixed views about the benefit of lights when driving in fog . |
| 24 | Although there have been some famous poets who occupied this chair ( for example Matthew Arnold and W. H. Auden ) , it has much more commonly been occupied by dons ; and the point at issue when choosing candidates for the Chair of Poetry has very seldom been their views about the subject on which they are supposed to lecture , still less their competence to do so . |
| 25 | Three or four sharply conflicting views about the suitability of Michael Heseltine for the leadership of the Partei should it ever become vacant again . |
| 26 | These three statements represent three benchmark views about the uniqueness of life . |
| 27 | This panel provides views about the issue to be forecast , each member working independently from hid or her colleagues . |
| 28 | The new Board was known to hold strong views about the replacement of tram services , particularly those where there was single track in narrow streets or worked by outdated rolling stock . |
| 29 | Kwame Nkrumah , who had himself used the press to mobilize support for his party and its nationalist demands against the British , developed strong views about the role of the media in the post-colonial period : |
| 30 | Such classifications inevitably simplify reality , but it is clear that different members may hold very different views about the role of local councillors . |