Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb -s] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chapter I deals with the contents of Letters of Request , the establishment of Central Authorities , and related matters . |
| 2 | The strip goes through a rolling mill and a furnace which burns off the cellulose binder , leaving a strip of metal alloy . |
| 3 | The housing stock which remains with the local authority tends to be less attractive than what is sold off , and much of it is less suitable for elderly people whose needs are for low-cost , good quality housing with ground-floor access in a safe and secure neighbourhood and close to good social support networks . |
| 4 | Knitters who have machines with a mirror image facility could use this technique to match up patterns at the centre , but remember that you lose the two centre stitches plus the one on each side which goes under the band — it would never do to have two ducks without heads facing one another , would it ! |
| 5 | With Bruce Grobbelaar suspended following his dismissal in Russia a fortnight ago , Souness knows the importance of not conceding an away goal against a side which specialises in the counter-attack . |
| 6 | Perhaps the most serious defect of the current representative model of English politics though is that it disenfranchises , in a double sense , the broader electorate which falls outside the established consensus . |
| 7 | I am content with the orthodox view that the spring which flows into the Brigach in the Schlosspark at Donaueschingen , and which shortly thereafter is joined by the Breg , constitutes the source of the greatest of European rivers , all 2,840 kilometres of it . |
| 8 | The declining historical significance of nationalism is today concealed not only by the visible spread of ethnic/linguistic agitations , but also by the semantic illusion which derives from the fact that all states are today officially ‘ nations ’ , though many of them patently have nothing in common with what the term ‘ nation-state ’ is commonly held to mean ; that therefore all movements seeking to win independence think of themselves as establishing nations even when they are patently not doing so ; and that centralisation and state bureaucracy will , if they possibly can , put on the fashionable national costume . |
| 9 | A short user 's guide at the front of the dictionary which explains to the learner in simple terms how to make the best use of the dictionary . |
| 10 | Posteriorly it emits a recurrent nerve which extends along the mid-dorsal line of the oesophagus and , passing just beneath the brain , expands a short distance behind the latter into a hypocerebral gang/ion . |
| 11 | Anteriorly the frontal ganglion gives off a frontal nerve which passes to the clypeus , and a pair of lateral roots connect the frontal ganglion with the tritocerebrum . |
| 12 | It 's a fight against all that dehumanises , blocks and blights those who are made in God 's image and do n't know their God-given potential in the present and in a future which goes beyond the grave . |
| 13 | At an informal meeting of the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group , China also approved a 15-year extension to a licence for local utility Hongkong Electric which expires at the end of 1993 , and gave the go-ahead for a landfill project . |
| 14 | Prevailing winds from the north-east ( the Trade Winds ) very occasionally bring a leste , a hot , dry wind which blows from the desert areas of North Africa . |
| 15 | Volanic eruptions can involve both lava which flows over the surface , and fragmented particles , or pyroclasts , thrown into the air by violent explosions . |
| 16 | In a country where teenage rape and murder are on the increase , do we really need this salaciousness and is it responsible to show a programme which lingers over the grisly reminiscences of a psychotic serial murderer ? |
| 17 | Following assessment and successful completion of a period of consolidation the nurse is then encouraged to proceed into a two part professional studies programme which leads to the National Board for Scotland Diploma in Professional Studies . |
| 18 | In Gurtin in the Omagh area , where Riofinex has already caused huge disturbance to local people simply through its exploration activities and where it is proposing to stripmine for gold , there is strong opposition which stretches across the political spectrum from Sinn Fein to the Democratic Unionist Party . |
| 19 | Replace this seal ( the large seal which rubs against the chrome swivel ) and the universal joints in the front drive shafts and the problem should be solved . |
| 20 | The gauntlet cuff is provided with a bottle neck cuff seal which closes onto the wrist to prevent ingress of water , and construction is such to allow the gauntlet to abut comfortably with a protective garment , so affording double insulation at the wrist . |
| 21 | For a repetitive task there may be comparatively little going on in the mind which emerges at the level of consciousness . |
| 22 | The American writer Leslie Farber has a great deal to say about ‘ the life of suicide ’ , which he insists , ‘ must not be seen as the situation or state of mind which leads to the act , but that situation in which the act-as-possibility , quite apart from whether it eventually occurs or not , has a life of its own . ’ |
| 23 | It develops a state of mind which lasts for the rest of one 's life ; an approach to things . |
| 24 | Because somewhere in my mind , a mind which boggles with the last-minute sketches and songs and sudden announcements and warm wine and stale sandwiches and endless pacings round the corners of empty dressing-rooms — a still small voice is saying , ‘ Why ? |
| 25 | Each branch point can be thought of as occurring at a cell division and so the branching pattern is also a cell lineage which starts with the multipotential stem cell . |
| 26 | It is not surprising that the Home Office has commissioned research which focuses on the criminal justice process rather than wider child care concerns . |
| 27 | This was not a time to cut back the resources of the department which deals with the most acute form of social need , but a time to expand , provide more personnel , more finance , and more expertise . |
| 28 | If you were to take a pencil and cross out every verse in the New Testament which refers to the resurrection or to the idea that Jesus Christ is alive , you would not have much of the New Testament left . |
| 29 | They 're very central , no more than a five minute walk from the beach , although most people spend most of the day around the large pool , surrounded by a sun terrace which looks onto the pretty gardens . |
| 30 | There is a bar and TV in a lounge which opens onto a terrace which wraps around the building and is often the venue for breakfast . |