Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Family size is shrinking as mothers no longer need large numbers of children to work either down the mines or in the factories ( the machine would take anybody to work for it at first ) or to ensure that a few would survive ; high infant mortality rates are now becoming a thing of the past . |
| 2 | An additional initiative available is to advertise the opportunity either in the Financial Times or on the Accountants Business Network ( ‘ ABN ’ ) . |
| 3 | In the open sea , Joseph Ritter — always there beneath the text or in the shadows of Boswell 's narrative — mystifyingly lost Johnson 's spurs overboard . |
| 4 | They must therefore retain the property to which an infant is entitled till he attains full age , and meanwhile deal with it under the directions of the will or settlement or under the orders of the court . |
| 5 | A further provision of SI 274 extends the exemption to companies other than listed companies and those listed on specified exchanges , provided that the advertisement meets the general criteria , and consists of or is accompanied by the whole or any part of the body corporate 's annual accounts or by the directors ' report . |
| 6 | Despite the possibility of infinite variation in detail and in method , those who teach in school have to admit that realistically they will teach broadly what is required , either by employers or by the universities themselves . |
| 7 | ‘ failed to accord precedence to a foot passenger on the carriageway ’ This point means that the offending driver did not stop at or before the ‘ give-way ’ line , where provided , which is one metre from the limits of the crossing or at the limits to accord precedence . |
| 8 | I think we should therefore hold the fight until a clear pattern emerges and certainly avoid international incidents which might tempt the Red Army , either at Union level or in the Republics and finally I think perhaps one useful thing we could do is too assist initially , and I stress initially , well disposed Republics with bread and sausages . |
| 9 | Too often the role is left to a houseproud male or to the women who dig their own grave when entrapping themselves into a traditional duty , by doing it themselves out of resignation . |
| 10 | Thus politicians may say whatever they choose in Parliament or at the proceedings of select committees ( see Chapter 9 ) . |
| 11 | When grown in normal aquarium gravel , the plant should be nourished by placing clay granules or balls of sun-dried clay , at the base or around the roots . |
| 12 | Moving from gardening to a musical metaphor , the poetic , sensuous qualities of her paintings suggest they could be experienced , like percussion instruments , through vibrations on the skin or in the bones . |
| 13 | There was a picture of the terrace on which meals were taken ‘ except during thunderstorms ’ and several of the garden , but none of the kitchen or of the children 's accommodation . |
| 14 | Though the official figures are not easy to interpret it seems that at the outbreak of the Seven Years War about half its manpower was drawn either from the jails of London and other cities or from the crews of foreign ships . |
| 15 | The landlord may sue if he can prove that actual harm has been caused to the reversion or in the circumstances illustrated in the next case . |
| 16 | Her own college , at first encounter , struck her as somewhat dimly conformist , with long brown corridors and an unexpectedly high proportion of young women apparently wrapped up in the triumphs of yesteryear on the hockey field or in the prefects ' Common Room , but even there she had discovered part of what she was looking for : in the persons of Liz Ablewhite ( now Headleand ) and Esther Breuer ( still Breuer ) she had discovered it , and rediscovered it there each time she met them , which was , these days , on average once a fortnight . |
| 17 | If there is a doubt put it in pencil and wait for confirmation from your own experience or from the reports of others . |
| 18 | Many writers interested in these phenomena tend to specialise either in child play or in the arts , the former finding clues in the activity which relate to child development , the latter establishing art as an enhancement of what is good and beautiful . |
| 19 | A general name for the familiar demon or mischievous spirit who dwells in private houses or in the chinks of trees . |
| 20 | Remember , all her life she had wandered from place to place , sleeping in a tent or under the stars . |
| 21 | But in a two-hour interview with reporters of the Scottish Daily Record he listed some fifteen details of the layout of the Ross bungalow and what was in it , information not mentioned at Meehan 's trial or in the newspapers , and which he could only have known if he had been there , all of which Mr Ross confirmed ( ‘ Colour of bedroom quilts was pink ’ , ‘ A light tan suit was in the bedroom wardrobe ’ , ‘ An alarm clock with black face and luminous hands stood in the hatchway to the kitchen ’ , etc . ) . |
| 22 | He explained away the list of things that Waddell had seen in the Ross 's house as having been published at the trial or in the newspapers , which was not the case . |
| 23 | Under certain conditions this can lead to an inappropriate choice of the objective function or of the constraints , giving an unacceptable solution . |
| 24 | Thus , there may appear to be a urethritis when the main problem is in fact an infection in the bladder or in the kidneys , or , more locally , in the prostate gland . |
| 25 | They are not available on news stands or in the hotels . |
| 26 | Superb photographs illustrate the remarkable life-cycles of ferns and their close relatives , and their extraordinary adaptability — for example , ferns growing in impenetrable mangrove swamps or between the boulders of the Mexican desert . |
| 27 | Is it to be an up-to-the-minute design that will look good hanging in a bedroom or up the stairs , or should it have an antique feel to match a similarly styled sitting room ? |
| 28 | The increased use of personal computers means that files of secret information may be left lying around on a cassette or floppy disc in unlocked offices or at the homes of executives . |
| 29 | However , the problem with contact lenses and glasses is that your eyes can change over time , so it is imperative that problems are sorted out as soon as possible , as it will be difficult to establish whether the fault lies in your eyes or in the lenses . |
| 30 | No record existed of any returns either to the Inland Revenue or to the Customs and Excise authorities . |