Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [subord] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As will be seen , one of the problems for the United Kingdom economy is that , despite government exhortations for companies to become involved in selling overseas , many executives remain apprehensive because of the mystique with which the subject often surrounds itself . |
| 2 | Greater interest in , and involvement with , chronology and environmental reconstruction became possible because of the greater pace of development of new techniques to complement established ones which could be used for dating and/or the provision of environmental information . |
| 3 | In three areas of the country the unitary principle was considered impractical because of the heavy concentrations of population within a continuous built-up area . |
| 4 | In words like these Paul , John and the writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews struggle to express the unheard-of claim , that they themselves would have deemed blasphemous but for the irrefragable evidence of the life , death and resurrection of Jesus , that God had indeed visited and redeemed his people . |
| 5 | Er , Chairman erm , I do believe that this has always been an issue erm of vested interests and bureaucracy administration but all I want to say to members of the council today as a member of the youth and community advisory committee is that extremely serious er far reaching decisions are gon na have to be taken because we were told at the last meeting of that sub committee that just to stand still because of the changes in legislation regarding transfer of funds to the er F E funding council , we will lose a further two million pounds next year so even if we er do not have to find any cuts within our own budget that money is going out of this authority 's budget it may come back in in commissioning agreements but because of the different timescale that the funding council works on we probably wo n't know that when we come to set our budget and really the issue for the Labour group I think in particular as councillor has said , is the question of budgetary control . |
| 6 | Although these results might be considered implausible because of the extreme climate sensitivities implied , the explained variance at more reasonable climate sensitivities within the upper half of the accepted range of uncertainty , 1.5 to 4.5°C , remains above 55% . |
| 7 | This general rule holds good except in the case of degrees including English , and of the joint degrees in modern languages and business studies , where particularly heavy pressure on places means that it may not always be possible to make offers even to applicants who possess grades above the minimum . |
| 8 | At that time about 40 per cent of production workers in assembly were non-Swedish , a situation the company found unattractive because of the costs of recruitment , training , and supervision . |
| 9 | The same points can also be made in the context of assessment of needs other than for the GRE . |
| 10 | It makes no sense for two such complex systems of financial support to attempt to meet the same needs other than in the most exceptional circumstances . |
| 11 | The bidding process is conducted in secrecy ; bidders are not told the identity of other bidders ; and information on bids received is not discharged other than to the vendor . |
| 12 | The importance of majority voting will increase since more and more European economic and social legislation will be deemed necessary because of the single European market . |
| 13 | The articles were deemed obsolete because of the altered political and legal situation following the changes in eastern Europe and German unification . |
| 14 | We remain ignorant as to the basis of this consistent and apparently universal outcome ( that wives and mothers spend a great deal more time tending than their husbands ) . |
| 15 | relatively detailed specification , which was made possible because of the change from fixed to relative location , and |
| 16 | It may eventually become apparent that the successful implementation of the 1981 Act was made impossible because in the early stages of its introduction too many teachers were frustrated at the lack of support they received . |
| 17 | Did she only feel good because of the unexpected fillip of her highly attractive anonymous new neighbour ? |
| 18 | Prediction is made hazardous because of the volatility and diversity of the press . |
| 19 | Family H isolates of H pylori ( F4 and F5 ) were very closely related or subtypes of the same strain since their Hae III digest patterns seemed identical except for the intensity of two bands , and ribopatterns differed on the secondary ( lower intensity hybridisation signal ) bands , but the main bands were common to both . |
| 20 | Here , patients do not feel remote because of the closeness of the town with shops , pubs , galleries and parking just around the corner . |
| 21 | Where a bankruptcy order has been made other than on the debtor 's petition , the bankrupt must submit to the official receiver a statement of his affairs within twenty-one days of the bankruptcy order or within such longer period as the official receiver may allow ( s 288(1) and ( 3 ) ) or the court may allow ( r 6.62 ) . |
| 22 | ( 1 ) In all the circumstances is it more appropriate that a court of the country to which a child has been wrongfully removed or in which it is being wrongfully retained ( country B ) ’ — in this case one can say England — ‘ should reach decisions and make orders with a view to its welfare or is it more appropriate that this should be done by a court of the country from which it was removed or to which its return has been wrongfully prevented ( [ Australia ] ) ? ( 2 ) If , but only if , the answer to the first question is that the court of [ England ] is the more appropriate court , should that court give any consideration whatsoever to what further orders should be made other than for the immediate return of the child to [ Australia ] and for ensuring its welfare pending the resumption or assumption of jurisdiction by the courts of that country ? |
| 23 | Local authorities have a duty under Section 46 of the Public Health ( Control of Diseases ) Act 1984 , to arrange the burial or cremation of any person who has died in their area where it appears that no suitable arrangements can be made other than by the local authority . |
| 24 | Slices are produced dry as in the early stages of thin section making ( Section 4.4.2 ) , with a glass backing . |
| 25 | It could also be that those who remain to resume operations in London are lying low because of the fear of target surveillance by increased security service activity and resources . |
| 26 | An elderly person may become frail because of the combination of illnesses or disabilities . |
| 27 | Most look similar except for the frame material ; choose this to match your windows if possible . |
| 28 | used other than for the purposes for which the motor cycle is insured , as defined under Use on Page 6 |
| 29 | The vice has been going rusty cos of the dryer . |
| 30 | They are lying dormant because of the cold weather ’ . |