Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harry went slowly and cautiously through the gully , feeling his way at every step until his eyes had accustomed themselves to the darkness , and could judge distances and distinguish the shapes of the weathered planes of rock that leaned over him . |
| 2 | This distils the ratios to that sub-set which , when taken together and appropriately weighted , best distinguish the characteristics of the failed and silent sets of firms . |
| 3 | The same two terms , ‘ bibliography ’ and ‘ history ’ serve to describe both subjects , and it is only the order in which they are cited and , in natural language , the connecting words that distinguish the statements of the two subjects . |
| 4 | Because the sets were completely different , the Theatre Royal having a much taller stage , White had to restage the movements during the two-week break . |
| 5 | But on day-to-day issues or on detailed matters where the minister would not be authorized to intervene by the relevant act , however much he might discuss these points on an informal basis and influence the actions of the board , Parliament can do nothing . |
| 6 | An appreciation of why governments follow certain types of economic policies requires an understanding of the theories which influence the decisions of the policy-maker . |
| 7 | Obviously not only the sequence neighbouring the position for a modification but also other determinants in the tRNA influence the interactions between the tRNAs and most tRNA-modifying enzymes . |
| 8 | The relations between capitalists and previous dominant classes , such as the aristocracy , and traditional institutions , such as the monarchy ( where it exists ) , the armed forces and the established religion , influence the textures of the dominant ideology . |
| 9 | For the outcome of this role depends on the multiplicity of local social processes which influence the activities of the local state , but which are inaccessible to the centre . |
| 10 | As we debated the awards in Government , various colleagues told me that my arguments for reductions were ‘ egalitarian ’ and that the pay increase for judges would in no way influence the expectations of the nurses and the ancillary workers . |
| 11 | In both cases the parents ' resignation to the inevitability of the assessment outcome arose from their having no opportunity to determine or seriously influence the objectives of the assessment nor to contribute to the conceptual framework within which their children 's needs were being assessed . |
| 12 | A little later , he met the leaders of the Provisional IRA in Dublin and assured them that he would be delighted if he could cut it down to ten or eight years . |
| 13 | The Prime Minister , the Minister of State and I met the leaders of the four main constitutional parties in Northern Ireland on 11 February . |
| 14 | During his visit Kaifu met the leaders of the United Kingdom , France , West Germany and Poland , among others , and , as in later discussions with Jacques Delors , President of the Commission of the European Communities ( EC ) , impressed upon them his resolve to strengthen mutual trade relations . |
| 15 | Just before the review began , I met the members of the Art Department to discuss their anticipations . |
| 16 | About a month after the presentation of the final report , I met the members of the Art department to discuss their retrospective feelings about the review . |
| 17 | I was not consulted about membership of the Group , and with the exception of Dr Charles Suckling , a member of the Kingman Committee , I met the members for the first time when we assembled in London for our opening working session . |
| 18 | The RUC Chief Constable Sir Hugh Annesley who met the families of the murdered officers said their deaths tragically illustrated the continuing sacrifice of the RUC in the service of the community . |
| 19 | They failed to make anything like the sort of headway the following day when they met the Wallabies in the rain at Newlands . |
| 20 | When the crowds had left after the second home match , Chapman met the helpers in the stand and asked them to take him on trust , asserting that the changes were in the club 's interest . |
| 21 | The government 's plans effectively met the demands of the African National Congress ( ANC ) and other opposition groups for a transitional constitution to be devised by a constituent assembly chosen on a representative basis . |
| 22 | On Monday , the managing director , Jacques Calvet , met the unions for the first time but said there could be no discussion of pay until production was resumed . |
| 23 | As this met the requirements of the hotel , serving customers would merely have been a needless waste of effort and resources which could be profitably siphoned off elsewhere . |
| 24 | We met the officials of the embassy at dinner that same evening . |
| 25 | UK court cases have recently raised the question of whether the principle of " retrospective liability " for past pollution that met the standards of the day will be widely applied . |
| 26 | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy when he last met the chairmen of the regional electricity companies to discuss levels of disconnection for debt . |
| 27 | Patrick looked round and met the eyes of the Detective Sergeant . |
| 28 | By 1967 Ceauşescu had already staged several historical pageants at which he met the heroes of the Romanian past and of his own childhood games . |
| 29 | Professor North has suggested that the booming of the specialised plantation economy in the southern states was the key factor in the growth of a pattern of dynamic regional specialisation which allowed the north-eastern states to cradle an American industrial revolution by 1830.48 Up to then , however , it was primarily British manufactures which met the needs of the new republic . |
| 30 | And if Davie 's principles make him what some might call ‘ elitist ’ or ‘ undemocratic ’ , as in his stinging verdicts on ‘ catchpenny enterprises … like the Arvon Poetry Competitions ’ , it is not without his having pondered the arguments about the place and function of elites and of high art in a democratic nation far more deeply than the bulk of his fellow countrymen . |