Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [conj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | However , the authority felt them to be impractical to implement because of the assumptions about resources . |
2 | It will be interesting to see if in the long term the claims that this product prevents damage to valve seats etc. from using leadfree fuel are true . |
3 | In the case of carers who have their own children this is easier to see than for the classic ( and disappearing ) case of the single daughter who was presumed to be childless ; although in that case the assumption in the past was that the single daughter would be rewarded in material terms through being the major beneficiary of her parents ' will , if they had money or property to bequeath . |
4 | IT is heartening to see that in the wake of Glasgow 1990 and despite increasing difficulties in funding , large scale multi-media events can still take place . |
5 | ‘ As Scotland is little known to the greater part of those who may read these observations , it is not superfluous to relate that under the name Aberdeen are comprised two towns standing about a mile distant from each other , but governed , I think , by the same magistrates . ’ |
6 | Indeed , we always try to give the benefit of the doubt , and the hon. Gentleman may be interested to know that in the last three years we have received 577 claims and have settled 372 of them . |
7 | It is interesting to speculate that in the fetus the G cells may , by a means yet to be identified , lead to the disappearance of parietal cells in their immediate vicinity . |
8 | Moreover , it would be quite wrong to conclude that in the above examples only the tones given would be appropriate ; it is , in fact , almost impossible to find a context where one could not substitute a different tone . |
9 | The actual published version is considerably easier to understand because of the use of ‘ bar charts ’ , which can not be reproduced here . |
10 | Similarly , telex and faxing were more analogous to mail than to the press . |
11 | And the change now means that if a married woman , it does n't , as I say , it does n't affect single women , if a married woman now has n't earned income using all her allowances , so she does n't work has n't worked , never qualified for a pension , or does work but does n't earn more than that , and the couple have got investment income then it 's sensible to switch that into the wife 's name to give her income to use up her allowances . |
12 | I think it 's exciting to think that on the rare occasion we feature a non farming issue , we discover what a group of internationalists our readers are , and how in touch you are with current affairs . |
13 | Nowhere is it easier to blackmail than in the criminal underworld and the grey areas of conduct that surround it . |
14 | He has been working very long hours setting up in business here in er in this area er he gets home late at night and I 'm afraid to say that over the last few months he 's been nagged continuously by his girlfriend who wants him to try and sort out financial arrangements because the relationship between the two of them 's not been very good . |
15 | I was particularly interested to note that in the Whitefield area of Nelson in my hon. Friend 's constituency , largely occupied by ethnic minority households , a neighbourhood watch scheme has recently been set up and is helping to build bridges between the ethnic minority residents and the police . |
16 | The thought occurs that if Darlington Museum , free to enter and in the town centre to name its two advantages , can so describe itself then Bowes and Beamish will be running out of superlatives . |
17 | And I 'm certainly prepared to admit that from the point of view of erm evolution , I too am er little more than a biodegradable package er for my genes , because , after all , if natural selection really were about fitness and perfecting the organisms , in terms of making the organism more perfect , more fit , more survivable , why do n't we live forever , or , or almost forever ? |
18 | Erm , if we were willing to throw that into the pot , |
19 | It was interesting to note that as the election results came through , political commentators were readily able to offer a viable explanation : ‘ Labour made no headway in Battersea due to the local authority , plus change in electorate profile ’ . |
20 | It is interesting to note that in the US , Congress has expressed an overriding concern for fairness in the securities markets . |
21 | It is also interesting to note that in the case of A5pC6 and T8pC9 junctions , the transition to B II almost causes the facing phosphate to change at the same time with final ε-ζ values of +18° and +26° respectively . |
22 | It is also interesting to note that in the aftermath of the October Crisis both Castro and Kennedy sought to exploit the low point in Soviet-Cuban relations . |
23 | It is interesting to note that in the 1978 World Bank Report some communist countries were given a special category , ‘ centrallyplanned economies ’ . |
24 | It is interesting to note that in the last analysis it is evil which is its own undoing . |
25 | It is interesting to note that among the fruits taken by birds in southern Europe , it has been shown in the case of Smilax aspera ( Liliaceae ) , there is selection in favour of greater pulp : seed ratio ( with a loss in seed numbers ) in those conditions of high competition for dispersers , which , faced with an apparent glut , select the most nutritionally valuable . |
26 | I am delighted to report that despite the increase both of magpies and crows last year , I have observed over the winter feeding period the usual mixture of birds . |
27 | But it might be more appropriate to wait until nearer the time to send a memo , I do n't know . |
28 | Even so , the potential gain from a lower rate — even if it had been negotiable through the International Monetary Fund — is not easy to estimate because of the problems of relative elasticities of demand for both exports and imports and the problem of the cost effects of higher import prices , not least as they would have affected wage bargaining [ Ball , 1967 ] . |
29 | I went often , partly because I enjoyed dancing and partly because we were offered the most delicious cakes , of a sort that was almost impossible to obtain except on the black market . |
30 | Among printers ' mementoes , one should not forget the special examples , in the nature of things not easy to find because of the infrequency of the occasions , produced by presses set up on frozen rivers , such as the Thames and Severn . |