Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [coord] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They disparage themselves for doubting and in the same breath defend their doubt like a treasured possession which nothing could persuade them to give up . |
| 2 | Catarrhs travel down to the larynx and hoarseness , to the trachea with burning worse ( < ) for coughing and to the chest with constriction and a cough . |
| 3 | It was hard to believe we had been indulging the same appetite for climbing and on the same crag I had visited during a July heatwave three years before . |
| 4 | It also draws attention to the social and economic isolation of poor families ; to their exclusion from the experiences of parenthood and childhood that others take for granted and from the cultural and political life of the communities to which they belong . |
| 5 | Is it defensible to have different principles for sentencing and for the labelling of offences ? |
| 6 | However , there is no agreement among researchers as to the length of this " natural " period of abstaining or to the length that amounts to a " contraceptive method " or to a " traditional custom of post-partum abstinence " . |
| 7 | Thus the diversity lies not only in the differences between people , the sitters , but also in different ways of photographing and in the varying contexts within which we encounter the image . |
| 8 | It is always fascinating to talk about the craft of conducting but in the end there is a certain mystery about it all . |
| 9 | This is not just for the pleasure of travelling but for the purpose of learning and evolving . |
| 10 | To avoid problems the drafter should make clear whether the reference in the terms is to the definition current at the time of drafting or to the version in force from time to time . |
| 11 | jackal god of embalming and of the dead and cemeteries , shown as a jackal or a jackal-headed man . |
| 12 | It was not known whether they would be the most advanced protagonists of environmental scanning , but for various reasons it was expected that they would have views about scanning and about the extent to which they wished to undertake formal environmental analysis . |
| 13 | If she is unique , it 's in the way she introduced fashion for wearing and for the houses we live in . ’ |
| 14 | If there are relative differences in the extent to which labour is mobile between jobs , in the extent of provision for retraining and in the ability and willingness to engage in retraining , in the provision of entrepreneurs to seize new opportunities , and in any other of the factors which influence the rate at which a region or country can innovate , then those regions/nations which are slow are likely to import unemployment from faster-innovating areas . |
| 15 | I 'm very careful about washing her hands before eating and after the loo . |
| 16 | I am sure that the more sensible people in racing and in the Jockey Club would not want to see that . ’ |
| 17 | Each treatment period lasted four days and the wash out periods before starting and during the study lasted 10 days . |
| 18 | And it must be said that while there has been a greater interest in ferreting and in the shooting side of rabbiting the netting interest has declined . |
| 19 | There is nothing inconsistent with the Income Tax Acts in recognising and respecting the distinction between property owned by a person as trustee and property owned by him in his own right … |
| 20 | His great enthusiasm was for sailing and in the vacations he would take parties of students on seafaring expeditions . |
| 21 | Someone reading the latest work on the control of food intake , for example , might be puzzled at the amount of effort that went into understanding the effects of hypothalamic lesions on eating and at the theories that were erected around those experiments . |
| 22 | There is now little difference between them : they focus on the Bible , on preaching and on the importance of the individual conscience . |
| 23 | Rather than will you attend Convention 1993 what about Which conventions have you attending since joining or in the last ten years 1983 [ ] 1984[] 1985[] 1986[] etc etc |
| 24 | However , at every age there are wide differences among individuals in the circumstances leading to fighting and in the amount of aggressive behaviour displayed . |
| 25 | It is important to know what this effect is , because if a plant subject is viewed then there will be several levels of intensity due to shading and to the angles at which leaves are presented . |
| 26 | Recent studies have expressed cautious optimism both for screening and for the use of adjuvant therapy , yet closer examination raises as many doubts as hopes . |
| 27 | Within the last 20 years it was the practice here to pen the sheep for clipping and for the fleeces to be thrown up to a helper standing on the gallery , who put them at once into the barn for storage . |
| 28 | I think , as a student I do n't know what I 'm gon na do and with the present erm grant system and bursary system it 's it 's even more frightening because es especially towards women , it does discriminate against women and that 's why less women are going into higher education |
| 29 | The trading community could suffer from the hazards which war created for shipping or through the destruction of possible export markets . |
| 30 | The Firth of Clyde and Irish Sea can be very hazardous for shipping and in the days of sail , small craft were lost regularly ( See Chapter 33 ) . |