Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Advance payment bonds : Many export contracts contain provisions for advance payments to meet the exporter 's costs . |
| 2 | The first Kodak ISO 400 reversal film for professional photographers has the speed required for fast shooting in low light conditions . |
| 3 | The first Kodak ISO 400 reversal film for professional photographers has the speed required for fast shooting in low light conditions . |
| 4 | However , it is often also expedient for political executives to conceal the reasons for their decisions behind a veil of secrecy , so bureaucrats and politicians may be drawn into an alliance against other politicians ( the Opposition ) and the public to enhance their collective power through confidentiality . |
| 5 | Popular pressure for political reforms induced the then ruling MLSTP to initiate a transition to a multiparty system of government in December 1989 [ see p. 37479 ] . |
| 6 | But the movement for political rights overlooked the immensely conservative tendencies inherent in the structure of the surrounding society and particularly the institution of the family . |
| 7 | He has put down a Commons motion condemning the Defence Secretary for ‘ the arbitrary action which he is taking to extinguish the ancient rights of common [ … ] for political reasons to prevent the women 's peace camp from continuing their peaceful demonstrations ’ . |
| 8 | Tory backbenchers are looking for strong measures to boost the economy and hope a one per cent cut in interest rates will cushion predicted cutbacks in public spending . |
| 9 | A hundred and fifty Bulmers workers from the distribution depot near the fire were evacuated to safety.And a roll call was taken to make sure no one else had been hurt.Meanwhile as fifty firefighters fought the flames , there was another explosion which hurled a sixty ton oil tank high into the air.It crashed down onto a fire engine : |
| 10 | They were all ‘ obvious ’ truths ; but some were non-evaluative propositions , such as that wholes equal the sum of their parts , while others were various principles of morality . |
| 11 | ‘ Axioms ’ or ‘ maxims ’ , such as that wholes equal the sum of their parts , were among the premisses of the demonstrative syllogisms of the doctrine of scientia , and some seventeenth-century developments of the doctrine said that they were innate . |
| 12 | Synthetic oligosacharides coupled to cristalline silica were used as solid immunoabsorbants to assess the degree of inhibition of antibody mediated agglutination . |
| 13 | The group is in Cleveland for eight weeks to study the North-East 's path to economic recovery . |
| 14 | Youds was ordered to pay £100 per unit and £30 costs and asked for eight weeks to pay the £630 sum . |
| 15 | ‘ He is here for private engagements involving the security forces , ’ said a Northern Ireland Office spokesman . |
| 16 | The more significant the contribution of the dead person , the more powerfully the grief has to be shown , even if it means , as in some eastern countries , hiring women to act as professional mourners following the funeral procession , weeping and wailing . |
| 17 | In this assay , activation of the serum-response element ( SRE ) -LacZ reporter gene is strictly dependent on the interaction between chimaeric proteins containing the serum-response factor ( SRF ) DNA-binding and the VP16 transactivation domains , respectively . |
| 18 | The then Opposition spokesman said that would quickly be done , but I am still waiting for Labour Members to choose the subject for debate in the Select Committee . |
| 19 | By and large , capital had come to terms with war — an alliance given prominence in 1916 by press agitation for Allied plans to translate the wartime economic blockade of Germany into a post-war policy of concerted discrimination against German exports — the so-called ‘ War After the War . |
| 20 | The need for short-term profits caused the run-down of many manufacturing industries around which communities and lives revolved and when this raw profit-standard was applied to power and energy industries , they followed suit . |
| 21 | But the existence of numerous alternative markets for short-term funds means the opportunity for intervention may be subject to a time-lag . |
| 22 | Two streams come down from a hilly hinterland and after a sedate infancy suddenly leap in a happy frolic through verdant surroundings to reach the village where they converge as the River Greta . |
| 23 | EGYPT has imposed travel restrictions which will make it harder for Islamic militants to cross the border with Libya . |
| 24 | Only when the Bill was amended to make it compulsory for local authorities to provide and maintain facilities for deaf children did the Liberal Government of the day allow the Bill to become law . |
| 25 | 18 Prisoners went on strike for 32 days to demand the liberty of all political prisoners and the end to human rights violations . |
| 26 | Further west , when Bombay emulated Manchester as India 's textile centre , there was a huge demand for cast-iron pipes to connect the Tata Hydro Power Plant with Bombay 92 miles away . |
| 27 | He had execution of the warrant for his arrest stayed for twenty-one days to allow the young peer to appeal . |
| 28 | A spokesman for Essex County Council , which is responsible for social services supporting the elderly , handicapped and those on low incomes , said it was impossible for the county council to comment on something political . |
| 29 | Since Alexander Pope declared that ‘ the proper study of mankind is man ’ it would seem reasonable for social scientists to observe the behaviour of their fellow men and women . |
| 30 | It is difficult within organisational constraints for social workers to find the time to do marital work and it is even harder to find time to do so for elderly couples . |