Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seems happiest in the country with her powerfully romantic interpretations of a Path through the Trees Down a Lane in Winter which she regards as very much a Traveller 's Joy . |
| 2 | Oh organized yes , through the through the trades council no doubt about it , trades council organized it . |
| 3 | ( a ) The individual solicitor Practising Certificates By s1 of the Solicitors Act the essential qualifications for practice as a solicitor are admission as a solicitor , enrolment and the possession of a current practising certificate . |
| 4 | Depending on the efficiency of the staff of the accounts department the cost accounts for the previous month should be available to management within a maximum period of a further seven days , making a total maximum delay of 21 days . |
| 5 | He argued , convincingly , that noun phrases taken as a whole may quite often have a different temporal assignment from that of the verb which they accompany , as in : ( 37 ) I used to be a good friend of the police chief The underlined phrase may be understood as past relative to the time of utterance ( and hence in agreement with the time indicated by the verb ) or as present ; the two different time-values correspond to the two different continuations in : ( 38 ) … before he joined the force … until he was shot for corruption The first continuation would be compatible with an expansion of the subject phrase to the man who is the police chief , while the second would support the man who was the police chief . |
| 6 | At the end of the police investigation the suspect must be taken before a prosecutor who decides how the case should proceed . |
| 7 | As they were getting out of the police car a royal blue Land Rover drew up beside them and a coastguard officer got out . |
| 8 | At the start of the police interrogation the suspect is informed of his right of silence and of his right to consult a lawyer , but he has no right to have the lawyer present during the interrogation . |
| 9 | But as Mrs Fleetwood watched for a police car the pair stole £120 and fled . |
| 10 | From the start of the University 's anniversary year the MacRobert has been a hotbed of Jubilatory activity , with the Arts Centre a focus for social and creative events of all kinds . |
| 11 | Indeed , we must suspect that under the interests theory the criterion of personal responsibility is no more than a function of social policy : the more highly the interest is regarded , the closer we are drawn towards unlimited personal responsibility . |
| 12 | He told MPs that under the Companies Act the requirement to declare company donations to parties fell upon company directors . |
| 13 | Under the Debtors Act no one could be imprisoned except ( and then for only twelve months ) for default in payment of a penalty ; default by a trustee ordered to pay a sum in his possession ; default by an attorney in payment of costs ; or default in the payment for the benefit of creditors of any income which a court ordered or any other sums . |
| 14 | By spring 1969 the Lab was deep in debt ; sponsorship from the Arts Council an impossibility ; the wealthy of 1967 had vanished ; and Camden Council was pursuing Jim Haynes for an accumulating rate bill . |
| 15 | In the accounts system the cash and discount received from credit card sales would be debited in the cash book and credited to the sales account . |
| 16 | Moreover , whilst in the retailing sector enterprises might supplement their labour forces by about 10 per cent to cope with seasonal peaks , in the holidays sector the increase made might be as high as several hundred per cent . |
| 17 | They do not know how long a season will last ( in the holidays industry the weather plays an important part ) , how long a permanent member of staff on long-term sick leave will be away , or how long an exceptional surge in demand will last . |
| 18 | Now we have in the Companies Act a Table A which gives you a suggested er model , Memorandum of Association and Articles Association , why not a dedicated pensions act which says in here these are the minimum terms you must contain in your Trust Deed . |
| 19 | In my opinion , it makes organising your work in the Windows environment a lot simpler , and saves you from screen clutter , even on a 1280x1024 screen . |
| 20 | According to reports in the metals industry the government plans to spend about £100 million over the next six months . |
| 21 | And the buzzard , who had been waiting hidden in the branches of- an oak tree , swooped down , picked her up as carefully as if she were made of rose petals , and carried her back to the forest . |
| 22 | Arthur flew to London and stayed in the police morgue a long time with the body that he knew as closely as his own , thinking of Fred 's splendid good nature , his tough-mindedness , and his humour about the absurd and even the terrible . |
| 23 | In a rights issue the purchaser offers to its existing shareholders the right to subscribe in cash for such number of shares in proportion to their existing holdings as will raise a sum ( after deduction of the rights issue costs ) equal to the consideration needed for the acquisition . |
| 24 | Yes , between eight and a half to nine , we just in a dogs life a year , is seven of ours . |
| 25 | Muslim-controlled Sarajevo radio reported that Serbs also launched attacks on Brcko and Gradacac , towns in a communications corridor the rebels are trying to establish across northern Bosnia . |
| 26 | Once the invoice has been checked and approved and returned to the accounts department the original invoice will be processed through the financial accounts and the copy invoice through the cost accounts . |
| 27 | For example , a car was stopped for speeding or ‘ flying low ’ , and upon returning to the police vehicle the constable related the following considerations which influenced his assessment : |
| 28 | Eventually two detectives called and Jim went to the police station the next day . |
| 29 | No on the Antiques Roadshow the other week |
| 30 | Now I I 've chosen an example w with a Conservative Secretary of State and the Labour majority , but I ask the Noble Lords on all , in all parts of the House to think it could work the other way round , because a Labour Secretary of State could exercise exactly these powers in an area where with a er Conservative majority on on er on on the local council or councils and I ask the House to think of this , not in a party er as a as a party issue between Labour , Conservative or Liberal Democrat , I just ask you to consider whether it is right for a Secretary of State of any political persuasion to er secure by appointment to a police authority a political control from the centre of that police authority , because that is what the Government 's presents proposals would still achieve and er it is our view and it is the view of which is which is finds expression in Amendments five , eight and eleven that the we should return to the tripartite system of p of policing which policing is a partnership between the Chief Constable er the local authority in the area and the Home Secretary , that er tripartite arrangement has worked extremely well for thirty years , there have been minor conflicts in some parts of the country , but nothing to justify the wholesale removal of of of the partnership which is now proposed . |