Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [noun pl] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sally Harrower , Issue Hall , has for some years entered the Edinburgh to St Andrews cycle ride in aid of Lepra . |
| 2 | A vegetarian 's challenge to a farmer to live like a battery chicken for a week has ended in farce after both sides accused the other of backing out . |
| 3 | The relative ignorance of judges and barristers about such films led the Criminal Bar Association to testify to Williams in 1978 that the deprave-and-corrupt test had outlived its usefulness , which led that Committee to recommend replacement of the criminal test by a scheme of prohibition based on physical rather than psychological harm to ( 1 ) children involved in child pornography , and ( 2 ) humans or animals involved in so-called ‘ snuff movies ’ . |
| 4 | Finally , the attitudes of some women illustrated the ‘ queuing principle ’ ( Martin and Wallace , 1984 ) , namely , that in times of high unemployment , certain social groups are felt to have greater claims to paid employment . |
| 5 | Perhaps even more than in the case of energising Anglican evangelical clergymen like William Marsh , in the ranks of evangelical nonconformity the powerful leadership of some ministers shaped the attitudes of chapel communities and led them into collaboration across denominational and church/chapel lines . |
| 6 | About 68 per cent of illegitimate births were jointly registered in the names of both parents in 1987 compared to 53 per cent in 1977 , and in 1987 , 70 per cent of such parents gave the same address . |
| 7 | The regular salaries attached to the more important posts in the customs and excise administration , for example , were in themselves attractive to many voters in Scottish constituencies , and were the objects of a great deal of political negotiation , for this kind of appointment was the normal currency of management for the politician able to procure it , and the links between parliamentary politics and the disposal of such offices made the nominal right of appointment possessed by the boards of commissioners in Edinburgh somewhat illusory . |
| 8 | In the early 1960s many of these groups had the basic financial strength and business experience to move into manufacturing . |
| 9 | Some of these groups envisaged the return of General de Gaulle in the wake of the insurrection , though many did not ( the pieds noirs had generally been Pétainist during the war and many officers either viewed de Gaulle as over the hill or still resented his indiscipline in 1940 ) . |
| 10 | None of these sites had the classic village green and plan which we expected , and all were found by accident in open country , away from medieval settlements . |
| 11 | The most widely publicized of these consequences involved the accumulation of DDT and other organo-chlorides in the food chain . |
| 12 | The first of these forces underlay the emergence of a new type of quasi-diplomatic post , the military and naval attaché . |
| 13 | But although their vocals were not really intended as more than light relief , many of these players had the knack of making a song more memorable and enjoyable than many a proper singer can — as Eldridge does on Shoe Shin Swing , Gillespie on I 'm Beboppin' Too , Hot Lips Page on Take Your Shoes Off Baby . |
| 14 | But for patients in high EE homes , the continued use of these drugs reduced the relapse rate over a nine-month period among Brown and his colleagues ' sample by one third ( 66 per cent to 46 per cent ) , and in Vaughn and Leff 's sample , by about one half . |
| 15 | Only two of these mice expressed the transgene in the brain , but at very reduced levels relative to those observed for the -300bp mice ( figure 6 ) . |
| 16 | Both of these developments reflected the evident failure of traditional local policies in the face of a pervasive and thorough restructuring of many local economies . |
| 17 | All of these studies emphasised the same , fundamental point : that rehabilitation had led to the sacrifice of justice in favour of an alternative goal that it had manifestly failed to achieve . |
| 18 | The subjective experiences of these mothers became the maintheme ; for example , how rejected they felt by friends or neighbours who crossed the street , not knowing what to say . |
| 19 | Much of the work of these Committees informed the work of the Civil Justice Review , which made numerous proposals to alleviate the problem . |
| 20 | The following chapters will look at how each of these mystics understood the nature and rules of the game . |
| 21 | For one group , both of these cues signalled the presentation of food ; the second group received discrimination training in which B was followed by food and A was not . |
| 22 | The reason was that none of these reforms shifted the balance of power within the social structure of the village . |
| 23 | All of these things encouraged the movie moguls to put their faith back into entertainment , to make good movies , and to go out looking for new and bigger audiences . |
| 24 | The presence of six or more of these factors showed the strongest relationship with sociopathy , and their frequency and seriousness also increased the relationship . |
| 25 | With the first of these emancipations went the opportunity to create his material and technological culture ; with the second , comparable opportunities for his mental and social culture . |
| 26 | The economies of these countries ended the war in ruins . |
| 27 | When one of these upstarts had the effrontery to kick her wood panelled walls in the study I put library in the to see if they were sound , she 'd breath such venom through the wall , that his wife shuddered and pulled her fur coat tightly around her , hurrying out of the room saying I would n't sleep under this roof for a million . |
| 28 | The detailed examination of the organisation of these references confirmed the view that there was little or no commonality between the systems used , and within each system , reference fields were utilised for any combination of alphanumeric codes that suited the purpose of the prime users . |
| 29 | Neither of these styles provided the basis for the emergence of Aung San and Nu . |
| 30 | The treatment of these recommendations illustrated the gulf that was growing within Western Europe . |