Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [prep] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The theoretical and promotional literature will be surveyed in order to identify the advantages and disadvantages of franchising from both the franchiser and franchisee 's point of view . |
| 2 | There was a lot of crashing from inside the box , which rocked sympathetically . |
| 3 | Besides having this example of baronial efficiency before his eyes , common sense might have suggested the importance of revealing at once the new conditions for ecclesiastical support which he had brought back from the Roman Council of 1099 . |
| 4 | 1 The questioning of the place and function of writing in both the primary and secondary curricula needs to continue . |
| 5 | Comparison of the patterns of demographic change suggested by the overall and gerontic ratio illustrates the importance of looking at both the total population and its component segments . |
| 6 | There seems to have been very little , if any , educational advantage in this elaboration , but there certainly was an advantage , in a profession which had become vastly overcrowded , of lengthening the period of education and , when one had finally become a muderris , of providing at least the illusion of advancement by the introduction of a number of grades which were unnecessary except in bureaucratic terms . |
| 7 | The spy-glass , though splendidly gimballed to deal with the worst vagaries of pitching and rolling , was quite incapable of coping with even the mildest vibration which , more often than not , produced a very fuzzy photograph indeed . |
| 8 | Such hoards can be studied in two different ways — by an examination of their internal composition , or by consideration of general patterns of hoarding from both the chronological and the geographical point of view . |
| 9 | McHale has been told that he must put together a side capable of reaching at least the play-offs next season . |
| 10 | There were other ways of arriving at much the same conclusion but one logical consequence was that the non-biblical " gentiles " and the " savages " were lumped together as a kind of historical residue of " first men " . |
| 11 | Then with great clarity and anguish he remembered the moment when Westerman had put his question about a moral lead from the press , and instead of answering at once the idea had come to him of leaning forward and judiciously stubbing out his cigarette . |
| 12 | Indeed , he had a remarkable gift for extracting from even the most commonplace remarks or situations some latent humour , which otherwise might never have been suspected . |
| 13 | But the NYOS earned a pat on the back from Mr Baker for having by far the largest number of donors — 68 in total — giving sums under £5,000 . |
| 14 | This led to a considerable investment of energy in shaping from above the constituents of the national culture and national character ; and to the identification and removal of any tendencies towards degeneration within the national " body " . |
| 15 | Do my right hon. and hon. Friends agree that if we are to have an effective Royal Air Force , it is essential that our pilots are given the best possible training , including training in operating at below the level of enemy radar ? |
| 16 | The appellants , in seeking to further the aims of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament , entered and sought to immobilise an airfield . |
| 17 | ‘ If Cllr Murphy is aware of any specific incidence of malpractice or wrongdoing , he should detail the same in writing to either the chief executive or the independent consultants appointed to look into this matter , ’ she said . |
| 18 | Just such a text is Igneous Rocks , which succeeds admirably in synthesising of both the old and new data into as coherent a picture as is possible given current levels of ignorance . |
| 19 | Yes erm when this policy has been a significant issue in dealing with either the local plan or er |
| 20 | As a practical clinician he sought to describe the normal and the pathological without resorting to either the abstractions of galenism or the incomprehensible mythological and numerological symbolism of contemporary alchemy . |
| 21 | ‘ For emerging from underneath the Mitsubishi umbrella to produce an ever more modern range of cars at low cost ’ |
| 22 | Only by qualifying for either the English Tourist Board crown grading and quality scheme , or one of the other nationally recognised quality schemes , can establishments be singles out with the relevant symbol and this is the result of independent , objective assessment by trained inspectors , not as a result of decisions by council staff . |
| 23 | It is misguided in believing that a solution to the problem of the legitimacy of corporate managerial power can ever be found by looking to either the market or the ordering of power within the company . |