Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The absence of trunks or limbs to go with the heads implies that they were mounted on clay or wooden bodies which have subsequently disintegrated , probably simple wooden xoana . |
| 2 | For hanging ties and belts , you can buy specialist racks or rails to attach to the wall or the back of the wardrobe doors , shoe racks can be placed in the bottom of the wardrobe and , if the exteriors of the doors are not mirrored , you might want to fit mirrors to the inside . |
| 3 | Did Carnelian hope that Jaq or Meh'Lindi would rush , or fire , impetuously — only for their laser beams or needles to pass through the phantom without effect , till they hit some bystander or the Governor 's tabernacle ? |
| 4 | Next to the difficult decision as to which of many enchanting patterns or knots to draw on the soil with herbs , is the even more difficult but absorbing one of which species to grow . |
| 5 | They also encourage patients to take along relatives or friends to participate in the programme . ’ |
| 6 | The Race Relations Act 1976 makes it illegal for an LEA or governors to discriminate on the grounds of colour , race , ethnic or national origins or nationality against a pupil — ‘ by excluding him from the establishment or subjecting him to any other detriment ’ ( section 17(c) ( ii ) ) . |
| 7 | Looking ahead to the AGM , nominations are needed now for class members or teachers to serve on the Executive Committee and play a vital role in deciding how the Society is run ON YOUR BEHALF . |
| 8 | This plan of alternating narrative and poetic lyricism was , of course , the outline scheme for many of the older operas , using recitative for the narration and arias or choruses to expand on the emotional and poetic episodes . |
| 9 | In any case a company formed under the Companies Act has a considerable power of altering the objects stated in the Memorandum of Association which is signed by its first members at the formation of the company , subject to the power of the holders of fifteen per cent of its shares or debentures to apply to the court to cancel an alteration . |
| 10 | RENTOKIL was quick off the mark yesterday when it decided to increase its dividend by more than earnings to compensate for the Chancellor 's decision to cut the tax credit on dividends from 25 per cent to 20 per cent . |
| 11 | Women still , on the whole , have to achieve more than men to get to the same level in certain ways , but I think basically it 's this question of choice . |
| 12 | This meant that issues to do with the representativeness of the sample drawn and interviewed were paramount since the objective was to gain an accurate estimate from the sample of the likely population characteristics . |
| 13 | ASIAN girls are six times more likely than others to suffer from the slimming diseases bulimia or anorexia nervosa , according to shock new figures . |
| 14 | Some have seen the RPF as a twentieth century expression of Bonapartism — the tradition of a providential leader appealing to men and women of all classes and ideologies to unite in the interests of an orderly state and national greatness . |
| 15 | They are designed to be portable and enable herdsmen and hunters to move around the countryside in search of new pastures for their camels , sheep and yak . |
| 16 | I also like to make hats and accessories to go with the clothes . |
| 17 | The Clean Air Act of 1963 , the namesake for the major federal incursions to follow in 1970 , expanded the research and technical assistance programme initiated in 1955 , provided limited federal powers to investigate and abate pollution emissions endangering health and welfare , instructed the US Department of Health , Education and Welfare to develop criteria on the effects of air pollution and its control ( advisory guidelines to be used or ignored by state and local government ) , and increased its research and development of devices and fuels to aid in the prevention of industrial and vehicle pollutant discharges . |
| 18 | The Ministry of Defence ( MoD ) has agreed to open up 600,000 acres of its extensive land holdings for environmental research , and to offer the use of some of its ships , aircraft and personnel to help in the work . |
| 19 | The festival is pleased to provide an opportunity for audience and musicians to meet in the beautiful 12th-century church known as the Spurriergate Centre which serves a wide range of delicious foods and is renowned for its vegetarian dishes . |
| 20 | His focus is on teachers ' understandings of , and attempts to cope with the situations they experience in schools , and the various pressures and constraints that shape the teaching environment and over which teachers have little control . |
| 21 | The new job flexibility has required a break-up of old trade union structures and attempts to emulate in the UK systems of labour relation based on Japanese and some US examples . |
| 22 | Teesside urban development corporation , for instance , is an example of the Government using pump priming to attract private sector money and skills to help in the process of urban regeneration . |
| 23 | Were Lascars and Chinamen to benefit from the improvements in food , accommodation , repatriation etc. which it provided for British seamen ? |
| 24 | Company registration numbers are sometimes included in the case of company landlords , tenants and guarantors to assist with the more positive identification of companies for search purposes at HM Land Registry . |
| 25 | The children need to be taught to move head and eyes to compensate for the field loss . |
| 26 | Yes , there are other buttons and settings to use on the machine or carriages , but these deal more with the needle selection of the design , rather than with the way the actual stitch is formed . |
| 27 | The canteen ran in this form , with a day and night shift throughout the war and after until around 1960 , when the night shift was withdrawn through lack of support and a skeleton staff supplied tea and snacks to order to the Works night shift . |
| 28 | In a nation with more than 3 million unemployed , many skilled youngsters would give their proverbial eyes and ears to work at the Rutherford-Appleton . |
| 29 | An attractive resort with two picturesque marinas , a lovely cove of golden sand and a seaside lido , with lots of very lively bars and restaurants to visit in the evenings . |
| 30 | With two new atoms added to the previous five , the children tackled harder problems ( ‘ How many different CFC molecules can you invent with these model atoms ’ ? ) , and towards the end of the two year trial they had become familiar enough with valencies and weights to take to the Periodic Table idea enthusiastically . |