Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main reasons for writing to the Lancet are frustration that we have been discredited , that our grants depend on this work and also that all the evidence is in writing . ’ |
| 2 | He gave me two good reasons for moving to the city . |
| 3 | Empirical evidence also began to build up , and Spooner ( 1972 ) , in a study of employers who had moved to the southwest found that more of them cited the attractive environment of Devon and Cornwall as reasons for moving to the area , than its labour supply , and Lonsdale and Browning ( 1971 , 267 ) found that manufacturing plants in 10 southern USA States were more orientated to rural than urban areas and that : ‘ manufacturing firms appear to be placing increased emphasis on rural and small town sites ’ . |
| 4 | My initial reasons for believing in the men 's innocence were ones of which the law takes no cognisance at all . |
| 5 | The dominating tendency of mental life , and perhaps of nervous life in general , is the effort to reduce , to keep constant or to remove internal tension due to stimuli ( the ‘ Nirvana Principle ’ , to borrow a term from Barbara Low ) — a tendency which finds expression in the pleasure principle ; and our recognition of that fact is one of our strongest reasons for believing in the existence of the death instincts . |
| 6 | Vice Chair , I have given the Council , I believe , many good reasons for electing to the office of Lord Mayor for this year . |
| 7 | From a brief and rather difficult passage in his judgment [ 1991 ] 2 H.K.L.R. 400 , 413 , it seems that Barnett J. was disposed to consider that the submission was correct , but it evidently served only to underline his reasons for concurring with the district judge . |
| 8 | Often they have understandable ( albeit incorrect ) reasons for acting in the way they did . |
| 9 | ‘ Perhaps not , and he may have had sentimental reasons for going to the little hut , but I want to be sure . |
| 10 | There must have been , for the time being at least , compelling reasons for embarking on the Foxton development . |
| 11 | In my judgment the Secretary of State , if he sets a tariff period which exceeds that recommended by the judiciary , is not under an absolute obligation to give reasons for departing from the judicial view . |
| 12 | We have seen , then , that the historical reasons for charging in the social services are diverse and often contradictory , but a case can still be made for charging on a priori grounds . |
| 13 | In trying to analyse the reasons for conferring upon the management of the company substantial power to run the company the law has relied heavily on a variety of conceptions of the company . |
| 14 | Commenting on his reasons for selling off the chain he founded in 1978 , Mr Weatherburn said that last year had been ‘ very difficult ’ , not just because of the stampede into remaindering by other companies ( see also Christmas in the Bookshops , page 27 ) . |
| 15 | Only limited notes need to be given in the abbreviated accounts for filing with the Registrar : |
| 16 | During the last few years , Yugoslavia has been running a substantial surplus in its trade with the Soviet Union because , while there has been a sharp fall in the quantity of oil imported from the Soviet Union , as well as a fall in its price , the Yugoslavs have been unable to find other products worth buying from the Soviet Union . |
| 17 | The prince spoke for 15 minutes about caring for the terminally ill , then extended his visit to a London conference to talk privately with health service staff . |
| 18 | Doctors in early modern England had developed no special skills for dealing with the health of older people . |
| 19 | Some of the more specialist equipment can be hired : see the notes about hiring towards the end of the chapter . |
| 20 | Cut out long thin strips for trimming around the top edge of the boat and fix on with a dampened paint brush . |
| 21 | ( i mean the way he have sticked with specially dino shows us that — dino himself who expressed wishes for playing at the international level himself when he joined leeds — i guess he is a farther away now : the likes of Shearer , Wright ( a flop in the internationals ) , Cole ( hey there is one that puts them in the net ) and Ferdinand will have no problems keeping him out … ) |
| 22 | Arriving at Napo , I discussed plans for collecting with the INIAP technician , José Baquero , who was to be my assistant on the project . |
| 23 | My plans for flying around the beautiful Nelson and Marlborough Sounds area happened to be frustrated by the fact that Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands was visiting nearby . |
| 24 | Merry puts forward his plans for dealing with the ruffians by force . |
| 25 | There was never any mention of further plans for parachuting after the first operational disaster , and the correspondents agree that he was away in the desert . |
| 26 | Laing does not blame the shareholders for opting for the Hanson offer . |
| 27 | But the system is good enough for recording TV programmes for watching in the home . |
| 28 | ‘ We will also keep a better check on rider 's allowances so we do n't have a situation like the one where Adrian Maguire lost several wins through riding with the wrong allowance , ’ said Michael Caulfield of the Jockeys Association , who are involved in the new system . |
| 29 | Thanks also to all the other organizations that helped , the Vale of White Horse District Council who allowed us to use their land , the National Rivers Authority for the use of the river , Thames Water for the use of their island and for generous sponsorship , an extra special thanks to Roger Steer , the lock keeper , for much help , kindness and understanding and to his wife for providing a seemingly endless supply of ice-cream , to Jim Croft of Slalom Sports for unfailing help and loan of computer hardware and to our local Scouts for looking after the campsite and for organizing effective first-aid cover . |
| 30 | The borrower had to pay a shilling for a promissory note stamp and a fee of two shillings for enquiring into the sufficiency of his security . |