Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Abortion usually provides the last chance for a woman to opt not to have a child ( unless she is prepared to offer it for adoption ) either for social reasons or because the fetus is in some way malformed . |
| 2 | Can he therefore confirm that either the Secretary of State has breached the security rules or that the excuse of national security has been used merely to cover the fact that the Government made the decisions on political rather than on military grounds ? |
| 3 | According to section 15 of the 1982 Act , if the union is sued for inducing breach of or interfering with contract , or for intimidation by threats to interfere with contract , or for conspiracy to commit these torts , then the act in question shall be taken to have been done by the union only if it was authorised or endorsed by a ‘ responsible person , ’ which means the principal executive committee , any person authorised by the rules to endorse acts of the kind in question , the president or general secretary , any other employed official , or any committee to which an employed official reports , but an act by an official or a committee to which he reports shall not be taken as authorised or endorsed if the official or committee was prevented from authorising or endorsing the act by union rules or if the act has been repudiated by the president or general secretary . |
| 4 | Cover , reduce the heat and simmer for about 20 minutes or until the mixture is pulpy and the flavours are well blended . |
| 5 | If it is a minor burn it is best to place the burned area in a bowl of cold water for at least ten minutes or until the child says the pain is easing , then cover with a clean , dry , non-fluffy cloth kept in place with a bandage or a clean scarf . |
| 6 | Add the cream , bring to the boil ( without letting it boil over ) and cook for 5–10 minutes or until the cream has reduced by a third . |
| 7 | Bake the elioti for about 45 minutes or until the base sounds hollow when tapped . |
| 8 | Gently cook the onion and sage in the butter for about 10 minutes or until the onion is soft ( do not allow to brown ) . |
| 9 | Tip the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 30 minutes or until the sponge is springy to the touch . |
| 10 | However , the fact that the defence may resort to procedural tactics or that the weakness of some investigations may become apparent under re-investigation should not lead us to reject a formal mechanism of quality control . |
| 11 | In his inaugural address he said that " the evil era when the authorities of our country were appointed under pressure of foreigners or as the result of forced compromises is ending " . |
| 12 | It was agreed by the parties that if the proviso on its true construction operated as a restraint of trade it could not be justified on the ground of reasonableness . |
| 13 | Now this will affect a vast area of atmosphere , because the air moving over that sea surface tends to take up the characteristics and if the temperature 's higher on the sea surface than normal , the air becomes warmer than normal , and this sets up all sorts of reactions , it will probably produce a lot more clouds , for instance , and erm this in turn will cut off the sun 's rays from that area of atmosphere , and this will have an effect on the whole erm heat engine of the atmosphere as we know it so erm we 're now studying how far afield this is affecting the weather . |
| 14 | Please pray that the Lord would heal Joel 's ears and that the family would continue to know the Lord 's blessings as they serve Him out in Brazil . |
| 15 | The normal bass roll-off of -6dB by 38Hz is low enough to lend a convincing weight to the majority of signals and if the bass seems initially a little ‘ polite ’ to some ears it is only because it is tight , with little or no hangover — the dual coupled-cavity technique really does give a positive ‘ start and stop ’ throughout its range . |
| 16 | When he realised that the trousers hovered round his calves and that the shirt did n't do up it was too late ; I had put on my newer , better-fitting shirt , bloused my trousers on to the tops of my boots and was putting on his beret as he stood there looking like a circus tramp . |
| 17 | For example , in 1984 10 Carmelite nuns gained the support of the Archdiocese of Krakow to establish a convent just outside the walls of Auschwitz but in 1987 a number of leading Polish Catholics accepted that this was offensive to Jews and that the convent should be relocated . |
| 18 | The Employment Appeal Tribunal considered that there was a potentially fair reason for the dismissals and that the employer had in fact handled the matter fairly , adding : |
| 19 | Michael Wilson , the Canadian Finance Minister , who chaired the Interim Committee , said that all countries had made concessions and that the compromise 50 per cent increase represented a " balanced agreement " . |
| 20 | On the other hand , polycentric disputes can only be satisfactorily resolved if the solution takes account of the interests of all affected parties and if the decision-maker has access to all relevant information and opinions from whatever quarter they come . |
| 21 | The patients had been on treatment for more than six months and although the type of NSAID varied , all had been established on one drug continuously for over six weeks . |
| 22 | The Middle East Economic Digest of Sept. 7 reported that in its memorandum submitted to the UN Security Council , Jordan had claimed that the Iraqi embargo would cost Jordan some US$4,000 million during the first 12 months and that the country 's foreign debt would become virtually unmanageable . |
| 23 | The Secretary of State , Dean Acheson , warned the American mission in Seoul on 13 April 1949 that information had been received from a source believed to be reliable to the effect that serious trouble might arise in Korea within two months and that the initiative in these developments would be taken by South Korea . |
| 24 | Held , allowing the appeal , that although justices had an overriding duty to investigate the proposals advanced by the parties notwithstanding that they had been fully agreed , the profundity of that investigation should reflect the reality that there was consensus between the parties , particularly when one party was a local authority with statutory duties and another the child 's guardian ad litem , and any period during which justices reserved their decision or reasoned judgment should be kept to a minimum ; that if justices , having fulfilled their duty to make an independent investigation of terms proposed by consent , came to the conclusion that other terms should be imposed on the parties , they should indicate the terms they were minded to impose and give the parties an opportunity to make submissions on them ; and that , in all the circumstances , the order should be varied to provide that there would be no contact with the father on the basis that the local authority would continue to perform its statutory duty to review each six months and that the half-sister would be afforded reasonable contact ( post , pp. 277B–F , 278C–D ) . |
| 25 | The firm has told locals that extraction will last 18 months and that the site will be restored for agricultural use , with considerable tree planting . |
| 26 | ‘ Rose went to bed , ’ Mona answered without looking up from her books and though the boy thought about it for a while he did not ask anything further . |
| 27 | By the time of his first visit in 1779 , there had been a county gaol in the town for over two centuries but although the building he visited was only thirty-three years old he was very critical of the facilities it provided . |
| 28 | He was initially given a senior position at the Command Centre in the United Nations but when the head of the European operation died in a car crash … which was subsequently proved to have been an accident and not sabotage as originally thought … |
| 29 | Both were so absorbed in their activities that when the float went down , they did not at first respond . |
| 30 | Increased liquidity for investors provided by the Stock Exchange means that investors will accept lower returns for long-term investments than if the exchange did not exist . |