Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( vii ) If the court reaches the point of weighing the social needs in issue , first that of securing to the council the effective means in law of protecting its reputation and , secondly , that of protecting the right of free expression of the people of this country , the court should hold that the remaining remedies for the council , if it could not sue for libel , and in particular the action for malicious falsehood , would not be a sufficient protection for the council 's reputation , and the ability of a local authority such as the council to sue for libel would not improperly or unnecessarily restrict free expression . |
| 2 | The dealer omitted to insure the automobiles in reliance on a pamphlet distributed by the finance company which said that the finance company would arrange insurance protection for the dealer 's interest , which would continue in force until the loan was liquidated . |
| 3 | The various business that will make up Zeneca , the new company being created out of the biosciences activities of Britain 's Imperial Chemical Industries ( ICI ) , spent £457 million ( US $640 ) on research and development last year , according to figures released last week in preparation for the company 's stock market launch in June . |
| 4 | The conference , due to last 40 days , was expected to make fundamental decisions about a new constitution in preparation for the country 's first multiparty elections , scheduled for 1992 . |
| 5 | I am concerned about the contents of , lack of objectivity of and lack of thoroughness in the study that was carried out by the Environmental Advisory Unit of Liverpool University Ltd. for the Government and the promoters of the Bill , Cardiff Bay development corporation , when there was still a private Bill , in preparation for the Government 's hybrid Bill , which was laid before the House on Tuesday . |
| 6 | The ticket office , which has been branded an eyesore , was opened as a temporary measure over a year ago in preparation for the station 's £1m refurbishment . |
| 7 | Counsel for the Crown conceded , in our view rightly , that in a case where the prosecution has been completed and the judge thereafter refuses leave to the Crown to discontinue , it is counsel for the prosecution 's duty to remain in the case . |
| 8 | She was , nevertheless , an expert dressmaker and as I was to learn later , was the only reason that we lived with some decree of plenty during the Kaiser 's War . |
| 9 | Not only has he exerted himself tirelessly on teh College 's behalf but he has flung himself with similar enthusiasm into fundraising for the Prince 's Trust and for the Leigh City Technology School in Kent . |
| 10 | Of course during the ramp 's 11 year history as well as making professional skaters it has attracted a fair few . |
| 11 | Mrs. Dolman was well known to Mum through the Mothers ' Union , the only son Roger was a Standard Seven boy and he had four younger sisters including one who was about a year old . |
| 12 | Its site has not altered and the chancel arch ( the division between the parishioners ' area [ the nave ] and the rector 's area [ the chancel ] ) has remained in the same position for 1000 years or more , notwithstanding additions , alterations , and demolitions . |
| 13 | Here in Indonesia , at the most fragile geographical division between the earth 's outer , congealed crust and its inner , molten magma , we also found amongst the peoples themselves the thinnest division between our more recently evolved left-brain , rational faculties , and the millennia-old storehouse of right-brain intuitive wisdom . |
| 14 | ‘ The name my mother put on the birth certificate as the child 's father , ’ he explained impatiently as he turned to face her . |
| 15 | Then under his guidance , the Demetrious signed the birth certificate as the baby 's parents . |
| 16 | Once the kidnap has taken place , the woman is generally compelled to display ‘ her baby ’ , particularly if she has claimed to be pregnant , and this impulse presents the best opportunity for the child 's recovery . |
| 17 | The poll , which had provided the first opportunity for the union 's 1,600,000 membership to elect directly its national officers , had been organized as part of a settlement agreement to a huge civil racketeering suit brought against the Teamsters by the Justice Department [ see also pp. 37954-55 ] . |
| 18 | However , he concluded : ‘ Having to tackle reductions of this magnitude should not be seen so much as a threat to our way of life but as a challenge and an enormous opportunity for the world 's scientists , engineers and industrialists in both the developed and developing countries . ’ |
| 19 | There was a man , totally unconnected with the event I think , running away from a flaming van in Horseguards Parade erm and it was a wonderful picture opportunity for the world 's press to carry , but I do think that memories are short from this . |
| 20 | There is also the opportunity for the client 's own personnel to be closely involved in the work in order to develop their own personal skills and expertise . |
| 21 | with the abolition of a commodity economy in the town and with the socialist organisation in industry … the dictatorship of the proletariat is inevitably accomplished either by a hidden , or more or less open , struggle between the proletariat 's tendency towards organisation and the tendency of the peasantry towards commodity anarchy . |
| 22 | Life in New Zealand was hard for the original settlers , but not quite as hard for Bruce and Jim 's generation , and it looked as if it might be a veritable paradise for the children 's . |
| 23 | Knowing that half of Scotland had left their cars sitting in the middle of roads to make sure that they could get to the gig is not so much my horror story as the police 's , she chuckled . |
| 24 | Federal funding for the arts occupies a tiny part of the national budget , but in the last administration became a cause celèbre when the question of National Endowment for the Arts ' occasional support for provocative and sexually explicit art aroused the fury of conservatives led by Senator Jesse Helms , who whipped up popular support for a move to curb or cut the N.E.A. 's budget . |
| 25 | The alleged inconsistencies which Mr Bacon referred to , including the permission for the Council 's own Headquarters , were not inconsistencies at all . |
| 26 | Strictly speaking an introduction to the Stock Exchange merely involves the acquisition of a listing and the permission for the company 's existing shares to be traded on the Exchange . |
| 27 | There have been recent attempts to obtain planning permission for the mill 's conversion into a dwelling and this may be its best chance of survival . |
| 28 | Children whose parents had given unconscious , covert permission for the child 's aggressive behaviour . |
| 29 | Although the players may not welcome the switch it should prove an attractive proposition for spectators and one which will almost certainly lead to increased television coverage for the women 's game . |
| 30 | It will also bid for the contract for the RAF 's Engineering and Logistics System , LITS , with partner Anderson Consulting ; and for implementing the UK 's planned National Lottery . |