Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DEC is trying to gain visibility for the 661 companies it says are converting programmes for Alpha RISC . |
| 2 | Three days later 100 paramilitary carabinieri were sent to the island , to join another 100 who were already providing protection for the 5,000 troops ( largely conscripts ) who since July 21 had been stationed there , ostensibly for training exercises . |
| 3 | The use of copper as a protection for the underwater parts of ships ' hulls had been suggested in England as early as 1708 and by the 1770s it had been generally adopted throughout the navy . |
| 4 | And therefore more protection for the middle peasants . |
| 5 | The second approach is unlikely to leave the customer with insufficient protection for the following reasons . |
| 6 | Structural work had to be restricted to ‘ the minimum compatible with the provision of a reasonable standard of protection for the ambulant patients and the staff not required to remain on duty ’ . |
| 7 | The position of the DBMS , acting as a cushion between the logical views of the data structure and the physical schema , is shown in Figure 4.1 . |
| 8 | 341 companies changed their auditor during the four years the study covers ; 60% of these involved a change of tier . |
| 9 | It seems to me there is no foundation for it whatever ; all that a court of justice can look to is the parliamentary roll ; they see that an Act has passed both Houses of Parliament , and that it has received the royal assent , and no court of justice can inquire into the manner in which it was introduced into Parliament , what was done previously to its being introduced , or what passed in Parliament during the various stages of its progress through both Houses of Parliament . |
| 10 | The coastal province of Friesland , which is in the Netherlands , was the main cradle for the Dutch black-and-whites , along with the provinces of North Holland and South Holland on the opposite shores of the Zuider Zee . |
| 11 | Its answer to the problem is either that it is entitled to more money from central Government , regardless of how much its rate support grant for the social services sector has risen , or that it needs the unfettered right to raise further taxes locally . |
| 12 | They uncover the gap left in Thomas 's intellectual development by the death of Ashcroft Noble and his own sense of the inadequacy of his preparation for the nine terms spent at University between October 1897 and his final viva voce examination in July 1900 . |
| 13 | This is in preparation for the new Sprinters when they come into service . |
| 14 | Scotland 's coach , Ian McGeechan , made the pertinent point that fixtures against Fiji and Romania had provided a valuable contrast of styles , expansive and then forward dominated , that were useful preparation for the Five Nations Championship . |
| 15 | It was reported at the end of February 1990 that the then Minister of State for the Southern Province R. H. Sam Kpakra had suspended voter registration in preparation for the 1991 elections in the constituencies of Bo Town 1 , Bo West and Bo North , following claims that irregularities had taken place . |
| 16 | All this is very necessary preparation for the major exercises planned for later in the year when they will join with other battalions , Regular and TA , to practise their wartime role . |
| 17 | In preparation for the next elections , Williams persuaded a number of local politicians and businessmen to join him in running for office on the P.N.M. ticket . |
| 18 | If she was an innocent abroad , her parents considered that a life cocooned in an all-girls school was hardly adequate preparation for the bright lights of the big city . |
| 19 | Thus our activities at Windscale will be an essential part of the overall review we will be carrying out in preparation for the three Divisions . |
| 20 | Aside from its last-minute agreement with Unix System Labs ( see front ) , SCO was strengthening some other key relationships in preparation for the highly-competitive months ahead for those in the operating system software business . |
| 21 | A preliminary draft of a charter on the environmental rights of developing nations has been issued following the third set of negotiations in preparation for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development ( UNCED ) . |
| 22 | In such a small group the special sympathy between the two boys was obvious to all their companions . |
| 23 | Some specific proposals could be made here , for example ( 1 ) a link between the St Leonard 's cycleway ( see Opportunity No.9 ) and the east end of the Meadows cycle route — eg via a suitably traffic-calmed Montague St. ; ( 2 ) a link from the West end of the Meadows northward to Princes St. A north-south route through the new developments to the west of Lothian Road is not suitable ( for this purpose ) because it would involve too long a deviation and the crossing of major roads . |
| 24 | The legal staff of Customs and Excise , for example , carry on prosecutions for smuggling in magistrates ' courts , and brief counsel for the higher courts . |
| 25 | The formal relationships outlined above need to be complemented by an appreciation of informal linkages , such as the sharing of knowledge and experience through the regional branches of professional associations . |
| 26 | The vague and confused distribution of powers in relation to the curriculum between the various partners — the individual school , the LEA , and central government is noted . |
| 27 | Fully saturated colours , interestingly , tended to be at the red end of the spectrum for the six subjects involved in this study , and only rarely were saturated blues , purples or blue-greens reported . |
| 28 | I did not hear as much as one single swear-word during the three games . |
| 29 | Despite a major stratigraphic gap that includes most of the Jurassic and the Lower Cretaceous , there is little angular discordance between the shaly limestones and shales of the Rhaetic and Lower Lias and the overlying glauconitic sandstones and limestones of the Upper Cretaceous . |
| 30 | So well did Smith and Lamb play during the early overs , talk began of a mid-afternoon declaration to test the Kiwis ' mettle . |