Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The play during the latter interludes — humane warmth not being Flannery 's forte — seems somewhat enfeebled . |
| 2 | The legislation protects their consciences , and in charity makes financial provision for the few priests who will feel that they must leave . |
| 3 | President Reagan found it difficult to reduce the US budget deficit for the same reasons . |
| 4 | And er Ivy got married and she stopped the teaching and died just that same year and then there was the a change for the both teachers . |
| 5 | Since so much had been done peacefully through economic change , population increases , emigration and Parliamentary legislation , it is not surprising that ministers , like others , naturally assumed that progress through the same channels would continue ad infinitum . |
| 6 | Although the initial allocation of function and content to some packages will be necessarily vague , their very existence nevertheless provides an invaluable framework for the many specialists working on the project . |
| 7 | Specifiedly general objects , such as forms and universals , by their very nature stand for the many things which are instances of them : a single particular may be in a variety of relations — most obviously causal , spatial or temporal - to others , but the nature of a ‘ standing for ’ relation is obscure . |
| 8 | BULAWAYO , ZIMBABWE ( Reuter ) — Joshua Nkomo , 72 , threw a huge birthday and 40th wedding anniversary party at the weekend and President Robert Mugabe was there to seal the unity between the former rivals . |
| 9 | And how can it sustain this common cause and sense of direction through the many changes which take place from one generation to anther ? … |
| 10 | Now it should be re-named the ‘ Oil City ’ , since its shops and industries are booming as the main base for the many services supplying the oil wells of the North Sea and their workers . |
| 11 | And , with Tim Kelaher missing two penalty chances which might have brought the Aussies back into the game , victory was sealed two minutes from time when Williams , in his finest hour for the All Whites , fired over a superb drop goal . |
| 12 | After a month of continued competition , the pressure was understandably present in more than one camp during the latter stages of the tournament schedules . |
| 13 | Gould was immediately attracted to the art of lithography for the same reasons as Lear — the relative inexpensiveness of production and the lack of training required — but he also saw great potential for Lear 's large-size format and colourful plates , which could , Gould thought , if properly promoted and well managed , prove extremely lucrative . |
| 14 | Soon Downes had reached the last carriage , in front of the diesel locomotive , staring quickly through the windows of the compartment as the few doors still remaining open were banged shut and a whistle blew , and with a slight chug and then with a mighty heave the long , north-bound train began slowly to move forward , gradually picking up a little speed , before moving out and away along the curving stretch of line that led to Banbury . |
| 15 | The focus of the project is the social and economic history of Aleppo between the latter years of the Ottoman Empire in 1918 and the creation of the United Arab Republic of Egypt and Syria in 1958 . |
| 16 | The star of the show was undoubtedly Sue Edwards from Middlesex , who rode nine tests on three different horses , and was not only the winner of the Preliminary and Elementary trophies with two different horses , but also won the 1991/92 points trophy for the most wins during the whole season . |
| 17 | If Eliot largely renounced his interest in childhood and in anthropology during the few years that followed , he gave up neither entirely . |
| 18 | Genetic , sex , and environmental effects are eliminated in each within-twins difference and the mean of the these differences is a good measure of the X-effect even if the average response varies greatly over the twin pairs . |
| 19 | Results obtained by the direct detection of the mRNA concentration , quantified by spectrophotometric measuring in CE , correlated well with the values by quantitative RT-PCR of the same samples . |
| 20 | His energy and enthusiasm have already made a significant contribution to the style and driving forward of the many issues with which the Association is involved . |
| 21 | IT IS small consolation to Cardiff that they will be spared the full force of the All Blacks on Saturday . |
| 22 | In so doing he may come as near as he can ever hope to an understanding of war as people of the late Middle Ages knew it , no easy task even in the most favourable conditions , but one which can not be attempted with any hope of success without a proper appreciation of the many threads which make up history . |
| 23 | Ines Oppenheimer comments : ‘ I actually think I have had a more interesting career as a result of the many changes I have made . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ As a result of the many representations received , the Council has now resolved to continue its traditional transport arrangements . |
| 25 | Bornstein ( 1979 ) provides an extended analysis of the different systems which have been devised as a result of the same pressures described above for Signed Swedish . |
| 26 | Uyeshiba developed the techniques of aikido from his study of the many styles of jiu jitsu in Japan . |
| 27 | It will be based on fifty in-depth life story interviews with a random sample taken from the British Household Panel Study , which would enable the possibility of a later follow-up study of the same interviewees at or after retirement . |
| 28 | The research follows an earlier ( 1987 ) successful study of the same issues for the period c.1660-1770 which was financed for three months byu The Nuffield Foundation and aided by a British Academy grant for travel and consumables . |
| 29 | Those who saw him freeze into immobility against Mike Tyson before crashing to the canvas in the first round in July 1990 believe they are seeing now a repeat of the same symptoms . |
| 30 | ‘ The activities of this detachment of the 15th Fusiliers , and subsequently those of the 25th Regiment , should really be described as the wholesale plundering of the many vehicles in and around the village of every type of valuable . ’ |