Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little explicit literary evidence confirms this view of the Council ; there is for instance nothing in the pamphlet we call the Old Oligarch , written in c.425 , although in other contexts it does comment on the influence at Athens enjoyed by the wealthy and well-born . |
| 2 | Busy executives should not be bothered by trifling matters , so the receptionist must learn how to classify calls and route them to the person best suited to deal with them . |
| 3 | Due to the housing and building recession everyone in the stock market knew it would be reporting dreadful figures this week . |
| 4 | These hospitals were funded by Iran to treat battle casualties — Hezbollah , Amal militiamen and Syrian troops , depending on who happened to be fighting whom at the time — and they were ideal places for holding hostages . |
| 5 | Yeah that was the furniture repository nothing about the crystal palace . |
| 6 | Furthermore a strong case can be made for arguing that religious commitment is the only way to understand the depths of religion which from the outside may remain sheer enigma . |
| 7 | This will be the case where an offer is made by one side which during the visit is accepted by the other . |
| 8 | So that I think the situation affecting the Greater York area is that there wis there is a requirement to accommodate within the ring part of the needs of the city , and on our best estimate that er I apologize for the word overspill , but it it is descriptive , is of the order of three thousand three hundred dwellings to be accommodated in the ring which after the needs of York . |
| 9 | An ancient monument is ‘ any scheduled monument ’ and ‘ any other monument which in the opinion of the secretary of state is of public interest by reason of the historic , architectural , traditional , artistic or archaeological interest attaching to it ’ . |
| 10 | Here are the real facts : Crane Holdings was in fact a highly speculative investment which in the event performed very badly . |
| 11 | But her little brother took to the instrument himself at the age of four , and soon learnt some of Nannerl 's pieces . |
| 12 | An Assured Shorthold Tenant may make an application to a Rent Assessment Committee for a determination of the rent which in the opinion of the Committee the landlord might reasonably be expected to obtain for the property . |
| 13 | There is no need to change this law , and as far as I am aware no need for Mr. Byran to distress himself upon the umpires ' behalf . |
| 14 | Soon after joining the WSPU in 1906 she had embarked on a campaign of disruptive action which by the time she went to Epsom for the Derby had brought her numerous prison sentences for offences such as obstruction , throwing bricks , setting fire to pillar-boxes and smashing windows in the House of Commons . |
| 15 | ‘ Through all the exhaustion and fear of the disastrous 1986 climb , Kurt Diemberger felt himself at one with creation , part of the ‘ endless knot ’ which put him in harmony with the cosmos and with a force which in the end was to save his life . ’ |
| 16 | It certainly is a good story but it is hard to believe that a designer as experienced as Tupolev would casually use such information without first carefully checking it out , particularly if one considers the history of the Russian aircraft industry which over the years has sprung many surprises upon the West and will doubtless do so again in the future . |
| 17 | Any loss which at the time of making the contract the defendant could have predicted as likely ( or not unlikely ) to result from the breach of it . |
| 18 | To my mind none of the evidence , general or specific adds much to the inherent probability that men and women of a certain age will be inclined by nature to favour the status quo . |
| 19 | Understanding the advertising business inside out is vital , for it is they who must be aware of all the numerous restraints imposed , not only by the advertising industry itself through the Advertising Standards Authority and The Independent Television Companies Association ( ITCA ) , but also by the manufacturers of products in sensitive areas . |
| 20 | In the present study none of the patients had to withdraw from therapy because of side effects , irrespective of the length of treatment . |
| 21 | As a journalist who over the years had written-up dozens of Honours ' lists for the papers , I knew how the names came in a day early with an embargo . |
| 22 | At laparotomy none of the patients had macroscopic evidence of small bowel or perianal disease , and the colectomy specimens all showed macroscopic features of continuous colitis . |
| 23 | Socially and psychologically women are brought up to care for relationships , to care for people , they want to do it well , where it goes wrong they tend to blame themselves , but equally we have eminent members of the judiciary who in the past have commented in some of the cases of severe assaults on women , the kind of er quote that you were making |
| 24 | ‘ If you do n't make more effort to be civil , I may regret fishing you from the sea on your arrival . |
| 25 | If I did n't wear a skirt none of the Thais I work with in the library would respect me . |
| 26 | I wanted one for er saying granddad one from the kids and I could n't get a decent one |
| 27 | So I gave you a topic sport or a hobby or an interest that you had and you produced a thought pattern for that just as we 'd done in the practice one with the subject of water , but then we moved on a stage further to get what are called a structured thought pattern . |
| 28 | which er it costs one pound something for the insurance . |
| 29 | Right , okay , so has everybody created a constant right , what we are going to do now is to er estimate the first model right equation one on the sheets that you 've been given , alright , you 've created a constant , we 've got our variables L N T C L N I L N P |
| 30 | I was thinking it was knit one purl one on the stitches you know , but mm . |