Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb -s] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arguments in favour are that the video recording gives a more complete record because it shows what the lecturer writes on the board or displays on the Overhead Projector and it can also cover any demonstrations that are part of the lecture . |
| 2 | As we have seen , a public company is no longer permitted to have a charge or lien on its shares except ( a ) when the shares are not fully paid and the charge or lien is for the amount payable on the shares , or ( b ) the ordinary business of the company includes the lending of money or consists of the provision of hire-purchase finance and the charge arises in the course of a transaction in the ordinary course of its business . |
| 3 | Children born in the United Kingdom to students , visitors or illegal immigrants no longer automatically acquire British citizenship at birth , but they will still be able to register as British citizens if either parent later becomes a citizen or settles in the United Kingdom , or if the child has spent the first ten years of its life in the country . |
| 4 | That 's the thinking that lies behind the huge number of initiatives being taken by environmental organisations as their contribution to the Earth Summit . |
| 5 | and is that the thinking that lies behind the eventual getting of Terry Wogan and Angela Rippon ? |
| 6 | The deepest cleft that exists in the earth 's surface is the Grand Canyon in the western United States . |
| 7 | Many interesting works of English Literature of the past remain unedited and unavailable , and it is a pity that the ingenuity and assiduity that goes into the labour , or play , of interpretation could not be directed to the truly useful work of editing these texts . |
| 8 | The theories to be discussed in this section of the chapter all suppose that something is learned during the pre-exposure phase of a latent inhibition experiment that interferes with the formation of the CS-US ( conditioned-unconditioned stimulus ) association during the conditioning phase of the experiment . |
| 9 | Like Kennedy , Clinton has a physical force that works on the campaign trail . |
| 10 | The compact telescope , which is very small and can be mounted on a ring that fits on the finger , is useful in activities which require mobility and can be helpful in identifying street names and bus numbers . |
| 11 | He might try to justify the principle by appealing to logic , a recourse that we freely grant him , or he might attempt to justify the principle by appealing to experience , a recourse that lies at the basis of his whole approach to science . |
| 12 | Most people who have travelled through the Monkton district of Ayrshire will have noticed the monument that stands on the high ground behind the Dutch House Caravan Park , and wondered what it is and why it is there . |
| 13 | In sharp contrast to Blauner , who argues that this ‘ objective integration ’ will lead to social integration of workers and management , Mallet argues that this objective integration has the opposite effect , leading to a new form of revolutionary consciousness that aims at the overthrow of the existing pattern of social relations in the enterprise . |
| 14 | Recently , a non-oxidative pathway of alcohol metabolism that leads to the production of fatty acid ethyl esters ( FAEEs ) has been described , catalysed FAEE synthase . |
| 15 | " Next week I shall be writing about moorland walks and suggesting an itinerary that takes in the ever-attractive Tower Foin . " |
| 16 | The sense of disappointment that hangs over the rest of his career reflects the loss of nerve that came from finding that , at the moment when his career seemed to be taking off , there were no opportunities to build on what he had achieved . |
| 17 | In the chapters to come , contrast if you will the demanding world of the schoolroom , as our participants see it , with the world of ritual and formal genesis of a respected self in the putting on the regalia of the club that reigns on the terraces . |
| 18 | There may nonetheless be a genetic predisposition that leads to the mood-altering substance providing the perceived perfect solution to this quest for unconditional love . |
| 19 | Suddenly , the group has hijacked his campaign ; nominated Bernie Grant as his running mate ( sinking Ann Clwyd 's bid for the deputy leadership in in the process ) ; and put out a policy programme that reeks of the old 1970s left . |
| 20 | He had broken through the terror barrier , perhaps , and was in the dead calm state of mind that lies on the other side . |
| 21 | The peace of mind that comes from the Radio Rentals Total Service Guarantee . |
| 22 | Chlor-chemicals general manager Bob Hunt said : ‘ Results like these indicate the degree of confusion that exists around the use of chlorine and its natural presence in the environment . |
| 23 | It begins with ‘ description ’ , based upon factual statements of objective perception and analysis , and moves on to ‘ formal analysis ’ in which there is a search that goes beyond the surface inventory in order to seek out relationships and qualities . |
| 24 | Miles , 1989 ) as well as the tension that appears from the need to link an account of the racialization of social and political structures and discourses with an understanding of individual action and institutional behaviour . |
| 25 | Other accessories are the intarsia carriage ( AG20 ) for picture knitting ; the transfer carriage ( RT1 ) for transferring stitches from the ribber to the main bed and the Automatic Linker ( SC3 ) — this is not a large piece of equipment , but a small carriage that fits on the main bed . |
| 26 | The linker is a small carriage that works on the needlebed of your machine . |
| 27 | The only issue that I think we have some er difficulty with in the policy as it stands at the moment , is the uncertainty that arises between the figure provided in policy I five of forty six hectares for the city , and actually our agreed calculation which I think the County Council accept , that site availability in the city is limited to something in the order of thirty three hectares if we exclude er one site which is subject to a dispute between parties er in relation to the greenbelt . |
| 28 | For example , in flowering plants the haploid stage is reduced to the pollen tube , derived from a haploid pollen grain that falls on the stigma of a flower and grows until it reaches and fertilizes the egg cell that lies in the flower 's ovary . |
| 29 | The simplest way is to freeze into the matrix a precursor that decomposes to the desired fragment when irradiated with light . |
| 30 | There would be a short handover period , er it would have to be administered , but from where we sit , we 're going to actually submit a bid that sees off the competition . |