Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first place , becoming a housewife impresses them by the very openness of the role [ ? ] and by the freedom they now have from constraining supervision … |
| 2 | No baptism has been traced , though his marriage certificate records him as the son of John Crockford , schoolmaster . |
| 3 | The down-side is that the critic 's representation of the text has none of the authority that objectivity would lend to the analysis . |
| 4 | This coexistence of change and resistance owes something to the limits set by nature . |
| 5 | The male places himself behind the female and pecks at her cloaca . |
| 6 | In narratives as diverse as Jane Eyre and Great Expectations , we are aware , when reading , of a certain inevitability of outcome : the writer has us by the hand — in his or her hand , almost — and we know we will be led , not necessarily to a happy conclusion but that the narrative will be resolved at a place that feels safe and right , that leaves us satisfied . |
| 7 | Macintosh System 7 : You get in the car to go to the store and the car drives you to the church . |
| 8 | According to Schleiermacher , each positive religion contains something of the true nature of religion , and the ‘ primordial form ’ , the ‘ essence ’ , or ‘ transcendental unity ’ of religion , is comprehended not by deducing it from the common elements of particular religions as a kind of abstraction , but in and through the language and traditions of particular religions . |
| 9 | While John the Divine describes himself to the seven churches in Asia as your partner in patiently enduring the suffering that comes to those who belong to his Kingdom ’ ( Rev. 1:9 ) . |
| 10 | Notice that this condition says nothing about the possibility of proving that a topic referred to on a given occasion is the same as the topic referred to on a different occasion . |
| 11 | Finally , the rule says nothing about the order in which hypotheses are to be pursued . |
| 12 | Romantic love is the nearest most people reach to the peak experience , for the lover loses himself in the beloved and while he is in the state of love , he forgets all his problems and is happy for perhaps the first time in his life . |
| 13 | By inventing a myth , the epic poet frees himself from the group . |
| 14 | In a nationwide poll conducted in the second week after the massacre , the question was asked : ‘ Some people believe that this tragedy says something about the problem of male violence towards women . |
| 15 | Do you think that this tragedy says anything about the problem of male violence towards women ? ’ |
| 16 | Therefore it is suggested that for the husband whose outrage forecloses the possibility of a mere divorce proceeding , a clear case exists for having the courts carve out an exception to the three-year rule so as to allow a suit to be brought for nullity through fraud or mistake.56 To the protesting reader who may feel that this spurious reasoning leads us into the realm of nonsense , the only answer is that it is the purpose of this paper to provoke a re-examination of certain fundamental values and ideas . |
| 17 | fully ordered preferences ( for any pair of possible outcomes , the agent prefers one to the other or ranks them equal ; and the sum of these pair-wise rankings is a consistent and complete ordering ) ; |
| 18 | This episode leads me to the idea that at the physical level , there is a need for a philosophy to overcome disasters and fear , and also to help that majority of people who do not fulfil all their biological needs , and who have to sublimate them . |
| 19 | " If we do n't run into any trouble and the brook takes us through the wood , " he thought , " we really shall be clear of the warren and then we can look for somewhere to rest for a bit . |
| 20 | From time to time the press carries rumours of such enquiries , but they usually remain rumours unless legal action takes them into the public domain , because the DTI never comments or publishes the findings . |
| 21 | ‘ How pleasant , then , for you to relax on this assignment , ’ Roman countered smoothly , a steely note beneath the surface , ‘ knowing that family friendship absolves us from the need for stiff formality . ’ |
| 22 | The professor takes you into the world of portable computing explaining how to make the most of your walk-about P.C. The program is basically a collection of text files with an easy to use reader . |
| 23 | Here our itinerary takes us along the new section of the road , rather surprisingly signposted to Fort William , and brings us to the first railway so far seen , at Strathcarron Station . |
| 24 | Rupert Hall 's short history of the college guides us through the years leading up to this event , then on through the 20th century to recent times . |
| 25 | It 's not a federated system , it actually , positively talks about moving forward as Professor states it in the economical situation the council is in . |
| 26 | You know , the one where some lumbering forward finds himself on the openside and , just as he is about to get well and truly creamed , he ships the ball — and the whole of the opposition 's back row — over to you ? |
| 27 | This parasite attaches itself to the mouths of fishes , sea-squirts , etc. 65 . |
| 28 | And yet in one way the later poet contradicts himself in the next stanza by following the traditional pastoral view that there is plentiful and ‘ luscious ’ fruit , ready to be picked and savoured . |
| 29 | He marries Julia Maplesone , whose extravagance lands him in the Fleet Prison , and who deserts him whilst he is there . |
| 30 | Depart London Heathrow for Pisa , where your hire car awaits you at the airport . |