Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One reason for resistance to the new paradigm was the sheer impossibility of convincing geologists in the traditional way : by convening on an outcrop and hammering out the evidence . |
| 2 | Through this people God called for resistance to the great rebel and usurper of the world . |
| 3 | This involved the translocation of the gene responsible for resistance to the carbamate insecticide propoxur on to the male-Y-chromosome so that only the males were resistant . |
| 4 | These range from the notion that creativeness reflects the same warring psychological tendencies that are responsible for insanity to the intriguing , though question-begging , idea that some mad people are simply labelled as geniuses because of their apparently mystical and divinely inspired qualities of thought . |
| 5 | While the above arguments suggest that the link between payment of the domestic rates and services received will lead to greater expenditure , it should be noted that domestic rates are one of the more obvious and most easily perceived of all taxes . |
| 6 | He was recruited because a man could not be found to act as porter for the annual salary of £27 . |
| 7 | Iraq has not designated the wetlands for protection under the international Ramsar convention . |
| 8 | A map showing areas of British coastal waters being considered for protection under the European Community 's habitats directive is apparently being withheld from public distribution at the request of the Department of the Environment . |
| 9 | Rather than seeking to match American strength Western Europe soon looked to Washington for protection from the Soviet Union . |
| 10 | They proposed that they became Frankish vassals in return for protection against the expanding might of Abd-ar-Rahman the Ommeyad , who had taken over virtually the whole of Spain . |
| 11 | The selection criteria used were the same for all patients — namely , each patient was individually assessed with respect to general fitness for function of the anal sphincter . |
| 12 | Should the state merely have a ‘ regulatory ’ function in such matters as the allocation of frequencies for broadcasting , or should it have a more active role as guarantor of the mass media and their ‘ public service ’ ? |
| 13 | The second main objective of an audit is to ascertain and evaluate the reliability of the accounting systems used as the basis for preparation of the financial statements . |
| 14 | Through exposure to the rich variety of skills , attitudes , gifts , life- and workstyles found in ordinary people , children can be shown that all individuals are unique and that it is their differences ( rather than their similarities ) which are of value to society . |
| 15 | Valerie Schwartz had already , with her father Georges , a doctor from Geneva , climbed the Breithorn and Mont Blanc du Tacul as preparation for the big day . |
| 16 | The faith of Greenfield , Hildyard and Olson in the consequences of the particular literacy practices which they describe will appear as faith in the particular social conventions within which such practice became established . |
| 17 | Is the Minister aware that , before I came to this place , I served for many years on a local authority as chairman of the environmental health committee , which had a wonderful section for meat inspection ? |
| 18 | These included the transfer of the Metal Industry portfolio to Deputy Premier Cho Yong Nim ; the appointment of Deputy Premier Kim Tal Hyon as Chairman of the State Planning Commission ; and the appointment of Yi Song Tae as Kim Tal Hyon 's successor as Chairman of the External Trade Commission . |
| 19 | Hisashi Shinto , 80 , one of Japan 's most senior industrialists , was on Oct. 9 given a suspended prison sentence of two years for having accepted bribes in the Recruit shares-for-influence scandal whilst serving as chairman of the privatized Nippon Telephone and Telegraph ( NTT ) . |
| 20 | After the merger between Cadbury and Schweppes he succeeded Lord Watkinson as Chairman of the combined company at the end of 1974 . |
| 21 | Polozkov 's fraction opposed Yeltsin 's election as chairman of the Russian Supreme Soviet . |
| 22 | Admiral Crowe was replaced as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Sunday by General Colin Powell . |
| 23 | The speculation that Quayle might be dropped in 1992 in favour of Gen. Colin Powell was further dampened when on May 23 Bush nominated Powell for a second two-year term as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff . |
| 24 | Luis Alberto Rodríguez Rodríguez replaced Gen. Farouk Yanine Díaz as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff . |
| 25 | On June 23 Air Marshal Anant Kalinta had been replaced by a civil servant as chairman of the state-owned Communications Authority of Thailand . |
| 26 | On July 21 the Cabinet named a civilian government official to replace Gen. Issarapong as chairman of the state-owned telephone company . |
| 27 | Since 1979 Brian has managed to combine all his other duties with that of being a Cheshire magistrate and he also serves as chairman of the Cestrian Trust for kidney dialysis . |
| 28 | By 1701 he was serving as chairman of the influential elections committee , and was even talked of as a possible Speaker . |
| 29 | The Berlin Blockade of June heralded the stationing of the first three US bomber groups in the United Kingdom in July ; and was followed by Montgomery 's appointment as Chairman of the Western European Chiefs of Staff committee in November , and the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty the following April , coincidently with the passage of the US Mutual Defence Aid Programme through Congress . |
| 30 | He ended his life as chairman of the ineffectual Chinese People 's Political Consultative Conference . |