Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , Lovejoy and Latimer say that predation — and therefore Lucy 's supposed need for protection in the trees — is the most overrated selective factor in all of evolution . |
| 2 | The committee , as if for protection against the masses , elected to follow Auguste 's example and had reserved a first-class railway compartment on the 10.45 express from Victoria . |
| 3 | The federation shall act as guarantor for the liabilities of the Special Fund . |
| 4 | She would need some encouragement from her husband and he would have to display some discipline , ( a ) to provide the information for preparation of the budgets , and ( b ) to accept the result of the exercise and implement any necessary restrictions in buying , etc . |
| 5 | Widower Mr Taylor retired as chairman of the governors at nearby Coxley School in July after 15 years service . |
| 6 | He also thoroughly enjoyed his duties as chairman of the governors of the Perse School . |
| 7 | However , observers believe the attack by Sir Michael over Mr Birt 's contract arrangement , means his position as chairman of the governors comes under increased pressure . |
| 8 | However , some observers believe the attack by Sir Michael over Mr Birt 's contract arrangement , means his position as chairman of the governors comes under increased pressure . |
| 9 | Always forward-looking , and abreast of industrial developments , he was a prime mover , as chairman of the directors , in the construction of the Newcastle–Carlisle railway . |
| 10 | There is one sporting knight in today 's list , John Smith , the chairman of Liverpool Football Club , whose is rewarded for his service as chairman of the Sports Council . |
| 11 | The blunt-talking Yorkshireman has been voted out as chairman of the Umpires ' Association by his fellow pros . |
| 12 | As chairman of the trustees , it fell to Herne to face the parliamentary attack of early 1698 on the fraudulent endorsements of these bills by ( Sir ) Charles Duncombe [ q.v . ] . |
| 13 | He served as editor of The Times while unable to type , as chairman of the Arts Council while unable to drive , and was appointed to the Broadcasting Standards Council unaware that one of Britain 's most popular television shows was named Jim 'll Fix It ( ‘ Who 's Jim ? ’ he once asked ) . |
| 14 | The author presiding at his last meeting as chairman of the Arts Council in 1972 . |
| 15 | Phonogram are offering a reward of sorts for info about the shirts ' whereabouts and anyone who 's got something to say should give the boys in blue at Belgrade Road station a call on 021 626 4010 . |
| 16 | The Alliance , an opposition grouping of five minor parties which had achieved 14 per cent of the vote in the 1990 election but secured only one of the 97 seats , campaigned strongly for change on the grounds that the current system made it almost impossible for minor parties to gain significant parliamentary representation . |
| 17 | When the House of Commons considered the matter in 1953 , its views were affected by the fact that they were unaware of any evidence of pressure for change from the churches themselves . |
| 18 | What , then , are these models , and how have they shaped the Left perspective on the British constitution , and on the need for change in the rules and the institutions of the political game in Britain ? |
| 19 | There is now much more public demand for support to the victims of violent crime . |
| 20 | We agreed that Deborah would cover the administrative side of the discussion , the need to raise funds for rehabilitation , for residential care and for support for the carers ( whose life is as devastated by the loss of the person they previously knew as it is by the burden of twenty-four-hour dependency . ) |
| 21 | ‘ We went to local council meetings to ask for support from the councillors rather than try to stop the hunt meetings , ’ she adds . |
| 22 | There was a printed form of recommendation of patients for admission to the benefits of the infirmary , and it was emphasised that no child under seven years of age , except in case of an operation , and no person without decent apparel and a proper change of linen , or labouring under any infectious disorder whatever could be admitted as an in-patient . |
| 23 | In 1773 when raw silk was difficult to obtain , the owner of a throwing mill in Sherborne wrote : … having discharged many of my hands which are either starving , or are become burdensome to the town , others are incessantly crying for a little work and could they obtain but a morsel of Barley-bread they are happy , they very often go days with little or no nourishment … the continued cries of the poor people complaining for want of the necessaries of life as well for want of employment is shocking indeed … and what is worse the overseers are not so bountiful to the necessitous as I could wish . |
| 24 | Even her departure had been delayed for weeks for want of the funds necessary to fit out her ship and escort . |
| 25 | There is concern about funding for the Childrens Act and it 's too important to start scoring political points , whether there 's a general election or not t and I must admit I was off , I was off ill , off work during the week of the Tory Party Conference . |
| 26 | There is concern about funding for the Children Act and it 's too important to start scoring political points , whether there 's a General Election or not t and I must admit I was off , I was off ill , off work during the week of the Tory Party Conference . |
| 27 | Later in the year , for defence against the Scots , convocation granted a tenth , but in 1298 it refused a possible second instalment on the ground that the Scottish threat had passed . |
| 28 | Even before this time , the cost of war was beginning to sap enthusiasm for it : loans on wool and in wool , accompanied by embargoes and dubious credit arrangements , were testing the patience and loyalty of more than the merchants who assented to these measures ; purveyances , now being collected with a frequency and ruthlessness to match the 1290s , were provoking deep unrest in wide sections of the community , lay and clerical ; efforts to muster arrays for defence against the Scots and French antagonized the clergy when the requests for support were directed to diocesan , instead of provincial , synods . |
| 29 | Another appointee might have seen the ideological struggle about money for the arts as politics-as-usual . |
| 30 | Differences between the two coaches , Jean Trillo and Daniel Dubroca ; disagreements between manager and chief selector Henri Foures — a man of unchallengeable credentials and integrity — and his coaches ; the obsessive argument about money among the players , all within a background of the civil war tearing apart French rugby , have compounded an already controversial World Cup build-up . |