Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [vb -s] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The IRB professes to be the body administering world rugby , but the need for the existence of FIRA points out the IRB 's failure to take a truly world view of the game . |
| 2 | In the course of his rectorial address at Edinburgh in 1907 , Haldane asserted that " when a leader of Ingenious comes forward the people may bow down before him , and surrender their wills , and eagerly obey " , since " to obey the commanding voice was to rise to a further and wider outlook , and to gain a fresh purpose " . |
| 3 | The loss of McCoist opens up the possibility of Jess playing his first full international from the start , having been used as a substitute against Italy . |
| 4 | The case of Sartre demonstrates why the assertion of ‘ history ’ against structuralism and poststructuralism must always remain problematical . |
| 5 | Aw , c'm on , it was just like that in Australia not long ago : one of the wire services reports in a condescending way that under local law , the National Institute of Industrial Property of Brazil recognises only the principle of priority in brand names , so that companies like IBM Corp , Xerox Corp and Sony Corp have had to ‘ buy back ’ their names before they could do business under them in Brazil ; the US is pressing Brazil to change the law to protect internationally recognised brand names — but it is not so long ago that , legend has it , an enterprising travelling Australian spotted that car hire was becoming big business , so when he got home , he registered the names Hertz and Avis , sold the Hertz name back to the company when it wanted to set up in Australia — and then used the cash he got from Hertz to set up the Avis concession in Australia . |
| 6 | The British experience was perceived by Michael Foot when in Opposition in the following way : ‘ I think one of the most serious threats to the power of the House of Commons is the notion which is growing up that you can have a meeting in Downing Street of the Executive and the CBI and the TUC who make an agreement that is binding and when it comes to the House of Commons the House of Commons has not the power … to tear that bargain apart ’ ( quoted in Grant 1977 , p. 169 ) . |
| 7 | And in the pine-clad kitchen littered with baby 's bottles , an icon of Jesus hangs on the wall . |
| 8 | This now historic photograph of Leeds shows how the nineteenth-century terraced houses were fitted into the pre-existing pattern of fields . |
| 9 | The Government have requested that all Insurers give a generous interpretation when dealing with ASU claims where the claimant is attending an Employment Training Course . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , despite Northgate 's Irish facade and despite the growth of local mosquito exploration companies , mining in Ireland has since the sixties always been controlled from outside the country . |
| 11 | A quotation ( provided by Randall Baker , private communication ) from a recent Australian funded cattle ranching scheme in Fiji illustrates both the unquestioned assumption that development must imply modern commercial development and the disparaging attitude towards existing social and economic organisation : |
| 12 | One of the last poems we wrote together in Bath expresses perfectly the state of our love at that time . |
| 13 | ‘ What happens in Europe remains only the icing on the cake for Rangers , ’ he said . |
| 14 | The long struggle of the provinces against the most powerful ruler in Europe has perhaps the best claim to be the first war of national liberation . |
| 15 | The very fact that The Star is even interested in Carter marks out the rather sizeable arena they are currently entering . |
| 16 | In reception a stunning blonde girl who should either be a White House secretary or in Hollywood dishes out the keys . |
| 17 | So when the team plays at home , his chum in Derby switches on the local sports show ready for Mike 's call . |
| 18 | Graham saw us on to the train and went by car to Pendre Works where the Talyllyn has its workshops . |
| 19 | Russell pretty good figures , this is er fifteenth over , two for seventeen , eight maidens , giving the one wicket that goes field him for thirty-four and he comes up again , that little hop and bowls to DaSilva goes down the pitch , tips this one up to mid-on , but er wo n't get one as figure Lawrence is there to stop it , so no run , to play to sixteen overs , seven twenty eight . |
| 20 | A further important lesson conveyed by Donaldson concerns both the necessity and difficulty of formal education for the young child . |