Example sentences of "[coord] the [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With respect to the embalming [ of ] Bodies , the methods that were commonly practised could , I know , have no effect ; at that time I read a good many Books upon ‘ Balsamation ’ but got very little instruction from reading these : according to my own Idea the best way would be to preserve the Body for some time that putrefaction should hardly be able to take place , & that it should gradually get rid of its moisture , & that , when it dried , it should have such imbalming juices in it , that it should resist putrefaction , & the insects at the same time be either kept off or destroyed : I set out with this Opinion & thought that something must be thrown thro' the whole Body : the when the Body was preserved , my Idea of getting rid of moisture was , to place the Body in some strong absorbent substance , & that substance which proved best I thought was Paris Plaister & I thought I could lay in a common Coffin such a quantity of Paris Plaister as would take out all the moisture & then I thought the Body should be rather in a wooden case than a leaden one because the Wood would assist the Absorption . |
| 2 | Perhaps one of them would allow her to see more clearly : the ghost in the land , or the child that she had been , or the old dog , or the rooks in the tall trees , or the woman … |
| 3 | But the extended sets of variations usually on popular songs , but sometimes on dance-tunes or the notes of the hexachord , generally increasing in complication and technical difficulty toward the end , which are arguably the chief glory of virginal music , have been plausibly derived from the diferencias of Cabezon ( see pp. 236–7 ) . |
| 4 | It 's pitch dark and you have to stand up dead straight and if you wobble at all you get spiked either by the glass on the walls or the nails on the door . |
| 5 | It is the possession of these nuclear materials , more than know-how about their use , that separates the Israelis from the Iraqis , or the Indians from the Iranians . |
| 6 | They were accepted works of scripture , as legitimate as the canonical Gospels of the New Testament , or the Acts of the Apostles . |
| 7 | Mr Zaphiriou seems to state that the whole of the Treaty and all regulations are directly applicable in this country ( p 4 ) , yet sec 2 ( 1 ) of the European Communities Act , 1972 , makes it abundantly clear that only those rules of Community law , be they derived from the Treaty or the acts of the institutions , which are directly applicable under Community law have direct effect in this country . |
| 8 | If he had read the Duke of Edinburgh 's report or the reports of the Conservative-controlled London Boroughs Association and Association of District Councils he would know that some of his arguments were invalid — I put it no stronger than that . |
| 9 | We ca n't allow it to ruin our lives or the lives of the rest of the family either . |
| 10 | I do n't know if the situation in Germany is as stable as people are making out I do not know if the other continents , or the other countries within the European continents , are of a stable nature when we look at what is happening in certain parts of the previous Russia or the states of the U S S R there is complete and utter confusion and atrocities being perpetrated on people within those . |
| 11 | He asserted explicitly that he appealed ‘ not … to the feelings or the passions of the House but to the stubborn facts , incapable of contradiction ’ . |
| 12 | As you would expect , the change in pronunciation was made once and for all , but either the brothers or the editors of the Register seem to have had difficulty making up their minds how to spell it . |
| 13 | He goes on to assert that ‘ these two different sets of goals may be sometimes in conflict : a direct or ‘ honest ’ expression of the beliefs or the opinions from the speaker 's situation model may lead to negative social evaluation of the speaker by the hearer' ( 1983 : 384 ) . |
| 14 | They 've had er enormous difficulties and er the honourable gentleman will er know that the South Wales police authority committee , its officers and its Chief Constable have er visited parliament er to put their case to members representing the South Wales police authority area and indeed to er Earl Ferrers the minister er responsible for the police and they certainly have n't had any er criticism made of them by his own government and if er he believes that there is a criticism I would suggest that he takes a leaf out of the book of his er , his right honourable friend the Secretary of State and refers the matter so that it can be properly audited and er I think the honourable gentleman knows that when that is done he will see that there is no blame attached whatsoever to the members or the officers of the police authority . |
| 15 | The combination of the Rasakumbha , which can be likened to a battery , the metal disc on which the yantras are inscribed , or the gems along the spine acting as chakras or energy absorption and distribution points , the sound vibrations of the mantras or bells , results in an emission of electrical energy from the head of the idol . |
| 16 | During the course of the research , other areas will be explored as they prove to important for analytical or policy purposes , such as the impact of sanctions or the options for the mineral-energy complex in post-apartheid South Africa . |
| 17 | As far as er the honourable gentleman for Edinburgh Central is concerned , he said there was a case for a wider inquiry into the auditing o of companies , well that is not something specifically called for er by Bingham although I acknowledge that a case can be made for that but I think we want to be extremely careful before extending that in the way that he and the honourable member for Great Grimsby proposed beyond the direct er responsibility to the members or the owners of the company . |
| 18 | I am clerk to Nether Wyresdale Parish Council in Scorton and , while I can not speak on behalf of either the Parish Council or the residents of the parish , I think it would be appropriate to discuss the possibility of Nether Wyresdale becoming part of Lancaster District . |
| 19 | Focus itself has no fixed shape or set degree of sharpness or fuzziness but alternates according to the dictates of imagination , habit , or the limitations of the data . |
| 20 | The exchange of U1-A72 for G1-C72 is therefore not considered to disturb the global structure of the tRNA or the interactions between the tRNA and the tRNA modifying enzymes . |
| 21 | An equity-based pension scheme with a built in protection against inflation has been launched by Legal & General , offering investors the benefits of increases in the FTSE 100 or the changes in the Retail Price Index whichever is the greater . |
| 22 | ‘ Within us ’ the Mississippi in St Louis , like the voices in the rose garden in ‘ Burnt Norton ’ , or the dancers in the field of ‘ East Coker ’ , or the village concealed in the shape of modern London , or the savage elements in modern man , maintains a secret presence , ‘ waiting , watching and waiting ’ . |
| 23 | It is highly visible in racial attacks or the activities of the National Front , but it also exists in subtler forms at all levels of society in Britain . |
| 24 | 16.2 [ Subject as provided in clause [ s ] of the Lease no or No ] defect in the Works or the Premises at the date on which the Lease is granted shall in any way lessen or affect the obligations of the Tenant under the Lease |
| 25 | Whatever the ‘ frontier ’ might do to emigrant traditions on the ranchlands of Uruguay , in the island of Sakhalin , or the mines of the Rand , the institutions and ideas which were being adapted there were European . |
| 26 | The ‘ good ’ policemen and women know their area : the sites of trouble and danger , as Holdaway describes them ( 1983 : 39–42 ) , which need special attention , the places to avoid without having further back-up , the places where events and incidents have occurred in the past , the people on whom to focus attention , such as the ‘ troublesome families ’ in whom crime historically runs or the VIPs in the area who get special protective care . |
| 27 | I do n't think it does much for the feel or the looks of the frets , but there you go . |
| 28 | Immersed in London 's history , he was constantly begging the monks of Westminster Abbey , or the clerks of the chancery in the Tower , to let him have access to manuscripts and documents . |
| 29 | Are you following the main thread of the argument , or the basics of the plot ? |
| 30 | It was presumed they were dead or the playthings of the Dark Ones . |