Example sentences of "[det] [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The party 's total vote was just half that given to the Communists in a similar number of boroughs . |
| 2 | It is significant that they were known as Tarianas , a title closely resembling that given to the tribes of Turania in Turkistan who were associated with the Serpent , the Taryans . |
| 3 | It would not be absurd , nor contrary to the rule of law , for Parliament to prefer the precise construction adopted by the tribunal to that given by the courts . |
| 4 | The usual justification for paying the manager of a business a salary which is out of all proportion greater than that received by the men on the shop floor , who have direct contact with the product or with the machinery , is that the extra payment is for " responsibility " but this is just another name for " status in a power hierarchy " . |
| 5 | According to the map it was there , but the fact that the dwellings seemed half hidden by the trees and were the same colour as the desert gave me a tinge of doubt . |
| 6 | G. Although the positions and sizes of most settlements in this region were due almost solely to the way in which people organised themselves , or in other words due to human factors , a few depended on the landforms , or physical factors . |
| 7 | I mean if the evaluation suggests that something or other needs changing , then you want people to be already so interested in the evaluation and perhaps looking for useful things to come out of it , that they are already half committed to the changes . |
| 8 | Is this done during the evenings , or during holidays , or weekends ? |
| 9 | This concentrated in the hands of one individual the control of foreign policy which had hitherto been entrusted , together with a vast range of other business , to the Secretaries of State for the Northern and Southern Departments . |
| 10 | The chief taster said that several of them were excellent and that he had already had some brought into the stores . |
| 11 | A few remained among the vines , and to them we continued to take food . |
| 12 | The governor , who had only half listened to the senators response , failed to notice the barb in the remark . |
| 13 | The Liberal Democrats ' vote on Thursday , 18 per cent , was lower than that secured by the Liberals under David Steel in February 1974 . |
| 14 | At the trial , the case presented is essentially that prepared by the police . |
| 15 | In most cases there is no limit on the number of individual models , or the number of units , other than that imposed by the points values . |
| 16 | In most cases there is no limit on the number of individual models , or the number of units , other than that imposed by the points values . |
| 17 | In most cases there is no limit on the number of individual models , or the number of units , other than that imposed by the points values . |
| 18 | Now the one thing that I think is important is that one can not look at the problems of any given society in the world in isolation from the rest of the world as a whole , and in particular , in the case of underdeveloped countries , their problems are very much linked to the situations that take place in the developed countries . |
| 19 | Section er , I was very surprised indeed that er Hilary asking for a review of the service because in fact all one 's experience and I am sure as well tells us that this is a success story , it is something that petition after petition that we 've asking to keep it that way , shows that it is one of the services that the County provides which is very much appreciated by the recipients and we ca n't say that in all County Councils ' services but you can say it about er the section seventeen and I think you ought to acknowledge that Chairman . |
| 20 | Now I know erm following a fairly recent er er er case in the house of lords that the courts are er entitled to rely on what ministers say in debate but perhaps the minister could er spell out a little bit more clearly the apparent discrepancy between what he said in his speech and what is on the face of these orders and indeed why it is that the orders in r relation to banking and financial services , adopts a different phraseology er to that used in the orders relating to insurance and building societies . |
| 21 | Cézanne in particular had as a rule relied completely on visual models , and had looked at the subjects of his paintings with a concentration and intensity as great as that shown by the artists of the early Renaissance in their rediscovery of the natural world . |
| 22 | Some might say that compared to the prices paid for works of art £180,000 is a modest sum for a unique creature — the oldest reptile on earth . |
| 23 | What do you think of that compared to the numbers ? |
| 24 | But this was by no means all consumed by the brethren in an orgy of gluttony ; most of the larger monastic records in Sussex would have shown a similar pattern , since there was a constant coming and going of important visitors and benefactors with extensive retinues . |
| 25 | With a fair amount of jiggling , the big end caps were all parted from the con-rods and the crankshaft was lifted from the crankcase . |
| 26 | The street of the storytellers in Peshawar , Pakistan ; a desert island in the Indian Ocean , the magnificent Iguazu Falls in Argentina , the Potala in Tibet and the gigantic statues of Easter Island had , until recently , been seen by few people other than the local population , explorers , archaeologists or anthropologists , yet they are all included in the pages of current travel brochures . |
| 27 | Rotas and overtime were all organised by the porters themselves who were operating what amounted to their own business within the hotel . |
| 28 | Technical quality and the use of the right exposure coupled with careful composition were all considered in the beginners ' and intermediate sections of the colour slides . |
| 29 | Human logic says that if in fact we are all made from the ashes of long-dead stars , then everything which now is should be ultimately related to what first was . |
| 30 | Wave machines , water rides , flumes , a beach area , water cannons , whirlpools and geysers are all featured in the plans . |