Example sentences of "[subord] [noun pl] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | where coins disappeared in the lining ; |
| 2 | Subsequently , iron ore was also mined at Boulby , and the foundations of a shanty town of corrugated iron huts , locally nicknamed ‘ Tin City ’ , remain where miners lived until the 1930s . |
| 3 | ‘ Where companies pay above the pay levels laid down by councils , they are irrelevant . |
| 4 | That having been said , where gaps appear in the Code it would be better for them to be filled by a change in the Code itself rather than by judicial interpretation , for it must not be forgotten that breach of the Code is a disciplinary offence and it would be unfortunate if the officers in the present case , who were rightly not made the subject of any criticism by the court , should even in theory be liable to disciplinary proceedings . |
| 5 | Eventually , we arrived at a small , damp valley , peat and heather-filled , where insects hummed in the still air . |
| 6 | This we see quite clearly in the example of ‘ green fingers ’ , where plants respond to the intent and good feeling in the mind of the human caring for them . |
| 7 | Gainsharing is favoured in many US hospitals , where surveys highlighted in the RNC report show that managers and nurses feel PRP is a potential demotivator . |
| 8 | Does he agree that to stimulate demand within the United Kingdom home market , where problems exist on the retail side , the industry is entitled to expect some special attention from the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the next Budget , which could include a reduction in or the total elimination of the appalling 10 per cent . |
| 9 | Nights of fog and days of rain , cobbles and kerbs , and bagwash in a pram , land of the hard man and the wee hauf , the upper cottage flat and the fossil groves of tenements , where ships sailed by the end of the street , and the closes echoed with the cries of skelped weans and the rumble of passing trams . |
| 10 | Where invoices recorded on the statement have not been received or have been mislaid , copies will be required from the supplier . |
| 11 | The 21 stations are all located in Army camps , where volunteers assist with the monitoring . |
| 12 | In his cluttered roof-void office-cum-spare bedroom , where clothes dry under the skylight and ergonomics is too big a word to fit in , he writes massive chunks of operating software for mainframe computers , programmes which can take between one and a half and ten ‘ man years ’ to complete . |
| 13 | computer-aided learning — where systems add to the other resources learners can call on ; |
| 14 | Some see corporatism grandly as a total economic system distinct from capitalism and socialism ; some see corporatism as a particular kind of " state form " distinct from , say , parliamentarianism , where citizens participate in the determination of policies through the exercise of voting rights in relation to a parliament ; and still others see corporatism rather more modestly and fruitfully as connoting a particular system of interest-group politics and representation distinct from the pluralist system that we have just discussed . |
| 15 | Despite her long exile , she remained deeply attached to the Episcopalian church , raising her children to love both the Bible and Savannah , where roses blossomed in the dead of winter . |
| 16 | When , therefore , the Board was entrusted with appeals this did not mean that any particular official should undertake the task , nor was the Board bound to disclose the report any more than minutes made on the paper before a decision was arrived at . |
| 17 | But as tree crops ( coconuts , coffee , cocoa , rubber ) became increasingly important in the mercantile economy into which the islanders were drawn , so conflicts developed between the men who planted the trees , their sons who inherited them , and the matrilineal inheritors of the land on which they stood . |
| 18 | Several studies have characterised the young social drug user as an adolescent who is alienated from school and who is more involved with peer group activities than activities centred around the home . |
| 19 | The SelecTronics ' Electronic Bible is broadly similar to the Franklin product although Franklin favour hinged , flip-up screens rather than LCDs integrated with the keyboard . |
| 20 | She took on Richard Burton and it is impossible that she did not know — quite soon — that there were flaws : she knew about theatrical affairs and knew that most of them were no more than vessels bumping in the night or for the run of the play . |
| 21 | These form a larger group than fabliaux set in the country , largely in villages , although the latter group is still a substantial one . |
| 22 | Its constant , uncritical use of the concept of ‘ normality ’ and its insistence on adapting individuals rather than environments flies in the face of much social scientific and educational wisdom , and , more importantly , the expressed wishes of many disabled people who want society to change , not themselves . |
| 23 | It was classified as high security , and there were more guards than engineers working in the compound . |
| 24 | Although texts devoted to the human impact ( e.g. Goudie , 1981b ; Gregory and Walling 1979 ) and those devoted to branches of physical geography have not yet emphasized urban physical geography , claims have been made by some writers that the urban environment is sufficiently distinctive to warrant attention as a specific milieu . |
| 25 | As the salt crust thins , so cracks appear in the surface and the flats begin to break up . |
| 26 | Every announcement , public statement or document as aforesaid made or published by it or on its behalf in the course of KPMG 's engagement hereunder will contain all particulars required to comply with all applicable statutory , legal and regulatory provisions ( other than particulars required by the rules and regulations of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales arising out of the involvement of any Indemnified Person in the Offer ) and all requirements of The Stock Exchange and of the City Code , all other information which might reasonably be considered material in the context thereof and all facts , expressions of opinion , expectations or intentions or other information reasonably required by KPMG ; |
| 27 | One of the most recent , from Sweden , revealed that statistically , pups born in the winter in that country are more likely to develop hip dysplasia than pups born in the summer … but only in some breeds , not in others . |
| 28 | Experiments , for instance , rely to a much larger extent than psychologists acknowledge on the presentation and discussion of qualitative data , and on their own pleasurable , narrative characteristics . |
| 29 | But although figures released by the Home Office today show some grounds for optimism , robbery and burglary , the crimes people fear most , are still on the increase . |
| 30 | Although sources suggested at the time of Craythorne 's departure that marketing director Udo Kaul might roll his responsibilities into the brief of marketing manager Peter Townsend , Brackenbury has been appointed as head of all advertising functions , with an advertising coordinator , Roger Harris , reporting to him . |