Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pos pn] [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've told yer before , 'e pays less than any ovver firm in Bermondsey an' 'e sacks 'is workers fer the least fing. 'E would n't tolerate the union fer ages an' as soon as any of 'is workers tried ter get the union in they were put off . |
| 2 | I d be interested to see who else has my ideas of the best team … |
| 3 | As the Young family regularly pits its wits against the Mastermind contenders with spectacular lack of success most Sundays , I was expected to do better than usual . |
| 4 | TMAM owes its origins to the Wealden Aviation Archaeological Group ( WAAG ) , who were active in the 1970s recovering material from crash sites in southern England . |
| 5 | The Wellcome Foundation Limited owes its origins to the formation of the partnership Burroughs Wellcome Co in 1880 . |
| 6 | Any extinguishing agent which develops its effects in the same direction must be capable of overtaking the flame front if it is to have an acceptable limiting influence on potential damage . |
| 7 | But Portsmouth also has its problems within the F M R O and it was with interest walking round the town last night , I saw that Charles the Second fortified this town to a greater deg extent using . |
| 8 | The iron law of oligarchy has its foundations in the logic of collective action . |
| 9 | The Actuarial profession has its foundations in the practice of life assurance in the early to mid-19th century . |
| 10 | It has its pointers to the future , but I would have forgiven any Vienna professor in 1876 who failed to predict what was to follow . |
| 11 | One final area which requires some discussion is the question of whether advertising has its effects in the short or long term . |
| 12 | The three-tined sai is a karate weapon that has its origins on the island of Okinawa . |
| 13 | It is the outcome of a process which , for Harkabi , has its origins in the Israelis ' overwhelming , intoxicating victory in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war . |
| 14 | The sterling standard for silver ( 925 parts per thousand of silver with the remainder being mainly copper ) has its origins in the fourteenth century and has continued virtually without interruption to the present day . |
| 15 | While this has its origins in the manipulation of plant and animal species that began c. 10 kyr BP ( section 3.3 ) it has been confined to plant and animal breeding programmes . |
| 16 | The proposed Clothing Industry Management degree has its origins in the perceived need in the clothing industry for well-educated managers to ensure a viable future . |
| 17 | They , exclusive of all other species , are free to choose , and in the final analysis , that instinct which has its origins in the mammalian family life is most likely to take precedence , and humans will choose to live with the relatively small family group as the ultimate refuge . |
| 18 | The Geological Survey of Great Britain has its origins in the early work of the Ordnance Survey and in the research of eminent members of the Geological Society of London . |
| 19 | The second myth is also seen in an early poem , The Rape of Lucrece , which has its origins in the story of Tarquin 's rape . |
| 20 | The term has its origins in the Old French word ‘ ecurie ’ which meant a barn or a stable . |
| 21 | This work has its origins in the early intelligence test movement and , later , in a specific concern with creativeness as a possibly separable aspect of intellectual functioning . |
| 22 | The existence of academic , pedagogic and utilitarian traditions in school curricula has its origins in the separate sectors of the educational system which preceded the comprehensive era . |
| 23 | In the case of suburban-type housing , the view of domestic life it ultimately reflects is a strongly traditional one that has its origins in the early development of industrial capitalism and the ensuing ideological split between ‘ public ’ and ‘ private ’ life developed by the Victorian bourgeoisie . |
| 24 | The provision of this form of care has its origins in the pre-war public hospitals , which had a large number of patients with chronic health care problems . |
| 25 | Planning as a local authority responsibility has its origins in the public health and housing policies of the nineteenth century , but from the outset the objectives were broader than a simple emphasis on the efficient use of land . |
| 26 | This ecumenical publication has its origins in the experimental work of the Community of St. John the Baptist at Clewer . |
| 27 | It can be argued that town planning has its origins in the early cities of , say , Egypt or Mexico , or in the architecture of Renaissance Europe . |
| 28 | The CAB service has its origins in the combined operation set up in 1938 by the Ministry of Health , the National Council for Social Service and the Family Welfare Association to provide advice and information in an emergency . |
| 29 | As with corporate planning , strategic planning has its origins in the private sector . |
| 30 | The QWERTY keyboard has its origins in the days of early mechanical typewriters . |