Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] the [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 In this case one male drives off the others when the nest is completed .
2 On a slow day , Quigley just goes through the newspapers and rambles on about whatever comes into his brain .
3 The cloud is like a magnet so the water goes through the cracks and goes up .
4 The same goes for The Shamen as a whole .
5 Much the same goes for the prints and poems in the exhibition book .
6 Far too often with a low cable break , the pilot goes for the airbrakes when there is a mile of field ahead and no hurry whatsoever .
7 Ask yourself again if there are any contact points between the hurts or wrongs of the past and your present difficulties .
8 The relationship that develops between the girls and the workers is quite unique .
9 To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what responsibilities he has for the sports and arts foundation .
10 But from Monday to Friday , BHSI qualified head girl Hilary Dodd , together with three assistants , looks after the horses and stables .
11 Someone who looks after the youngsters and is co-operative .
12 The male guards the next , aerates the eggs and looks after the larvae until they are able to feed for themselves .
13 However , Steve 's 20-year-old son Mark looks after the dogs when dad 's away .
14 Here , beyond the gardens of the lodge and the woods and ornamental ponds , the loch narrows and becomes a river again , bending and funnelling and quickening as it heads towards the rocks and falls and the shallow gorge beyond .
15 More interested in the style than the fashion , Huggy Bear are carrying on the feminist tradition of punk bands like The Slits and X-Ray Spex with all the musicality of Pete Duel & The Shit or Alien Sex Fiend .
16 It starts behind the Treib-haus and takes just under an hour for a climb of 370m ( 1,214ft ) altitude difference .
17 The need in the case of the Oedipus myth to resolve the contradiction between two pieces of knowledge that are in conflict can be comfortably taken as the signified that lies behind the significations that make up the various versions of the myth .
18 The counsellors ' job is to help the couple to sort out what really lies behind the words as well as the actions .
19 In both processes , and especially that relating to the budget , immense power lies with the Senators and the Representatives on the relevant committees and subcommittees .
20 The fact of the matter is , as far as the erm and I accept to a certain degree what Jack has just said , that the power for schools lies with the Governors , and it lies with the Governors because the Conservative Government has enacted legislation to allow that to happen .
21 ‘ The power to appoint the auditor currently lies with the trustees and they should be allowed to continue to appoint who they see fit . ’
22 The problem , as I began to discover over the years , does n't lie with the composer , it lies with the interpreters and what is expected from the interpreters by people who have dubious taste .
23 On receiving the indicative offers we will discuss the pros and cons with the directors and will help evaluate alternative deal structures .
24 The first lies in the discretion the court has under the sections as to the order it will make .
25 Unlike the natural sciences , where discussion often starts with the results and ignores the methodology of the research , the social sciences — and increasingly anthropology — have developed an elaborate argument about the practices of doing research .
26 The EPR paper concludes with the words While we have thus shown that the wavefunction does not provide a complete description of physical reality , we have left open the question of whether or not such a description exists .
27 The difference in the various authorities lies in the determinations as to what constitutes compulsion or duress .
28 If the answer lies anywhere it lies in the hearts and minds of Tablers .
29 The key to the success of a small business lies in the skills and professionalism of its management , technicians and staff .
30 The extreme sadist who delights in blood , broken bones and other evidence of damage to tissue could be classed as destructive ; the one whose main delight lies in the screams or pleas of a victim would be dominating .
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