Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas more women than before can choose whether to work or not after the child-bearing years , raised expectations of living standards may make this feel less like a choice and more of a basic requirement . |
| 2 | It was almost a relief to discover that even in the short time she had been on board ship she was already beginning to acquire a golden tan . |
| 3 | How interesting it was , thought Dyson , how extraordinarily intriguing , to find that out of the whole team the only one who was actually turning up trumps was himself . |
| 4 | He had to find that out from the television when he got home . |
| 5 | Your Lordships are invited to construe that benevolently in the defendants ' favour as a claim to invoke the privilege against self-incrimination on the ground that the order called upon him to disclose material which might be used in furtherance of criminal proceedings against him . |
| 6 | It is interesting to observe that just at the point when the old sources of clerical recruitment , the married clergy , were taking to celibacy , the supply of clergy did not dry up , it multiplied exceedingly . |
| 7 | As with Brian , and I hope myself , Terry worked on these areas to try and even off the rough edges . |
| 8 | Oddly , she had never shown much interest in touring in West Germany — perhaps she was scared to go that close to the border — and had not even taken out a West German passport , to which she was automatically entitled . |
| 9 | LOOKING BACK , it s now possible to see that well before the Chernobyl accident in the Soviet Union the storm clouds were gathering for the nuclear dream . |
| 10 | She got out and looked about to see that there across the road , in an area where buildings were few and far between , stood the welcoming sight of a small hotel and restaurant . |
| 11 | Both are members of the Penygroes RFC and I 'm pleased to report that out of the two games played , Penygroes won both , with scoring 6 tries , making the results 28–17 and 26–15 . |
| 12 | One has to remember that well into the nineteenth century British identity was predicated first of all of the English . |
| 13 | This momentum throughout the industry was difficult to halt and later in the 1970s with the second oil shock and over capacity of 40 per cent , an added pressure element came from a weak US dollar which allowed relatively cheap American products on to the market on this side of the Atlantic . |
| 14 | Where the words used by Parliament are obscure or ambiguous , the Parliamentary material may throw considerable light not only on the mischief which the Act was designed to remedy but also on the purpose of the legislation and its anticipated effect . |
| 15 | The use of contract armies to fight the war depended , of course , not just upon the readiness of men to serve but also upon the willingness of parliament to vote taxes to pay for the war . |
| 16 | I felt responsible because I encouraged him to be in the group in the first place , I persuaded him to stay when he wanted to go and yet in the end we asked him to leave , ’ says Gedge . |
| 17 | Held , allowing the appeal , that the retraction by a witness in extradition proceedings of evidence previously given in the requesting state did not in itself discredit that evidence and , unless it was worthless , the magistrate was entitled to act upon it in deciding whether there was sufficient evidence to justify an order for committal ; that , equally , a witness 's evidence was not to be automatically discredited by virtue of that witness having been an alleged accomplice of the accused ; and that the magistrate had given proper consideration to the retraction of P. 's evidence and to his being an alleged accomplice when deciding if there was sufficient evidence to justify the applicant 's committal ; that , further , since the provision in article 1 of the Treaty allowing for extradition in respect of offences ‘ committed within the territory of the requesting party ’ having been extended by article 3(2) to cover participation in extradition offences punishable by the laws of both states , the lack of evidence of the applicant 's presence in Sweden at the relevant time did not take the offences outside the ambit of the Treaty ; that under Schedule 1 to the Act of 1989 the magistrate was concerned only with committal proceedings under English procedure in relation to the English crimes specified in the order to proceed and not with the jurisdiction of the Swedish court ; and that , accordingly , the magistrate had been entitled to commit the applicant ( post , pp. 846D–F , 850F — 851A , E — 852C , 853A ) . |
| 18 | Er we left at er seventeen minutes to two erm having explained that er we have put a very respectable budget on the table er which was prudence as prudence personified er and that was something we felt the other two groups of the Liberal Democrats were the only ones there at the time er besides them do that we 'd er I have to say to chairman that er the voted it is now being cobbled together er by the other two groups is eight hundred thousand pounds plus er in excess of the budget which the Conservative Group would want to see and just for the record , it 's about the same sum of money that we 've been saving on the fire cover in |
| 19 | The governor will probably be told to wait until later in the month , after a meeting organised by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees . |
| 20 | There is also considerable evidence ( as marshalled by Ingram 1975 ) to suggest that up to the age of six years it is mainly short , simple but still hierarchically structured sentences that the child is able to produce . |
| 21 | At a hastily-convened news conference , he said it would be ‘ naive ’ to suggest that somewhere along the line there was not a link with his political activities in the 1980s . |
| 22 | Down in the corrie , two sparkling blue-green lochans perch beneath the steep cliffs , and it 's hard to imagine that just over the next two gullies , people in golf jumpers are tucking into sticky buns . |
| 23 | The designer needs to know about the tasks which his new device is intended to aid and also about the kind of person who will use it . |
| 24 | Not even defeat by an American team whose followers barely understand the rules will persuade him that he has nowhere left to go but out of the national manager 's chair . |
| 25 | And I will say that myself I was very promiscuous sexually , I will say that because I think a lot of people want to leave that out of the story , well not me thank you very much . |
| 26 | Of course quality and assessment of performance are important , and the government is right to insist that often in the past education has given inadequate attention to evaluation . |
| 27 | How easy it would be to surrender now , she thought , not only to sleep but also to the demands of these men . |
| 28 | This leads to districts asking hospitals to do as before with the same money and little changes . |
| 29 | In response to Labour questioning , Mr MacGregor said : ‘ Without any question I am keen to ensure that both from the passenger and freight point of view the north of England and Scotland gain as much benefit as possible from the Channel Tunnel and the Channel Tunnel high-speed link . ’ |
| 30 | I am here partly because I was fortunate enough to have the happiest and healthiest of childhoods and I see it as a very happy obligation to try to do my best to ensure that all over the world it is possible for other children to enjoy something of what I had . |