Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the sets were completely different , the Theatre Royal having a much taller stage , White had to restage the movements during the two-week break . |
| 2 | But it had established three important points : first , that there was potential to cut across established Green-Orange divisions in pursuing the interests of Derry ; second , that some educated young Catholics who were uninspired by the Nationalist Party would work enthusiastically on a campaign which challenged traditional sectarian prejudices ; and third , many people came to believe that a section , at least , of Derry Unionists was prepared to sacrifice the interests of the city to those of its party . |
| 3 | He was entirely comfortable with the predictable opinion of the Senior Chief Inspector of Schools who confessed that ‘ I am not much moved by what appears to sacrifice the interests of the few in favour of the many when one result is certain to be that the quality of the person required to fill posts of great importance and of a highly specialized nature is likely to be degraded . ’ |
| 4 | The participants from Eastern Europe may well have been surprised at how lightly their Western counterparts were ready to sacrifice the traditions of the great east Berlin museums . |
| 5 | Well the , the lads used to skin the rabbits for the customers and throw the skin ov over the top of this cart , horse and cart . |
| 6 | I am very pleased that , in so far as it is possible , we have been able , through the usual channels , to accommodate the wishes of the Opposition on the allocation of time to different parts of the Bill . |
| 7 | National Certificate Modules are delivered in schools , further education colleges and other approved centres throughout Scotland and because they are separate units in their own right , modules can be taken in a variety of ways to accommodate the circumstances of the individual — full-time , part-time , distance or open-learning or a combination of these . |
| 8 | In a related development , the EC environment commissioner , Carlo Ripa di Meana , strongly criticized the latest draft of the Convention on Climate Change as a " sellout " to accommodate the interests of the US government ( which has thus far refused to commit itself to specific emission reductions ) . |
| 9 | Isotactic polymers tend to form helices to accommodate the substituents in the most stable steric positions ; these helices are regular forms capable of regular alignment . |
| 10 | The end of the era of stable exchange rates in 1972 coincided with the birth of a whole new class of financial instruments designed to accommodate the uncertainties of the new era . |
| 11 | There are not many companies around who would be prepared to accommodate the needs of the individual in this way and Mr Guest deserves to be highly commended for doing so . |
| 12 | I could n't summon up a double bass in the short time that I had this rig , which was a shame since , like Hughes & Kettner 's BassBase , the unit is flexible enough to accommodate the idiosyncrasies of the instrument , the primary reason for the onboard notch filter . |
| 13 | Built in 1881 to accommodate the employees of the nearby Rocksavage railway station , it was a straight terrace of some thirty tiny one-storey houses , each fronted by a strip of grass and hedged railings betokening the gentility of its original occupants . |
| 14 | It was a Labour government that proposed to implement a process of ‘ organic change ’ to accommodate the demands of the former county boroughs ( DOE 1979 ) . |
| 15 | If the current state of practice of assessment is to accommodate the demands of the National Health Service and Community Care Act ( 1990 ) and to meet the aspirations of practitioners to improve practice in relation to older people , it is important to begin the process of development by defining the principles of good practice which comprehensive , multidisciplinary assessment should embody . |
| 16 | There may be a corresponding disadvantage in having to accommodate the partners of the acquired firm who are unwilling to retire from practice . |
| 17 | Furthermore , the males are observed to court the females in the choice tests . |
| 18 | Judges are bound to uphold the rights of the individual against the Crown which means , for most purposes , the Government of the day . |
| 19 | The imminent release of the " Birmingham Six " was widely seen as a foregone conclusion after Sir Allan Green , the Director of Public Prosecutions , said at a preliminary hearing of the appeal on Feb. 7 that the Crown no longer sought to uphold the convictions on the basis of the scientific evidence . |
| 20 | This line proves that Mark Antony meant to set the people off , to kill the members of the conspiracy . |
| 21 | It is one of the many ironies in our provision for old people that we offer the fit elderly cheap transport ( which they take up enthusiastically to visit their relatives ) but make no provision to enable the relatives of the frail housebound to visit them . |
| 22 | In what follows an attempt will be made to set down the main features of polymer viscoelasticity to enable the connections between the phenomenological and the molecular to be stated , where they are known , in preparation for the discussion in Chap . |
| 23 | In what follows an attempt will be made to set down the main features of polymer viscoelasticity to enable the connections between the phenomenological and the molecular to be states , where they are known , in preparation for the discussion in Chap . |
| 24 | The prime purpose is to enable the recipients of the cards to know the other 's status so that not only do they bow correctly , but also use the proper form of language . |
| 25 | As he related the heroic tale of Paul Revere 's gallop through the night to alert the Americans to the arrival of the British Redcoats , the forty miles flew by and Perdita and Angel strained to catch every word . |
| 26 | Some 25 years later interviewers are still essential at bureau level but the complexity of the task that they carry out has shifted the core role on to a professional manager who is needed to galvanise the efforts of the team in order to meet growing demands . |
| 27 | There had been Lewis , the guy who was down on cutlery and condiments , and much earlier a bloke called Evans , who maintained that Old Mother Walsh was really a man in drag and that it behoved members of the Church ‘ to wear the clothes of the other kind ’ . |
| 28 | You could also spot the widows then , for they were obliged to wear the initials of the duchess 's daughter on their breasts ; no initials , no charity . |
| 29 | ‘ It is not good to wear the garments of the Sea People over-long . ’ |
| 30 | I made one good decision : to wear the trainers on the plane , and carry the paperwork in my hand luggage . |