Example sentences of "[prep] [art] foreign [noun] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Behaviour which involves assimilation of the subject matter , attitudes , and values of the foreign language and culture to the point that one is identified by them .
2 We repudiate the lies of Priest Murphy , bachelor agent of a foreign power and brand as traitors all those associated with him and those who hastened to do his will .
3 The Court of Appeal has , however , subsequently held that in the exceptional cases in which a Mareva injunction might be granted in support of a foreign judgment or arbitration award ( enforcement of which is being sought in England ) the injunction will normally be limited to assets in England .
4 The Community has taken on additional powers , particularly in the foreign policy and security area , and has expanded the role of qualified majority voting .
5 For Order 69 to apply the process must be in connection with ‘ civil or commercial proceedings in a foreign court or tribunal ’ and must have been received by the Senior Master with a written request for service from a consular or other authority in a convention country ( which term includes countries with which the United Kingdom has a relevant bilateral Convention and countries party to the Hague Convention ) or from the Foreign Secretary ( who would have been approached via diplomatic channels by the authorities of another state ) 262 .
6 Yet these theories provide essential insights both into the nature of coherence , and into the problems of communicating in a foreign language and culture .
7 To hypothesize , it was as if the king of France held the earldom of Cornwall or Lancaster from the king of England , who could therefore exert some degree of control over the foreign policy and behaviour of the king of France .
8 The presidents of seven Latin American contries ( Peru , Argentina , Uruguay , Brazil , Venezuela , Colombia and Mexico ) gather on Wednesday in Ica , an oasis in the desert south of Lima , for two days of talks focusing on the foreign debt and drug trafficking .
9 Where the two offices were united in one structure , Angell and Pownall seem to have given them an equal place on the Foreign Office and War Department lists , no doubt thinking that the implementation of the project would be considerably easier if the same architect were carrying out both offices .
10 Mr Davies , annoyed at comparisons with Sir John , will bring a different style and approach to the job and feels his period at the Foreign Office and Treasury as an adviser to Nigel Lawson , former Chancellor , will be useful for the CBI and might help avoid ‘ lobbing bombs over the wall ’ .
11 But Churchill 's enthusiasm for a summit meeting was not yet fully shared by the Foreign Office and cabinet colleagues .
12 If the eye is damaged by a foreign body or chemical .
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