Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , as Livingstone and Hubel ( 1984 ) point out , they can not be computing colour according to the algorithm derived by Land . |
| 2 | The defence played against Rush , Clough , Wright , merson and Campbell in the last 2 matches . |
| 3 | Despite the overwhelming prosecution evidence , the defence dwelt upon King 's behaviour prior to the arrest — he was intoxicated and had failed to comply with police attempts to stop his speeding car — and sought to cast the police officers as a part of a " thin blue line " standing between law-abiding citizens and the " jungle " . |
| 4 | Full-back , Paul Bodin is back after injury and striker , Dave Mitchell , drops back into the defence to cover for Colin Calderwood , who 's suspended . |
| 5 | They see eternity in terms of the response made to God while on earth . |
| 6 | In Scale 2 Hilton talks of his understanding of the dynamic nature of God 's love working in man : The goal of contemplative life is to see this , a seeing which is a felt understanding of love , and Hilton accounts for the curious process by which a person grows towards this state as the interaction between the being of God — unformed love in which all men participate — and the response enabled by God to this dynamic potential at the heart of their being — love formed . |
| 7 | For example , if the entire coding for the strength of the response depended on Kandel 's single synapse , there should be in the intact animal a direct correlation between the frequency or amount of firing of that specific motor neuron and the strength of the withdrawal reflex . |
| 8 | However , the income accruing to Panama Inc will increase the value of Mr X 's right to recover his debt . |
| 9 | Our confidence thus bolstered , we were now stepping eagerly out of the tent bound for Ancohuma . |
| 10 | With the benefit of a later viewpoint , aided not least by the opportunity to reflect on Bolinger 's own work , we would suggest that , in most cases , other answers are more appropriate than the ones which he offered at that time ( nevertheless , we return to this article more than once in the chapters which follow ) . |
| 11 | This proved to be a serious mis-calculation when the opportunity came at Barnsley Park in 1961 , which also will have to be told elsewhere . |
| 12 | So you will eventually get the opportunity to take as Mike has maybe already told you , get eventually get the opportunity to take the audio tour yourself , so you can see where things are . |
| 13 | A few days later all the officer cadets were given the opportunity to go to Wolferton station to see the old King 's coffin on its way to London . |
| 14 | " If we disobey him I may lose the opportunity to go to Canton , " he said shortly . |
| 15 | All staff in these offices were offered the opportunity to go to Bristol to work at the head office . |
| 16 | In recent months I have had the opportunity to go to Kashmir by arrangement with both the Pakistani Government and the Indian Government , and I have seen the profound suffering among Kashmiris of both religions — Hindu and Muslim . |
| 17 | The opportunity presented by RMI is nicely summed up in a paper by Black , Dearden , Mayhew and Nichol ( 1989 ) in which they say ‘ Resource management enables clinicians and managers to see directly what the cost of various patterns of care are , to consider alternatives and make decisions in a more informed way — at the level of patient , the service or service mix . |
| 18 | Either in that or more likely the following year Earl Hakon was drowned at sea , and Olaf took the opportunity to return to Norway . |
| 19 | Henry II and Richard seized the opportunity to return to Limoges , to lay siege to Aixe and the citadel . |
| 20 | To further strengthen his cover , he also became a member of the National Association of Foreign Student Advisors , and attended its conference in Washington , taking advantage of the opportunity to confer with Donleavy and DIA agent Neal Miller , who later took over as Control for Operation Shakespeare . |
| 21 | Would this be the opportunity to mention to Adam her difficulties over the ledgers ? |
| 22 | WHEN delegates of the Whitbread Merit Table clubs took time off from their deliberations over leagues last week to enjoy a day out at the University Match , they took the opportunity to complain to Cardiff about the legions of players who have made the journey to the Arms Park in recent months . |
| 23 | If Mr. Collins had sought to base an argument on the omission from the rules which I have characterised as unfair , we should have had to consider whether the opportunity given to Winchester on 6 November 1990 to make representations to Lautro 's board rectified this defect . |
| 24 | Mansell , speaking at the BBC 's Sports Review of the Year show , said : ‘ Damon deserves the opportunity to drive for Frank Williams . |
| 25 | It would be impossible to withdraw American forces if this gave the Soviet Union the opportunity to move into Japan . |
| 26 | The plaintiffs contended that they had thereby been deprived of the opportunity to bid for H.F. Co. but pill J. rejected their claim because while the law certainly allowed a freedom to bid for property that was neither a ‘ business asset ’ of the plaintiffs ' nor a legal right which the law would protect . |
| 27 | Praise God for the opportunity to minister in Corntonvale Prison and for favour with the Governor . |
| 28 | See page 66 for full details of Club membership and the opportunity to subscribe to BBC Vegetarian Good Food . |
| 29 | If he wins the next two legs , today and tomorrow , his total prize money as overall Grade A champion will only amount to £970 — but he will have the opportunity to compete at Wembley for the rest of the week . |
| 30 | The top youth enterprise in N. Ireland will have the opportunity to compete at U.K. level . |