Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [adv] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was the patronage of Sir John Coke [ q.v. ] , one of the principal secretaries of state from 1625 to 1639 , which lay behind his rise to complete control of foreign and domestic posts in the 1630s ; and it was that achievement which gave him the opportunity both to create a new postal service and to acquire an estate in Essex worth £800 a year . |
| 2 | That does not answer the burning problem of law-breaking on a Sunday , especially when the House has not been afforded the opportunity even to debate the matter in full so that a consensus of hon. Members can be taken . |
| 3 | ‘ I expect some take the veil simply to hide a flat chest ! ’ |
| 4 | I would regard it as particularly inappropriate for the creditor simply to entrust the security document to the debtor with a view to the debtor obtaining the surety 's signature . |
| 5 | The effect of such an agreement between a creditor and a third party with regard to the debt is to render it impossible for the creditor afterwards to sue the debtor for it . |
| 6 | Today men from the Thames Valley force took the afternoon off to join a national protest in London . |
| 7 | A. You can still make out a Deed of Covenant , and send the money directly to Save the Children by Postal Order . |
| 8 | This settled , it is then for instructors to use the text both to guide the trainees through the handouts , and as source material for lecturing or workshops . |
| 9 | There is no reason why computers should n't be natural and friendly , it 's just that it takes a lot more memory in the computer to have all the complex rules of an ordinary language , and also it 's much harder to write the programs that tell the computer how to understand a natural language . |
| 10 | For this reason alone , it is wise to advise the Chairman not to accept a motion " that the minutes be taken as read " . |
| 11 | The manoeuvring ability left to the Callaghan government was now slight , following the decision not to call an early election . |
| 12 | One example was the decision not to destroy the ruins of the German cathedral , where Kant is buried . |
| 13 | And it says the decision not to assign a psychiatric nurse was made on medical and not financial grounds . |
| 14 | He regrets the decision not to re-title the revision : ‘ It was completely rewritten , but keeping the title meant that a lot of people decided not to buy it . |
| 15 | The grounds of appeal were , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the justices had exercised their discretion to award costs on the wrong principles as it had not been shown that the local authority had acted in bad faith or unreasonable in the performance of its statutory duties or had acted unreasonably in the conduct of the proceedings before the court ; ( 2 ) there were no circumstances which justified the making of the costs order ; ( 3 ) the justice should have found that there were good reasons for the local authority to be concerned about the father 's ability to care for the children , the local authority was not bound to adopt the view of the guardian ad litem and the local authority had communicated the decision not to oppose the father 's application within a reasonable time on receiving the report of the guardian ad litem ; ( 4 ) the justices had been wrong to assume that the change in the view of the local authority amounted to an admission that the views of the local authority had been wrong all the time . |
| 16 | Miss Goddard urged that the decision not to serve the notice was correct in view of the complexity of the whole investigation . |
| 17 | The decision not to renew the contract with the landlords Hill Samuel was taken in the light of rising costs and declining sales . |
| 18 | It could then be only too convenient if the Secretary of State made the decision not to investigate the accident . |
| 19 | Watkins LJ gave the principal judgment in the Divisional Court and upheld the application on the ground that the Minister had not given his reasons for the decision not to make a reference and that this was ‘ irrational ’ . |
| 20 | Treachery is unlikely , but the decision not to attack the Scottish camp , and not to pursue the Scots when they broke camp , suggests at the very least a lack of confidence and judgement amongst the English commanders , and there is some evidence of disagreement amongst them about the tactics they should adopt . |
| 21 | Peter Marsden , Inverclyde 's director of housing , said the decision not to fit the £5 alarms was not attributable to any single factor , although the council had to set funding priorities , such as keeping houses watertight . |
| 22 | He cited benefits that Scotland had received from the Budget such as the decision not to raise the duty on whisky and the North Sea measures . |
| 23 | He was questioned about the decision not to build a lift at Watford but instead to renew the narrow locks . |
| 24 | The families ' lawyer , Ann Alexander , called on Mrs Bottomley to meet a delegation of parents so they could tell her ‘ why the decision not to have a full public inquiry is wrong ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ And it 's not uncommon for them to blame each other , as they get older , for taking the decision not to have a family . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ And it 's not uncommon for them to blame each other , as they get older , for taking the decision not to have a family . ’ |
| 27 | The festival 's organisers are appealing against the decision not to grant a music licence and are quietly confident that they 'll win . |
| 28 | The decision not to start the project obviously has a pay-off of 0 . |
| 29 | The decision not to start the project obviously has a pay-off of 0 . |
| 30 | A more subtle approach is to ask the buyer simply to raise the price offered ; a pistol offers encouragement . |