Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This finding is very encouraging , but the real benefits are only evident from the activities generated following placement . |
| 2 | Thus he explains that the lower part of active life consists in the works of mercy and charity in society , the higher in the activities involved in penance and meditation which are also the lower part and the groundwork for contemplative knowledge of God who is beyond the ability of man 's active faculties to comprehend . |
| 3 | The ombudsman shall ( in accordance with and subject to the following clauses of this scheme ) investigate any complaint received by him from an individual if : — ( a ) the complaint relates to action taken in the United Kingdom by a building society or a body associated with it ; ( b ) at the time that the complaint is received by the ombudsman , the building society or ( as the case may be ) associated body is a participant in the scheme ; ( c ) the action was taken in relation to one of the activities specified in clause 17 ; ( d ) the grounds of the complaint are included in the grounds specified in clause 18 ; and ( e ) the complainant alleges that the action has caused him pecuniary loss , expense or inconvenience . ’ |
| 4 | For example , the activities associated with sub-system 1.7 were listed as : |
| 5 | All the activities suggested for video recording are activities with a language learning purpose which could of course be done without the presence of the camera . |
| 6 | As a leading article in The Times put it : ‘ Undaunted by the superior timidity of the House of Lords the Court of Appeal persevered in its determination to set limits to the scope of the immunities granted to trade unions by statute . ’ |
| 7 | To this end they repeatedly urged the government to return fugitives to their cities , and to abolish the immunities enjoyed by church and noble land in and around the cities . |
| 8 | Just as there are many degree courses which have no specific vocational links so also there are many careers which require the application of intelligence and the disciplines learned during time at university rather than specific subject knowledge . |
| 9 | well my Lord , yes the stay of the counterclaim as a set off , that would then be denying article eighty five as a shield well of course it would n't undermine the defences based upon article eighty five per se , the other ways , I mean the set off is simply one way in which the defence arises , it arises in three other ways as your Lordship seems to have an opinion , security or set off is simply one of the ways the defence , but it 's not the only defence , so to simply state that part of the defence would not get the , would not mean that the article eighty five defence erm , er , evaporated in any way shape or form , the whole defence would have to be stayed so that there was none , no defence left , a defence on article eighty five |
| 10 | If the defendant can establish any of the defences mentioned in section 24(1) he has a good defence to any charge under the Trade Descriptions Acts . |
| 11 | In consequence , the dependence of R on r takes typically one of the forms shown in Fig. 19.5. ( r has a maximum value of 1 at r = 0 and so . |
| 12 | The forms taken in projection are often personifi-cations — that is , sensations such as envy , love and hatred understood through an anthropomorphic objectification . |
| 13 | Depending upon the style of kung fu being practised , the forms vary in length and degrees of difficulty . |
| 14 | The forms contained in Schedule 4 to the rules must be used with such variations , if any , as the circumstances require ( r 12.7 ) . |
| 15 | However slowly , the forms tended over time to reflect the facts . |
| 16 | In fact , although frequency of the forms correlated with age , sex and educational differences between speakers , different modal meanings appeared also to be associated with the verb forms as follows : imperfect subjunctive/ [ UNREAL ] ; conditional/ [ POSSIBLE ] ; present/indicative/ [ FACTUAL ] . |
| 17 | This was the tournament which most of the pros approached with trepidation . |
| 18 | Any budding talents should go to the rehearsals held from 6–7pm every Wednesday before the event . |
| 19 | But in addition to imposing duties on LEAs , a major feature of the Act , the regulations made under it , and the Circulars issued in respect of it , is an emphasis on securing parental involvement . |
| 20 | in addition to the contracts placed by Health Authorities , others will come from those general practitioners who opt to manage their own budget . |
| 21 | And for low earth orbit , the contracts go to Consortium of Aerospatiale Alcatel NV and Alenia SpA with Deutsche Aerospace GmbH ; and Anstix Pte Ltd with the state-owned Indian Space Research Organisation . |
| 22 | ‘ All costs charges and expenses incurred hereunder by the bank or by the receiver in perfecting or otherwise in connection with this security or in respect of the property hereby charged including ( without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing ) all costs of all proceedings for the enforcement of the security hereby constituted or for obtaining payment of the moneys hereby secured or arising out of or in connection with the acts authorised by clause 7 hereof ( whether or not such costs charges and expenses and moneys or part thereof would be allowable on a party and party or solicitor and own client taxation by this court ) shall be recoverable from the companies as a debt … and shall be charged on the premises comprised herein … |
| 23 | For example , the acts restricted by copyright may form a substantial part of the licence 's subject-matter . |
| 24 | The attitudes expressed by value statements are all ways of favouring or disfavouring things which we would like to see shared . |
| 25 | The attitudes represented by factor 5 are of enthusiasm towards SSE , in which regard Oxfordshire teachers are generally moderately positive . |
| 26 | An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to company insolvency and winding up ( including the winding up on companies that are not insolvent , and of unregistered companies ) ; enactments relating to the insolvency and bankruptcy of individuals ; and other enactments bearing on those two subject matters , including the functions and qualification of insolvency practitioners , the public administration of insolvency , the penalisation and redress of malpractice and wrongdoing , and the avoidance of certain transactions at an undervalue . |
| 27 | Reliance was apparently placed — I say ‘ apparently ’ because there is nothing in the papers which indicates clearly one way or the other what the view of the justices ' clerk was on this subject — I am told that reliance was placed on section 8(3) which provides : ‘ For the purposes of this Act ‘ family proceedings ’ means any proceedings … ( b ) under the enactments mentioned in subsection ( 4 ) . ’ |
| 28 | THE opinions expressed in South Durham Viewpoint ( Echo March 9 ) about a split in the Labour Group on Wear Valley District Council are complete nonsense . |
| 29 | If prose is the lower medium , then the movement up to verse is a movement to a higher rank , and can be described in terms of the rituals known in anthropology as rites of passage . |
| 30 | This book is , however , confined to contemporary change , and by the mid-1970s concern about landscape change and particularly the loss of traditional features led to a revival of interest in the field , particularly by those geographers employed in the public services . |