Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [prep] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Mind ye , they 've goat the money tae build anither Gallery , but yon Burrell said it had to be outside of Glasgow so the fog and smoke and that disna' get the pictures .
2 ‘ Ye had the money tae buy a record , ’ Rab said .
3 This was especially the case with regard to the use of music : a memorial in Union Chapel referred to his ‘ successful endeavours to promote a nobler service of song in public worship ’ .
4 Even more is this the case with regard to the severance of the union between Great Britain and Northern Ireland .
5 This is , I am certain , the case with regard to Skelton .
6 In a free market , and all things being equal — which is not always the case in regard to quality of training , aircraft maintenance etc — the cheaper establishments should attract custom to the detriment of the more expensive ones .
7 Not surprisingly , the court does not feel it necessary to disturb the decision with regard to either appellant .
8 Nevertheless , in my judgment , and granted the consequence to which I have referred , there is no reason to extend the decision in regard to the Crown to some or all actions by a local authority under section 222(1) of the Act of 1972 .
9 The first that Winchester knew of the decision in regard to which they had had no opportunity to make any prior representations , was when the copy announced itself upon their fax machine on 31 October .
10 The regard to the job evaluation budget suggests that our original figure of a hundred thousand pounds is not fully necessary and that can all be reduced to fifty percent , to fifty percent or the equivalent say to fifty thousand pounds and the same goes for the judgement with regard to how you are going to have figure with regard to jobs vacancies .
11 And as each year went along , erm we were determined as a committee erm that we would lay claims , natural justifiable claims to the employer to increase the remuneration in regard to the incentive scheme .
12 Or should the kind of damage have been burns ?
13 Evaluation of the course with regard to course content , instructional material , teaching methods and organization of the course have been carried out , by means of a questionnaire — formative evaluation , directed towards the process , based on psychometric methods .
14 Setting the housing visit date too close to the actual transfer date will result in problems for the employee with regard to renting out property at home , arranging storage for goods left behind and transport for those items that the family intends to bring to Britain .
15 However , it will prove interesting to see differences that may emerge in the future with regard to problems facing female executives and their spouses when posted overseas .
16 The functional managers are responsible for choosing the right staff , for instructing them and for the result with regard to quality , quantity and cost .
17 Recent attention has also been given to the diabetic with regard to ethnic differences in serum lipid levels which have been observed in the non-diabetic population .
18 L'Humanité was now a communist paper , and we find him writing in its columns condemning ‘ The indifference of the proletariat in the metropole with regard to the colonies .
19 In practice a great deal of discretion is exercised by the Revenue with regard to this section , but to avoid an unexpected tax liability in relation to the transfer by the husband of the former matrimonial home to the wife the husband is well advised to consider making his election within the two-year period .
20 A basic interest in questions about the meaning and purpose of life ( a ) to challenge secularist assumptions and to appreciate that religious truth-claims can not be easily dismissed ; ( b ) to understand what is distinctive about religion , that is , what it essentially concerns , and be able to distinguish between that and features of it which can vary and perhaps be dispensed with altogether ; ( c ) to realize in particular in how many different ways religion can masquerade as something else , and fail to be what it claims to be ; ( d ) to appreciate the highly controversial nature of religion and of almost everything that is said about it by anyone , whether religious or not ; ( e ) to have a firm grasp of criteria by which to evaluate precise examples and manifestations of religion in practice ; ( f ) to appreciate the force of the question-mark with regard to the ultimate divide between religion and non-religion , and to appreciate the reality of the dilemma , and the ways in which religion needs to be questioned for its failures , negative attitudes , hypocrisy and externalism .
21 There is nothing you can tell me about solicitors and the ways of the law with regard to legacies , Isabel .
22 It completely failed to influence public opinion when it emerged from its secret society chrysalis in 1939 , and in spite of its extremism and the uncertainties of the law with regard to seditious libel where public order was not threatened , the authorities decided that any move against the group would give it unwanted publicity and might achieve more harm than good .
23 There has been some doubt about the law with regard to traffic-calming measures other than road humps which has meant that authorities have produced traffic-calming schemes but have been left in some doubt as to whether they could be prosecuted for obstructing the highway .
24 It also discusses in some detail the shortcomings of the law in regard to theft and kindred offences , as they appeared to the committee , and it proposes remedies .
25 If due account is taken of the present state of the law in regard to mortgages and choses in action , it is apparent that to make a distinction in the case of land would be to make just such an exception .
26 Finally , while we certainly agree that the policy of the law in regard to the formalities for the creation and transmission of interests in land should be upheld , we have to acknowledge that that policy has been substantially modified by the developments to which we have referred …
27 The circular on discharge planning also states , as does the circular on care programmes , that all patients leaving hospital should have their needs assessed before discharge and services provided to meet them .
28 Sometimes the minutes are not circulated in advance of the meetings and the secretary then has the unenviable task of reading out the minutes to the meeting before the Chairman puts the question with regard to accuracy .
29 It should also be borne in mind that the Court will not discount the multiplier with regard to the period between the accident and any ultimate Proof .
30 Whatever criticisms one may want to make of the quality of the evidence and analysis of the debate , it is hard to deny its effectiveness in changing the climate with regard to the control of the curriculum .
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