Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I learned the basics of welding at college and have picked up tips from the experts while working on my scrap metal cows at Beamish Tram Shed and a pipe factory in Hebburn on Tyneside . |
| 2 | It would be a good solution to see the orcs as multiplying ‘ like flies ’ , i.e. non-sexually , in hatcheries in Barad-dûr or Moria or the pits of Angband . |
| 3 | The precise directions in respect of which the penal notice is sought should be specified by the solicitors when applying for such a penal notice . |
| 4 | To that general principle , however , there would seem to be a number of exceptions where the court will not simply accept the verdict of the solicitors as expressed in their own agreement . |
| 5 | It was suggested , for example , that stock was over-valued and that credit notes due to customers had been understated with the effect that whereas the accounts as published had reported profits of £1.3m , they should have reported a loss of approximately £400,000 . |
| 6 | In these circumstances , it was suggested that the auditors should have been aware that Fidelity was vulnerable to a takeover bid and that any possible bidder such as Caparo would be likely to rely on the accounts when deciding whether a bid should be made and that loss would be suffered by such a bidder if the accounts were inaccurate . |
| 7 | In this atmosphere , it was understandable that commercial television should be placed under the close scrutiny of a licensing body , empowered by what is now s4(1) of the Broadcasting Act 1981 to ensure : ( a ) that nothing is included in the programmes which offends against good taste or decency or is likely to encourage or incite to crime or to lead to disorder or to be offensive to public feeling … ( b ) that due impartiality is preserved on the part of persons providing the programmes as respects matters of political or industrial controversy or relating to current public policy . |
| 8 | BglII , XhoI and BamHI restriction sites are at equivalent positions in each of the repeats as shown . |
| 9 | Some children are chatting across the desks whilst working unsupervised in their project folders , a few others are constructing a ‘ trolley ’ and making table-tennis bats in the craft room and another group is involved in another classroom in a range of art activities . |
| 10 | The underlying theory views the shareholders as having an entitlement that the company be operated for their benefit ( or for whatever other purposes they may choose ) by virtue of their position as members or owners . |
| 11 | The counsellor is also to some extent directing the course of the discussions when making a selection from the many possible areas of interest . |
| 12 | This is not surprising — Labour offered far more to those in the cities than did the Conservatives . |
| 13 | Following consultation with Assistant Managers and Officer members in Bank of Ireland throughout the country in respect of the rumoured implementation of Performance Related Pay , it was agreed that the Bank be contacted for the purpose of elaborating on the views as expressed by the members at those meetings . |
| 14 | The Code has been recognised by the courts as establishing objective standards of fairness towards minority shareholders which they will take into account when exercising their own discretion under , for example , CA 1985 , s430C or s459 . |
| 15 | Hunger and poverty , the main reasons for their poaching , are not treated by the courts as extenuating circumstances . |
| 16 | An explanation of the contradiction between these two themes , the seeming failure of the courts as shown by the consistent and convincing allegations of widespread perjury , and their seeming success as demonstrated by their immense popularity , lies at the heart of this chapter . |
| 17 | This expression has been widely interpreted by the courts as meaning anyone responsible for putting into circulation a product which is not reasonably safe . |
| 18 | There is a presumption used by the courts when construing statutes that Parliament does not intend to legislate contrary to the principles of international law , and , as far as possible , a statute will be interpreted in a way which avoids conflict . |
| 19 | We have seen that issues of causation and blameworthiness raise problems for the courts when deciding whether the plaintiff 's conduct was sufficiently serious to deserve a reduction in his entitlement to damages , or to deserve no damages at all . |
| 20 | ( c ) Drafting for clarity There are well-developed rules of construction used by the courts when interpreting a contract , and the drafter should bear them in mind . |
| 21 | The reassurance implied by Kohl 's proposal of Feb. 28 , that the West and East German parliaments should give a joint commitment guaranteeing the border after March 18 [ see p. 37260 ] , was undermined by a statement made on March 2 by the Chancellor 's Office in Bonn , indicating that such a commitment " would have to make it clear that the Polish government 's declaration of Aug. 23 , 1953 , waiving any claims to reparations from Germany [ see p. 15271 ] , remains valid , and that the rights of the Germans as agreed by Chancellor Kohl and [ Polish ] Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki in the joint declaration of Nov. 14 , 1989 [ see pp. 37048-49 ] , will be regulated by a treaty " . |
| 22 | Several pages of notes may become full ; in that case , two pages must be inserted in place of one , allowing the notes when transferred , to be spread out and empty spaces restored . |
| 23 | After a voir dire the judge admitted the oral admissions but excluded the written confession , because ( a ) the breaches of C 11.5 and 11.6 were relatively trivial ; ( b ) it would have been impracticable to have a contemporaneous note of the conversation and there was therefore no breach of C 11.3(b) ( ii ) ; ( c ) Findlay was shown the notes as recorded in the custody record and there was no need to record the refusal in the pocket book as well ; ( d ) there was a serious breach of section 58 and Code C 6.3 in ordering Findlay to be kept incommunicado without sufficient reason and therefore although the interview leading to the written confession was itself fairly conducted the confession would be excluded . |
| 24 | Soane concludes , ‘ I have been more anxious to produce utility in the plans than to display expensive architecture in the elevations ; the leading objects were to unite convenience and comfort in the interior distributions , and simplicity and uniformity in the exterior. , |
| 25 | He once attacked a Government scheme to promote black businesses by describing the plans as favouring ‘ lazy West Indians at the expense of diligent Asians ’ . |
| 26 | Teachers ' unions attacked the plans as undervaluing the skills and work of early years teachers , and creating a two-tier profession . |
| 27 | Despite government assurances that no productive farms would be seized , the plans as published earlier in the month had included the confiscation of a large dairy farm . |
| 28 | You can visualise the inputs as coming from an array of photo-electric cells , which we call its retina . |
| 29 | As each subject may have used more than one of the strategies when evaluating a person , in order to calculate inter-rater reliability two different judges decided individually which strategy they believed the individuals had described . |
| 30 | I thought that I would never be able to repeat the illustrations as finished drawings , so the book stayed as a dummy . ’ |