Example sentences of "[prep] the various " in BNC.

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1 Nor can one feel any sympathy for the various ladies in his life , all of whom conform outwardly to the strict etiquette of the enclosed society of the Austrian court .
2 His group has been involved in parallel computing since the early 1980s ; software produced at CalTech has become a de facto standard for the various ‘ hypercube ’ machines manufactured in the United States .
3 An extrapolation of these figures would indicate an annual turnover of staff from the department as high as 100% — a disquieting percentage even after allowance for the various factors which may accelerate change in a predominantly female workforce . ’
4 If you opt instead to send relatives and friends money to spend as they wish on their children , it 's worth shopping around as costs differ considerably for the various methods .
5 If you opt instead to send relatives and friends money to spend as they wish on their children , it 's worth shopping around as costs differ considerably for the various methods .
6 If you opt instead to send relatives and friends money to spend as they wish on their children , it 's worth shopping around as costs differ considerably for the various methods .
7 The school is already oversubscribed , despite fees of 1.2 million yen ( £5,100 ) a year , and appears to reflect the increasing interest in Japan for the various education systems developed in Britain .
8 Pensions are usually compared by converting the annual pension paid to an average earner into ecu , using ‘ purchasing power parity ’ to accommodate for the various costs of living in each country .
9 LEFT : An advertisement from c1925 for the various products of Foster Brothers ' British Oil and Cake Mills , in Gloucester Docks .
10 I have no doubt whatever … provided the production is good , I mean provided there are good people to perform it — and that is the case in Munich … but when your music is performed by a mediocre orchestra , it will always be the loser , because it is composed with so much discernment for the various instruments and is far from being commonplace , as , on the whole , Italian music is .
11 In many ways , the Lebanon of 1892 is still identifiable to us , for the various religious communities — the minority tribes — still live in the same villages and cities as they did then .
12 For six-pointed shapes of the type shown in Fig 5.5 , Ellis and Muller found that subjects who had learned labels for the various shapes out-performed controls ( who had simply observed the stimuli in the first phase of training ) on a motor task that required pressing one switch rather than some other in response to these stimuli .
13 He provided portraits for the various colonial communities and dignitaries , and made pictorial ‘ views ’ and ethnic studies .
14 Under the astute leadership of its general secretary , Bruce Kent , it made room for the various local and single-issue groups that were mushrooming around the country .
15 Prior to writing the script , I had made a list of the cast , designated local actors for the various roles and had them called for the 2pm ‘ woodshed ’ run-through .
16 It is essential that patients are told why they are being isolated and the reason for the various precautions should be explained .
17 As promised by Palmerston during the previous session , a Select Committee was set up by the House of Commons on 28th April , 1856 to consider ‘ the best means of providing Accommodation for the various Public Departments in the Neighbourhood of Downing Street ’ .
18 Roads , railways , lakes , rivers , major settlements , chemical storage facilities and political boundaries can be displayed and used as overlays for the various modules that examine the impacts of chemical spills into the atmosphere and river systems .
19 All the machinery was powered by a gas engine which drove a long shaft near the ceiling that in turn , by means of belts to fast and loose pulleys , provided the motive power for the various equipment .
20 It entails a planned schedule of meetings for the various teams that operate during the school year ; these might be age-phase teams in a primary school , departmental or pastoral teams in a secondary school , or groups concerned with particular issues , for example , an equal-opportunities group .
21 Working on the stage of the Folies was fraught with difficulty — there were so many trap doors for the various effects : fountains , moving staircases , foam cascading down the side , even mimosa perfume sprayed from the flies in one number .
22 Wade 's purpose is not primarily theoretical , although he reviews those explanations which have been offered for the various classes of illusion .
23 So much for the various qualities of books .
24 The person organizing the party can come dressed as a referee and , in games such as ‘ bus stop ’ [ p.41 ] where instructions are given , blow a whistle to attract attention for the various instructions .
25 He was certainly not the man for the various blue-blood , hard-man , gangsterish marine and commando outfits that he used every social connection to wangle his way into .
26 One of these is that of balancing the line — having just the right number of operatives for the various work stations on the line .
27 Although both sides in the Civil Wars provided custom for the various works the decline could not be halted .
28 Since early 1919 , agitation against Britain 's support for the various anti-Soviet armies in Russia had been co-ordinated by a Hands Off Russia Committee run by the far left , but supported by UDC intellectuals , Quakers and many Liberals .
29 A BSkyB spokesman said : ‘ We 're waiting for the various football bodies to sort the matter out . ’
30 Separate points values have also been included for the various Engineers School weapons carried by the War Wagon crew and described as part of the War Wagon rules .
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