Example sentences of "[prep] the middle " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is one of the many books which address the snobbery of the English , which flash at their readers the lawns of country houses , the baize of gambling-tables , which tell tales of those virtuosos of ostentation and disregard who have in common a contempt for commonness , for the middle class ; and it could be said of such books that their chief resource is the eccentricity which has long amounted to a convention of upper-class life . |
| 2 | A much more serious crisis of a similar nature arose immediately after the Iraqi coup of July 1957 when the Hashemite dynasty was overthrown , and the Eisenhower Doctrine for the Middle East was put to its first test . |
| 3 | Winter had to aim Mandarin for the middle course but his mount started wandering off to the left before pressure from the vice-like grip of the jockey 's thighs pointed him in the right direction . |
| 4 | These same parties share the ministerial portfolios — which , Mr Major might care to note , include a Minister for the Middle Classes , the present incumbent being a Mr Andre Bourgeois ( CVP ) . |
| 5 | Anxious to keep the Syrians at the negotiating table for the Middle East peace talks , the West would also discourage such action , Western diplomatic sources said . |
| 6 | The core of our public spending is social help for the poor , needy and unfortunate , not outdoor relief for the middle classes . |
| 7 | Once again the American 's plans for the Middle East were in disarray and then the Israelis allowed Phalangist units to enter the Palestinian refugee camps at Sabra and Shatilla and massacre everyone within reach . |
| 8 | The conclusion must be drawn that at the end of the period 1978–83 , when America 's peace process was at its height , the dangers for the Middle East , particularly Israel , had increased rather than receded . |
| 9 | Their training completed , No. 8 Commando together with two others embarked for the Middle East . |
| 10 | This would set the scene for a super power scramble for the Middle East 's oil resources , the Soviet Union being driven to desperate measures by its lack of hard currency . |
| 11 | In the light of later events , it is possible to doubt Scott 's altruism in taking the initiative in this case ; clearly after the change of government with Manners ' well-known enthusiasm for the Middle Ages , the chances were that a Gothic design would be acceptable , and Scott was the best placed of the Gothic competitors , although of course he was completely unaware of the ultimately crucial placings awarded to him by the assessors . |
| 12 | The nurse should strive for the middle way between total involvement in the job dominating her personal life to the point where her development as a person is impaired and her health jeopardised ; and the other extreme in which she may be technically proficient , but appears totally detached from the work both emotionally and socially . |
| 13 | Solar cookers , for instance , instead of becoming the answer to the needs of poor villagers and thus easing the pressure of firewood , could become a tool for the middle classes . |
| 14 | But its fame survived , and Solomon and his temple became for the Middle Ages symbols of divine kingship and royal ( and indeed heavenly ) opulence . |
| 15 | A US peace plan for the Middle East , which would have recognised a place for Palestinians , was rejected by Begin . |
| 16 | He is the only pianist I have ever heard who does not make Balakirev 's Islamey sound clumsy in places , who does not need to slow down for the middle section of Liszt 's Rhapsodie espagnole , and who can play repeated notes faster than a machine-gun can shoot bullets . |
| 17 | If planning a set of three pictures , you could arrange the flowers in curves for the two outer pictures , and create a solid design for the middle one ( see p. 81 ) . |
| 18 | For the middle grader , Pillar Rock offers some of the finest climbing in Lakeland , with only four routes above E2 in difficulty . |
| 19 | This gives the range of MLU scores which accounted for the middle two-thirds of the 123 children studied at each age level . |
| 20 | But Mellor stood by his claims that Israel was responsible for the Middle East stalemate . |
| 21 | UNBEATEN French juvenile Zieten is poised to join the line-up for the Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket on Thursday . |
| 22 | People come in all shapes and sizes and rucksack makers often have to aim for the middle ground when deciding on specifications . |
| 23 | After all , it was n't a coffee-table production for the middle classes . |
| 24 | At home , Marks & Spencer is considered the most sensible place for the middle class to shop . |
| 25 | For the middle classes , able to live a comfortable life with servants to take care of domestic matters and to minister to the needs of dependent members of the household , giving a home to an elderly relative would not have meant the automatic provision of unpaid care by female relatives . |
| 26 | All direct European sales operations have been re-directed to corporate headquarters under the charge of Neil McNeil — formerly international marketing manager for the Middle East . |
| 27 | This is less obviously true for wage-labourers ; not at all for the middle class . |
| 28 | 10:17 gives a slightly difference order for the middle section — Gershonites and Merarites carrying the tabernacle , then Reuben , Simeon and Gad , followed by the Kohathites with the sanctuary . |
| 29 | Many of these relative advantages for the middle class may be related to their most obvious material advantage , a higher income . |
| 30 | It is a reluctance that already had very interesting echoes for the Middle East , even before the current crisis broke out . |