Example sentences of "[prep] the mercy of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ poor ’ in Scripture does not simply refer to those living at or beneath subsistence level — it ‘ can be extended to cover all the oppressed , all those who are dependent upon the mercy of others . |
| 2 | De Gaulle , however , defended it not just in economic terms but on the grounds that inflation would imperil the franc and throw France on the mercy of foreigners . |
| 3 | Until it was developed , prawn hatcheries would remain at the mercy of factors beyond their control . |
| 4 | No industrialist liked to put himself at the mercy of creditors . |
| 5 | A company that had always been paranoiac about labour unions , it should have noticed that it was suddenly at the mercy of customers ' unions . |
| 6 | You are n't simply at the mercy of restaurateurs . |
| 7 | That leaves many at the mercy of landlords in a tough market … like this young woman who was told to get out after falling one week behind with her rent . |
| 8 | There is little point paying large amounts to establish a leafy bower outside an office if it is left to wither at the mercy of cleaners or caretakers . |
| 9 | Future pension rates will be at the mercy of employers who take over subsidiaries of the Scottish Bus Group . |
| 10 | Future pension rates will be at the mercy of employers who take over subsidiaries of the Scottish Bus Group . |
| 11 | I was now at the mercy of others and nobody in a position of authority had , so far , shown any great desire to help . |
| 12 | And erm I think too , some ways of allowing people to have more power over their own lives , and not just being at the mercy of agencies , such as social services and erm |
| 13 | There is a great need for more careful use of language , otherwise we shall be at the mercy of bureaucrats and their jargon . |
| 14 | He seemed to me to be at the mercy of waves that tossed him back and forth between then and now : the real-and-actual and the desired . |
| 15 | On the other hand it is equally important not to minimize the effects of sentencing practice on penal policy by assuming that the courts are at the mercy of pressures over which they have no control , and to which they can only passively respond . |
| 16 | Without such a starting point , she argues , a leader is at the mercy of events and unlikely to produce coherent policies . |
| 17 | The prosperity of the Catalan economy had thus come to be at the mercy of events outside Spain . |
| 18 | Loretta felt more cheerful after her chat with Bridget , slightly less at the mercy of events . |
| 19 | Scientists studying Rwanda 's mountain gorillas have been forced to flee by the country 's civil war , leaving the animals at the mercy of poachers . |
| 20 | Never leave it out in its run overnight at the mercy of foxes . |
| 21 | It is interesting to note that , the exposure and greater control of FBI activities do not appear to have placed the United States at the mercy of subversives . |
| 22 | Stemming from his view of the role of the individual , Wiener has some telling comments to make about patents and about the nonsense of leaving scientific research at the mercy of markets and the profit motive . |