Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] [prep] [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was then that they scooped out for the storage of goods the extensive vaults and cellaring that still run beneath the old town today . |
| 2 | In evolving the final arrangement of elements for The Wealth of Nations the artist began with a series of drawings and models set in relations to the building . |
| 3 | To return to this country , I am advising on a draft Bill for the protection of antiquities the Society of Antiquaries , the Council for British Archaeology and the museum profession are behind it . |
| 4 | So there was intermarriage with natives , something also implied by Pindar ( Pythian ix ) , who describes how Telesikrates ' ancestors competed for the daughter of Antaios the Libyan giant ( and cp . |
| 5 | Popular permissiveness was reflected in jury verdicts , and the repeal of obscenity laws in several European countries made it impossible for the authorities to police the incoming tide of eroticism . |
| 6 | The Detachment Commander , a Captain and Ammunition Technical Officer ( ATO ) in the Royal Ordnance Corps , is busy writing up reports for the couple of incidents the team has attended during the preceding few days . |
| 7 | For the experiment on thrushes the reference is Smith ( 1974a , b ) , and the subject of search paths is discussed more generally by Pyke , et al. |
| 8 | To account for the absence of eggs the Smithsonian scientists removed female moths , ready to lay , from captured sloths to screened cages , where the moths promptly laid their eggs on any hard surface . |
| 9 | Under a contract for the sale of goods the seller 's basic obligation is to deliver the goods , and the buyer 's basic obligations are to accept and pay for them ( SGA 1979 , s27 ) . |
| 10 | There may also be a contract of sale with respect to a future contingency so that s5(2) of SGA 1979 states : ( 2 ) There may be a contract for the sale of goods the acquisition of which by the seller depends on a contingency which may or may not happen . |
| 11 | For the community of disciples the crucifixion was not the end . |
| 12 | A number of these are entirely legitimate and cause great excitement among devotees , who will be found anxiously scanning the title of Pickwick to see whether Sam Weller 's name on the inn sign-board is spelt with a W or a V ; and , indeed , that particular work is notorious for the number of points a copy needs to score before emerging triumphant . |
| 13 | Remember : the Government had set for the growth of earnings a guideline of five per cent ; and looked towards a long-term approach in which collective bargaining would be based each year on a broad agreement between Government , union and employers about the maximum level of earnings which would be compatible with keeping inflation under control in the following twelve months . |
| 14 | Thus during the period of restrictions the contras grew , and occasionally even thrived , apparently on air : or on nothing more than the scattered largesse of rich Americans . |
| 15 | During the Time of Troubles the patriarchate ( established in 1589 ) became a vital focus of authority . |
| 16 | Pressman and Wildavsky have made a tentative attempt to draw attention to what may loosely be described as the mathematics of implementations the way in which the mere quantity of agreements necessary may , even when all parties are committed to a policy , undermine or delay effective action . |
| 17 | As the result of excavations a certain amount has been discovered about life in the pre-historic era , and much has been published . |
| 18 | As the result of excavations a certain amount has been discovered about life in the pre-historic era , and much has been published . |
| 19 | It must not rely on the measurement of subjective impressions such as the number of times a child annoyed a parent ; it must be concerned with observable behaviour . |
| 20 | The symptom index was calculated as the number of times the symptom occurred when the pH was below four , divided by the total number of times the symptom was reported ; this quotient was then multiplied by 100 to give the percentage of symptoms associated with reflux . |
| 21 | Brookes introduced the concept of ‘ periodical utility ’ , which he defined as the number of references a paper could be expected to attract in its particular library context during the period it remained in the library . |
| 22 | " It 's terribly important to get the balance right between the levels of plants the height of the trees , shrubs and ground cover plants and the main areas of shade and sunlight , as well as the seasons at which each plant will be at its best . " |
| 23 | In the singulative mode there is a balance between the number of times an event occurs and the number of times it is narrated ( an event occurring once is narrated once and an event occurring x times is narrated x times ) . |
| 24 | Petrie also found that there was also a strong positive correlation between the number of clutches a pair started in a season ( when earlier ones were destroyed by predators ) and the male 's condition . |
| 25 | Some day , she supposed , Fen would be setting up home there with his girlfriend , and the less she knew about the interior of Chimneys the less material her jealous imagination would have to fester upon . |
| 26 | Obviously , to even arrive at this sort of description , it is necessary to have found out by one kind of research or another , and by the added use of imagination , a lot about the sort of customers the advertising is trying to attract . |
| 27 | Finally , our researchers carried out a survey about the sort of services the audience wanted the BBC to provide . |
| 28 | Finally , our researchers carried out a survey about the sort of services the audience wanted the BBC to provide . |
| 29 | Two years after the onset of symptoms the patient was still unable to return to work . |
| 30 | Soon after the introduction of GREAs the government recognized a danger that some authorities might use them as targets , with the consequence that some authorities spending below their GREAs might be encouraged to spend more , while those spending far above them might find the task of cutting back to GREA level too difficult . |