Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] [verb] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One is the ability to retract the claws on its front feet , making it much easier for the animal to manipulate objects in its ‘ hands ’ . |
| 2 | It allows for the user to create groups of numbers to send any given document to — for broadcasting faxes , where the same fax is sent to lots of different places , a task that can take forever with traditional fax machines . |
| 3 | It is for the monarch to appoint counsellors of state whenever she wishes , delegating whatever powers she wishes . |
| 4 | De Klerk 's action in freeing Mandela at this time , after years of international pressure for his release ( particularly around the time of his 70th birthday in 1988 ) was seen as an acknowledgement of the urgent need for the government to open negotiations with legitimate black leaders , in response to the ANC 's Harare Declaration of August 1989 when it set out its own proposals for political change in South Africa [ see p. 36837 ; see p. 37176 for recent communications between Mandela and de Klerk on this issue ] . |
| 5 | Notwithstanding that the royal prerogative as a source of power for the government antedates Acts of Parliament , has been at the root of a civil war and a revolution in England and has been litigated about on countless major occasions in respect of its use both at home and overseas , its scope is still unclear as is the role of the courts in relation thereto . |
| 6 | The Government can encourage firms to train more , but for the Government to impose taxes on companies to insist that they train more does not take into account the effects , demands and needs of different industries . |
| 7 | The operators say there is provison in law for the government to make grants to companies so they can buy more environmentally friendly vehicles . |
| 8 | In return for the council taking proceedings against the company the residents deferred their own legal action and allowed the dump to re-open . |
| 9 | There is a set time allowed for the council to receive comments on an application . |
| 10 | Next week parents are due to receive ballot papers to vote on whether they want to push for grant maintained status after years of waiting for the council to convert promises into action . |
| 11 | This is because it is not possible for the home to consider claims for loss , theft or damage to personal belongings . |
| 12 | David was speaking to an Australian radio station shortly before lawyers acting for the Princess issued writs against and the gym owner . |
| 13 | Thus it is for the trader to resolve ambiguities in his price indications . |
| 14 | It is therefore preferable for the drafter to avoid disputes about the consequences of breach of a particular term by defining the consequences of breach explicitly . |
| 15 | Although in most cases the shares of a company will fall into one or other of the primary classes of preference or ordinary , it is , of course , possible for the company to create shares for particular purposes and containing terms which cut across the normal classifications . |
| 16 | Thus , although the legal model may prevent directors from regarding third party interests as ends in their own right , it is arguable that it is consistent with the directors ' obligations to the shareholders for the company to sacrifice profits in order to protect them given these possible relationships with shareholder utility . |
| 17 | This is due to the seasonal nature of so much agricultural work , which makes it cheaper for the company to employ labourers during the planting or harvesting rather than maintain a labour force throughout the year . |
| 18 | He will also be aware that the British market for such products is steadily declining and there is considerable scope for the company to sell batteries to eastern Europe and the Soviet Union . |
| 19 | But I think it 's also useful for the Committee to intimate comments on , on where it sees areas to be looked at , like special service calls , so on and so forth . |
| 20 | Here the stars for the day rub shoulders with the stars of the show . |
| 21 | Sentences could require in excess of 9 hours for a result ( or crash ) during which time it was known for the system to refuse logins to other users due to insufficient swap space . |
| 22 | He showed that it was possible , starting with a uniform concentration of chemicals which interacted with each other , for the system to develop differences in the concentration of the chemicals , which he called morphogens , such that there would be chemical waves with peaks and troughs of concentration of the morphogens . |
| 23 | Dealing firstly with the question of risk , it is our view that if the balance of medical evidence is that the deterioration will occur , then that is more than a risk and the appropriate course is for the Court to award damages on the basis that it is probable that the deterioration will occur . |
| 24 | Conference delegates endorsed their leader 's determined stand after Roy Hattersley , Labour 's deputy leader , warned that for the party to concede demands for PR would be ‘ an act of historic folly ’ . |
| 25 | It added , perhaps with some irony , that there was always a situation of the world market in fuel and that it was natural for the Commission to receive bids in response to its invitations to tender . |
| 26 | It is customary , however , for the Commission to publish drafts of legislation before submission to the Council of Ministers , and Parliament does , therefore , have the opportunity to comment on these drafts before they pass into law . |
| 27 | note , there is no provision within the 1989 Merger Regulation for the Commission to consider trade-offs between productive efficiency and reduced competition in assessing mergers . |
| 28 | Covering between 25–50 miles a day , the trio collected further signatures for the scroll sending messages of goodwill back to the UK . |
| 29 | Indeed , because of the difficulty of securing convictions for rape , there is a clear incentive for the prosecution to accept pleas to lesser offences . |
| 30 | For the Opposition to make guesses at costings would be aimless . |