Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] in [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and I would see that in terms of a service of thanksgiving , some kind of service of thanksgiving where I could pray with them , we could pray for the child in their arms in the face of the congregation and ask God 's blessing on the life of that child and see that as a celebration of thanksgiving and a , a prayer of blessing for , for that child . |
| 2 | They demand more resources for the school in their areas : they complain vociferously if they have to wait for their operations ; they demand that the state intervene to subsidise the price of the rail tickets from their commuter homes to their work . |
| 3 | Before I come to discuss the philosophical problems that are raised by this sort of account of self and autonomy , I want to look at what I have called its implicit politics ; and what I mean by this primarily is its possible consequences for the way in which women might think about their relationships to each other , and the way in which they might think about themselves . |
| 4 | The problem here , as far as I can see , is not so much the definition of fictionality in itself , but the fact that such a definition is applied in a rigid and almost prescriptive fashion , with little consideration for the way in which texts are actually perceived in their own contexts of production and reception . |
| 5 | This has profound implications for the way in which religions talk about God . |
| 6 | It should be pointed out , however , that the particular approach to streaming that occurs at this school has not only had serious implications for the way in which groupings occurred , but that this by definition creates the sort of situation described above . |
| 7 | It accounts for the way in which goods not merely reflect distinction , but are an instrument of it . |
| 8 | Given the basic similarity of human sexuality at birth , and the bisexual nature of human beings , Freud sought to account for the way in which men and women are produced in a particular society — namely , middle-class Europe and America in the early twentieth century . |
| 9 | The British government has backed down under pressure from the House of Lords over a controversial proposal that would have given the Secretary of State for Education formal responsibility for the way in which universities are run ( see Nature 362 , 275 ; 1993 ) . |
| 10 | Riven could see nothing for the water in his eyes , but when the dark shape of the hull loomed up he pushed Madra towards it . |
| 11 | Saviour Christ , You died and rose for us ; help us as individuals and as a church to be channels for the gospel in our families , among our friends and acquaintances and with those that You bring into our lives . |
| 12 | Mindful of recent events in Wales and following publicity for the scheme in your pages , I contacted the Tactical Booking Cell four days before a planned photographic detail in Northumberland , to be conducted with a friend . |
| 13 | No one could have known that he no longer heard the park sounds for the pounding in his temples , or that his feet felt iron-clad as he walked away from the woman he longed to hold in his arms . |
| 14 | But she had n't been able to hear what he said for the roaring in her ears . |
| 15 | But for the glass in its windows , which originally would have been in small leaded panes , it remains unaltered on the outside . |
| 16 | Mr Hanley also partly blamed a lack of support among the employers of part-timers for the drop in their numbers . |
| 17 | ‘ This says something for the era in which projects have to be approved by television , ’ he told me . |
| 18 | ‘ I adore you , your body drives me wild with desire , I live for the light in your eyes , my whole being lights up at the thought of you . |
| 19 | It had not been contended in the course of the case that there was not a sale , until during the debate in your Lordships ' House that suggestion was made , and I think that , beyond doubt , anyone , who in answer to the advertisement acquired a record , would say that he had bought it and would be surprised that any doubt should be cast upon what he regarded as an obvious fact . |
| 20 | Now South America , as we have seen , was isolated during the period in which horses and cattle were evolving in other parts of the world . |
| 21 | As a result of the bi-modal pattern of female involvement in paid employment ( reflecting the demands of child rearing ) , women tend to be absent from work during the period in which men tend to acquire the post-entry professional qualifications which are required for promotion . |
| 22 | The riverbank rushed towards her with dizzying speed as the stiffness in her legs caused her stumble and lose her balance on the uneven ground . |
| 23 | More management training was the area most commonly specified as the way in which programmes would like to be developed , less so by smaller libraries , who were more likely to indicate an undifferentiated need for ‘ more ’ training of any type . |
| 24 | Great questions such as the way in which buildings may be rehabilitated , or private and council landlords forced to meet basic standards of health and safety within their properties , have been largely pushed into the field of what has been designated " Housing Law " , the latter being less concerned with providing a framework for operation than a means for intervening on behalf of the more vulnerable members in society . |
| 25 | Her mood of euphoria was infectious and for the moment anyway Harry knew that he was every bit as happy about this new relationship as the girl in his arms . |
| 26 | A labour market can be defined as the area in which buyers and sellers of labour services come into contact with one another . |
| 27 | The most objective forms of test validity are derived from comparisons between the way in which children perform on a language test and some other independent measure of language ability . |
| 28 | There was something about the look in his eyes that told her this was a time to listen and not argue . |
| 29 | Finally , the rule says nothing about the order in which hypotheses are to be pursued . |
| 30 | She had been so certain she 'd known all there was to know about the man in her arms — but she had n't . |