Example sentences of "[noun pl] in [verb] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have already seen many of its characteristics in considering approaches to the study of public law . |
| 2 | His words were the signal for Lord Hartington to send champagne in to the press room at Cheltenham , acknowledging the role of journalists in drawing attention to the problem . |
| 3 | Such a reformulation would not only call for a reassessment of traditional notions and practices — balance , impartiality , objectivity , ownership , editorial sovereignty — but would also require the media to improve upon their present performances in explaining events in the world . |
| 4 | Lothian 's roles in publishing information about the services of 29 different bus companies , maintaining the region 's 4,000 bus stops and issuing maps of cycle tracks and bus routes would presumably have to be done by somebody else in future . ’ |
| 5 | In a report to the Conseil des Ministres ( the Cabinet ) she wrote , ‘ Our companies often encounter resistance from West German companies in gaining access to the best parts of this market ’ , adding later , ‘ I am very European , but it is quite unacceptable to build Europe on the basis of an imbalance with Germany ’ . ' |
| 6 | Do you leave spare keys in hiding places outside the house ? |
| 7 | Writing serves cognitive functions in enabling the child to redraft and refine thoughts and ideas , but it also serves social functions in transmitting messages in the wider world . |
| 8 | ‘ What about them ? ’ asked Betty , settling down for an exchange of confidences , a revelation of Lydia 's motives in banishing Finn to the lamp room . |
| 9 | The new brick facing blends very well with the surroundings and adds to Ray and Beth Arnold 's work over several years in restoring Horderley to the appearance of a station . |
| 10 | Seen by some as just a price/performance kicker in its initial guises , Intel is having well-documented problems in getting yields of the more important 66MHz part ( UX No 410 ) , and is reportedly still unable to get power consumption on the thing down to four watts . |
| 11 | From the practical point of view , the use of the leave of absence provisions can cause problems in keeping track of the renewal documentation , particularly if a doctor has a number of patients on leave of absence . |
| 12 | But then one often comes across other entries to amuse one on the way , such as the record of an enumerator 's problems in compiling part of the 1871 census for Sheffield shown in Table 2 . |
| 13 | I have a personal contact with Children 's Aid , a registered charity who concentrate their efforts in placing orphans from the streets of Brazil with loving families in Portugal . |
| 14 | Even the outstanding president of the twentieth century , Franklin Roosevelt , armed with a massive popular mandate and large majorities in both houses of the legislature , had grave difficulties in moving bureaucrats in the directions he , rather than they , wanted to go : |
| 15 | The statement also said : ‘ The Prime Minister and the president of the commission today had a discussion covering a number of subjects relating to the Edinburgh summit as well as the present difficulties in reaching agreement on the Gatt Uruguay round and the oil seeds dispute . |
| 16 | The main disadvantage of a functional structure is its inability to cope with multiple products or markets , because of difficulties in allocating priorities amongst the specialist sections . |
| 17 | I had never been given the opportunity to explain to him the difficulties in making recommendations about the teaching of language . |
| 18 | Excuses vary from difficulties in obtaining payment to the daunting prospect of completing export documentation . |
| 19 | ‘ The sole reason for this is that Philips lighting have been unable to increase production to match our orders due to difficulties in obtaining glass for the lamps . |
| 20 | Transport of bone before or after burial is probably responsible for much of this breakage , but this is a factor that is hard to evaluate for small mammal assemblages because of the difficulties in keeping track of the small bones . |
| 21 | Even if this does not produce actual fracture it may cause very slight opening up of any planes of weakness in the presence of water , a case of a mechanical effect aiding a chemical process and a possible explanation of the success of the second part of Grigg 's experiments in producing alteration on the surface of his block of granite ( see Chapter 3 ) . |
| 22 | In the reign of Henry III they accounted for the agistment dues at the Exchequer , but made substantial payments into the Wardrobe from time to time , and paid out sums locally for such purposes as the maintenance of a neighbouring royal castle , building operations , the enclosure of a royal park , and the expenses incurred by the Forest officers in taking venison for the king . |
| 23 | This will include how pupils will use their keyword searches in finding information from the microcomputer and then how they use these keywords when they follow up references to books and other materials . |
| 24 | N.T.A. was considered the alternative to phosphates in washing powders at the start of the 80's , but it is now banned in the USA because it combines with heavy metals , as does E.D.T.A. In this way carcinogenic substances such as lead , mercury etc. , which normally remain at the bottom of lakes and rivers , are reintroduced to the water supply . |
| 25 | By June 17 the WFP had secured the co-operation of the Sudanese authorities in allowing relief into the area by river barge and by air from northern Kenya . |
| 26 | Craftsmen are experts in making barrels from the wood of trees , you have the use of barrels , except for storing the oil , you now have a large quantity of barrels available . |
| 27 | The Monopolies Commission took the board to task on three main issues : the use of ‘ target ’ rather than expected values in estimating parameters under the CEGB 's influence ( for example , construction cost and duration ) ; the use and presentation of sensitivity analysis around predicted outcomes ; and the lack of any firm basis for forecasting nuclear fuel-cycle costs . |
| 28 | This result implies that domain-specific collocations may be superior to general collocations in analysing documents from the same domain . |
| 29 | Local and international conservationists joined many Namibians in expressing outrage at the suggestion . |
| 30 | The precise differences in accounting numbers between the different types of SBU will depend upon the nature of the products , the length of their life-cycle , the type of technology used , and so on , but one can draw some general distinctions . |