Example sentences of "[noun prp] [coord] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most obvious is that he felt it himself : to him his fictions were what the Silmarils were to Fëanor or their ships to the Teleri , ‘ the work of our hearts , whose like we shall not make again' . |
| 2 | For example , David Walker and his colleagues at the University of Sheffield approached us because they wanted to take a new look at photosynthesis . |
| 3 | Throughout the 1970s the big three automobile companies in Detroit and their counterparts in the United Kingdom foundered in the face of competition from Japan , Germany and Scandinavia . |
| 4 | Communism found its first means of expression in the various international organizations ( the Internationals ) that were established by Marx and Engels and their followers from the 1860s on . |
| 5 | The calm approach of Hilton and his contemporaries to the mystical extremity may not have been simply due to British phlegm but may also have been the legacy of the relaxed and tranquil spirituality of Benedictine monasticism . |
| 6 | The picture which emerges from research , from that of Dorothy Wedderburn in the 1960s to that of Sara Arber and her colleagues in the 1980s , on the relationship between pensioners and younger relatives , friends and neighbours , is not one of simple dependency of the old upon the young , but of an exchange relationship to which both sides contribute which shifts only gradually over time towards the younger participants being the predominant givers ( Cole and Utting , 1962 ; Gilbert et al. , 1989 ; Evandrou et al. , 1986 ) providing a significant volume of services which would otherwise be a costly burden on the state . |
| 7 | There were important trading links between Crete and its neighbours in the neolithic and early bronze age . |
| 8 | The fighting of male red deer , which has been studied by Tim Clutton-Brock and his colleagues on the island of Rhum off the west coast of Scotland , likewise passes through up to three main stages ( Figure 7.2 ) . |
| 9 | Four religious parties led by elderly rabbis hold 13 seats in the Knesset , controlling the balance between Labour and its friends on the left and the Likud and its friends on the right . |
| 10 | Offer a treaty , if he will disclaim Balliol and his pretensions to the Scots throne . |
| 11 | Fortunately the rest of the day was so busy that she was able to push Dana and her problems to the back of her mind . |
| 12 | I would just like to say , record our thanks to those who are retiring , and to welcome most warmly those who have come forward to serve and to propose the list , er , last , but certainly not least , our warmest thanks to Bronwyn and her colleagues in the voluntary services unit , for their ongoing and invaluable support to N C V O er , throughout the years . |
| 13 | Work by social psychologists like Giles and his associates on the other hand , has focused on variation in individuals across different encounters . |
| 14 | In the rainforests of South-east Asia , this agrarian way of life has been taken to extraordinary lengths , according to Professor Ulrich Maschwitz and his colleagues at the University of Frankfurt . |
| 15 | The new body will strengthen close links that already exist between RSPB staff and volunteers in East Anglia and their counterparts around the world . |
| 16 | These were three salient and interconnected issues for the CNAA and its institutions at the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s . |
| 17 | Partnership , self-validation , academic independence , delegation , greater responsibility , sharing of responsibility , academic freedoms … this is some of the pervasive vocabulary within the CNAA and between the CNAA and its institutions in the 1970s . |
| 18 | We are still some way from forming a just estimate of the influence exercised by Curtis and his friends of the Round Table on the imperial policy of the British government . |
| 19 | Geography of Russia and its relations with the successor states of the former USSR ; |
| 20 | ‘ And so we express our deep sympathy to Jane and our thanks for the life of Nigel , a life we shall miss very much . |
| 21 | The findings of Rutter and his colleagues on the social structure of schools speak for themselves ( see above ) . |
| 22 | The surveys by Rutter and his colleagues in the Isle of Wight revealed a high correlation between psychiatric disturbance and intellectual retardation ( Rutter et al. , 1970 ) . |
| 23 | If Branko Palcic , Stephen Lam and their colleagues at the Cancer Research Centre in Vancouver have their way , the deadliest cancer of the 20th century may be about to share the fate of its 19th century predecessor . |
| 24 | He peered uneasily down the dark tunnel at the end of the platform and remembered something else from their past : Mother Bernie and her holes in the universe , the holes that let the Evil in . |
| 25 | Amulya Reddy and his colleagues at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore say India can improve its standard of living , generate less CO2 , and spend less on energy . |
| 26 | In Pura , a village in Kamataka , Professor Amulva Reddy and his colleagues from the Indian Institute of Science found that 96 per cent of the wood that poor families burned was in the form of twigs . |
| 27 | Among the highlights were : Arthur Devis , ‘ John Cotes of Woodcote and his sons in the park at Woodcote ’ , circa 1745 , sold for £80,000 ( $138,480 ) , estimate £80–120,000 . |
| 28 | Launched by Mayer and Timms and continued by , among others , Sainsbury and his colleagues at the University of Sheffield , this new approach to the evaluation of social work has revealed previously uncharted areas of knowledge , and has been extensively reviewed in recent years ( Sainsbury , 1980 ; Craig , 1981 ; Rees and Wallace , 1982 ; Fisher , 1983 ) . |
| 29 | Warren Christopher and his officials at the State Department pre-negotiated a sequence of intricate concessions — the return of some deportees , subtle changes in the ground-rules — that let Israel get the Palestinians talking again despite the non-repatriation of the 400 or so alleged militants Israel expelled in December . |
| 30 | An objection which has been raised by Jürgen Moltmann ( see chapter 7 ) and by others who have been concerned to set our present time in the light of the eschatological emphasis of the New Testament is that Barth and his allies in the 1920s who aimed to recover that emphasis in fact misinterpreted it by twisting it into the ‘ eternal moment ’ of the encounter between time and eternity , ; and that his mature theology distorted it in a-different but equally damaging fashion by swallowing up the whole of time and history in the central history of Jesus Christ , and by dissolving that away in turn in the eternal self-determination of God within the council of the Trinity to be ‘ God for man ’ . |