Example sentences of "[det] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the production or processing of discourse with a low degree of reciprocity ( for example , a manual , a road sign , a circular letter ) we can say very little about the individual identity of the person or persons in communication with us ; their name , gender , age , personality , appearance , and so on . |
| 2 | The Labour Party has done precious little about the political education of its members ’ . |
| 3 | The difficulty here is that central planning may know very little about the actual way of working of the different departments , so a theoretically superior plan may be impracticable . |
| 4 | In 1971 the small group of regular journalists at the Old Bailey received £150 damages each for the intolerable insult of being collectively described in " The Spectator " as " beer-sodden hacks " . |
| 5 | " This Meeting , with every feeling of humanity for the distressed Sufferers , who have the misfortune to be shipwrecked on the coast of this Island , have to regret that numbers of the Country prople , shaking off all fear of God , or regard to the laws , are in the constant practice against every rule of Christian charity , or hospitality , of resorting in numbers to the shores , where strangers have the Misfortune of being shipwrecked , and that for the sole purpose of plunder ; which practice this Meeting hold in the greatest abhorrence , and now declare their disapprobation of ; and in order , as much as possible , to remedy this evil , this Meeting not only collectively , but individually , pledge themselves to use their utmost exertions , not only for the preservation of the property of the individuals , who may have the Misfortune to be wrecked on these coasts , but also for bringing to condign punishment all and every such persons as may be found plundering from wrecks : " |
| 6 | I thought you 'd been doing that for the thirty whatsit of July . |
| 7 | Besides that , it 's helping to maintain a high profile for the competition circuit and we depend on that for the continued success of our Crag-U-Like operations . ’ |
| 8 | just that for the one part of the riff right ? |
| 9 | The point is , that for the first time in decades , the environmentalists have a powerful voice — and a Government which claims to listen . |
| 10 | I do n't know whether it affects anyone else but what happened to me was that for the first time in my adult life I began to feel part of a community . |
| 11 | They believe it will mean that for the first time in El Salvador 's history , there will be genuine political freedom . |
| 12 | Only out on the water with Pedro panting in the prow had she dared to admit that for the first time in her life she had felt herself a prisoner at the Hall . |
| 13 | Does he also admit that for the first time in the history of the national health service , waiting lists for day patients and in-patients combined have risen above 900,000 people ? |
| 14 | It is true , of course , that for the first time in 75 years , Russia now has in place the mechanisms of national democracy — a government whose president has been elected and a parliament able to enforce , by argument and voting , restraints on what the government does , as well as a constitutional court . |
| 15 | And I think a significant point is that for the first time in ninety three we were likely to take something in , in relation to B Sky B. |
| 16 | The accommodation schedule for the War Department was completed on 13th September and that for the Foreign Office on 20th September . |
| 17 | Before realising that the rent should be paid under deduction of tax , PT Ltd made four payments including that for the initial period of occupation without deducting tax . |
| 18 | They compared the average mispricing in the near contract during the stock exchange account which included the delivery date , with that in the next near contract for the same period , and with that for the near contract in previous stock exchange accounts . |
| 19 | ‘ I rather think , ’ said the Archdeacon detachedly , ‘ that for the last couple of months she had merely visited . ’ |
| 20 | This would require that for the same amount of light energy ( measured incident solar radiation has not varied by more than 0.5% since the beginning of the twentieth century ) more carbon is fixed per unit chlorophyll ( the quantum yield has changed ) . |
| 21 | Colleagues I 'd just like to put one of er John 's themes and that is that for the next couple of days we 've got a hell of a lot of business to get through and er we 've done quite well so far but er I would certainly be looking where possible colleagues for formally seconding er , as often as possible , if not all the time and I really appreciate your er your assistance in that regard because we have a great deal of business to get through in the next two days . |
| 22 | Is Synod willing to take this for the general assembly as a nomination for erm if she agrees to nomination for moderator general assembly . |
| 23 | The Society sees this as the best protection against the exclusion of some firms from franchising and against any attempt to force them to tender for legal aid work on the basis of price . |
| 24 | Thomas Carlisle was er one of the writers in the nineteenth century who was very keen on this business of being strong and silent and a productive worker and a and a competent breadwinner and he advocated this as the best way of being a man . |
| 25 | I mentioned earlier that American experience suggests that marketing costs can be expected to equal the actual building costs of the unit , and we ought to regard this as the minimum outlay for planning purposes . |
| 26 | You should find it easy to consume 35g of fibre daily , and we suggest this as the lower limit in order to achieve the slimming benefits described in the previous chapters . |
| 27 | The Pakistani parents in Rochdale were very anxious to bring up their children in an Islamic culture and regarded this as the key issue in decisions as to whether or not to stay in Britain . |
| 28 | ‘ PopCon regards this as the final solution to the population problem , since a predominantly male population will obviously produce fewer babies than one in which the sexes are evenly matched . |
| 29 | There were those in the ILP like John Paton who saw this as the only possibility of success for the disaffiliated party . |
| 30 | We regard this as the only basis on which the behaviour could fairly be characterised as ‘ insulting . ’ ' |