Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Her dedicated persistence finally gave a delegation of East End working women the opportunity of themselves demanding the vote from the prime minister , H. H. Asquith ( later first Earl of Oxford and Asquith ) . |
| 2 | In this chapter we have been concerned with the sharp end of the political process — with the institutions on which rests the job of maintaining order and of enforcing the decisions of the political process , however reached , on any citizens or foreign persons who do not voluntarily accept them . |
| 3 | Also , at this stage you can draw the back of the board towards you using the back foot . |
| 4 | In this paper the measure of who sets the objective for the lawyer is used . |
| 5 | Acres of woodland and parkland , at the heart of which stand the remains of a 12th Century Cistercian Abbey which inside has exhibitions depicting the history of the monastery and country house . |
| 6 | The court will then pass the money to you to pay the judgement debt . |
| 7 | The nature of the economic system and the conflicts within it influence the changing rules of the game . |
| 8 | Edwards used to take a nail onto the field with which to assail the seam , but that was not the only close sailing in which they indulged . |
| 9 | After his release he lived in Kent , preaching regularly in Rochester Cathedral and laying the foundations for what became the Quaker community there . |
| 10 | Functional representation through organized interests representing the needs and demands of people in similar positions is as important to the pluralist as individual representation through the election of someone to represent the interests of a territorial constituency in a democratic assembly organized on majoritarian principles . |
| 11 | Or damaged goods can , you know , put the foot through it to get the insurance cover on what we pay and we 're liable . |
| 12 | Your friend can share the experience of you seeing the boy . |
| 13 | From the kitchen behind them came the sound of Mrs Brissett cleaning up vigorously and singing ‘ The Holly and the Ivy ’ . |
| 14 | Not that you suspect him because you do n't like the look of him walking the streets — he 's got to be a suspected person . |
| 15 | There is even evidence to suggest that elephants existed as far as the Upper Euphrates basin as late as the first millennium B.C. Syrian ivory contributed to the supplies available to New Kingdom Egypt and at the same time provided the material for the flourishing school of ivory workers based on Tyre , the products of which enriched the civilizations of the east Mediterranean and Assyria . |
| 16 | I wo n't take the responsibility for you losing the will to write , or for shackling your motives , or anything else . |
| 17 | The test picks out a protein made by a defective gene , the presence of which indicates the patient has the fastest-moving type of cancer . |
| 18 | My mother and I helped push him up the ladder into the attic ( not easy — he was no lightweight ) , and then passed up the bucket for him to quench the flames . |
| 19 | The procedure simply divides the field into horizontal or vertical strips numbered from the top or bottom and informs the user in which strip the test card 's edge lies . |
| 20 | raise say a hundred pound or seventy five and then that can go towards payment er the payment for someone to patrol the car park for the plays . |
| 21 | The insanity of one unites the sane majority , while the ghoul and the cynic get another cheap thrill . |
| 22 | When suddenly they heard what sounded like a powerful wind from heaven , the noise of which filled the entire house in which they were sitting . |
| 23 | Although a government which enjoys the confidence of a comfortable majority of Members of the House of Commons is very unlikely to encounter any difficulty in securing such sanction , the necessity for it remains the ultimate weapon in the hands of the House . |
| 24 | ' But there was n't enough in the extract for me to get the context . |
| 25 | If the dress is being specially made for the bride it should be an easy matter to ask for an extra piece of the fabric with which to create the background , but since this is often not the case , a compromise must be reached . |
| 26 | Anyway she 's gone round all the schools in you know the area . |
| 27 | If you move the shapes about they reflect the light in different ways |
| 28 | I was ready to fulfil the condition of my having the operation : I had to spend a year ‘ passing ’ as a male in stereotypical working-class jobs . |
| 29 | A SUBSTANTIAL silent minority still holds the key to who wins the marginal seat of Darlington , according to a new poll . |
| 30 | ‘ Realism ’ in International Relations inherited both the presumption that the methods of natural science are the key with which to unlock the social world and the ambivalence about ‘ necessary and constant ’ . |