Example sentences of "the [noun] the [noun pl] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does it indicate that the meaning of an idiom can not be inferred from ( or , more precisely , can not be accounted for as a compositional function of ) the meanings the parts carry IN THAT EXPRESSION ? |
| 2 | Apart from the swine , and a few small fields where corn was grown , and half a dozen apple trees , and the pigeons and the rabbits , the money the travellers spent at the Inn was all the wealth of Ridgery Butts . |
| 3 | Of particular concern is the damage the storms caused to one-and-a-half miles of coastline on the island of Rousay . |
| 4 | It must have been a term that went without saying , a term necessary to give business efficacy to the contract , a term that , although tacit , formed part of the contract the parties made for themselves ( Trollope & Colls Ltd v North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board [ 1973 ] 2 All ER 260 ) . |
| 5 | The magnificence of the houses the merchants built for themselves show that they had an eye for artistic effect as well as financial security . |
| 6 | Further down the lane the fields came to an abrupt end and an expanse of open ground stretched in front of her . |
| 7 | It also commanded the route the crusaders took to the East . |
| 8 | The course the Governors decided upon was to increase numbers in planned stages to about 1,000 , which would entail a much smaller rise in the fees , and also to admit girls : this would avoid any potential lowering of standards , for there was a demand for places for girls , and there was at least a moral commitment to take some of the Convent 's Sixth Formers when it closed . |
| 9 | And what about the part the stories played in your emotional development ? |
| 10 | More particularly , the question is over the association the delegates have with the PLO . |
| 11 | The first one is about nerves ' , which is the term the refugees use for depression . |
| 12 | 5.11.4 any steps taken in [ contemplation of or in ] [ direct ] connection with the preparation and service of a Schedule of dilapidations during or after the expiration of the Term The costs charged to the tenant should be qualified by the word " reasonable " . |
| 13 | Referring to the concessions the Danes negotiated in Edinburgh under Britain 's presidency of the European Community , he said : ‘ The Edinburgh concessions were binding in international law , but have no value in Community law , and Community law overrides international law . |
| 14 | After the rut the males separate from the groups of females and begin their more or less solitary existence once again . |
| 15 | For a time he lost himself in the game , his whole self gathered up into the shapes the stones made on the board , until it seemed the board was the great Tao and he the stones . |
| 16 | The bed creaked , and she lay even stiller , listening intently , conjuring up the pictures the sounds made in her own mind . |
| 17 | Such treatment may reflect the readership the authors had in mind . |
| 18 | In the mid-1950s , when the private sector finance houses were increasing their facilities for private retailers , the Government withheld some of the funds the Boards requested for developing their own hire purchase schemes , thus further hobbling them against the competition . |
| 19 | It 's the Bāhan , one of the demons the gods defeated In the past , who then reformed and became a lesser deity . |
| 20 | ( 1 ) By using the cumulative Current Law Citator , which is published annually ; this can be brought up to date with the Statute Citator in Current Law Statutes — a table of the effect the statutes have on earlier legislation . |
| 21 | After the film some of the elders talk to the group about the effect the films have on them , of seeing people they still feel spiritually close to on the screen , of the inheritance they have received , and the traditions they want to pass on . |
| 22 | The look : the smile : the tears occasionally : the promise of prayer : are the thanks the donors receive as the team deliver YOUR gifts to put Christ back into Christmas . |
| 23 | In the course of the work the contractors came upon some old shafts and passages on B's land . |
| 24 | 2.1 The Proprietor shall be paid for the Work the payments shown in Schedule III . |
| 25 | 2.1 The Company shall be paid for preparation of the Work the payments shown in Schedule II . |
| 26 | As well as the thrill of danger there was the considerable intellectual satisfaction of taking part in the very sophisticated artillery barrages on closely defined targets which distinguished the assistance the gunners gave to the gallant infantry in the struggle to break through the defences of Tunis ; and his unit supported the epic fight of the Gurkhas , the Rajputana Rifles and the Essex Regiment on Garci . |
| 27 | Neither can they measure the stimulus the railways provided to the growth and maturation of the professions — law , engineering , accounting , surveying — all of whose services were in demand by the railway companies . |
| 28 | Moving up the core the sediments change from a blue grey clay devoid of plant remains to a brown silt containing abundant plant fossils . |
| 29 | She herself had campaigned for women 's rights with the suffragette movement when she was in her teens and he had listened to her tales of the marches and the abuse the women suffered at the hands of many people . |
| 30 | I am most grateful to have the opportunity to develop once again on the Adjournment the problems associated with trunk roads in Leicestershire . |