Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And some housekeeping tasks under DB2 3.1 such as reorganisation of the database are expected to take less time . |
| 2 | And some housekeeping tasks under DB2 3.1 such as reorganisation of the database are expected to take less time . |
| 3 | His appointment as lieutenant of the Tower in June 1660 placed him in a position vital to the maintenance of order in the City . |
| 4 | In 1900 he received a regular commission as lieutenant in the 6th battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers . |
| 5 | In 1822 he was commissioned as lieutenant in the 9th Royal Dragoons , transferring to the 12th Lancers in 1826 . |
| 6 | One reason for resistance to the new paradigm was the sheer impossibility of convincing geologists in the traditional way : by convening on an outcrop and hammering out the evidence . |
| 7 | This involved the translocation of the gene responsible for resistance to the carbamate insecticide propoxur on to the male-Y-chromosome so that only the males were resistant . |
| 8 | Through this people God called for resistance to the great rebel and usurper of the world . |
| 9 | That 's entrance for look at the back . |
| 10 | These range from the notion that creativeness reflects the same warring psychological tendencies that are responsible for insanity to the intriguing , though question-begging , idea that some mad people are simply labelled as geniuses because of their apparently mystical and divinely inspired qualities of thought . |
| 11 | While the above arguments suggest that the link between payment of the domestic rates and services received will lead to greater expenditure , it should be noted that domestic rates are one of the more obvious and most easily perceived of all taxes . |
| 12 | If the meticulous Davis was the last player one would expect to lose in such a manner , the six-times Masters champion retained his reputation for sportsmanship by the grace with which he accepted the verdict . |
| 13 | Acting as midwife to the enterprise has been Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios who was assisted by Roberto Valeriani . |
| 14 | In a wider sense , we need to consider the effects of world issues such as damage to the environment by pollution of air , soil and water ; the rapidly diminishing rain forests ; wars , famine , and the nuclear threat . |
| 15 | He asked for prayer about the journey to Jerusalem , knowing the tensions that existed between the Christians who had been of the Jewish faith , and those who were converted Gentiles . |
| 16 | He also issued a little book called Directions for Prayer in the Diocese of Bath and Wells which contained simple prayers to be taught by parents to their children . |
| 17 | For the moment though , the students will have to take a rest as Glenn jets out to do battle for glory in the world championships . |
| 18 | The 22-year-old No 8 was the key to a back row supremacy that absorbed , disheartened and ultimately destroyed Oxford 's thrust for glory in the 111th Bowring Bowl Varsity match . |
| 19 | Predictably the Koreans were unable to sustain their bid for glory in the face of the New Zealand machine fielding sevens stalwarts Dallas Seymour , Pat Lam and Scott Pierce and featuring quicksilver North Harbour winger Glen Osborne . |
| 20 | He was recruited because a man could not be found to act as porter for the annual salary of £27 . |
| 21 | On the one hand , he is tempted to advance himself materially ‘ through advancement in the world of rackets and politics ’ . |
| 22 | As already described , the Saxon rebel Wittikind fled to the Danes for protection during the second conquest of Saxony in 776 . |
| 23 | Instead of the definition of interest to be protected depending upon a balance between the economic liberty of individuals insofar as they conflict , the justification for protection of the reliance interest comprises appeals to the conservative distributive consequences of selecting an interest for legal protection . |
| 24 | By the late 1920s the nationalist government had achieved tariff autonomy and an agreement in principle to give up extraterritoriality , yet enclaves of foreign settlers , foreign interests and foreign troops ( nominally for protection of the first two ) remained . |
| 25 | You are encouraged to participate in any Group or ‘ local ’ schemes such as recycling initiatives , since , without involvement from everyone , and a general recognition that we are all responsible for protection of the environment , we can not achieve our Group objective . |
| 26 | There was a consensus of sorts among businessmen and trade unionists , but it was a consensus for protection of the home market and statutory cartels to control output and prices . |
| 27 | The new title is purely honourary and will not result in any increased legal claim for protection of the area . |
| 28 | The proposed EC directive calls for protection of the 10 most important sites for each designated habitat or species within four years , and the top 100 sites in each case within 10 years . |
| 29 | Japan was expected to announce some new wetlands sites for protection at the meeting , but there was speculation that these would only cover small parts of the areas in need of conservation . |
| 30 | It is a designated site of special scientific interest ( SSSI ) and the British government has listed it as eligible for protection under the Convention of Wetlands of International Importance . |