Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the established set-up survives the pressures for change then the established constitutional theory will be of use as a rough guide to political and governmental practice , but if that set-up " breaks " then the established theories will be left beached . |
| 2 | My own favourite , putting price aside , was the Western Systems , but if you want value for money then the Phoenix is well worth a look . |
| 3 | If one believes that industries should be owned by the government then one will argue that the level of taxation should be such that , taken with the government 's other financial resources , it should provide capital for investment wherever the government considers it necessary . |
| 4 | He says it ended up as bacon just the same . |
| 5 | Jackson lived up to Christie 's description of him as ‘ pound for pound perhaps the best athlete in the world ’ as he scorched to victory in the Heysel Stadium in 12.99 secs the seventh fastest of all-time . |
| 6 | For self-defence therefore the sworn foresters were allowed to carry bows and arrows in the forest . |
| 7 | Doug Laughton 's outfit , with six men making their debuts , had battled into a 12-11 lead soon after half-time when the game exploded in their faces . |
| 8 | The minority interest figure is based on Shaw plc 's profit after tax less the dividend receivable from Harris plc and the net movement in the provision for unrealised profit in stock ( since Shaw plc is the selling company ) , plus 30% of Harris plc 's profit after tax . |
| 9 | Conversely , if the Director had no powers of compulsion after charge then the issuing of yet another caution would make no difference . |
| 10 | The seller will replace free of charge any goods proved to the Seller 's satisfaction to have been damaged in transit provided that within 24 hours after delivery both the Seller and the carriers have received from the Purchaser notification in writing of the occurrence of the damage and also , if and so far as practicable , of its nature and extent . |
| 11 | It is extremely gratifying to know that we will have a knowledgeable and committed environmentalist in the House of Lords on whom we can rely for help whenever the need arises . |
| 12 | This precaution should in any event be taken , for decaying vegetation in water generates toxic gases which can be lethal for fish , particularly during winter when the pool becomes covered with ice and these gases have no means of escaping into the air . |
| 13 | During Winter lower the temperature to 64°–60°F . |
| 14 | In fact , unreasonable behaviour is often used as a means of getting a quickie divorce where husband and wife both want one but do n't want to wait for the two-year separation period ; and because the age of chivalry is still not dead , men are often willing to let their wives petition for divorce when the fault is fifty-fifty , or even when the women are more to blame . |
| 15 | Normally , the rates are £19.50 for the first halt hour and for each additional quarter of an hour or part of it , £4.50 , For weekday overtime the rates go up to £23.80 and £5.45 , for Saturday overtime , £24.70 and £5.65 , Sunday overtime , £31.70 and £7.15 and for Bank holiday overtime , £37.00 and £8.25 . |
| 16 | The products of all three genes are required for restriction [ 3 ] , while for modification only the products of genes hsdS and hsdM are needed [ 4 , 5 ] . |
| 17 | In another piece of coincidence even the helium traces were explained ; they had nothing to do with hydrogen fusion.l |
| 18 | It was a gargantuan task : each year a piece of woodland approximately the size of a tennis court was brought into the garden . |
| 19 | It certainly erm , sent a shock of horror though the whole country , |
| 20 | Klopf accuses artificial intelligence researchers of building only the top ( logical , verbal ) storey of a 1000-storey building . |
| 21 | And of course , our discussion of ministry i.e. the activity of the people of God is not just a domestic thing about the URC . |
| 22 | It 's possible to formulate theories of very simple aspects of physics where the laws or the strengths of different forces , say like gravity , actually change from place to place and make predictions as to what the observable consequences should be , erm and to a very degree of accuracy one concludes that the strengths of the forces of nature and the laws and the rules of the game are not changing from place to place . |
| 23 | Now he says er , what is this now , and of course immediately the president says , well you know happens er Mr , can we says you 've read it before , you see ? |
| 24 | And the final point I wanted to make , although yes , we do welcome the special transitional grant second tranche of ten point eight million pounds , and it would be churlish not to , it is nevertheless a reduction on what the share of it was last year erm s of the national total so there is actually a reduction in the share that is getting this year , and alongside that , and of course hence the need for the recommendation in the budget , is that we 've actually lost very specifically one point eight five six million in the rollover grant from last year 's erm S T D tranche which we are specifically asking and very grateful to policy and resources for , hopefully , erm we 're asking and we 're hopeful they will underpin it and the Chairman is here and er er has nodded in that direction I think it 's fair to say . |
| 25 | Of course even the best power carving system is only as good as its edge . |
| 26 | Of course even the phyla themselves originated from unknown ancestors , and they all ultimately derived from the first living cell . |
| 27 | Well of course even the product is product . |
| 28 | Now consider the other half of the T-type m-derived section shown in figure 9.11(b) , which is of course just the same network as the first half already considered and shown in figure 9.11(a) but with the input and output terminals interchanged . |
| 29 | Existentialism is of course neither the only nor necessarily the best framework in which to locate suffering . |
| 30 | Stirling appears to have told someone in R.A.F. Ops. about it , but of course not the right man . |