Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little explicit literary evidence confirms this view of the Council ; there is for instance nothing in the pamphlet we call the Old Oligarch , written in c.425 , although in other contexts it does comment on the influence at Athens enjoyed by the wealthy and well-born . |
| 2 | Busy executives should not be bothered by trifling matters , so the receptionist must learn how to classify calls and route them to the person best suited to deal with them . |
| 3 | Due to the housing and building recession everyone in the stock market knew it would be reporting dreadful figures this week . |
| 4 | These hospitals were funded by Iran to treat battle casualties — Hezbollah , Amal militiamen and Syrian troops , depending on who happened to be fighting whom at the time — and they were ideal places for holding hostages . |
| 5 | Yeah that was the furniture repository nothing about the crystal palace . |
| 6 | Furthermore a strong case can be made for arguing that religious commitment is the only way to understand the depths of religion which from the outside may remain sheer enigma . |
| 7 | This will be the case where an offer is made by one side which during the visit is accepted by the other . |
| 8 | Fielding , Amis once remarked , showed that fiction can uphold a moral seriousness ‘ without evangelical puffing and blowing ’ ; his Take a Girl Like You ( 1960 ) has been aptly called a modernised replay of Richardson 's Pamela ; and when asked by a journalist which of the great novelists of the past he felt the closest affinity with , he replied reverently : ‘ With Fielding , though it seems a gross impertinence … ’ . |
| 9 | So that I think the situation affecting the Greater York area is that there wis there is a requirement to accommodate within the ring part of the needs of the city , and on our best estimate that er I apologize for the word overspill , but it it is descriptive , is of the order of three thousand three hundred dwellings to be accommodated in the ring which after the needs of York . |
| 10 | An ancient monument is ‘ any scheduled monument ’ and ‘ any other monument which in the opinion of the secretary of state is of public interest by reason of the historic , architectural , traditional , artistic or archaeological interest attaching to it ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ The council provides the site , I take care of their £400,000 investment which in the current economic climate they ca n't find , and the LTA gives me their £200,000 grant to run it . |
| 12 | Here are the real facts : Crane Holdings was in fact a highly speculative investment which in the event performed very badly . |
| 13 | Those wanting to spot the more unusual wild flower would appreciate the Autumn Gentian which like the Chiltern Gentian has been successsfully cultivated here . |
| 14 | But her little brother took to the instrument himself at the age of four , and soon learnt some of Nannerl 's pieces . |
| 15 | ‘ Women and Film ’ , to quote the title of E. Ann Kaplan 's ( 1983 ) important book on feminist film theory and criticism , defines a field of study which in the past fifteen to twenty years has been expanding rapidly . |
| 16 | After the conclusion of the first hearing , it came to your Lordships ' attention that an examination of the proceedings in Parliament in 1976 which lead to the enactment of sections 61 and 63 might give a clear indication which of the two rival contentions represented the intention of Parliament in using the statutory words . |
| 17 | An Assured Shorthold Tenant may make an application to a Rent Assessment Committee for a determination of the rent which in the opinion of the Committee the landlord might reasonably be expected to obtain for the property . |
| 18 | There is no need to change this law , and as far as I am aware no need for Mr. Byran to distress himself upon the umpires ' behalf . |
| 19 | Soon after joining the WSPU in 1906 she had embarked on a campaign of disruptive action which by the time she went to Epsom for the Derby had brought her numerous prison sentences for offences such as obstruction , throwing bricks , setting fire to pillar-boxes and smashing windows in the House of Commons . |
| 20 | On occasions , after a programme , he would slip into the empty studio , seat himself at the grand piano and play — mostly chords and nothing recognizable . |
| 21 | ‘ Through all the exhaustion and fear of the disastrous 1986 climb , Kurt Diemberger felt himself at one with creation , part of the ‘ endless knot ’ which put him in harmony with the cosmos and with a force which in the end was to save his life . ’ |
| 22 | Russian agriculture in early NEP was an involuntary small-scale transport industry which for the most part lay far away from the railway lines . |
| 23 | It certainly is a good story but it is hard to believe that a designer as experienced as Tupolev would casually use such information without first carefully checking it out , particularly if one considers the history of the Russian aircraft industry which over the years has sprung many surprises upon the West and will doubtless do so again in the future . |
| 24 | Sport & Recreation is a very small part of a huge leisure industry which over the last 20 years has seen a massive increase in both the provision of Local Authority facilities and in participation levels . |
| 25 | Any loss which at the time of making the contract the defendant could have predicted as likely ( or not unlikely ) to result from the breach of it . |
| 26 | To my mind none of the evidence , general or specific adds much to the inherent probability that men and women of a certain age will be inclined by nature to favour the status quo . |
| 27 | Understanding the advertising business inside out is vital , for it is they who must be aware of all the numerous restraints imposed , not only by the advertising industry itself through the Advertising Standards Authority and The Independent Television Companies Association ( ITCA ) , but also by the manufacturers of products in sensitive areas . |
| 28 | In the present study none of the patients had to withdraw from therapy because of side effects , irrespective of the length of treatment . |
| 29 | As a journalist who over the years had written-up dozens of Honours ' lists for the papers , I knew how the names came in a day early with an embargo . |
| 30 | At laparotomy none of the patients had macroscopic evidence of small bowel or perianal disease , and the colectomy specimens all showed macroscopic features of continuous colitis . |