Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When you get something like this you always get souvenir hunters but the ship itself is the property of the Receiver of Wreck and it is theft to take anything from it . |
| 2 | New trade routes may be traced by the spread of metalworking skills and the import of rare and exotic materials such as gemstones and ivory for jewellery . |
| 3 | The Royal Commission ( 1949 , Chapter 15 ) while uncertain that the trend of ‘ national intelligence ’ really was downwards , felt that ‘ it is clearly undesirable for the welfare and cultural standards of the nation that our social arrangements should be such as to induce those in the higher income groups and the better educated and more intelligent within each income group to keep their families not only below replacement level but below the level of others ’ . |
| 4 | I mean we ca n't go into the private market and expect them or asking them to provide houses erm affordable houses as I say the question is what 's an affordable house , who 's got the money to buy the house I would presume , but obviously we know the situation is it 's the lower rent of market , the lower income groups and the unemployed that are suffering very much reasonable accommodation at a rent or at a price they can afford and I reckon this is what hopefully the government was after to say whether we 'll put in our policy and hope that we can get things . |
| 5 | They were convinced that equal allowances , financed out of general taxation so that the rich contributed more than the poor , should be given in all income groups because the responsibility of motherhood and the value of the child were the same whatever the status of the parents . |
| 6 | The cancer subgroup , even those with very early tumours , had significantly lower cholesterol values than the group with polyps alone . |
| 7 | In summary , it was concluded from the initial examination of the FAOR proposals that the development of a global user requirement for the introduction of either computerised indexing and storage systems was not appropriate , or possible , at that time , and it was necessary to take an evolutionary bottom-up approach that recognised not only the limitations and costs of the current market in software and equipment , but also the particular needs of individual functions . |
| 8 | The report criticizes architects , designers , building operators and the Health and Safety Executive ( HSE ) for not paying sufficient attention to air quality . |
| 9 | Leaving aside discussion of case loads and the closure of cases ( to be covered below ) the development officers found this referral rate entirely manageable except towards the end of the referral year when case loads were at their peak and referrals were also high ; for example , the development officer in Newham remarked in January l985 ‘ I feel a bit shell-shocked this month with ail the new referrals together with all my problem cases ’ . |
| 10 | The problems of over–crowded teaching programmes and the difficulties this brings for students and staff are recognised . |
| 11 | Although limited by the Parliament Acts and the convention of non-involvement in financial matters , the House of Lords is the only such check . |
| 12 | Yet , as the champagne flows and the cheers resound , as diamonds and pearls shimmer on black dresses and white-gloved waiters slice their way through the crowd with continuous supplies of Bucks Fizz or just straight champagne , there does n't seem to be much love for particular MPs . |
| 13 | Refinery staff , who had earlier feared that more oil had been lost , launched contingency plans and the nearby Oil Spill Service Centre was placed on alert . |
| 14 | Tom explained that throughout his life the horse develops two sets of teeth : the temporary or milk teeth and the permanent teeth . |
| 15 | The project considers parenting skills and the ability to stick things out , especially during the difficult first months . |
| 16 | Despite a failure to negotiate a comprehensive peace settlement for Cambodia during the second Jakarta Informal Meeting ( JIM ) in February 1989 [ see p. 36464 ] and during the Paris conference on Cambodia in August [ see pp. 36848-49 ] , certain concessions offered in late 1989 by the resistance groups and the Phnom Penh government indicated that a political solution to the Cambodian problem might be taking shape [ for acceptance in January 1990 of an Australian peace proposal by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council see pp. 37186-87 ] . |
| 17 | Yet both the field notes and the evaluation report provide clear evidence that the staff had become much more aware of , and informed about , girls ' under-achievement in science and technology and the possible actions which schools could take . |
| 18 | Methods for analysing qualitative data — transcripts of interviews , verbal protocols , ethnographic field notes and the like — have until recently had to rely on little more than scissors , a copier and piles of paper . |
| 19 | They had to provide themselves with powder cans and the loss of any of these items , including drilling jumpers , meant they had to replace them . |
| 20 | Elsewhere , he was made acutely aware of the contrast between the colonial regency houses and the ugly jungle bungalows and villas . |
| 21 | Each one gives a history of the area , a list of all the local dive operators and the services they offer , as well as many other useful names and addresses including photographic specialists . |
| 22 | In Leicestershire , the man who wishes to forget income-tax , hydrogen bombs and the relentless onward march of science walks the field-paths , to which special maps and guides are provided ; in Devon he takes to the deep lanes between the farms . |
| 23 | ‘ Dad , ’ he says to Phil , ‘ if one side had hydrogen bombs and the other side did n't , but they had about say a trillion ordinary bombs , well , which side would win ? ’ |
| 24 | On some plausible estimates it has already built well over 100 atomic bombs , together with a score or so of even more horrific hydrogen bombs and the means to deliver them . |
| 25 | We were , of course , concerned with some of the more lethal forms of amphetamine tablets and the more dangerous LSD , although the latter was manufactured in the UK by highly organised gangs as highlighted by the police Operation Julie , later made into a television documentary . |
| 26 | The grant levels may still be high enough to encourage wet pasture improvements or the drainage of wetlands if land cultivation is not an integral part of the scheme . |
| 27 | There was , however , no correlation between the motility patterns and the short postprandial periods of sleep ( after lunch ) . |
| 28 | It is against such a backcloth that the aims and purposes of both the government 's national curriculum proposals and the Inner London Education Authority 's Improving Secondary Schools must be set . |
| 29 | In the judgement ( Jerusalem Chamber I February 1954 ) the Chancellor mostly backed bishop and vicar ; but ordered out the statue and the sanctuary bells and the tabernacle on the altar , saying that what was illegal could not be made legal by the bishop 's permission . |
| 30 | It has been assumed that , if an arbitrage opportunity arises , it is immediately possible to trade index futures and the corresponding basket of shares . |