Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ALLEGATIONS that the Swiss government failed to pay kidnappers for the release of an abducted Red Cross official in Sidon last year may lie behind the seizure yesterday of two more Swiss delegates of the International Red Cross . |
| 2 | By the same token contracts drawn up for Italian fresco painters during the Renaissance commonly stipulated the use of ultramarine containing powdered lapis lazuli for the Virgin 's cloak . |
| 3 | Mr Hanley also partly blamed a lack of support among the employers of part-timers for the drop in their numbers . |
| 4 | However , if a farmer decides to let out , in return for money , some of the rooms in the farmhouse to friends , relatives and associates during the summer months , this may not be a material change of use and planning permission is not required : Blackpool Borough Council v. Secretary of State for the Environment 11980 ] 40 P & CR 104 ( QBD ) . |
| 5 | The twelve member states , by a separate protocol , would authorise the eleven to use the Community 's institutions for the purpose of implementing social policies pursuant to the Social Charter . |
| 6 | It was in fact my experience of working with the banks and institutions for the recapitalisation and reconstruction of John Brown which led me to think that the City is much maligned over its attitudes to industry and the accusation of short-termism is not justified . |
| 7 | The increasing importance of the diplomatic network which bound together the States of Europe was reflected in the eighteenth century in the development in most countries of central institutions for the direction of foreign policy . |
| 8 | The Mapplethorpe Foundation , founded by the photographer in the year before his death in 1989 , has donated millions of dollars to fund medical research into AIDS and HIV infection and has provided many grants in the form of cash and gifts of Mapplethorpe works to qualified art institutions for the development and expansion of their photography programmes . |
| 9 | Baker expressed grave concern at the Bootle killing and attacked various institutions for the fact that society has become more violent and selfish . |
| 10 | Few had any great faith in prisons as institutions for the reform of the inmates they contained , nor of imprisonment as a means of controlling crime . |
| 11 | Corporatism also implies an institutional ‘ fusion ’ in that institutions for the representation of functional interests are also used for the purposes of state intervention ( Jessop 1979 ) . |
| 12 | She had a sensual certainty about her , though she experienced as many philosophical doubts and emotional woes as the rest of us . |
| 13 | Its officials blamed perennial financial woes as the reason , adding that the society was pursuing negotiations for a potentially life-saving merger with another institution — the New York Public Library . |
| 14 | You have the sense that , from now on , you 'll be travelling on a different line , you 'll be seeing different views through the window . |
| 15 | He also stressed his belief that ‘ people should have the right to express their views through the ballot box , and he would continue to look for a way to give people the chance to exercise their democratic rights , ’ the department 's spokesman said . |
| 16 | An open exchange of views between the marketing director of Forward Publishing and the chairman of the BAIE Editing for Industry committee , Alan Peaford |
| 17 | Once again , judicial views about the function and importance of judicial remedies , even if unexpressed , are bound to underlie decisions about the effect of alternative remedies . |
| 18 | find out teachers ' views about the significance , or otherwise , of such portrayals ; |
| 19 | Teachers ' Views about the Significance or Otherwise of Stereotypical Portrayal , and the Validity of Taking Steps to Avoid It |
| 20 | Local offices display their service standard and encourage customers to put forward views about the service at any time or through Customer Satisfaction Surveys . |
| 21 | Two US scientists have been awarded the chemistry prize for a discovery that has changed scientists ’ views about the origin of life . |
| 22 | Two views about the origin of mankind have been current among the most notable scientists and historians . |
| 23 | However , if biographies of artists are carefully examined , it will be found that they do not necessarily contain much art criticism at all ; a biographer may prefer not to express personal views about the artist 's work ; a book 's main thrust may be to describe the artist 's own aims and ideas . |
| 24 | The hon. Gentleman — a Scottish Member — refused to take the opportunity to tell us what he would do about his Scottish problem at Ravenscraig , but he has views about the west midlands . |
| 25 | But then I have unprintably strong views about the keeping of the larger tankbusters , so I 'm probably biased . |
| 26 | In the previous section we have examined Marx 's and Engels 's views about the evolution of the family . |
| 27 | Two are related to the national revolution and to the growth of the nation-state : the first reflected differences between subject and dominant cultures within a multi-cultural society ( such as Switzerland and , in a recent development mobilizing a bias that was previously only potential , Belgium : Murphy , 1988 ) ; the second reflected differences between religious and secular authority , representing the ‘ old ’ and the ‘ new ’ in views about the location of power ( again , as in Switzerland , and also in The Netherlands ) . |
| 28 | The development of Soviet views about the character and role of neutrality , neutralism and non-alignment |
| 29 | He had no views about the direction of movement of spot or futures prices . |
| 30 | Despite these dilemmas and contradictions , there have been feminist movements in the past that have had clear views about the kind of housing that women want . |