Example sentences of "[conj] the [noun pl] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The almost absolute dependence of the small and medium-sized landholders on large-scale capitalist enterprise is illustrated by the case of tea , where the ago-industries possess their own haciendas and the organisation of labour is completely of the wage-earner type . |
| 2 | As we shall see in Chapter 6 , much conformity may be explained by powerlessness in the face of social circumstances , where the actors recognise their inability to change things , and so resign themselves to making the best of it . |
| 3 | The hedgerows and pasture where the owls hunt their prey are disappearing as farmers create bigger fields for intensive arable farming . |
| 4 | It is a region where handweavers still exist , where the women preserve their own style of embroidery , and where milk churns are still decorated by craftsmen . |
| 5 | Instead , she went and stood by her bedroom window , staring out into the street below , where the lamps cast their pale orange light over the pavement . |
| 6 | I 've followed the events of of this erm unhappy but hardy perennial some time now erm I 've found it unusual because there was no Liberal volte face until now and er quite a lot of things happened where the Liberals changed their mind and I naturally started to wonder what has happened to make this change of mind come about and all I 'll say is I hope that it does n't have much to do with events in other counties or with any by-election . |
| 7 | The news came at the same time as Personal Computer World 's first annual awards — where the judges voted our 486-based PC the Best Power-User System ( see page 7 ) . |
| 8 | But it is up front where the experts ply their trade and both Ian Wright and Les Ferdinand are bouncing with confidence . |
| 9 | Commentators such as Kelly see this meeting as a ‘ watershed ’ where the reformers lost their case . |
| 10 | It tells us a good deal about the relative values of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that where the Victorians modelled their stations on cathedrals and palaces , Modern Man models his on shopping centres and office blocks . |
| 11 | Because the 37-year-old peer is a civil prisoner , there is also a good chance he will be allocated to the jail 's C wing , where the cells have their own lavatories and wash basins , saving him the indignity of ‘ slopping out ’ . |
| 12 | As a civil case prisoner , there is a good chance he will be allocated to the jail 's C wing , where the cells have their own lavatories and wash basins . |
| 13 | ‘ Where the Picts had their own fort . |
| 14 | Primaries 1 – 3 are located in the bright , south-westerly facing Greyfriars Building , where the children have their own classrooms , library and secluded outdoor play area . |
| 15 | The pope 's influence was at its greatest in the papal fiefs , where the kings became his vassals . |
| 16 | ‘ You know , where the sentries kept their weapons and so on . |
| 17 | After November 1919 , therefore , all the unemployed except the ex-servicemen lost their dependants ' benefits and this loss was not offset by the slight increase in the basic unemployment benefit rate made in December that year . |
| 18 | He insisted that the stars autographed his wall , exasperating his mum . |
| 19 | News at Ten quickly became so popular that the companies built their evening scheduling round it . |
| 20 | It was with such proclamations that the Cubists confirmed our lurch into the twentieth century and confronted us with the sometimes harsh realities that are alternative to the Renaissance view of mankind and certainly far removed from the elegances of Art Nouveau , Tiffany 's , the Moulin Rouge and the Paris Métro . |
| 21 | Only gradually can the range be increased thus lending support to the theory that the birds find their way back by progressing along a line of recognised landmarks rather than by solar or lunar navigation . |
| 22 | He was a skilled architect who would grow used to praise , but he must have been pleased to hear that the Goldsmiths regarded his school as " not excelled by any other building of a similar construction in solidity , taste , and execution . |
| 23 | The royal pageantry is demystified : it is described as a ‘ circus ’ and a ‘ show ’ with a paying audience , who demand that the performers fulfil their roles professionally . |
| 24 | That , at least , is the clear implication of yesterday 's statement from Eurotunnel — indicating that the bankers believe their own forecast does not provide an appropriate basis for further finance . |
| 25 | It was here that the Germans experienced their first unpleasant surprise of the campaign . |
| 26 | By 1937 , the cheese had become so popular that the monks registered its name . |
| 27 | I hope that , the hon. Gentleman will welcome these tough targets and recognise that they mean that when the time is right , these matters are reviewed and the customer gets a better deal because we make sure that he does and that the regulators do their job excellently . |
| 28 | In the wake of Roe 's fourth place in last week 's Rome Masters , Chandler put such a sizeable bet on his charge that the bookmakers reduced his odds for this week from 40–1 to 20–1 . |
| 29 | It was chance , for example , that determined that the lemurs found their way into Madagascar before that island had drifted too far away from Africa , while the monkeys and apes did not ; and so the lemurs of Madagascar had carte blanche to fill all the ecological niches that monkeys and apes came to occupy elsewhere . |
| 30 | I presume that the teachers hated his guts . ’ |