Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [adv] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sponsors of the trust proposal see the new Ayr hospital as providing an excellent opportunity for further enhancing the quality of services provided in south Ayrshire . |
| 2 | If the ‘ need ’ can be clearly justified on social grounds then there is a prima facie case for either altering the distribution of income ( if that would permit the need to be translated into monetary demand ) or producing the product for social non-commodity distribution ( which would presumably involve nationalisation of the enterprises concerned ) . |
| 3 | In Hebrew , Mr Levy had spelt out the case for not accepting the Commission , because Jerusalem is the Israeli capital , and as such , shootings were a domestic matter . |
| 4 | Such information is essential if there is to be any meaningful debate on science policy in Britain , while we should also welcome the natural reluctance to use statistics as the sole basis for planning , this should be no excuse for not producing the information . |
| 5 | I may be hard , but it looks to me like an excuse for not facing the real world — perhaps a welcome excuse . ’ |
| 6 | Amanda beamed — now George had no excuse for not mowing the lawn . |
| 7 | There 's no excuse for not using the gears , though . |
| 8 | Inevitably there is always something wrong with a property and the vendor will not wish to let the purchaser use a minor problem as an excuse for not completing the transaction . |
| 9 | The concluding ruse of the tale , the wife 's excuse for not returning the hundred francs to her husband , is not particularly novel or surprising . |
| 10 | She said that was no excuse for not informing the next of kin of the three crew members of the Delos who had died . |
| 11 | The court held that the driver was in breach of contract through not completing the journey ( in civil law terms there was an entire contract ) . |
| 12 | As we have discussed , there is now available a conceptual framework for adequately understanding the changing nature of contemporary civil society . |
| 13 | As well as the chatty bit about not forgetting the urine sample , both sides carry advertising . |
| 14 | But they made clear it would not be a factor in the final decision about where to place the Trident work . |
| 15 | There had to be a clear decision about how to compile the relevant information and evidence and how to select certain areas for audit while others were postponed until later years . |
| 16 | They pointed out that given the firm 's investment policy , the dividend decision is really a decision about how to finance the investment policy . |
| 17 | Finally , a comparison essay always involves a decision about how to organise the comparison . |
| 18 | President Gorbachev has been granted extensive new powers to help the Soviet Union move towards a market economy , but deputies in the Soviet parliament have again postponed a decision about how to introduce the new system . |
| 19 | ‘ [ the ] doctrine as to the necessity for fully understanding the transaction is extended to transactions … such as guarantees given to a creditor by a wife for the benefit of her husband , particularly if there is a heavy past indebtedness to be secured . |
| 20 | An encore function for instantly repeating the last ten seconds of the scene you 've just watched . |
| 21 | Have governments a responsibility for actively regulating the private sector ? |
| 22 | I do not blame the Opposition for not understanding the issues as fully as we might hope , but , given their new-found support and desire for everything European , I thought that they might have developed a better understanding . |
| 23 | No amount of talk about only permitting the tightrope-walker to fall will persuade otherwise . |
| 24 | There was nothing wrong with the jumper and legally it is her fault for not checking the size . |
| 25 | There was nowhere to park the car , and that solved any uncertainty about how to handle the parting ; before she slid out she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek like a schoolyard dare , and was gone before there could be any reaction . |
| 26 | What 's that little rule about always leaving the bathroom as you 'd expect to find it ? |
| 27 | Göring was a particular target of popular displeasure for allegedly neglecting the build-up of the Luftwaffe , but the criticism extended to ‘ the person of the Führer ’ himself . |
| 28 | I 've also provided the equation for quickly producing the template . |
| 29 | A BIG bonus for not using the letter E in a huge typeface on the sleeve despite three opportunities to do so . |
| 30 | It was probably at some time during that same period when the dawning need to rely on a ‘ god ‘ first disturbed the developing human being , that he started to enjoy pleasures which were not the result of simply satisfying the desires associated with his physical evolution . |