Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [vb -s] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is essential that the order of committal sets out the court 's findings , otherwise the contemnor does not have any basis upon which he can challenge them . |
| 2 | A delicate process of lithography brings out the richness of the bird 's colouring on Coalport 's finest bone china . |
| 3 | None of these grounds of illegality rules out the possibility that exactly the same decision might be reached even if natural justice were complied with , or all relevant considerations were taken into account , or the authority were to ignore all undue fetters on its discretion . |
| 4 | Then I hear a muffled cry of alarm , but a rush of wind breaks up the information to my ears . |
| 5 | This Code of Practice sets out the basic practices employed by Midland Bank and its subsidiary companies in connection with their lending to personal customers in the United Kingdom . |
| 6 | As to the former , the objects clause in the company 's memorandum of association sets out the activities for which the company has been formed , though these activities may subsequently be altered by special resolution . |
| 7 | The order of salvation takes up the order of creation . |
| 8 | Then came predictions that a severe drought would limit Expo 's water supply , vital in cooling the site and central to the designs of many of the 95 pavilions — not least Britain 's where a spectacular wall of water cascades down the faade . |
| 9 | Where a stream flows off the higher rocks ( the Millstone Grit ) on to the limestone , a large flow of water passes down the joints at that one place . |
| 10 | He saw white drill , epaulettes , a revolver , a row of gilt buttons down the front of a uniform . |
| 11 | Far from being outdated , this old and broad conception of democracy holds out the only hope of compensating for the weaknesses of elected representative assemblies , dwarfed as they presently are by the bureaucratic and monopolistic structures of power which surround them . |
| 12 | It also means that if difference in its sense of non-identity sets up the possibility of history , then difference in its sense of delay means also that it can never be finally concluded , for such deferral will always inhibit closure . |
| 13 | This view actually parallels modern scientific thinking , which presumes that the universe is evolving towards final destruction when the inevitable pull of gravity slows down the rate of expansion . |
| 14 | Many cities and counties are little better placed , as each layer of government passes down the spending obligations but not the money to fulfil them . |
| 15 | That and the odd bit of gardening takes up the time . ’ |
| 16 | There , supported by an organisation known as ‘ Back-Up ’ , he spent a week progressing from rudimentary skills to the challenge of solo runs down the glacier du Wildhorn . |
| 17 | In the light of such feelings , the denial of the existence of class takes on the force of a moral imperative , rather than a statement of fact . |
| 18 | It was double-breasted with two rows of pearl buttons up the front . |
| 19 | As for the second one your use of rhyme pushes back the frontiers of english literature . |