Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [prep] [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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31 The immersion programme in Canada ( described in Stern 1978 , 1983 ; Swain 1978 , 1982 ; Swain and Lapkin 1981 ) involves the teaching of French contingently by using it as a medium of instruction for other subjects on the curriculum .
32 We 've invested well over a million pound in micro-computers for the teaching of pupils right across the three phases of first , middle , and upper schools .
33 It is absolutely essential that each parcel should be described with such particularity and precision that there is no room for doubt about the boundaries of each , and for such purposes if a plan is intended to control the description of part only of a building , an Ordnance map on a scale of 1:2500 is worse than useless ( Scarfe v Adams [ 1981 ] 1 All ER 843 ) .
34 There are no statutory controls or codes of practice governing the description of products apart from the British Standard on terms used in disinfection which is widely ignored .
35 Since you will hold the seller 's share certificate until you hand it over to the buyer on completion together with a transfer of it to the buyer , it 's for you to prepare the transfer , unless you send the certificate to the buyer 's conveyancers for them to prepare the transfer .
36 The five reportedly reached a " preliminary consensus " on a plan to involve the UN in the governing of Cambodia ahead of a general election .
37 Most students assume that ( ii ) is a question as to the liability of C. Clearly on its wording the question is the same as in ( i ) , namely , as to the liability of A.
38 The experience of California both in pollution control policies and as a testing or proving ground strongly influenced the direction of federal policies during the 1960s .
39 Shearer returns to The Dell for Blackburn tomorrow for the first time since his £3.6 million transfer in the summer , anxious to make life even more uneasy for Branfoot .
40 Unfortunately the commercial value of these natural harbours is somewhat vitiated by the difficulty of communication inland across the Dinaric ranges to the centres of population in the interior of Yugoslavia .
41 In a memorandum in that month of crisis the Ministry of Defence apparently for the first time addressed the issue of the foreign exchange costs of existing policy , in response to the claim by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the end of July that Britain 's overseas military expenditure was running at £140 million p.a .
42 It also contributed to a shift in opinion at the Ministry of Education away from the curtailment or freezing of grant towards modest and flexible expansion — and the Eastern District was able to take advantage of the new grant regulations which followed the Report in 1955 to achieve a level of aid a few percentage points higher than the 75% hitherto regarded as standard .
43 The Scheme was approved by the Ministry of Education early in 1946 .
44 ‘ The [ Bull ] case figures among the most urgent , even before that of Thomson SA , ’ the article says , citing a source at the Ministry of Industry close to the minister .
45 Macmillan , however , saw that amalgamation of the Service Ministries and the Ministry of Supply concurrently with sweeping changes in Defence policy would be more than the Defence establishment could take .
46 I would prefer that we accepted that Stella 's original notes defines the responsibility for forms literally for all the time .
47 The management and control of ICI 's large UK salt deposits became the responsibility of Chlor-Chemicals shortly after ICI chemicals & Polymers was established .
48 Now , with the division of Germany almost at an end , there are uncomfortable questions about the future of the two alliances , and how , if at all , they can be fitted into a Europe that includes a re-unified Germany .
49 Sun slanted through the canopy of vines straight into her eyes , forcing her to close them and precipitating what she 'd feared .
50 It is moulded by the interaction of men together in history and by their dealing with nature , i.e. with plants , animals , their environment , and their own bodies .
51 ‘ There is no dispute about the land unless a claim is made … compensation for those who claim it for their land and receive it from the authorities is calculated according to the value of the property in 1973 plus the difference in the index of inflation together with four per cent interest . ’
52 The mass of altars both against the walls and on the piers are of high quality .
53 At home , the SPB ( it became the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds only in 1904 ) began to set up Nature reserves during the 1880s , as the decline in some native species became apparent .
54 To hear it we travelled to Leighton Moss , that wonderful reserve belonging to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds close to the shore of Morecambe Bay .
55 For Pooh does n't infer the presence of honey directly from what Rabbit says : he infers it indirectly , via what ( he believes ) Rabbit believes .
56 Sacrosanctum Concilium speaks of the presence of Christ both in the sacraments and in the liturgical reading of the Word ( SC 7 ) ; Dei Verbum likewise speaks of ‘ the one table of the Word of God and the Body of Christ ’ ( DV 21 ) .
57 A gunman wearing a hunting outfit killed 13 people at the University of Montreal yesterday before committing suicide .
58 That was the verdict from Dublin yesterday after Portadown again won the Sharwood 's All-Ireland Cup defeating Leinster side Loreto 2–0 .
59 PENSIONER Sophia Hymes will be given the freedom of Chester today at the age of 91 .
60 Encourage the puppy to allow you to have the toy on occasions right from the outset so that it does not become unduly possessive in later life , as this can lead to aggressive behaviour .
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