Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | The letter , dated June 23 , refers to reaching an agreement for a Sunday Times article presenting ‘ a more balanced picture ’ than that given by the Morton book serialisation which portrays Diana as victim of a loveless marriage . |
| 32 | A representative assessment is that given by the library manager : I would say that one of the biggest advantages was the fact that senior management … from the Head down , from the very word go , were after making it a success … one thing we have got is a greater awareness from a greater number of staff , because they come in here to supervise and help [ and ] get involved … but I think the biggest advantage has been the fact that time devoted to … library skills for all the first year … [ has ] been extended to an hour a week … |
| 33 | The most graphic statement of the dual role , though some would call it an overstatement ( e.g. Pearce , 1982 ) , is that given by the National Association of Head Teachers ( NAHT ) in response to a document on the role of the advisory service issued by the Society of Education Officers and the National Association of Inspectors and Educational Advisers : |
| 34 | The most frequently quoted definition of non-natural user is that given by the Judicial Committee in Rickards v. Lothian , ‘ It must be some special use bringing with it increased danger to others and must not merely be the ordinary use of the land or such a use as is proper for the general benefit of the community . ’ |
| 35 | It would not be absurd , nor contrary to the rule of law , for Parliament to prefer the precise construction adopted by the tribunal to that given by the courts . |
| 36 | It may be said at once that of these dates the most inherently improbable is the last , that given by the later Turkish tradition . |
| 37 | The diagnosis was that given by the reporting general practitioner , and each event was categorised according to the woman 's contraceptive state at the time of the event . |
| 38 | some course leaders ' definition of ‘ enterprise ’ differed from that given by the Enterprise Centre — a number believe that a particular industry 's skills should be included under the umbrella of enterprise . |
| 39 | Critics of official statistics argued that not all those out of work were registered as unemployed and that the real figure was therefore higher than that given by the Department of Employment , which is responsible for compiling the data . |
| 40 | So you have a very particular view of the constitution , that given by the founding fathers and one which is still in force some seventy eighty years later as America headed towards its most momentous and divisive crisis in its history . |
| 41 | I could not restrain myself from hastening to view one of those Druid circles , of which there are so many in the Isle of Lewis ; that given in the small vignette is the first one I reached . |
| 42 | The system would be configured so that the file database could be interrogated against a wide variety of search parameters ( eg officer name , file reference , file titles , etc ) , and the basic structure of the index entries reflected that given in the FAOR functional descriptions . |
| 43 | Although basically the same as that given in the Warhammer rulebook , we have made a few additions and included more explanation , so we suggest you read through these new rules even if you are already familiar with the original ones . |
| 44 | Every buyer , lessee and mortgagee of property bounded by or adjacent to a canal should search before exchange of contracts by letter , with a plan , for information similar to that sought in the case of rivers . |
| 45 | ‘ Our 175hp Ford 6700 goes into the row of grass at 2,600 to 2,800revs , but once you drop it on to the row , the revs soon drop to 2,000 to 2,000rpm . |
| 46 | Such a class of behaviours includes going on to another task of a kind similar to that assigned by the teacher at one level and exploratory behaviour at a ‘ higher ’ level . |
| 47 | The appended list gives names of all officers and members of Council currently serving , and indicates those due to retire at the close of the AGM . |
| 48 | ‘ He was due to retire at the end of the year anyway . |
| 49 | But about a quarter of that , comprising the older Magnox stations , was due to retire during the 1990s . |
| 50 | Tucker , who is due to retire in the autumn , said : ‘ I regard the honour as a tribute to the work of Navy News staff past and present , and I 'm particularly proud of the fact that ours has always been virtually an in-house production . |
| 51 | The new sales division is headed by Paul Hutchinson as director of sales ( David Marten is due to retire in the near future ) and John Mohin has been appointed sales manager , responsible for UK sales operations , assisted by Diane Best and Michael Trotter as regional sales managers . |
| 52 | During the transfer ceremony Schwarzkopf , who was due to retire from the Army on Aug. 31 , conducted a final review of his troops and spoke emotionally of his pride in having served in the US Army for 35 years . |
| 53 | With 800–900 of Switzerland 's 2300 professors due to retire before the end of the decade , the Swiss have taken a leaf out of Britain 's book and set up a scheme for appointing ‘ new blood ’ assistant professors at the rate of 300 in each of the next two four-year planning periods . |
| 54 | In particular , ‘ Big Al ’ , one of Scotland 's all-time great jumpers , is surprised at the omission of Appleson in favour of the veteran Peter Dods , 34 , who is due to retire after the tour . |
| 55 | Christina was interested too , and the two of them were in good spirits when Stephen drove into the dry , scrubby car park in front of the Crane Beach Hotel , which from that aspect seemed an unremarkable low-level with thirties undertones to the architecture . |
| 56 | Record 119 goes into the next block , if that is on this track , or otherwise into overflow . |
| 57 | That rides over the , the relatives |
| 58 | Or facing that to go on the turntable . |
| 59 | I want a sample of that to go to the Met Lab urgently . |
| 60 | In summer the skilifts convert to chairlifts and , combining the use of two stages of chairlift with some walking it is possible to ascend to the 1,922m ( 6,304ft ) summit with its commanding oversight of this corner of the cantons of Schwyz and Uri . |