Example sentences of "[noun pl] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like other institutions the Polytechnic has paid increased attention to the recruitment of overseas students in recent years . |
| 2 | Residencies and placements can take several forms : in schools , hospitals and factories and other institutions the artist might divide time between personal work and teaching , demonstrating or consultation ; the concept of transplanting the studio can also be adapted to other venues , for example an arts centre or library ; working on a public commission or community project the artist would aim to involve others in the planning and execution of the idea . |
| 3 | What they have not yet recognised is that , if that is normality , if those are the institutions the system requires and that their normal behaviour , then the system is wrong and another is needed , a new economic model which will mark an advance from the sterile confrontation between Capitalism and Socialism , thesis and antithesis , to the synthesis providing a long overdue advance in democratic practice and a means of treating the chronic and disabling debility of the national economy . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , to keep as much of its collection as possible in New York City , the Society is offering other New York institutions the right of first refusal in the purchase of its works put up for sale . |
| 5 | The implementation of the Single Europe Act in 1993 provides for the EC wide abolition of exchange controls and gives authorized financial institutions the right to do business anywhere in Europe . |
| 6 | For a Liberal Democrat to argue that giving institutions the power to run their own affairs is a centralising measure is extraordinary . |
| 7 | In institutions the pattern is reversed so that there are 13,000 adults in institutions in severity group 1 and 108,000 in category 10 . |
| 8 | Here comparison is of the essence , and concentration of social anthropology on the differences and similarities between tribal and industrial cultures and institutions the world over gives it its unique character . |
| 9 | Although there were some reservations of this kind in both industry and the institutions the balance of opinion was with the sandwich course , and within the Committee for Science and Technology and its boards the commitment to sandwich courses remained strong . |
| 10 | Be that as it may , there is certainly one sense in which modern agriculture literally , albeit indirectly , mines the earth : by its increasing dependence on fossil-based fuels . |
| 11 | The difference is only that for postverbals the property complex qualifies the E ( and in surface terms we have an intransitive verb phrase ) , while with adverbals the property complex is qualified by the E ( in surface terms , a transitive verb phrase ) . |
| 12 | In addition to a number of internationally recognised jazz musicians the Festival attracts a number of artists and attractions from around the region . |
| 13 | What has to be shown he said , is that by deliberate acts the court order has been defied and broken and accordingly a contempt of court has taken place . |
| 14 | Commander Churchill-Coleman said : ‘ As always with the Provisional IRA when they commit these acts the information they gave was erroneous . |
| 15 | He had to borrow to pay his troops , and he even had to require the Earls of Derby , Northampton and Warwick to submit to imprisonment in Malines as sureties for the debts the king owed there . |
| 16 | In order to tackle the problem of the escalating budget deficit and increasing public debts the government would pursue a policy of austerity in both public and private expenditure . |
| 17 | Like the sole trader , the partners are personally responsible for paying off any debts the shop may incur . |
| 18 | That person is then solely responsible for any debts the business may incur . |
| 19 | Whichever style is used in plotless ballets the choreographer should submit to the structure of the music , particularly if the score develops according to the classical techniques of composition . |
| 20 | It is the very particular choreographic style that MacMillan created for the child-like figure in Requiem that emphasises more strongly than any other of today 's ballets the need for choreographers to explore dance itself . |
| 21 | Inside the grykes the environment is cool , dark and damp , so species more commonly found in woodland are seen , including wood sage , harts tongue fern and there are even stunted trees . |
| 22 | This gives potential franchisees the confidence of knowing they will be dealing with a reputable company . |
| 23 | In the dying minutes the computer men rallied to net two in succession and CMS found themselves fighting to hold the one goal difference . |
| 24 | After a few minutes the water will change colour . |
| 25 | But the losses were quickly reversed and within minutes the index had recovered to be 4.7 ahead at 3040.1 . |
| 26 | Within a few minutes the basket was more than half full of food , and Mary was pouring the soup into the thermos . |
| 27 | We took off at daybreak , but after ten minutes the engine was running rough , shaking the whole aircraft . |
| 28 | For ten minutes the school erupted with the dazzling success of it . |
| 29 | If Dreadnought went on sinking at the present rate , in ten minutes the hole would n't be above the waterline , but below . |
| 30 | After a few minutes the noise began to subside . |