Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] the " in BNC.

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1 He wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to apply for the Chiltern Hundreds on Saturday , apparently , and no one seems quite sure whether the resignation dates from the day the letter was received or the date the warrant is signed by the Chancellor .
2 Transmission is resumed when an XON ( CHR$ ( 17 ) ) character is received or the CTS line is brought high .
3 The problem is compounded where the codes in contact themselves are not only similar but have diffuse norms , so that the boundary between them is not always clear either to the linguist or to community members .
4 Along at the river 's mouth , at the standing wave formed where the incoming sea and outgoing melt water meet , a flock of terns hover and dive like gnats in the summer air .
5 The reason for this paradox is clear : the potential benefits of LMS will not be realised where the application of a relatively crude pupil-led formula results in insufficient funds being available for the school to ‘ run itself on .
6 Here it was held that the chain of causation was broken where the buyer continued to use the goods with actual knowledge of the breach , as regards subsequent consequential loss ( compare Basildon District Council v JE Lesser ( Properties ) Ltd [ 1985 ] QB 839 ) .
7 The coypu man could not be dismissed or the danger of him glossed over .
8 The offeror may wish to do this if the target would remain technically listed or the offeror would not have sufficient control over the target 's assets after the takeover .
9 While a first attempt may work wonders for some , for others the dosage may need to be changed , the type of HRT altered or the frequency lowered .
10 Note : The authors believe that it is important that we encourage students to understand the relationships involved and not concentrate on calculating ratios which they frequently do n't understand and can not interpret because they have not fully understood why a ratio is calculated or the relationships which the ratio expresses .
11 The Museums and Galleries Commission is hoping that these considerations will lead the Charity Commissioners to reconsider their decision under the cy-pres ( i.e. next best thing ) provision of the 1960 Charities Act , which allows a charitable bequest or trust to be altered where the original stipulation is no longer relevant .
12 She came to a familiar boulder ; it had fallen where the river met the hollow that over the years had become the pond .
13 The author directs attention to the all-important consideration of scale : ‘ We often see some of the smallest growing shrubs placed where the largest trees should have been planted . ’
14 Wind sites must be placed where the wind blows fairly constantly , most of them are situated around the coast .
15 A clear guide to the grammar of the unit , placed where the student needs it .
16 However , by section 10 of the Employment Act 1988 the immunity is withdrawn where the reason or one of the reasons for which the act is done is the fact or belief that the employer is employing non-union labour .
17 The names Coylton , Water of Coyle , Coilsfield and Coilsholm , all in the ancient district of Kyle , bear witness to the presence of Coilus in the area The burial mound , ‘ Dead Man 's Holm ’ and the horn give credence to the legend , especially as it was an ancient legend before the mound was excavated or the horn unearthed .
18 In areas of readily eroded rocks the rivers may carry so much load that one of two things may happen : either the estuary may be filled soon after it is formed or the aggradation may keep pace with the rising sea level so that there is not a stage of actual ria or estuary formation .
19 In recognising that fact , as well as the reality that this package can not be amended or the entire community ratification process goes back into the melting pot , it was the pressure point likely to offer the greatest temptation to the Tory anti-Maastricht brigade .
20 Referrals by GPs where outcome was informal admission were consistently characterized by familial disruption : indeed only two of these cases were referred where the woman 's behaviour drew attention to her in the wider social environment outside the family .
21 An appeal can not be withdrawn or the grounds amended without the leave of the court .
22 There is a weak sense of ‘ learning ’ in which the student is taught or the student reads that x is so and so .
23 YESTERDAY 'S Diary explained where the main parties stood on British Rail ( between carriages jammed against the netty door , very likely . )
24 WATER STORAGE : - In which the stems are swollen or the leaves are fleshy , i.e. succulents , e.g. cactus , stonecrop ( on dry walls ) , grasswort , saltwort ( saltmarsh ) .
25 One possible answer , which might be given where the relevant legal system remains close to the classical approach of the civil law tradition , would be along these lines : ‘ The court , having reviewed the written minutes containing the evidence as to the facts of the case , hears submissions on behalf of the parties as to the conclusions to be drawn in the light of the applicable law . ’
26 Under the one the greatest benefits must be given where the merits are the smallest , under the other the benefits must be proportioned to the merits ’ .
27 However , notice need not be given where the defendant does not appear , or where in a fixed date action he has failed to deliver a defence in time .
28 Such direction can not be given where the proceedings stand referred to arbitration under Ord 19 , r 2(3) ( Ord 20 , r 12A ) .
29 The following points should be noted about partial offers : ( 1 ) The offeror and its concert parties must not buy shares in the target during the partial offer period , neither must they , or any new concert parties , purchase shares for a period of 12 months following a successful partial offer without the Panel 's consent ( Rule 36.3 ) ( although consent will normally be given where the partial offer has resulted in a holding carrying less than 30 per cent of the voting rights ( note 2 ) ) .
30 A code is no more than a ‘ perspective of quotations ’ ( p. 20 ) , and ‘ its only logic is that of the already-done or the already-read ’ ( p. 19 ) .
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