Example sentences of "the [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She disliked the intimacy he showed towards some of them , was resentful of the memories they shared of which she was not a part , and felt excluded . |
| 2 | We hope you will come with suggestions in September , either specific movement themes or particular facets of training that you would like covered during these sessions and the teachers/trainers you would like to teach them . |
| 3 | I should do something now , because perhaps it was for want of normal company that Eleanor Thorne lay until her mind turned the corner into madness and final decay , I should go out , I should not allow myself to brood , to carry out my sister 's peculiar whims and defer to the judgments she passes upon me . |
| 4 | But , to her relief , the voice that greeted her from the other side of the oak door , though indistinct , was that of the porter she had met so briefly the evening before . |
| 5 | As Harry stood there , lost in thought , the porter he had spoken to earlier appeared from the direction of the lodge , rattling a Punch of keys in his hand . |
| 6 | The evening resumes in the bar have some merit in linking in the activities we do not see on film but had an embarrassing ‘ bar bore ’ quality . |
| 7 | While the major policy-making and orientation roles rested with the members of the Council and its multiplicity of committees , the search for promotional roles in association with the institutions was inevitably a key part of the activities we have seen the CNAA 's officers playing . |
| 8 | One of the activities we have great hopes for is our private appeal which will run alongside our public fundraising . |
| 9 | Some amateur associations went as far as legal prosecution to prevent any payment or pro fit being derived from the activities they controlled . |
| 10 | It was only the fact that , as Dorothy said , they believed that ‘ wealth entails social responsibility ’ , that made the activities they funded the target of six decades of jeers and sneers . |
| 11 | For the most part , the activities they followed confirmed the earlier divisions , and what the Tudor and early Stuart gentry and yeomen did was to exploit much of the local potential more fully . |
| 12 | Agencies ' reports will thus provide information on both the financial and operational performance of the activities they cover at an earlier stage than is possible in departmental reports . |
| 13 | This analyses the kind of decisions to be made in an organisation , and the activities they affect . |
| 14 | The dilemma can be expressed as follows : the more accessible teachers seek to make themselves to all their pupils as individuals , the less time they have for direct , extended and challenging interaction with any of them ; but the more time they devote to such extended interaction with some children , the less demanding on them as teachers must be the activities they give to the rest ; and the less demanding an activity is of their time and attention as teachers , the more the likelihood that the activity in question will demand little of the child . |
| 15 | Teaching needs to be discussed in a much more rounded and comprehensive way , with far less emphasis on surface aspects like display and resources ; far more emphasis should be placed on the character of the minute-to-minute encounters which children have with teachers and each other , on the precise nature and purposes of the tasks they are given and The activities they undertake , and on the relationship of these and other aspects of the practice of teaching to learning . |
| 16 | Her husband , who had been so attentive in the sunshine , was back on home territory , in the place he loved best on earth , surrounded by the people and the activities he loved most . |
| 17 | Charles had chosen to stay in Scotland because it was the perfect time of year for all the activities he enjoyed there . |
| 18 | None of the agencies involved in the official investigation of the Flight 103 bombing , either British or American , had even attempted to question him about the activities he had observed on Cyprus , despite all the rumours of the DEA 's involvement . |
| 19 | Also , by looking at the activities you are good at and enjoy you may well discover talents and abilities which you have not considered before as being useful in a job . |
| 20 | Look back on the activities you have enjoyed in the past and select one to develop . |
| 21 | ‘ Aye , very pleasurable , but first we 'll eat , while I describe some of the activities you can look forward to . |
| 22 | And the activities you describe are separate from those laid on , for example , by the British Association for Young Scientists , which also hold meetings |
| 23 | I think when you 're dealing with something that is transmitted sexually you have to be very very clear about how it 's transmitted , I think you , you ca n't be vague about these sexual terms , you have , for , for medical reasons there 's nothing else ; you have to be exactly er clear about what you mean , by , by the activities you 're describing . |
| 24 | And there is a sense in which this applies , but although I can appreciate his point that seeking a good reputation may well dominate the practical order , if it were also to dominate the activities I have designated ‘ second-order ’ then it makes nonsense of the possibility of ‘ disinterestedness ’ , enjoying something for its own sake . |
| 25 | The shabby room above the tobacconist 's shop where we held our ward meetings became home to me and , in a queer way , made me feel whole and integrated again so that I began to look back on the activities I had taken part in with Sophie as some kind of mental aberration . |
| 26 | The activities I have tried have been successful , and I shall try many more . ’ |
| 27 | Like the chimpanzees , the ability of bluetits to learn the complex series of manoeuvres required to release a peanut from a special trick-feeder is no more difficult than many of the activities it learns during the course of its life , seeking out insects and seeds from the most intricate of places , getting itself and its beak into just the right position to extract the desired morsel . |
| 28 | The activities it supports include a programme of over 90 day and evening classes covering topics varying from Basic Reading , Writing and Number skills to G.C.S.E. Greek , from Aromatherapy to Word Processing . |
| 29 | Even with this limitation , however , and even given the fact that the Court in this case says by way of principle little that it has not said in previous cases , one should not underestimate the impact of this new illustration of the Court 's conception of the reach of the Directive in terms of the nature of the activities it covers . |
| 30 | Company lawyers are not keen on this very good scheme because where damage or loss is suffered by a third party , as for instance where a brake failure results in damage to an airport building , the dissemination of details of the circumstances in which it happened outside the company could prejudice the defence they are going to put up for their airline when the airport puts in a claim for damages . |