Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [prep] [noun pl] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is perhaps most striking in the past three decades is the way in which social movements of very diverse kinds have become an accepted part of political life in the Western democracies , and to some extent have provided models for movements in countries where the expression of criticism , dissent and opposition through formal political institutions is virtually impossible . |
| 2 | However , the government on Oct. 28 withdrew the National Bank of Pakistan from public sale , on the grounds that it acted as the treasury arm of the State Bank of Pakistan in places where the State Bank had no office . |
| 3 | The circle then disappears wholly , and a glowing red ring of light within marks out the circle of the portal . |
| 4 | The effect of this was that Central Office , for all its generosity , did not have much control over the selection of candidates in places where the man selected might actually win , and this did not change much before 1914 . |
| 5 | Several such mills have survived along the south coast of England on shores where the Isle of Wight gives protection from the prevailing south-westerly winds . |
| 6 | Some have tested host responses towards real or model cuckoo eggs with different degrees of mimicry in areas where the host is sympatric with the parasite and in areas where the host has ( presumably ) never been parasitized . |
| 7 | Sterilization is becoming one of the most important methods of contraception among women of childbearing years , and the normal method of contraception for couples where the woman is aged over 30 . |
| 8 | ( c ) Repayment of loans from settlors Where the capital sum paid to the settlor is a sum paid by way of complete repayment of a loan , then , if an amount not less than the sum is thereafter lent by the settlor to the trustees of the settlement , no part of that sum shall by virtue of TA 1988 , s677(1) be treated as his income for any year of assessment after that in which the further loan is made ( TA 1988 , s677(5) ) . |
| 9 | Last but by no means least , the Human Rights Sub-Committee under the chairmanship of has done an enormous amount of work on behalf of lawyers in countries where the rule of law remains somewhere over the rainbow . |
| 10 | ‘ Conditional ’ and ‘ Credit ’ are commonly used to describe contracts of sale of goods where the price is payable in instalments . |
| 11 | The remainder of this chapter will be devoted to examining how the potential provided by the two versions of the infinitive is actually used by speakers of English in contexts where the infinitive occurs after full verbs . |
| 12 | The guardian and interpreter of socialist legality was the CPSU and it was in this role that the party justified its intervention in the course of justice in cases where the interest and security of the state were thought to be involved . |
| 13 | The defendant has to show that the plaintiff assumed the legal risk of injury in circumstances where the defendant 's act would otherwise amount to negligence . |
| 14 | Despite its general popularity amongst teachers in schools where the Solihull booklet had been used , the evidence from the survey is that little or nothing changed in consequence . |
| 15 | The procedure is designed to give a " right of reply " instead of an action for damages in cases where the media have behaved responsibly : the plaintiff can not succeed if the defendant proves that an " offer of amends " was made in good time , and is still open at the time of the trial . |
| 16 | The interim report to 31 March 1992 explains that ‘ the new accounting policy is more appropriate to a company with Teredo 's changed direction and brings the company into line with others where the initial speculative exploration phase has been completed ’ . |
| 17 | On the debit side it must be said that Ventura is not really suited for use on documents where the styles and formats change from page to page ; newsletters and magazines , for example . |
| 18 | Moreover , the bill purchases were due to a large extent to overfunding of the PSBR through sales of gilts so the Bank was effectively carrying out a maturity transformation in the market and one which , at times , entailed a " cost " ( as bill yields were lower than gilt yields ) . |
| 19 | to the allotment of equity securities in connection with a rights issue in favour of shareholders where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of all shareholders are proportionate [ as nearly as may be ] to their holdings of such shares subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the directors may consider necessary or expedient to deal with fractional entitlements , statutory restrictions or legal or practical problems under or resulting from the application of the laws of any territory or the requirements of any recognised regulatory body or stock exchange in any territory ; and |
| 20 | Video recording is also regularly used in training for situations where the ability to communicate is important . |
| 21 | It is therefore restricted in application to situations where the load is constant , or to closed.loop position control systems ( see Section 7.4.2 ) . |
| 22 | The TGAT Report suggests that headteachers might exempt children with language difficulties in English from tests where the problem is so severe as to render the assessment unworkable . |
| 23 | This last proposition is based on experience of systems where the intervention requires complex manipulative activity , for example a surgeon dealing with an emergency during an operation or an aircraft pilot taking over manually . |
| 24 | The resulting public pressure led the government in 1985 to remove the right to compensation , as it applies to blocks of flats where the proposal is for an increase in the number of dwelling units ( not for an increase in height ) . |
| 25 | And when Linda returned to work at weekends when the twins were eight-weeks-old he took charge of all four . |
| 26 | And when Linda returned to work at weekends when the twins were eight-weeks-old he took charge of all four . |
| 27 | At the other end of income distribution , 47% of families with children with an employed mother received £425 or more per week , compared to 21% of families where the mother was not in work ( Family Expenditure Survey 1989 ) . |
| 28 | The criterion of coverage is likely to prevail over frequency in cases where the purpose of learning is to acquire a minimal productive competence across a limited range of predictable situations . |
| 29 | Greater weight is given to propositions in cases where the decision was unanimous . |
| 30 | In London CDs can not be issued by banks in currencies where the responsible monetary authority seeks to discourage the use of its currency in this manner . |