Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | my Lord I , I suppose the answer to that is yes , it could be on the facts , it could be that if there was in a free market then they 'd be all sorts of varieties of clause whereby the name and kept the agent funds , erm maybe |
| 4 | So a list of questions to winkle out the facts not covered by the application form or c.v . |
| 5 | So there 's classic sort of stories about organisation where the the er president of the organisation asks somebody to investigate something and that gets translated by the vice president into sort of rather more hostile sort of thing and basically it ends up with somebody at the bottom of the pile having their ass kicked or whatever because it 's been translated , or mis- translated down , okay ? |
| 6 | ( 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) ) . |
| 7 | Thus , government data for England show that almost half of households in England where the head is over 65 lack at least one basic amenity — a figure that is nine times greater than the figure for the whole population . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | There are therefore two networks of modules within LIFESPAN i.e. the tight and loose coupling relations . |
| 10 | He described Chelsea as a little village a couple of miles from London where the Thames ran between nurseries and market gardens , ‘ of which there are a frightful number ’ . |
| 11 | The male penguin might just have calculated that if you 're stuck in the Antarctic for years on end then the cleverest thing to do is stay at home minding the egg while you send the female off to catch fish in the freezing waters . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The original money was quickly invested and there has since been a stream of rights issues , particularly from companies in Thailand where the fund is 37.8 per cent invested . |
| 15 | One consequence of recent trends , therefore , is that literary critics have been forced to recognise that they have had to become involved in issues of history formerly the preserve of historians , and can no longer take history for granted . |
| 16 | The translation problem is even more difficult when faced with presenting Jesus as the ‘ Good Shepherd ’ ( Ps. 23 and John 10 ) in parts of Africa where the care of sheep is relegated to children or the mentally subnormal . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | Greater weight is given to propositions in cases where the decision was unanimous . |
| 19 | Elsewhere in the country similar views are being expressed among victims of crime where the offender was cautioned . |
| 20 | 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 . |