Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun sg] [noun] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wheelchair travellers used to cross the track on boards laid down for mail trolleys.But now the disabled are being forced to make an eighty mile detour via Shrewsbury to get to Hereford because British Rail have taken up the boards for safety reasons.We joined the Leominster Disabled Access group on a trip to Hereford . |
| 2 | Rate exemption was the most important , particularly for pre-designation companies and new start-ups , but less so for branch plants where the benefits might accrue to head offices . |
| 3 | The sole justification for Mustakimzade 's argument as it stands appears to be that Taskopruzade does not in fact use either the term as in the case of Molla Fenari , or simply the term mufti , as in the case of Fahreddin Acemi , saying rather that " the headship of teaching and of fetva and the office of the kadilik fell ultimately to [ Molla Yegan ] alter Molla Shams al-Din al-Fenari " . |
| 4 | Perhaps in attacking child removal the kinship defenders have mostly in mind cases where the biological parent is also the psychological parent , albeit an inadequate one . |
| 5 | The principle developed in the United States , but is increasingly used elsewhere , notably in the European Community — although the EC exempts many areas of business to allow them to compete effectively in market sectors where the United States and Japan are strong . |
| 6 | Looking Glass dismissed his people 's fears and refused even to post scouts when the Nez Perce reached Iskumtselauk , Place of Ground Squirrels , by the Big Hole River , on 7th August . |
| 7 | And the divide between the Catholic and Anglican churches was bridged — at least for investment purposes when the insurance arms of the two churches set up a joint venture , Ecclesiastical Underwriting Management , headed by the aptly named Kevin Cannon . |
| 8 | Tautology also appears to occur sometimes in personality inventories where the characteristics ' can be boiled down to ‘ attitudes favourable to the commission of crime ’ ( or ‘ anti-social ’ acts ) ; that is to say , ‘ criminals are people who hold pro-crime values ’ . |
| 9 | Erm , only the other day in the Transportation Department we were talking about drivers hours and er , it 's obvious implication there on road safety where the government are trying to relax the provisions , for what 's the European committee are trying to tighten them up . |
| 10 | Many women in early second-wave feminist groups had belonged previously to leftist organisations where the prevailing style of discussion was hierarchical , forceful and oratorical ; they had found this offputting and were determined not to repeat it . |