Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] of [noun] the " in BNC.

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1 For the majority of people the response to an odour is instantaneous , disappearing immediately the odorant is removed .
2 She hated John , and when Herod rashly promised Herodias ' daughter anything she wanted , Herodias made her daughter ask for the head of John the Baptist .
3 For the purpose of discussion the impact of agriculture on environment will initially be examined in relation to three distinct regions that exemplify developing world environments , namely arid and semi-arid regions , humid rainforest regions and mountain areas .
4 In Reg. v. Barrett , 12 J.L.R. 179 , where again the accused applied unsuccessfully for leave to appeal against conviction , the defence contended that the trial judge should have allowed them to see the statement of a witness who had identified the accused at an identification parade 10 days after the commission of the offence , on the ground that , the witness having stated that she had given a description of the accused to the police , the defence were entitled as a matter of law to know the details of that description for the purpose of cross-examining the witness and testing her credibility .
5 For the purpose of comparison the three different types of representation for the utterance The order goes in by late November are shown below :
6 For the purpose of upkeep the Wall was built approximately three metres east of the true border , creating a strip of land called the Untebaugebiet .
7 For the whole of Scotland the official percentage of married women in employment was only 4.1 per cent , compared to 9.6 per cent in Great Britain as a whole .
8 It was then that they scooped out for the storage of goods the extensive vaults and cellaring that still run beneath the old town today .
9 In evolving the final arrangement of elements for The Wealth of Nations the artist began with a series of drawings and models set in relations to the building .
10 The American tradition of the fine photographic print may have been an irresistible provocation — but there were plenty of precedents available for the kind of work the Starn Twins wanted to do ( notably the expansively scored and painted photographic base used by Anselm Kiefer ; Julian Schnabel 's broken plates ) .
11 To return to this country , I am advising on a draft Bill for the protection of antiquities the Society of Antiquaries , the Council for British Archaeology and the museum profession are behind it .
12 So there was intermarriage with natives , something also implied by Pindar ( Pythian ix ) , who describes how Telesikrates ' ancestors competed for the daughter of Antaios the Libyan giant ( and cp .
13 Table 26 shows that in 1991 injuries to elderly people accounted for 50.3% of all bus passenger injuries whereas for the rest of Scotland the figure was 43.4% .
14 In the contest for the governorship of Tokyo the LDP switched its support from the 80-year-old incumbent governor Shunichi Suzuki , to Hisanori Isomura , the candidate supported by the national leadership of the opposition Komeito ( Clean Government Party ) and Democratic Socialist Party ( DSP ) .
15 After what seemed ages , Dustin thought he might be willing to co-star in John and Mary if only in gratitude for the bit of play-doctoring the two visitors had done .
16 The Detachment Commander , a Captain and Ammunition Technical Officer ( ATO ) in the Royal Ordnance Corps , is busy writing up reports for the couple of incidents the team has attended during the preceding few days .
17 It was to satisfy a roving disposition and an idle curiosity rather than any deep ideal that Rudolf Rassendyll , man-about-town , decided on impulse while travelling in France to visit Strelsau for the coronation of Rudolf the Fifth .
18 I would rather not have that on the subject reports but if it 's going to be on i for the sake of coherence the comments should be together .
19 For the sake of exposition the duty will be analysed here in four parts .
20 For the sake of clarity the ascending-node longitudes have all been set equal to each other , though within each group they are in any case much the same .
21 Although for the sake of clarity the stages are shown as separate boxes , this is a poor form of organization to use in practice .
22 Although for the sake of clarity the stages are shown as separate boxes , this is a poor form of organization to use in practice .
23 For the sake of standardization the London Companies always worked to the lowest common denominator ! )
24 I had had my head shaved for the sake of hygiene the day before I left England .
25 To account for the absence of eggs the Smithsonian scientists removed female moths , ready to lay , from captured sloths to screened cages , where the moths promptly laid their eggs on any hard surface .
26 Under a contract for the sale of goods the seller 's basic obligation is to deliver the goods , and the buyer 's basic obligations are to accept and pay for them ( SGA 1979 , s27 ) .
27 There may also be a contract of sale with respect to a future contingency so that s5(2) of SGA 1979 states : ( 2 ) There may be a contract for the sale of goods the acquisition of which by the seller depends on a contingency which may or may not happen .
28 In an agreement for the sale of land the vendor reserved the right to remain at the property after completion as licensee and to trade therefrom without payment of rent
29 ‘ I do so much want to congratulate you and your parish on the televised celebration of your Mass for the Feast of Christ the King yesterday .
30 For the community of disciples the crucifixion was not the end .
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