Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [noun pl] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their front was protected by the Glen , and the foothills in which they deployed their forces , low though they lay , were well-grown with bushes and clumps of trees almost to the waterside , and afforded a clear field of vision before them . |
| 2 | This was the first departmental review under new procedure agreed with Heads of Departments earlier in the year . |
| 3 | It is the nature of the work that produces a tendency among men to see it as essential and elemental , all those images of men down in the abdomen of the earth , raiding its womb for the fuel that makes the world go round . |
| 4 | Somehow he had missed the announcement that Tubby was in command of one of the Dublin Black and Tan units — he had enough to do maintaining the morale and the strictly military role of his own division in Cork without spending time scanning the lists of appointments elsewhere in the country . |
| 5 | The National Gallery , Washington , already owns two smaller views of the ‘ The Castle of Nymphenburg ’ and ‘ A view of Munich ’ , donated by the Kress Foundation in 1961 , but these are less ‘ important ’ , being replicas of originals now in the Residenzmuseum , Munich . |
| 6 | The way to secure future prosperity is by embracing change not resisting it and as my honourable friend er indicates , by using our skills to best effect and competitively in a global market place were we to embrace the policies of members opposite in the European community we would shut the job , the door to the jobs which will come from that inward investment because we have opted out of the social chapter we do indeed have the opportunity that comes from being , if I may qui may quote er President Delors a pa a paradise for inward investment . |
| 7 | It predicts that , despite tougher standards for new cars , the problem is likely to increase for some years to come , largely as a result of a lack of any controls over the emissions of vehicles already on the road . |
| 8 | Lyddy put the final touches to her hair and slipped two ropes of pearls carefully over the finished edifice . |
| 9 | However , as Lim and Foo ( 1987 ) argue , it is difficult to generalize on the impact of TNC employment on different groups of women even within the same society . |
| 10 | I mean I think there are groups of women all over the country very interested in feminism and doing lots of good work and providing support for women who do want some sort of change , and so if that 's what you mean by the women 's liberation movement I think it 's a very good thing . |
| 11 | The comparative simplicity of the equipment and the fact that it 's so easy to transport and launch has got loads of newcomers out onto the water . |
| 12 | Sandwich pairs of biscuits together with the cream and serve at once . |
| 13 | A master of ceremonies is needed to dispatch successive pairs of defendants out of the room , in order to keep the game going continuously . |
| 14 | Mark lines of bandages on to the mummy 's limbs and head with a pointed cocktail stick . |
| 15 | I must also say that I resent the tendency of the Act to line the pockets of lawyers out of the tragic situations of families and children in trouble . |
| 16 | There were the creators of supermen roughly in the Holmes mould and generally attempting to excel him , like the American Jacques Futrelle with his hero Professor Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen , the Thinking Machine , or , in a slightly different mould , G.K. Chesterton with his spiritual , though humble , superman , Father Brown , a genuine Great Detective . |
| 17 | Second , changes in genes can alter the responses of cells locally to the inducing chemical : different genes could be switched on by the same stimulus . |
| 18 | Variations from the regular cost are spread over the expected remaining service lives of employees currently in the scheme . |
| 19 | H to track the highest ( latest ) versions of sub-packages regardless of the actual version number specified in the module relationships . |
| 20 | The user can specify an issue number or use the default , which is the latest version ; the version number can also be specified as ‘ H ’ to track the highest ( latest ) versions of sub-packages regardless of the actual version number specified in the module relationships . |
| 21 | H — Highest , to track the latest versions of sub-packages regardless of the actual version number specified in the module relationships . |
| 22 | I saw parties feeding on the seed-heads of thrift in the middle of a gannet colony , on the seeds of rushes out on the windswept moors , and in my own garden where they quickly cleaned up the remaining rowan berries . |
| 23 | Brilliant weather from the end of May through into June , particularly on the west coast , saw hordes of climbers up on the big mountain routes , particularly on Ben Nevis . |
| 24 | There are also less dramatic seepages of volatiles on to the Earth 's surface . |
| 25 | And they could see for the first time the lights of settlements off in the dark distance of the Vale . |
| 26 | There are coats of arms all around the Chamber of hon. Members who gave their lives for peace in Europe . |
| 27 | Over the past hundred years , various pieces of legislation , from the 1882 Married Woman 's Property Act , which gave married women the right to hold their own property , to the 1980 Housing Act , which makes it mandatory for local authorities to give married couples joint tenancies , the property rights of women both in the public and private housing sectors have been gradually extended ( Brion and Tinker , 1980 ) . |
| 28 | I have visions of bosses all over the land going hot under the collar as they see yet more of their staff enjoying the antics of this old salt — it could take over where Leisure Suit Larry left off . |
| 29 | The commandos had been able to keep up their grenade-throwing sorties because civilian volunteers from the town carried sacks of grenades forward to the men in action . |
| 30 | Say , for example , that in an over-subscribed school the admissions criteria had included a preference for sisters of girls already at the school ( sibling preference ) or for those living close to the school ( proximity preference ) . |