Example sentences of "of the [noun] [noun pl] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Research by a joint US-Australian team has found a strong correlation between the thickness of the tree rings and the recorded temperatures for the years since 1900 . |
| 2 | The state 's main welfare function is to support the ‘ smaller units ’ of the tree associations and the family to carry out as wide a range of functions as possible themselves . |
| 3 | If one were to do something that is statistically nonsensical — and when has that stopped a security analyst in his tracks ? — and make a sum of the percentage changes since the start , bookish securities have outperformed the UK market by 64% . |
| 4 | Nor does Patrick appear to have accepted the pronouncements of the Church Fathers or the canons of the councils . |
| 5 | Combining these two propositions , it followed that the task of nineteenth-century liberalism was confined to the creation of a free market in land by the abolition of entail , and the sale of the church estates and the common lands . |
| 6 | Dealing with the threat of logical security breaches poses much more of a problem because it demands a thorough understanding of the computer systems and the workings of the business they support . |
| 7 | When we arrive there 's a three inch pile of mail on the floor , the day 's diary overruns one of the computer screens and the breakfast table is set with grapefruit , muesli , cereals , Frank Cooper 's marmalade and a vase of flowers that may or may not have been pinks . |
| 8 | Propped up on his pillows , he had enjoyed a view of the flower beds and the comings and goings at the bird table all through the summer . |
| 9 | The surplus population of England , especially that of the Home Counties and the Midlands , was siphoned off to the capital . |
| 10 | Scunthorpe survived largely because Futcher thought he was offside when he was n't and Deary was when he should n't have been — his 81st-minute goal being disallowed to the despair of the home fans and the delight of those setting off across the black hills . |
| 11 | Eogan had told Snizort about the ritual mating between Humans and beasts , which could only be done under the strict control of the Court Sorcerers and the Panel of Judges , and Snizort had been entranced . |
| 12 | Macmillan , however , saw that amalgamation of the Service Ministries and the Ministry of Supply concurrently with sweeping changes in Defence policy would be more than the Defence establishment could take . |
| 13 | The pace of change and innovation which the latter had initiated with his new Science Block in the 1950s , and which Scott had continued and quickened during his years , was now reaching its logical conclusion with the taking over of the Convent buildings and the admission of girls in September 1980 . |
| 14 | Although both the successful conclusion of the GATT negotiations and the temporary extension of the multi-fibre arrangement are welcome , can the Secretary of State assure us that there will be some mechanism to control the expansion of imports of textiles and footwear into this country after the MFA finishes ? |
| 15 | The media interest in the collapse of the GATT negotiations and the first signs of a world trade war have overshadowed the REAL reasons for Jacques Delors ' visit today . |
| 16 | All the convulsions and brutal gashings of the rural landscape by the railway engineers have long been smoothed over and forgotten ; and we take the railway earthworks and monuments as much for granted as we do the hedges and fields of the enclosure commissioners or the churches of our medieval forefathers . |
| 17 | And what was the connection between the weird behaviour of the Glory cars and the loathsome undulating worm ? |
| 18 | The review that we undertook of the calls shows that the peak demands in are between eight A M and twelve midnight , so the four officers will work a sixteen hour duty scheme er of eight till four , four til midnight , and then the cover between midnight and A M will come fr eight A M will come from as it does at present . |
| 19 | The roar of the grain elevators and the slap of timbers rent the sunlit air . |
| 20 | So there 's obviously a tradition of people of the quarry men and the quarry owners talking to each other . |
| 21 | The hills around the city are held by Serbian forces , and the Hercules have been using a special steep landing technique , to keep them out of range of the rebel guns until the very last minute . |
| 22 | It had begun to drizzle , and his long macintosh was spangled with drops of rain , which caught the reflections of the shore lights and the riding lights of the craft at anchor . |
| 23 | This spread of buildings and occupation may represent the dwellings of the temple servants and the workshops where the votive objects were made . |
| 24 | As a result of the Maastricht conferences and the debates that we shall have in the House we shall create a real , true Europe — a new Europe that is neither federal nor based upon free trade alone . |
| 25 | There was some hope at the time of the Maastricht negotiations that the centralising tendencies of the European Community would be checked by the ‘ principle of subsidiarity ’ . |
| 26 | Still others desired a marriage between the two thrones to symbolise the renewal of the Elf Kings and the unity between the old rulers and the new . |
| 27 | Consequently a customer is , in general terms , quite simply a client ( whether the firm deals for him or with him ) , subject to the express provisions of the COB Rules and the question of " mere " counterparties ( see page 28 below ) . |
| 28 | Porosity is known to occur in all of the carbonate units but the best potential probably exists in the Z1 and Z2 Carbonates , where porosities are generally higher than in the Z3 Carbonate . |
| 29 | As a result , errors can occur in the processing of the royalty payments and the contract may be open to various interpretations . |
| 30 | Martin describes the principles of the viewdata sets and the different components of the viewdata service . |