Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One reason might be that it is a case of ‘ out of sight , out of mind ’ , because despite the fact that the chestnut-shaped prostate gland plays a vital secretory role in ejaculation , it is a very hidden organ , surrounding the upper part of the urethra and tucked away under the bladder and behind the rectum . |
| 2 | A hole should be drilled through the outside of the plastic wheel and into the metal casting , then cut a length of wire is to the correct length and glue it into place . |
| 3 | After that the torch was applied to a point on the Wheel and at the same moment the chocks were knocked away . |
| 4 | He unbuckled the belt and , leaving it around Newley 's waist , looped it through the wheel and through the glassless window of the door . |
| 5 | An alderman of Leeds in 1858–68 , he was mayor in 1860–1 , as well as being a magistrate for Leeds borough and for the West Riding of Yorkshire . |
| 6 | Join the campaign to build a healthy , vibrant Anti-apartheid movement in Britain , with strong branches in every borough and in every country . |
| 7 | In fact , a number were attracted to the religion and to the ministry by the political conflict . |
| 8 | Much of their education was devoted to religion and to the catechism . |
| 9 | This was a view unsympathetic to religion and to the imaginative arts ; but it was not characteristic of the leading scientists , who were often interested in all kinds of things beyond their science and continued to resist the appearance of two cultures . |
| 10 | Today , the result of their endeavours can be found throughout the modern world — in industry , religion and amongst the great literary works of our time . |
| 11 | UK and EC policies have developed separately , largely in isolation and over a different time scale . |
| 12 | Hence , this method preserves the important epithelial/mesenchymal interactions during isolation and during the early stages of cell attachment and proliferation in vitro . |
| 13 | While in isolation and in the hands of enthusiasts , each subject had merit ( although there was great concern about premature labelling ) , in total it was unmanageable . |
| 14 | It should by now be clear that there is a great deal of difference between the way words are pronounced in isolation and in the context of connected speech . |
| 15 | This , as we have seen , is precisely what happened with the exile and in the Levitical legislation regarding ritual pollution . |
| 16 | As events unfolded and the Library Association failed to act it is to be viewed as a piece of misfortune for the Code , and hence the Association and for the profession . |
| 17 | Through the distinctions he makes between civil association and enterprise association and between the state conceived of as societas and universitas we can begin to understand the intellectual foundations of the tension within normativist thought between law and administrative power . |
| 18 | Over the years , the VMA gradually became a students ' association and at the first general meeting of its 45th session , on 19 October 1880 , John H. Steel , the secretary and librarian , announced ‘ the Veterinary Medical Association , while having wide sympathies with its members who have become qualified practitioners , is now the Students ’ Society of the largest British Veterinary School' . |
| 19 | Secondly , he is a member of the Irish Bank Officials ' Association and at the Special Delegate Conference , in the Mansion House , Dublin on 13th March , a Resolution was passed calling on all members to support Frank Holden in his quest for justice . |
| 20 | In the course of two previous research trips to Tokyo , Dr Davies has been able to examine many official archives at the Shipping Bureau of the Ministry of Transport , at the Japan Maritime Development Association and at the Japan Maritime Research Institute . |
| 21 | As the House is aware , these proposals are opposed by the entire police service of this country by the Police Federation , by the Police Superintendents Association and by the Association of Chief Police Officers . |
| 22 | The care which Bailey lavished on his " treasures " within the National Trust was at least equalled by his work as activist and propagandist for the " eternal values " of poetry through the Association and in the pages of the Newbolt Report where his contribution to the section on the universities was particularly notable . |
| 23 | Congratulations to Miss Kay Evans MBE , ex-President and Vice-President of the Society and Miss Eileen Alexander OBE , also one of our Vice-Presidents , on being made Fellows of the Physical Education Association for their distinguished contribution to the work of the Association and in the physical education and movement field . |
| 24 | As a form of enterprise entirely consistent with that thinking and with the given social order , Co-operation could command the support of John Stuart Mill just as much as it responded to the exhortation of Samuel Smiles . |
| 25 | They want to know how school examination results compare , about the level of truancy and about the staying-on rate after 16 . |
| 26 | So we started by asking our friends , who in turn asked others , until we were eventually inundated with testimonies from witnesses around the world who provided popular proof that there is something about the cinema that encourages , right there in the picture house , thoughts , feelings and behaviour in its patrons by turns enigmatic , terrifying , erotic , sad , hilarious and poetic , often triggered by uncanny interplay between screen image and real-time events in the auditorium and in the world beyond the muffled doors . |
| 27 | Leeds , in the middle of a big metropolis and with an unemployment rate below the national average , can now justifiably day-dream of challenging its western neighbour , Manchester , for the title ‘ commercial capital of the north ’ . |
| 28 | The system also provides the facility to transfer small numbers of entries chosen from any part of the dictionary to the typesetting contractor and to the Working-Set . |
| 29 | I know we 've argued all these years and I 've been irritable , if not downright rude , but … but … ’ and Creggan was astonished to see that this fiercest of eagles was suddenly close to a profound grief and for a few moments quite unable to say anything more . |
| 30 | In the words of Roger of Howden , " the young King , of his own accord and under no compulsion , laying his hands on the Holy Gospels in the presence of a large crowd of clerks and laymen , swore that from that day onward and for the rest of his life he would be loyal to King Henry , his father and his lord , and would serve him faithfully . |