Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within fifteen minutes everyone in the cast — apart from me — was talking about this . |
| 2 | Little explicit literary evidence confirms this view of the Council ; there is for instance nothing in the pamphlet we call the Old Oligarch , written in c.425 , although in other contexts it does comment on the influence at Athens enjoyed by the wealthy and well-born . |
| 3 | Busy executives should not be bothered by trifling matters , so the receptionist must learn how to classify calls and route them to the person best suited to deal with them . |
| 4 | Due to the housing and building recession everyone in the stock market knew it would be reporting dreadful figures this week . |
| 5 | Erm we mentioned already today about A P A P I on the desktop called erm Open Client . |
| 6 | So we 're very committed to O D B C. It is one standard which we 're following , it is an alternative A P I for the desktop which is obviously strong because of the Microsoft relationship , erm but we will also foth follow other standards in terms of A P Is for the desktop as well . |
| 7 | They tell readers nothing about the arguments in favour of the extension of VAT . |
| 8 | These hospitals were funded by Iran to treat battle casualties — Hezbollah , Amal militiamen and Syrian troops , depending on who happened to be fighting whom at the time — and they were ideal places for holding hostages . |
| 9 | Yeah that was the furniture repository nothing about the crystal palace . |
| 10 | Furthermore a strong case can be made for arguing that religious commitment is the only way to understand the depths of religion which from the outside may remain sheer enigma . |
| 11 | The US Department of Defence on Jan. 14 issued guidelines which on the whole reflected the policies of allied governments . |
| 12 | This will be the case where an offer is made by one side which during the visit is accepted by the other . |
| 13 | So that I think the situation affecting the Greater York area is that there wis there is a requirement to accommodate within the ring part of the needs of the city , and on our best estimate that er I apologize for the word overspill , but it it is descriptive , is of the order of three thousand three hundred dwellings to be accommodated in the ring which after the needs of York . |
| 14 | quick look at the map , the River Ouse conveniently chops Selby district in roughly half , and that there might well be considerations which for the sake of was not okay . |
| 15 | With his black garb , Italianate features and fearsome reputation , Sir Edmund must appear as Master Lucifer himself to the peasants of Templecombe Manor . |
| 16 | To be sure you are Lucifer himself in the shape of my master or you could not use me thus , and I beg you 'll send me out of my way to my poor parents . |
| 17 | An ancient monument is ‘ any scheduled monument ’ and ‘ any other monument which in the opinion of the secretary of state is of public interest by reason of the historic , architectural , traditional , artistic or archaeological interest attaching to it ’ . |
| 18 | Here are the real facts : Crane Holdings was in fact a highly speculative investment which in the event performed very badly . |
| 19 | First , where an application for an injunction is made ex parte and the defendant claims , or in the opinion of the court would be likely to claim , that he acted in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute , the court shall not grant the injunction unless satisfied that all steps which in the circumstances were reasonable have been taken with a view to securing that notice of the application and an opportunity of being heard with respect to the application have been given to him . |
| 20 | The weapon was old as the world and deadly as poison , a shard of the fatal weapon forged by Vaul himself for the death god Khaela-Mensha-Khaine , a fragment of crystallised death capable of slaying daemons and gods alike . |
| 21 | But her little brother took to the instrument himself at the age of four , and soon learnt some of Nannerl 's pieces . |
| 22 | Norman Crawford then pulled off a master stroke , introducing McConnell , and he set up Mark Burns for a short corner strike in the 46th minute before adding two goals himself in the space of five minutes to leave Holywood 4–2 ahead . |
| 23 | The invaders were backed up by warships which from the mouth of the river Esk poured a crippling cannonade into the Scottish ranks . |
| 24 | An Assured Shorthold Tenant may make an application to a Rent Assessment Committee for a determination of the rent which in the opinion of the Committee the landlord might reasonably be expected to obtain for the property . |
| 25 | He designed a series of posters including one of Branson himself under the caption ‘ No One is Innocent ’ , an another bearing a swastika made of cannabis leaves , the Virgin logo and what had become a Sex Pistols ' slogan , ‘ Never trust a hippie ’ . |
| 26 | There is no need to change this law , and as far as I am aware no need for Mr. Byran to distress himself upon the umpires ' behalf . |
| 27 | Soon after joining the WSPU in 1906 she had embarked on a campaign of disruptive action which by the time she went to Epsom for the Derby had brought her numerous prison sentences for offences such as obstruction , throwing bricks , setting fire to pillar-boxes and smashing windows in the House of Commons . |
| 28 | ‘ Through all the exhaustion and fear of the disastrous 1986 climb , Kurt Diemberger felt himself at one with creation , part of the ‘ endless knot ’ which put him in harmony with the cosmos and with a force which in the end was to save his life . ’ |
| 29 | It certainly is a good story but it is hard to believe that a designer as experienced as Tupolev would casually use such information without first carefully checking it out , particularly if one considers the history of the Russian aircraft industry which over the years has sprung many surprises upon the West and will doubtless do so again in the future . |
| 30 | Any loss which at the time of making the contract the defendant could have predicted as likely ( or not unlikely ) to result from the breach of it . |