Example sentences of "[adj] to the [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although no doubt justifiable to the specialist the strict application of the law of priority in botanical and zoological nomenclature seems a sterile and often confusing exercise to those who merely wish to recognise a potato when they see one ) . |
| 2 | The Attorney-General has made clear to the House the position under the law and it is important that the House should recognise that . |
| 3 | Thus , Williams v Singer is authority for the proposition that if the trustees of , say , a life interest trust direct that trust income be paid direct to the beneficiary the trustees escape an income tax charge . |
| 4 | Given that there are several ways of doing a calculation , we can ask which of them , if any , is analogous to the way the brain performs the same calculation . |
| 5 | One method may be analogous to the way the brain does it , and the other not . |
| 6 | procedures which are , do n't quite fit you , then I think what we ought to be looking for is a certain amount of common ground between your procedure and our procedure , so there is not something , you 're doing something completely different to the way the rest of us are doing it . |
| 7 | In one case the sheet folds in a way that is very similar to the formation of a neural tube ; in another it is very similar to the way the lens forms ; yet in another it is like the early formation of the gut in sea-urchin development . |
| 8 | This is very similar to the way the accounts book was organised except that we do n't know the page number for each name . |
| 9 | They both love cuddly toys and I thought it would be a nice idea to have two teddy bears especially dressed in an outfit similar to the ones the two girls are to wear . |
| 10 | Where an assessment involves interviewing the child about matters which are central to the case the court may stipulate that all interviews be recorded on video tape . |
| 11 | This is additional to the report the guardian ad litem is obliged to prepare although it would be unusual to request a report from a court welfare officer where a guardian is already involved . |
| 12 | this proved to be a pretty good compromise sack for mixed daywalking and light load carrying — the back system and simple frame helping out when needed without adding too much to the weight the rest of the time . |
| 13 | Mathematics is a wonderful subject but the physicist has always to ask himself whether he is using those mathematical constructs which are truly appropriate to the way the world is . |
| 14 | Where the time is crucial to the offence the prosecution should be in a position to be able to prove the actual times in that locality from observations , should they be so required . |
| 15 | Lateral to the somites the mesoderm is divided into two layers , one associated with ectoderm and the other with endoderm , the two layers being separated by the embryonic coelom . |
| 16 | The buffer stock Manager is appointed by the Council and is answerable to the Executive Chairman ; since the latter is answerable to the Council the ultimate responsibility of the former is also to the Council . |
| 17 | Since previous to the revolution the majority of women had very low levels of education and , therefore , few opportunities open to them , the FMC embarked on an educational program and a rehabilitation scheme for the many women who found themselves in degrading and unrewarding situations . |
| 18 | People frequently end up disillusioned , and even hostile to the part the church has played , rather than finding it helpful . |
| 19 | In a city of splendid ecclesiastical architecture ranging from the mediaeval to the baroque the Church of Santa Maria in Portico is unremarkable . |
| 20 | In the period from 1960 to the mid-1970s the purchasing power available to the NHS rose by 4 per cent per annum on average . |
| 21 | From 1960 to the present the field staff in Scotland have continued to pursue their primary commitment of keeping the geological maps of the country up to date and publishing descriptive matter on the geology . |
| 22 | In order to learn to master this sort of mismatch , simple context drills must be prepared such as the following one , in order to become accustomed to the way the word is used in German : N.B. ( to me ) indicates that it is implied in the English sentence , but not usually stated ; if stated , it would be followed by the preposition " in " , as in " Bring the books to me in the library " . |
| 23 | Where the finance cost for non-equity shares is not equal to the dividends the difference should be accounted for in the profit and loss account as an appropriation of profits . |
| 24 | Prior to the Act the courts had drawn a distinction between the occupancy duty , which was concerned with dangers due to the state of the premises , and the activity duty , which was concerned with the occupier 's activities on his premises . |
| 25 | Prior to the visit the Cabinet-level Mainland Affairs Council ( MAC ) had authorized the SEF to handle " cross-strait disputes " over illegal immigrants , smuggling , acts of piracy and travel and trade issues . |
| 26 | Prior to the rioting the Dinkins administration had been widely congratulated on successfully avoiding the disturbances which had affected many US cities in the aftermath of the Los Angeles riots of April-May 1992 . |
| 27 | The players will train at Bradford next week and have three days together in Wales prior to the game the first between the countries since England won convincingly at Ebbw Vale eight years ago . |
| 28 | Prior to the ceremony the railway 's guests were entertained to lunch at the Raven Inn where W & L chairman Ken Fenton told the guests of the station 's history and paid tribute to the people and organisations who had helped bring the former Eardisley station building up from its former site . |
| 29 | Prior to the war the bakers was at the top of the tree of tradesmen . |
| 30 | Equally , when the argument goes synchronic it locates racism in the structure of society , as key to the way the whole functions . |