Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [subord] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Althusser 's historical interest derives from the fact that he represents the only orthodox Marxist theorist who has tried to get out of Hegel while remaining a Marxist — though for many Marxists he did sacrifice Marxism in the process , which only suggests how closely Marxism and Hegelianism are intertwined . |
| 2 | The police , who routinely bend the rules in black areas , portray the youth of Brixton as doing the same , acting as if they were ‘ above the law ’ because of special measures designed to protect them from the consequences of their illegal actions — a fairly apt description of the police 's own position until very recently . |
| 3 | The principle of Parliamentary sovereignty means neither more nor less than this , namely , that Parliament thus defined has , under the English constitution , the right to make or unmake any law whatever ; and , further , that no person or body is recognised by the law of England as having a right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament . |
| 4 | Parliamentary sovereignty , he wrote , meant that Parliament had " the right to make or unmake any law whatever ; and , further , that no person or body is recognized by the law of England as having a right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament . " |
| 5 | She was a veteran nymphette who had been kicked out of Shangri-la for seducing the monks . |
| 6 | The Government are right to seek a twin-track approach whereby we retain the essential strength and security of NATO while developing a new role for the Western European Union . |
| 7 | For it was the general election of 1931 which so drastically altered the balance of parties in the House of Commons as to give the politics of the 1930s its special character . |
| 8 | The Evil One is seen after St Gregory of Nazianzus as having no rights at all — on the contrary he is seen as a robber and a liar who stole the world from God and who holds humanity as captives in bondage to their own sin and his influence and power . |
| 9 | In this chapter I have done more to highlight some of the problems in reaching a definition of God than to offer a solution of my own . |
| 10 | The HDUR condemned the attitude of Vatra as signalling the " threat of civil war " , and urged restraint when deaths and injuries occurred during ethnic clashes in the Transylvanian city of Tirgu Mures , 260 km north-west of Bucharest , in March [ see p. 37321 ] . |
| 11 | However , for reasons to be examined presently , he regarded the subsequent proceedings before the House of Lords as leaving the court ‘ powerless ’ to take the matter further . |
| 12 | Labour 's Robin Cook accused him and the Cabinet of ‘ sunning themselves on the deckchairs of Europe while watching the economy sink below the horizon ’ . |
| 13 | The book , written by Blessed , who is an actor or , as he puts it , ‘ sexy and a star ’ , is about how the actor ( but not the yak ) reached 25,400ft on the North Ridge of Everest while making the film entitled Galahad of Everest . |
| 14 | For him this convenience has been largely a negative factor for he thought of America as offering no other comparable diversion ; there were ‘ no beer gardens — no public concerts ’ and the question he asked was ‘ Who wants to sit at home and play bridge every night ? ’ |
| 15 | Investment business is defined in paragraph 1(2) of FSA as meaning the business of engaging in one or more of the activities which fall within the paragraphs in Part II of Schedule 1 of FSA ( ‘ Investment Business ’ ) and which are not specifically excluded by Part III of Schedule 1 ( ‘ Excluded Activities ’ ) . |
| 16 | Tony Visconti tells the story of how he testified against Angie in the struggle for custody of Zowie , and how David was frequenting transvestite clubs of Berlin while making an album with Iggy Pop and Brian Eno . |
| 17 | Coleman knew them already — they had been to see him at the University of Alabama while planning the trip — and so it was natural enough that he should now take on the chore of shepherding them around the island during their stay . |
| 18 | So in the 60s , when serious money came to Ireland as a result of determined government policy to encourage foreign investment in the country , it was possible for a nationalist to become involved in tearing the heart out of Dublin while extolling the virtues of Irish freedom . |
| 19 | Costner fell in love with Deadwood while making the Oscar-winning film Dances With Wolves three years ago . |
| 20 | What greater respect for God than to make an offering of a golden calf ? |
| 21 | It was also rejected by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet in Moscow as contravening the Soviet constitution . |
| 22 | Itar-Tass news agency later quoted the defence ministry in Moscow as saying the report was groundless . |
| 23 | Tass also quoted the Georgian embassy in Moscow as saying the plane was an Il-29 of the Confederation of Highland Nations , which groups small ethnic groups in the Caucasus and supports Abkhazia in the conflict . |
| 24 | Interfax news agency quoted the Russian defence ministry in Moscow as confirming the air strike on ‘ military targets ’ in Sukhumi . |
| 25 | THE International Weightlifting Federation will decide in February whether to restore a ban on Britons Andrew Davies and Andrew Saxton , who were thrown out of the Olympics after failing drug tests . |
| 26 | She told him about the latest developments from Zurich while dressing the wound , filling him in on the backgrounds of Hendrique and Milchan as well as relaying Philpott 's instructions . |
| 27 | But such appeals run into the one constant of American policy : Mr Clinton 's determination not to put American ground troops in Bosnia unless to enforce a peace treaty . |
| 28 | Ophiopristis differs from Ophioprium as follows the oral tentacle scales are not markedly different from the oral papillae — those of Ophioprium are much more elongate and slightly separated ; the tentacle pores are smaller and armed with 1–2 large tentacle scales whereas the pores in Ophioprium are open and armed with small thin tentacle scales . |
| 29 | The US administration has requested the extradition of 80 traffickers , but the drug barons have said they would prefer to die in Colombia than spend the rest of their lives in US jails . |
| 30 | Here Captain Phillip Watkins , holding the appointment of Humanitarian Officer with the Royal Horse Artillery , describes a day in his life in Cyprus whilst wearing the blue beret of the UN . |