Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who had preferred that solution were uniformly content with it ; though they sometimes expressed feelings of guilt or voiced complaints about the particular institution . |
| 2 | Thus , faced with words with a medial e sound like : head bed thread or led health except the pupil ought to be clear that because there is a spelling choice , he is encouraged to use the dictionary to check which is the correct form for this context . |
| 3 | And that includes older people , who are not yet confirmed or made members of the church . |
| 4 | IBM Corp has agreed to pay the US government $14.8m to settle that potential False Claims Act civil suit after IBM admitted to providing reconditioned or remanufactured computer equipment to the US government between 1980 and 1990 , contrary to contract provisions — under the contract , IBM was required to notify the government prior to delivery of anything other than new equipment , and the investigation revealed that IBM delivered approximately 15,000 reconditioned or remanufactured machines to the government ; IBM voluntarily owned up that it might not have fulfilled its obligations under the contract after conducting an internal audit . |
| 5 | ‘ I emphasise that this incident occurred in redundant plant and is not associated with the normal or planned operations on the Sellafield site . ’ |
| 6 | Nearly half of those questioned — all of whom had bought or sold property within the past eighteen months — had some complaint , the most common being that agents charged too much and were inefficient or indifferent . |
| 7 | Last year 226 employees lost their jobs , 196 in the UK and 40 in Italy , although many were relocated within Courtaulds businesses , or found employment through the job search scheme . |
| 8 | Such duties derive from decisions of the Courts of Chancery in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , intended to ensure that persons/trustees who held assets or provided services for the benefit of others did so in good faith and for the benefit of those they represented . |
| 9 | Since becoming head of the Kimbell in 1980 , he single-handedly built the sleepy Fort Worth museum into one of the most select collections in the country , purchasing a stellar array of old masters , including masterpieces by Caravaggio , Pietro da Cortona , Domenichino , Poussin and Georges de la Tour that would have significantly complemented or filled gaps at the National Gallery . |
| 10 | In the previous section we indicated the direction of changes in national income and aggregate demand when there were increased or reduced injections into the circular flow . |
| 11 | Seasonal conditions which inhibited or prevented travel on the roads have been made much of by historians , but the mushrooming growth in scheduled services after 1760 is testimony to a substantial improvement in this respect . |
| 12 | On the card , how often have you used or received items from the main counter during the last year , choosing from fifteen ? |
| 13 | Leaves are much hardier and will stand any amount of bad treatment , but having said that do n't try pressing damaged or nibbled leaves in the hope that they will look better once they have been pressed because they wo n't ! |
| 14 | The joint between the end of the dock and the standing work of the bay end is preferably a direct butt joint between suitable packed or faced surfaces at the leading following and bottom sides of the dock which close simultaneously by a direct butting , as distinguished from a sliding , motion against corresponding surfaces on the standing work . |
| 15 | Welfare economists in particular have been concerned with actual or predicted changes in the size and nature of the ratio . |
| 16 | Any inferences regarding the applic-ability of the assessment information to other settings will be based upon the notion of generalisation — that is , an analysis of the inferred or observed similarities between the stimulus conditions obtaining in the assessment procedure and those which are present in other naturally occurring settings . |
| 17 | A bitter wind form the Elburz Mountains sweeps around two 707s parked in front of the low , white , thickly carpeted Imperial Pavilion where , in happier days , the Shah of Iran welcomed or bade farewell to the monarchs and statesmen who came to pay him court , nurture his ambitions and ask for alliances , money or other tokens of his kingship . |
| 18 | It is just possible that , given the choice , they might prefer the risk of an occasional torn ear or scratched nose to the certainty of a totally sexless adult life . |
| 19 | In this chapter we will look at conflict as a social process ie. between individuals and groups , departments , levels in the hierarchy , or perceived groups in the organisation — ie. ‘ us and them ’ . |
| 20 | That debate was now not only about traditions and values , but also about the structure of higher education itself , and the declared or perceived missions of the new institutions and the whole new sector . |
| 21 | 5.1 The Publisher agrees to supply the Author with six copies of the Video and one copy of any revised or corrected impressions of the Video . |
| 22 | 5.1 The Publisher agrees to supply the Author with six copies of the Video and one copy of any revised or corrected impressions of the Video . |
| 23 | Furthermore , any act which falls within the express or implied powers of the vendor contained in its memorandum of association , whether or not a breach of duty on the part of the vendor 's directors , will be binding on the vendor if it is approved or subsequently ratified by the shareholders . |
| 24 | In the Court of Appeal Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. , at p. 282 , held that there might be express or implied limitations on the right to devolve in the statute , and that otherwise a decision to devolve could be attacked if it was irrational in administrative terms . |
| 25 | Membership of an organisation necessitates voluntary restrictions upon the sovereign powers of States which can only be to the extent accepted by the members through the express or implied terms of the treaty . |
| 26 | It is not possible to say that all agents owe the same duties to their principals : it is always necessary to have regard to the express or implied terms of the contract . |
| 27 | The general rules apply that the usage or custom must be reasonable , universally accepted by the particular trade , certain , not unlawful and not inconsistent with the express or implied terms of the contract . |
| 28 | The reasonably incidental powers doctrine provides no basis for an extension of powers beyond the express or implied purposes of the organisation . |
| 29 | This philosophy , though on a far grander scale , can be observed in practice in such great gardens as Sissinghurst in Kent and Hidcote Manor in Gloucestershire , where similar plants and colour combinations have been placed in walled or hedged parts of the larger garden . |
| 30 | Too little has been made in social work of the effect upon the child of long or repeated absences by the parent , except in relation to early maternal deprivation . |