Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [prep] [adv] the " in BNC.

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1 In Freud 's terms , this becomes a joke when both teller and listener , writer and reader , share an appreciation of at least the potential value of that sexuality .
2 Make a full-size drawing of at least the bracket .
3 Full realisation of the meaning of the partial divergence in styles of appeal between parliament and country requires recognition of at least the limited equation of ‘ enthusiasm ’ with popular opinion .
4 We also feel that the number of Scottish members of CTC warrants a grant of at least the £600 we got before .
5 In view of the deeply felt resentment at the reign of Bayezid I on the part of at least the more pious elements of the state , it seems not impossible that Murad II ( 1421–51 ) who , alter Mehmed I ( 1413–21 ) , set about re-establishing the integrity and order of the Ottoman state , decided to provide an answer to the critics of the secular state by the creation of an office to represent the spiritual authority of the seriat , an office , moreover , free from the taint that had come to affect the members of the ulema associated with the state service .
6 The poor or null stabilizing effect of GpU indicated that , as it had been shown for the E.coli rrnB P 1 promoter ( 8 ) , the appearance of a complex stable to heparin challenge requires the formation of at least the first phosphodiester bond .
7 But we need to have a degree of common ownership of at least the broad parameters of what the world may look like , and we then seek the whole time to simplify down and down and down .
8 In 1974 military engineers stood by to operate power stations in Northern Ireland during the protest strike by the Protestant Ulster Workers ' Council , though they could have done nothing without the help of at least the power station managers .
9 If one may accept the equivalence of at least the concepts underlying the terms and on the one hand and and on the other , there is thus some solid evidence , in addition to the line of reasoning advanced above , to suggest that the concept of a division between " the interior " and " the exterior " existed at least from fairly early on in the sixteenth century ; and it is not unreasonable to suppose that the terms haric and dahil are not anachronistic in respect of the Kanunname .
10 Then it went then it sort of since then the people it 's gone
11 And the the reasons for it is because we 're it 's the sort of by far the most solid concentration of our our actual members and likely supporters .
12 Without a specific perpetuity period of at least the length of the term ( if the term exceeds 21 years ) plus a few additional years to cover holding over under the 1954 Act , there would be no right to use pipes placed under the premises during the 23rd year of the term .
13 He was the leader of by far the largest party , yet he felt committed by the Buckingham Palace arrangement to another Prime Minister .
14 The marks of a corporation are : perpetual succession , i.e. the death or withdrawal of members , or the addition of new members from time to time , does not impair the continuity and identity of the body : ‘ in like manner ’ , as Blackstone says , ‘ the river Thames is still the same river , though the parts which comprise it are changing every instant' ; the use of a common seal as evidence of at least the more formal acts of the corporation ; and the capacity to sue and be sued by its corporate name .
15 If offers are received in respect of at least the number of shares which the company wishes to purchase , the company will calculate the lowest price ( striking price ) acceptable to sufficient shareholders to ensure that all the shares required are sold .
16 Caroline , who was seated at the table trying to make sense of at least the headlines in Osservatore Milano , looked up .
17 A key to the realization of his assets in Spain was a perilous shipment to Peru ; the success of at least the outward journey meant financial relief , but it was not until the war with Spain ended in 1808 that Gibbs 's difficulties really began to abate .
18 When linguists talk of the goal of linguistic theory as being the construction of an account of a sound-meaning correspondence for the infinite set of sentences in any language , one might perhaps infer that such a grand theory would eo ipso give an account of at least the essentials of how we communicate using language .
19 It was performance that drew applause from a press corps relieved to be approaching the end of at least the first election campaign this year , and brought smiles to previously glum ministerial faces .
20 Secondly , and a possible explanation for the first phenomenon , only those companies having on their own staff a group or individual of at least the same calibre and ability as the outside group are likely to achieve success in this type of collaboration .
21 Intimate searches must be authorised by an officer of at least the rank of superintendent who , under section 55 , must have reasonable grounds for believing that the arrested person may have concealed on him anything which he could and might use to cause physical injury to himself or others or that he might have concealed a class A drug .
22 In the case of serious arrestable offences the rights can be postponed for up to 36 hours on the authority of an officer of at least the rank of superintendent if that officer has reasonable grounds for believing that the exercise of either right would : ( a ) lead to interference with evidence connected with a serious arrestable offence ; ( b ) lead to interference with or physical injury to other persons ; ( c ) " tip-off " other persons suspected of a serious arrestable offence ; ( d ) hinder the recovery of property .
23 Yes sure , the card itself er is authorisation that is signed by er an officer of at least the rank of Assistant Chief Constable and er it 's a firearms authorisation that enables us or as an individual , to be issued with a firearm that is named on this card , er for that particular type of weapon er if if we go to a firearms operation .
24 Most Soviet citizens , however , appeared to have remained loyal to their native language in their domestic and family life , and there was little sign of the disappearance of at least the major Soviet languages , most of which were still spoken by the great majority of the nationalities in question ( the 1979 census found that 62 per cent of non-Russians were fluent in that language , but that 93 per cent of the population identified their national language as their native one ; the 1989 census found that the reported level of knowledge of Russian had actually fallen among at least two national groups , the Uzbeks and Lithuanians ) .
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