Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] of [noun] the " in BNC.

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1 erm At the beginning of the social services committee meeting Mr moved a resolution which he previously moved at the social services planning sub-committee which listed most of the things which are presently in the the resolution but it started the social services accept the implication of the director of social services report on the future of the department 's elderly person 's homes erm , after some minutes of debate the er Democrats asked if the Tories would remove that phrase from the resolution and then tha the Democrats , the Liberal Democrats would vote for it the Tories of course er looking gift horses in the mouth as usual , said no and the the that resolution was lost .
2 Therefore the police generally require to see the certificate to satisfy themselves that the motor vehicle is correctly insured but in some cases of doubt the policy may have to be examined or enquiries made of the issuing firm .
3 In the first few months of independence the Poles came to realise that the lower reaches of the Vistula waterway — their economic lifeline to the coast — had in fact been badly neglected by the Germans .
4 Many beginners find it difficult , at first , to remember the Japanese phrases , but within the first few months of practice the language barrier begins to fade at a rapid rate .
5 For some directions of emission the negative energy photon will cross the horizon .
6 The implication of this is that in some kinds of library the librarian acknowledges a degree of responsibility to his users , who may not themselves know whether a particular item contains reliable information .
7 In the first few days of February the armed forces began a swift withdrawal from the towns and , notably , from the area around the Guazapa volcano , the FMLN 's main bastion .
8 The following quotations illustrate the widely differing views of this common problem : ‘ During the first few weeks of life the average baby sleeps a great deal but , when awake , cries lustily and often … .
9 With only a few islands of relief the Government did very badly in by-elections front the autumn of 1933 to the spring of 1935 .
10 In some systems of law the disability of persons under full age is helped out by the powers of the parent or guardian , who can represent the child , and , by acting on his behalf or giving concurrence to his acts , can make dispositions of his property and contracts binding on him .
11 In southwestern Scandinavia it will be 80–90 per cent , while in some parts of Europe the deposition is four times as great , indicating a reduction above 90 per cent .
12 In some parts of Britain the breeding population of pied flycatchers can reach 120 pairs per sq km and in central Sweden as many as 200 pairs per sq km have been recorded .
13 In the Canadian prairies and in some parts of Africa the last branch lines constructed in the 1920s were obsolete almost as soon as they were built .
14 In some parts of Crete the rock was too hard to carve in this way , so caves or built tombs were used instead .
15 In some parts of Pomerania the Poles and Kaszubians together may have outnumbered the Germans , but along the river Notec there were no Kaszubians at all , and German settlers planted in a block by the Prussian Colonisation Commission outnumbered Poles by two to one .
16 In some types of wood the grain markings are indistinct , while in others they are well-defined .
17 For at least some categories of worker the terms are , synonymous .
18 In such sectors of economy the use of the community languages and the status given to it on the shop floor is very significant .
19 While they advocated and worked for such extensions of democracy the European social democratic parties , whether or not they claimed to be Marxist and revolutionary , were also , for the most part , firmly committed to political democracy in the narrower sense ; and where the necessary conditions were present — the legal existence of socialist parties , elections conducted on the basis of ( at least ) universal male suffrage , and participation in parliament and government — they made plain that although they did not renounce extra-parliamentary forms of class action they envisaged the transition from capitalism to socialism as coming about through the will of a majority of citizens , clearly and publicly expressed in elections .
20 If I cry , the Monster cries — more piteously , longer , louder — not because it is sad , of course not , never out of sorrow or pity , no , merely because Jimbo has cried and thereby been noticed , for his self These scraps of attention the Monster would take from me to the last smile , the last nod , the last little pat on the head .
21 On signing these heads of agreement the shareholders of ABC shall not enter into discussions with any other party relating to the disposal of their interests in ABC for the period of 45 days unless the party to these heads of agreement withdraws or delays unreasonably progress towards completion .
22 It turns out that for these kinds of DNA the rate of change in evolution is much higher than it is for the more constrained , ‘ coding ’ , regions .
23 However , in spite of all these sources of ambiguity the comprehensive task description is the essential starting point for most human factors work .
24 In announcing these terms of reference the Secretary of State went into more detail .
25 However , a tail-wheel is more convenient for ground handling , particularly as with these types of glider the tail is extremely heavy and awkward to lift when the glider needs turning around on the ground .
26 If serious conflict breaks out with regard to any one of these types of demand the result will be either a neurosis ( conflict between the ego and the id ) , a manic-depressive disorder ( conflict between the ego and the superego ) , or a psychosis ( conflict between the ego and reality ) .
27 In many forms of analysis the full range of sizes present is of relevance .
28 In all cases of itemization the precise number is the second one mentioned .
29 The Hawthorns Hotel — for many generations of Bristolians the centre of their social life — will enable the University to increase the stock of its student accommodation , centralise its catering services , and transfer the Senior Common Room from Senate House .
30 His book , Gloomy Memories of the Highlands , was a strident counter-blast to Harriet Beacher Stowe 's volume , Happy Memories of Foreign Lands , which included a glowing account of many acts of kindness the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland had bestowed upon their people .
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