Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After years in Fontanellato he was moved by the Bishop , for reasons no one knew at the time , to a lonely parish in the foothills of the Apennines above Parma , where life was not nearly so pleasant for him . |
| 2 | The difference is only that for postverbals the property complex qualifies the E ( and in surface terms we have an intransitive verb phrase ) , while with adverbals the property complex is qualified by the E ( in surface terms , a transitive verb phrase ) . |
| 3 | In the 1830s they were being criticized for despoiling ‘ the crystalline beauties ’ of the local caves , or in other words bearing off as trophies the stalactites and stalagmites . |
| 4 | The 1909 Royal Commission on the Poor Laws found that for widows the first recommendation of 1871 was generally observed , some Boards of Guardians going further and insisting that the widow maintain two children by herself before any relief was given , while others refused relief to healthy able-bodied widows no matter how many children they had . |
| 5 | The greater this interaction between chains the more favourable will be the energy parameter and this provides some indication of the type of chain which might be expected to crystallize from the melt , viz. |
| 6 | Just as within a state the law may be more effective in responding to armed robbery than it is at responding to a military coup d'état , so in relations between states the law may be better at laying down detailed provisions for the treatment of prisoners of war than it is at addressing the potential human catastrophe of a nuclear war . |
| 7 | His early pupils practised for hours every Saturday afternoon amongst the bales of cotton in one of the firm 's warehouses . |
| 8 | ( If you find yourself meditating for hours every day , perhaps you should ask whether you are avoiding other aspects of your life . ) |
| 9 | They pump iron for hours every morning . |
| 10 | These were the occasions which enabled them to display for hours the rigid immobility for which they were famous throughout Europe . |
| 11 | For hours the magician swam around , with the normally chatty parrot perched silently on his shoulder . |
| 12 | For hours the planet had grown no larger in Miles Engado 's faceplate ; seeming instead to retreat as he fell towards it . |
| 13 | For hours the dark , dry |
| 14 | Out of costume , he wore Lucie 's cut-down clothes , and would watch for hours the barons of raw meat swing and drip , swing and drip , over wood planks dyed permanently blood-red . |
| 15 | This process directly undermined the rule of law : ‘ such transference of authority saps the foundation of that rule of law which has been for generations a leading feature of the English constitution . ’ |
| 16 | Indeed , for generations the Royal Family have had their own secluded haven just a few miles downriver . |
| 17 | For generations the people of industrial South Wales took to the uplands separating the Valleys for fresh air and recreation . |
| 18 | For generations the Scots kept their whisky to themselves , distilling it in homes and farmhouses throughout the Highlands , Islands and glens alike . |
| 19 | For generations the place where all the more mature locals have come to buy their clothes . |
| 20 | It is seen as extending horizons , the means for communicating between generations the accumulated wisdom of a culture , offering opportunities to engage in more abstract context-independent learning . |
| 21 | Even for objects the size of stars , the attractive force of gravity can win over all the other forces and cause the star to collapse . |
| 22 | For Marenches the most dramatic moment of the interview was when the Shah returned to him and said , " You do understand , my dear count , that I can never fire on my own people . " |
| 23 | These two offices , coupled with the less formal influence Gloucester derived from his closeness to the king , ensured that for contemporaries the duke 's importance was national rather than purely regional . |
| 24 | For contemporaries the moral that they order these things better in France was particularly easy to draw , for Neptune had been independently and at the same time predicted by U. J. J. Le Verrier . |
| 25 | These two offices , coupled with the less formal influence Gloucester derived from his closeness to the king , ensured that for contemporaries the duke 's importance was national rather than purely regional . |
| 26 | By the urbanity of his almost patrician deportment , Coleman tended greatly to raise the standard of the profession in public esteem , and he powerfully contributed to obtain for veterinarians the grade of commissioned officers in the army . |
| 27 | New venue : Crook Local History Society has a new venue for meetings the Royal Sun . |
| 28 | The BBC Scottish SO under their conductor-in-chief Jerzy Maksymiuk are firmly in charge of accompaniments for the Hyperion project , and for openers the gift Piers Lane ( born London , lived in Australia ) has the spotlight . |
| 29 | How this shortfall is to be accounted for forms the focus of the survey and analysis which follow . |
| 30 | Finally , I 'd like to mention that we shall be recommending for shareholders a one for one scrip issue . |