Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sharpe knew it was important for Dornberg to know where the Emperor was , for where Napoleon rode , that was the main French attack . |
| 2 | Lessing 's close-set eyes followed him , and Nathan Holland who was hurrying after lest Paul slip on the stairs . |
| 3 | These included the transfer of the Metal Industry portfolio to Deputy Premier Cho Yong Nim ; the appointment of Deputy Premier Kim Tal Hyon as Chairman of the State Planning Commission ; and the appointment of Yi Song Tae as Kim Tal Hyon 's successor as Chairman of the External Trade Commission . |
| 4 | As fate had a habit of doing , it had played what he termed a rather dirty trick for although Martin and his father before him had both found the running of the estate anything but easy as far as money was concerned , this young man would be better off than either of them , for Martin had only within the last year taken out two very large policies on his life , the second when he knew he was going to be married . |
| 5 | But this is not altogether relevant for although Cordelia is essentially a fine character and her sisters mainly corrupt , there are the opposites ‘ good ’ and ‘ evil ’ in both of them . |
| 6 | ‘ I ca n't think what you 've got to cry about , ’ said my mother , managing to imply that she herself had far more to cry about than Lili and far too much strength of character to do so . |
| 7 | This was because their programmes for investment of capital funds ( i.e. funds for the construction of new facilities ) , to support which ‘ growth ’ revenue for the running costs was of course required , were completely taken up with the task of moving general medicine out of over-provided London to the under-provided hinterland of Essex . |
| 8 | Despite Than Shwe 's promotion , many commentators continued to regard Brig. -Gen . |
| 9 | Despite calls of if Rentokil won , Rank would terminate the contract , Rentokil went on to a 7-O victory . |
| 10 | If he did n't answer the leg , he got a quick reminder from the schooling whip — something I should have done but had chickened out of because Skipper 's reaction to a schooling whip had been to throw some rather impressive bucks . |
| 11 | Irresistibly she returned to the question of whether Pascoe could be the murderer . |
| 12 | It also once more raises the question of whether Middlesbrough boss Lennie Lawrence could be the man Spurs want to take over . |
| 13 | No indication was given , however , of whether Quashigah and others accused of involvement would be brought to trial . |
| 14 | There still remained the question of whether MacDonald would fill his essential part in the new arrangement . |
| 15 | THE Governor , Chris Patten , postponed publishing his democratic reform bill yesterday , but the key question of whether China would accept talks to solve the dispute over Hong Kong 's future went unanswered . |
| 16 | Before leaving the discussion of whether DCF is relevant , a brief reference should be made to the possible use of option-pricing theory as a basis for valuing corporate strategies ( see Logue , 1981 ) . |
| 17 | The case would go to appeal on the issue of whether West German law could apply to events which occurred in the former East German state . |
| 18 | Just like the CEGB and ‘ proof ’ of a link between pollution and damage to lakes , the Commission put up one condition after another as a ‘ test ’ of whether Britain 's trees were showing decline , and then replaced it with a new argument if it was satisfied . |
| 19 | Like the term ‘ deindustrialization ’ , the term ‘ services ’ is open to a number of interpretations and it is important to be aware of some of the different uses of the term before turning to the question of whether Britain is or is not a service economy . |
| 20 | Unlike at past conferences , the issues of whether Israel and South Africa should be expelled from the IAEA did not figure prominently . |
| 21 | Further consideration of this would also require elucidation of whether TAGH induces similar phosphorylation of the receptor in vivo as occurs on membranes in vitro . |
| 22 | Moreover they remain meaningful irrespective of whether Jones has read or even heard of Tolstoy . |
| 23 | He gave her a speaking glance and they both rushed for his car , neither needing to discuss the question of whether Belinda was willing to donate her blood for Faye . |
| 24 | and my Lord er the appeal to the court of appeal er which is at erm tab five was exclusively on the issue of whether Lord Justice and the divisional court were correct in the ruling they have docted for the interim , er and the court of appeal judgement , the main judgement is given by Lord Justice er reviewed with and the erm the heart of Lord Justice judgement on this issue is to be found at page nineteen my Lord of the transcript passage that begins my reading of this judgment down to the bottom of that paragraph at letter G , so from B to G on page nineteen . |
| 25 | Now the Supreme Court declared that decision that the constitution gives the power to regulate interstate commerce to the national government , I E it was n't a matter for New York , it was n't a question of whether New York or New Jersey should control it , it was a matter for the federal government not for either of the states . |
| 26 | Now that Shankly and Stein and many like them have gone , it raises the question of whether McIlvanney 's world of sport , embracing values and heroes who genuinely stood for something , faces inevitable decay in these vainglorious and calculating times . |
| 27 | On 3 July 1992 he announced that the French people were also to be given a referendum on the subject of whether Maastricht would be ratified . |
| 28 | So far I have left open the question of whether Maastricht is likely to prove to have been the high-water mark of European Federalism or merely a bench-mark against which to test future movement towards a Federalist state . |
| 29 | Thus arose the delicate question of whether Soames should be allowed access to secret documents and Cabinet papers . |
| 30 | And he insisted : ‘ It 's now not a case of whether Blackburn will begin winning championship titles and cups , but when . ’ |