Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Darren Wigg ( Newcastle ) won the award for 11–12-year-old boys with four first places , and Mark Bewick ( Sunderland ) topped the 13–14 group with a hat-trick of wins . |
| 2 | Prayer , whether dramatised in a church or not , usually goes through futile-seeming passages . |
| 3 | Honey face saver : legendary as a treatment for ailments such as sore throats and hayfever , honey has also been shown to heal burns and can sort out dry and spotty skin problems , so get stuck in ! |
| 4 | They say that by following basic advice illnesses , such as sore throats and diarrhoea , can be avoided . |
| 5 | Francis and Wollen have also contributed articles ( one each ) both of which appear in both books as introductory statements on the Situationist International . |
| 6 | Amateur Rugby League : Uphill battle for armed forces |
| 7 | Extra funds were given to agricultural production , food subsidies , and housing for armed forces personnel . |
| 8 | He stopped , waiting for armed Twenty-fourthers to swarm out of every window , demanding to know why Robert was proposing to barge in on their most secret and important ceremony . |
| 9 | Surely , it is time that some form of flexibility was introduced into the compensation legislation for armed services personnel who are severely injured in the course of their duties . |
| 10 | I considered keeping observation actually on the flat but because of its its location , did not feel that it would be possible for armed officers or for that matter , any officer , to maintain observation for any period of time without being seen . |
| 11 | Intruder jets from the aircraft carrier Ranger , and Cobra attack helicopters scoured the area for armed men . |
| 12 | Advance payment bonds : Many export contracts contain provisions for advance payments to meet the exporter 's costs . |
| 13 | Whether that office is a small centralised office of a medium-sized hotel , or the front office of a large hotel with clearly defined areas for advance reservations , cashier and billing , accounts , telephone and front desk reception , its function is to : |
| 14 | But , of course , the £50 deposit , at a time when the annual wage was less than £500 , was a powerful deterrent to all but the wealthiest families and remained so until the Baldwin Fund agreed to put up the money for children without guarantors or for foster parents who could not afford to pay . |
| 15 | It is hard for foster parents to cope with very demanding and disturbed children and no less hard to part with them once they have learnt to love them . |
| 16 | You depict rare occurrences — like Westerners paying for foster children to visit their affluent country — as a major problem . |
| 17 | There are currently 79,000 children and young people being cared for by the local authorities in the U.K. and half of them are looking for foster homes . |
| 18 | With evacuation and the Movement 's preference for rural settings for foster homes and hostels , younger children were often isolated in small village primary schools , where they were a curiosity to the other children and to the staff . |
| 19 | A videotape made by the JNA had been broadcast on Jan. 25 , purporting to show Spegelj at a private meeting boasting about Croatian arms purchases from Hungary , and discussing plans to kill JNA officers . |
| 20 | Mad rumours circulate about Croatian doctors determined to murder them . |
| 21 | Maternal mental illness may adversely affect a child both directly — causing neglect , physical harm , and psychological upset — and indirectly — through associated features of the illness such as marital disharmony and repeated admissions to hospital . |
| 22 | It also sought ( i ) a multiparty commission of inquiry to investigate the full extent of government involvement in the violence and in the secret funding of political activities ; ( ii ) the public dismantling of all special forces of the SADF and SAP , including those composed of foreign mercenaries ; ( iii ) immunity from prosecution and protection to be given to state employees who gave evidence about covert operations ; ( iv ) the trial of all police officers and SADF personnel identified by past commissions as culpable for perpetrating violence . |
| 23 | Only Rugby Union holds out against the commercial tide despite widespread speculation about covert payments to players . |
| 24 | Revelations in the press in July about covert police funding of Inkatha , the Zulu-based organization led by Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi , led to a crisis in the National Party government , dubbed in the media " Inkathagate " . |
| 25 | Even so , code switching in such conversations is the norm for British-born speakers in my sample . |
| 26 | By contrast , the report calls for professional investors to be exposed to the principle of ‘ caveat emptor ’ — ‘ let the buyer beware ’ . |
| 27 | Also certain wholesale transactions are excluded ( as they are deemed for professional investors rather than personal investors ) and are regulated by the Bank of England . |
| 28 | For the last 18 months of his father 's life , partly for professional reasons , Richard returned to England with his Canadian-born wife Shelley , a holistic health consultant , and cared for his father , weaning him off drugs through homoeopathic remedies , acupuncture and massage . |
| 29 | So whether your students are studying for exams or brushing up their English for professional reasons , this dictionary will deliver the answers — often before the question has even been asked ! |
| 30 | But for professional reasons , he had to know the exact cause of death . |