Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rowan tree ( Sorbus aucuparia ) or in Gaelic , which stands in the corner of the kitchen garden or just beyond the house or byre , has protected the home , the family and the cattle from witches and fairies for centuries , and has endured after many a homestead has been deserted . |
| 2 | These include greater competition between financial institutions for deposits . |
| 3 | In practice the polytechnics were initially mainly second-choice institutions for students unable to obtain entrance to universities , but as their reputations grew and they launched courses different from or not available at universities , they attracted more able students . |
| 4 | The children not adopted stayed in the original creche until they reached the age of 6 , when they were transferred to two other institutions for boys and girls respectively . |
| 5 | DC & CA had received requests from external institutions for labels to be made . |
| 6 | During this period , a significant expansion in the existing supply of institutions for children occurred in Flanders , the Netherlands , and the United Kingdom ( Lammertyn and Antoons , 1990 ) . |
| 7 | In extreme cases they became simply receiving institutions for classes of paupers with little hope . |
| 8 | Although criticising the Africans , whom many Chinese do not like because they have more money because of higher scholarships and a greater degree of freedom , there is a legitimate case to be made for the view that the students had found another excuse to bring attention to their own problems and views about conditions in China . |
| 9 | Of five such founding fathers — Marx , Comte , Spencer , Durkheim and Weber — Marx ( 1818–83 ) and Weber ( 1864–1920 ) alone held what could be described as ‘ emancipated ’ views about women . |
| 10 | In the absence of any details it is difficult to assess the force of these references to biology and sociology … . ( 1 ) What , if any , were the false biological views in question ? ( 2 ) How did it follow from them that women could not be ordained to the priesthood ? ( 3 ) What are the views which have taken their place ? … . ( 7 ) Have the views about women which have now come to be held proved to be true ? |
| 11 | And by the way , Steven , I did not find your views about Pakistanis very humorous . |
| 12 | Before examining conflicting views about priorities within the four main activities within English — literature , creativity , discrimination , and classroom talk — it is useful to consider the term ‘ political ’ in reference to definitions currently being made by leading figures concerned with English in schools . |
| 13 | There are , within the teaching profession , as well as in the community at large , diverse views about aims and goals . |
| 14 | Roger Samways , Adviser for English and Drama in Dorset , was very progressive in outlook , holding views about children 's learning which were anathema to most right-wing Conservatives . |
| 15 | If you have any views about ways in which we could help each other in such situations perhaps you 'd like to jot them down for the next newsletter . |
| 16 | Before we look at the case study of Anna , I would like to put forward my own views about PMS . |
| 17 | Unix International has issued a request for proposal ( RFP ) for technology that will let users link , transfer and share objects between documents created by different Unix desktop applications and between Unix and Microsoft Corp Windows applications . |
| 18 | The technology , which is intended to enable users tp link , transfer and share objects between documents created by different Unix desktop applications and between Unix and Microsoft Corp Windows applications , is intended to become a standard feature of Unix desktop applications by the first half of 1994 . |
| 19 | The technology , which is supposed to let users link , transfer and share objects between documents created by different Unix desktop applications and between Unix and Microsoft Corp Windows applications , is intended to become a standard feature of Unix desktop applications by the first half of 1994 . |
| 20 | The display system uses STEP presentation objects to display geometrical objects through PHIGS and PEX . |
| 21 | Although all EC countries are afflicted by unemployment , you may still find vacancies for nurses in Germany , TV engineers in Portugal or clerks in the European Parliament in Brussels . |
| 22 | The advertisement pages of The Scotsman in the golden Edwardian afternoon carried long columns of vacancies for parlourmaids , cooks and housemaids ( so it is not surprising , though it must have been a source of irritation , that male printers hostile to women entering the trade often urged them to look for work " in service " ) . |
| 23 | Do you still have any vacancies for chambermaids ? … |
| 24 | We occasionally have vacancies for bartenders who must have at least two years ' experience of working a cocktail bar . |
| 25 | Having completed his course , he found that there were few vacancies for horticulturists and he is once again on the dole . |
| 26 | RSRE has vacancies for graduates and professionals in a number of expanding programmes involving the following key technology areas : Digital electronics , Communications systems , Radar and Electro-optical Sensors , Microwave circuits , Real-Time Signal Processing , Software Engineering , Modelling and Simulation , and System Engineering . |
| 27 | The word is psephology , from the Greek psephos , pebble ( the ancient Greeks cast pebbles as votes ) . |
| 28 | Just as camouflage is used by both sides in the contests between hunters and hunted , so is the technique of baiting . |
| 29 | In many contests between insects and their fungal parasites the insects do not fare well . |
| 30 | Political parties provided the labels with which electors could identify , and elections became gladiatorial contests between parties rather than between individual candidates . |