Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As is often the case , some last-minute idea blossoms while what had seemed a brilliant solution and been pondered for ages falls quite flat . |
| 2 | We felt pretty helpless in the train , as we did not know whether any arrangements had been made to meet us at Canton , but at the station we were welcomed by a Min. of Education official , together with a teacher-interpreter from Canton university , who surprised us with his urbane manner , excellent English , and his knowledge that David Owen had just been made the substantive Foreign Secretary to replace Anthony Crossland ( and that , incidentally , is about the last news we have heard about affairs in the U.K. ! ) . |
| 3 | I 'm sure you 've heard or have you heard about priests when say a priest has a vocation , a call from God ? |
| 4 | It had been bought by a northern brewery who could n't believe that they could get over a pound a pint for their best bitter despite what they 'd heard about Londoners . |
| 5 | 63% of those managing directors and IT directors interviewed had heard of DTI 's Open Systems Technology Transfer programme , with 47% having read or heard about aspects of Open Systems through DTI material — beating ‘ Technical Press ’ ( 44% ) into second place . |
| 6 | Have they heard about babies and bathwater ? |
| 7 | The doctor had heard about children , usually younger than Andy , surviving without air in cold water , but never seen anything like it . |
| 8 | If the worst effects of LMS are to be avoided and its potential benefits realised for teachers and their pupils then teachers must ensure that the decision-making process in their school operates in such a way as to enable their full participation . |
| 9 | Palings are welded through rails , with no rivets , no visible joints or bolts . |
| 10 | If terms should not be taught through drills , or out of context , it follows that terms should not be tested out of context . |
| 11 | In emphasising how theoretical study can be applied , in practice we are equally conscious of how the application of ideas in a wide range of specific context can contribute to the ‘ academic ’ pursuit of identifying general theories and models , traditionally taught and still to be taught through disciplines which often impose rather arbitrary boundaries of content . |
| 12 | Much has to be taught through gestures , like pointing and touching , and actions , like giving and taking . |
| 13 | Now eight or nine-year-olds are being taught about periods in schools . |
| 14 | And three quarters want to be taught about relationships as part of their sex education too . |
| 15 | You will be taught about hazards both in the classroom and on the wards and should always adhere to procedures and policies laid down for the safety of patients and yourself . |
| 16 | For in matrilineal societies where kinship is traced through women on the mother 's side of the family , the mother 's brother does not usually behave in this fashion towards his sororal nephew . |
| 17 | Thus in the Porifera and some Coelenterates the fluid is propelled through channels so that the food and oxygen it contains reach every part of the body . |
| 18 | Judge McKinnon had been widely criticized for comments made during his hearing of a case of inciting racial hatred . |
| 19 | The form my mother filled for glasses |
| 20 | The text is based on ideas that have been developed through observations and trials in the classroom — they are offered in the spirit of exploration rather than in supplying definitive answers to the designer 's problems . |
| 21 | The critique of male sexuality which originally focused on rape , developed through analyses of child sexual abuse and non-stranger rape — and later pornography . |
| 22 | This is then developed through exercises and projects which encourage both systematic and intuitive work . |
| 23 | These changes in teaching approach have developed through teachers coming together to question and challenge their own and each others ' assumptions about mathematics learning and teaching . |
| 24 | In central and eastern Europe remedial measures must be taken to clear up environmental problems developed through years of neglect . |
| 25 | The close working relationship that has developed between psychiatrists and general practitioners should support general practitioners in their role as primary carers for former inpatients . |
| 26 | The Act was passed in response to the situation of conflict which had developed between fascists and anti-fascists in the East End , but had a wider purpose — to exert greater social control through increased police powers and the threat to public order posed by political extremism in general . |
| 27 | The rain had not stopped for days on end . |
| 28 | The following formulae will give time and distance from a Beacon : Time in minutes Seconds flown between bearings Degrees of bearing change |
| 29 | The following formulae will give time and distance from a beacon : Time in minutes Seconds flown between bearings degrees of bearing change Distance in nm TAS ( or G/S ) x minutes flown degrees of bearing change . |
| 30 | Other extras were the fees received for circumcisions and for officiating at burials and weddings . |