Example sentences of "[det] [subord] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hotman 's case is particularly interesting in that where in the first version the word populus was used , in the 1576 edition the term ordines , meaning orders or estates , was inserted to " clarify " the meaning , or , we might suspect , to reassure those alarmed by the dangerously democratic sound of the first version . |
| 2 | Stockbrokers have refused to do this except for established private clients or institutions . |
| 3 | Moving on to the row on paragraph eight , again all three groups are agreed er on this except with one I think exception of a certain group . |
| 4 | Clearly the Apache 150 was unable to achieve this except at light weights and , in 1957 , the model was replaced by an Apache which sported a pair of 160 hp Lycomings . |
| 5 | Most authorities lacked such a committee before this except in a shadow , non-statutory form within the majority party caucus . |
| 6 | Subsidiarity is an old doctrine from German Catholic social philosophy and has far more to do with this than with constitutional theory . |
| 7 | Sleek , sexy styles need body and bounce and what better way to achieve this than with heated curlers — they 've been a girls best friend for decades . |
| 8 | The great majority of its members were more attracted to this than to the abuse from the Communists or to the dissensions of the ILP . |
| 9 | ‘ It is more difficult to be precise about this than about the earlier phases , partly because the pictures are rarer and less accessible , and have not been adequately photographed , partly because it includes considerable variations . ’ |
| 10 | He felt more uneasy about this than about borrowing cars , but considered that the reason he wanted the money for was worthy : not as if it was coke or ciggies or similar self-indulgence . |
| 11 | The fourth principle is that ‘ personal data held for any purpose or purposes shall be adequate , relevant and not excessive in relation to that purpose or those purposes ’ — and there is more to this than at first meets the eye . |
| 12 | At least one can make more sense of this than in our first two cases . |
| 13 | The anatomy is also more strongly stressed in this than in the earlier statue , perhaps to tell against reflections in the shiny metal ; and this is something that becomes even more marked in succeeding generations . |
| 14 | Having denied that we may ever legitimately interfere with the liberty of another except on the grounds of self-protection , Mill ( 1910 ) asserts : |
| 15 | Local hierarchy did not always read off academic excellence as the desired end of local practice , so that there was less concern in these rural areas for the fate of the top few than for that of the majority . |
| 16 | Discrimination between individuals consists in making it easier for some than for others to realize their ideals of the good . |
| 17 | If these underground emotions came to the surface all at once , they would shatter our existence , but fortunately they come upon us gradually — more so for some than for others . |
| 18 | This habit is more natural to some than to others , but conscious discipline is needed to extend it into every aspect of the farm . |
| 19 | This may come more naturally and easily to some than to others , but it is possible that where a prolonged conscious effort has been made to tap this creative source , greater understanding and appreciation result than where only little work has been needed . |
| 20 | Though in some ways Colin was quite close to his drivers — closer to some than to others — he was , in financial matters , something of a cheese-parer and though his sponsors were generally reasonably generous , even at the height of Lotus 's reputation he neither enjoyed the kind of largesse available to some teams nor , with his many other commitments and his fairly flamboyant life style , could devote all of what he did receive to his team . |
| 21 | Along with this imaginative , inspirational side of the mind goes the capacity — better developed in some than in others — for intuition . |
| 22 | The implication is that the fuse for type I diabetes is lit early in life but may burn faster in some than in others . |
| 23 | POU-homeodomains are more closely related to one another than to other homeodomain proteins ( 1 ) and can interact weakly with DNA . |
| 24 | All cells in a daughter plant are descended from a single spore cell , so all cells in a given plant are closer cousins ( or whatever ) of one another than of any cell in another plant . |
| 25 | Centromeres are portions of the DNA that hold the two halves of a divided chromosome together , and it is reasonable to suppose that the centromeres of a given species would be more like one another than like the centromeres of another species . |
| 26 | There were no games , partly because they did n't know any , partly because all five were united , in this if in nothing else , in the belief that dice , cards , charades , were a frivolous waste of time . |
| 27 | Although through the efforts of Charlemagne , who was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope in the year 800 , the centre of European culture began to move northwards from the Mediterranean , the Viking raids of the ninth and tenth centuries delayed the full effects of this until about the year 1000 . |
| 28 | Any punter would be delighted to place a bet on the understanding that if his horse were to lose he would be able to transfer his stake to another horse in the next race — in STV terms , to another candidate in the next count — and perhaps even to another and yet another until at last he had backed a winner . |
| 29 | Some have problems , some because of their circumstances are working here . |
| 30 | Even existing relationships will face some unusual challenges , some because of external events , others because of a partner 's behaviour . |