Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We make money playing in the tube . ’ |
| 2 | Why do you think ICI decided on the site at Avonmouth for their very large new chemical works ? |
| 3 | : To determine the effectiveness of the definitional overlap technique using definitions extracted from the OALD . |
| 4 | Essentially , it is necessary : ( 1 ) to keep clients ' money and trust money separate from the firm 's own accounts ; ( 2 ) to account to clients for interest earned on their moneys held on deposit whether in designated or undesignated client accounts in the circumstances set out in the rules ; and ( 3 ) to submit the firm 's books and accounting practices to annual inspection by a qualified accountant . |
| 5 | Section 13 of the Partnership Act deals with improper employment of property subject to a trust along similar principles , in recognition that trust money comes into a firm otherwise than in the normal course of its business so that something extra is required to fix liability on the firm as a whole : If a partner , being a trustee , improperly employs trust-property in the business or on account of the partnership , no other partner is liable for the trust-property to the persons beneficially interested therein . |
| 6 | The fact was that Charles gave up shooting for a few years because he had simply grown bored with it : it was too easy to blast away overfed birds frightened into the air by a band of beaters . |
| 7 | They bought the scrap Herald for just £25 and salvaged the chassis , engine , gearbox and axles. then , using plans bought from a man in Sheffield , they set out to build the bodywork from plywood and aluminium . |
| 8 | The third factor supporting the whole-school approach is the benefits of wider experiences and peer interactions derived from the involvement in the curriculum which are essential for the full development of the ‘ whole child ’ . |
| 9 | It was this detail of organisation that made Trent fear for the Belpan Republic . |
| 10 | Divergent influences may modify or dispel values imbued as a result of parental influence . |
| 11 | I 've never had a bite since mornin' , ’ which made Ben exclaim on a laugh , ‘ I ca n't believe that . |
| 12 | It used to be thought by many scientists that the armoured plates stuck outwards , as in Stegosaurus , in order to hit enemies approaching from the side . |
| 13 | The silence and emptiness of the scene did not become apparent to her until she turned into the drive of the house and realized there were no other cars parked there , no gaily clad groups tripping towards the garden , no jazz band to summon them nor hired flunkeys to greet them , no pop of champagne corks nor buzz of conversation , no bunting , no balloons , no merriment of any kind . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been given permission to swim in the pool when the family 's not using it . |
| 15 | It 's the first time students have been given permission to broadcast outside a campus . |
| 16 | The attendant said there was a gentleman already undressing in No. 1 Frederica received no answer to her question about numéro sept , but was given permission to stand in the corridor of the train , which was already sliding away from its platform . |
| 17 | Because of the distance of my journey I had been given permission to come during the morning , and there were no other visitors . |
| 18 | Crosby has been given permission to speak to the player by his French club Metz , who want about £175,000 for the unsettled Serb . |
| 19 | Reports from the country last night said that Shachar has spoken to Souness , and had been given permission to speak to the player . |
| 20 | Kelly , a federal judge , was intervening in what was essentially a local state issue — the offence of trespass — by using an 1871 federal statute which outlawed conspiracies to interfere with an individual 's civil rights . |
| 21 | After Kissingen Alexander made Kavelin tutor to the heir to the throne , but he may not have realized the extent of the tutor 's radicalism . |
| 22 | For four weeks we have heard telecasters mutter about the margin of error . |
| 23 | The view from Frystetjorn was unforgettable — brightly painted houses set on a patchwork hillside , orchards heavy with bright red apples and the village of Ulvik , its white church being caressed by the sunshine . |
| 24 | Declarer obviously did n't appreciate the imminent danger of the club suit and ducked in dummy allowing West to win with the king . |
| 25 | Allowing play to continue for an hour if such time has been lost during the day is splendid ; but the idea must be extended to ensure that any time lost up to that hour is added on . |
| 26 | The atmosphere in C was slightly more informal ; this was in large part due to the physical layout of the lecture rooms , which bore a greater resemblance to school classrooms — students sat on chairs at desks and the lecturer 's podium was on the same level as the desks , allowing lecturers to move about the room answering questions . |
| 27 | She looked to her right once again , savoured Manhattan outlined against the afternoon sky . |
| 28 | Presently , he heard the foliage rustling behind him , and turned to see Walterkin coming over the edge of the roof . |
| 29 | He gained a lot of brownie points , for example , when the company announced its record interim losses of £45.1m and then revealed plans to sell off the majority of is leisure division . |
| 30 | Hundreds of parents and teachers have lobbied Parliament to protest about the government 's plan to cut help for pupils whose first language is n't English . |