Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The above information on turnover , profit and net assets may be omitted if in the directors ' opinion its disclosure would be prejudicial to the interests of the company . |
| 2 | The above information on turnover and profit may be omitted if in the directors ' opinion its disclosure would be prejudicial to the interests of the company . |
| 3 | Mr de Soto 's early association with Mr Vargas ' alliance , the Democratic Front , has cooled because of the economist 's suspicion that the novelist is being compromised by his allies . |
| 4 | Their tissues showed changes due to cancerous destruction , and contained substantial amounts of radioactive material , evidently absorbed because of the girls ' practice of licking the tips of their paint brushes to achieve a finer point . |
| 5 | In 1989 more than 25,000 divorce decrees were made because of the husband 's adultery , 18,000 because of the wife 's . |
| 6 | But if the prosecutor can show an intention to provoke unlawful violence , as by causing a policeman to over-react , a prosecution will succeed because of the defendant 's intention to be considered presently . |
| 7 | Give time , cobalt users could develop ways to recycle cobalt from superalloy scrap ( little of this is done because of the industry 's strict purity specifications ) . |
| 8 | In captivity or in the wild , the first two clutches of barn owl chicks often die because of the parents ' inexperience . |
| 9 | This has to be addressed to the company 's members and to state whether in the auditors ' opinion the annual accounts have been properly prepared in accordance with the Act and , in particular , whether they give a true and fair view . |
| 10 | The idea was so daft she would have laughed except for the Captain 's searing glance , which rested for no more than a second on her before returning to burn into Midnight as he breathed : |
| 11 | The crisis has occurred because of the Government 's policy — which , whether or not it was deliberate , has been disastrous , as my hon. Friend the Member for Wakefield ( Mr. Hinchliffe ) said . |
| 12 | The nationalized industries , it is claimed , deprive the consumer of choice and limit the taxpayer 's freedom to spend his money as he chooses because of the industry 's monopoly position and reliance on state subsidies . |
| 13 | It was announced in Bucharest on Sept. 30 that a US$300,000,000 World Bank loan to Romania had been postponed because of the miners ' riots . |
| 14 | The models are , uncharacteristically , giving their services free of charge to directors George Michael and Thierry Mugler , although filming had to be postponed because of the models ' hectic schedules . |
| 15 | Local DUP councillor Mervyn Carrick said the bombing only happened because of the Government 's ‘ ineffective security policy . |
| 16 | This clause might well be interpreted as excluding the manufacturer 's liability to the wholesaler under the implied terms as to merchantable quality and fitness for purpose . |
| 17 | In the absence of clear words , however , it will not be interpreted as excluding the manufacturer 's liability to the wholesaler for negligence ( i.e. under the principle in Donoghue v. Stevenson , see paragraph 9–04 above ) . |
| 18 | He also supported a catholic Church council presided over by Caesarius of Arles at Agde in 506 , and he approved the holding of another council in the following year , although it did not meet because of the king 's defeat and death at the hands of Clovis . |
| 19 | I am writing to request any information you may be able to give as to the key 's history and value . |
| 20 | The original charge was of sending a fake bomb with intent , but the charge was amended because of the man 's mental state . |
| 21 | The support was given because of the EEC 's desire to obtain some sort of self-sufficiency in uranium supplies . |
| 22 | In the usual way the ratio will largely if not wholly be determined in advance of preparation of the firm 's accounts , though , if desired , to follow a modern practice of American origin , final determination of each partner 's share could be agreed to be deferred until after the year 's profits have been ascertained and the performance of each partner assessed in that context : in the interim , permitted drawings would be based on past performance . |
| 23 | I know that a question has already been asked about export credit guarantees , but does not my right hon. Friend feel that the Government could be more pragmatic , constructive and helpful in assisting manufacturing industry to gain the many orders for capital equipment in the Soviet Union and eastern European countries that can not proceed because of the Department 's failure to grant export credit cover ? |
| 24 | Knighton suggests that she too came close to being condemned to death , but was spared because of the king 's natural tenderness towards his mother . |
| 25 | Will he turn his mind to the serious short-term problems : first , the problem that will be caused for the existing development project by the delayed decision on an enterprise zone and , secondly , the problem that the Lanarkshire development agency and Scottish Enterprise will have because of the Government 's obsession with annuality in the money that they give . |
| 26 | ‘ The stories were only generated because of the couple 's behaviour towards each other . |
| 27 | Ramsey pointed this out to Macmillan in the famous telephone conversation and was overruled because of the Queen 's movements . |
| 28 | On the same day , the eighteenth of October , Mr came back and spoke to Miss about this telephone call and he rang Peter in the afternoon of that Friday and he asked again if it was possible to withdraw because of the landlord 's failure to consent to the er assignment and again er after what will er be described as a fairly easy discussion between the plaintiff and er Mr , er he was told very clearly that it was not possible for him to withdraw , contracts had been exchanged and he was advised that what the landlords er failure to consent did was in fact er provide Mr with more breathing space in order to obtain proper funding and re-arrange his finances er , that again is denied . |
| 29 | Clomipramine , which may seem to be indicated because of the patient 's obsessional symptomatology , sometimes causes severe nausea or intractable constipation . |
| 30 | But if the children some under the care of the relief agencies , little ones , who were emaciated , hollow-eyed , and listless , become after about a fortnight 's feeding quite plump again and begin to laugh and sing . |