Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 On the three-day , residential course held on December 4–6 at Pendle 's training centre in the heart of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales , you 'll learn preparation for returning to a changed work environment : Assertiveness Training , Personal Development plus two basic sales training sessions .
2 Well , at least you ca n't lose remission for escaping from a loony bin . ’
3 For that reason , the model adopted in medical education where the student is continually asked to articulate his or her experience and give reasons for acting in a certain way is particularly valuable .
4 Other reasons for returning after a long period away include :
5 reasons for applying to a particular institution
6 reasons for applying to a particular course
7 The most basic case for charging is the general case for pricing in a competitive economy ( Seldon , 1977 ) .
8 So I think there is a case for going for a fixed-rate .
9 Before 1099 he had made no difficulty about acting in a contrary sense .
10 At Purley on 4 March 1989 , five people were killed and 87 injured after a crash , and a BR internal inquiry blamed the train driver for going through a red light .
11 There is always a trivial algorithm for searching in a finite space — just list all nodes , and examine them in turn .
12 The Richmond Fellowship , for example , provides hostels , run as small communities , which offer a secure environment and an opportunity to regain confidence in social relationships and an enthusiasm for living to a limited number of mentally disturbed adults and young people .
13 I 've spared you the bit about sleeping with a famous broadcaster and writing in her magazine , The Libertine , that he was as ‘ good ’ as he boasted .
14 Green Realignment , a splinter group from the British Green Party , has held its inaugural conference , at which it was decided that the group would aim to steer a middle course between acting as a political party and as a pressure group .
15 Future development of social work practice in this area seems probable , with a social worker having responsibility for relating to a particular Home and its residents .
16 For each of these zones it can provide : * population statistics ; * population by ACORN category ; * consumer expenditure potential ; * details of retail competition ; * a postcode index for matching to a postcoded customer file .
17 Some USM companies do feel neglected by the financial community , but the easing of the rules for transferring to a full listing may assuage them .
18 It 's sad , is n't it ? … that people 's heroes are just a bunch of pansies who get paid extortionate amounts of money for kicking in a poor ball who has n't done anyone any harm !
19 Many small businesses do not have the production levels to warrant a full container of their products for exporting to a single destination .
20 MORE tea , vicar ? is not the sort of thing I expected to ask minutes after arriving in a Swiss ski resort .
21 He was released 22 hours after sentencing under a special amnesty declared by the President , Seku Torre .
22 Drying time : wearable within five hours after drying in a warm room — however the waistband took a little longer to dry .
23 Henry takes the stage in a f—ed -up black T-shirt tucked into f—ed -up shorts atop hideous Essex Man/Cliff-from- Cheers white socks and rolls straight into a monologue about posing for a high fashion magazine dressed like a regurgitated dog 's brunch .
24 The text sets out guidelines for coming to a true sense of priorities in the self , not unlike those in Rolle 's Form , and then examines three ways in which man can contemplate God : in nature ( which shows us our place in creation ) , in Scripture ( which teaches the faith ) and on " God self " .
25 Again they must perform an infinite number of circuits to reach either pole , as their paths are loxodromes , from the sailing term for keeping to a constant bearing .
26 He also had to be pulled away from the stands after getting into a shouting match with a fan .
27 Even though she knew in her heart of hearts that this could never last , she felt as though she 'd reached a safe harbour after sailing in a vast , unfriendly sea .
28 The court has heard how some couples lost their life savings after investing with a financial advisory service run by Christopher How .
29 Holder , despite rave reports from Pakistan after standing as a neutral umpire in the series against India , has n't umpired another England Test since .
30 The MPs noted that health boards catering for dispersed rural populations ‘ face special problems in balancing the demand for local accident and emergency services against the possible risks of relying on a limited local service , particular for seriously ill or severely injured patients . ’
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