Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [verb] [adv prt] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ICI has chosen not to invest in new HCFCs which have a small ozone depletion potential even though these represent a useful interim measure for speeding up CFC phase-out , preferring to concentrate on more lasting solutions . |
| 2 | If the current GATT proposals for opening up world trade for agriculture were inaugurated , he said , they would force Third World farmers to industrialise their production or be " washed away as if by a catastrophic flood " . |
| 3 | ‘ He set it up I just ran interference for him trying to keep your people looking the wrong way with talk about opening up Winter Garden again . |
| 4 | VOCALIST for starting out rock'n'roll band into Stones , Blues , Rock . |
| 5 | One possible explanation is that because early growth exerts a greater effect on reproductive success in males than females ( see above ) , selection favours increased investment by young males in growth at the expense of laying down body fat to assure survival during periods of food shortage . |
| 6 | Private customers are typically individuals and small companies who are not acting in the course of carrying on investment business ; non-private customers are , typically , " ordinary business investors " but also include expert private customers who agree to be treated as non-private customers . |
| 7 | Unless they agree to be treated as experts ( see page 37 below ) , individuals will always be private customers if they are not acting in the course of carrying on investment business . |
| 8 | The typical individual who is not a private customer because he is carrying on investment business is a " local " on a futures exchange ; ( 2 ) Small business investors , if they are not acting in the course of carrying on investment business . |
| 9 | The main categories of non-private customer are : ( 1 ) Ordinary business investors ( see page 36 below ) ; ( 2 ) Individuals who are acting in the course of carrying on investment business ; ( 3 ) Expert private customers ( whether individuals or small business investors ) who have agreed to be treated as non-private customers ( see page 37 below ) ; ( 4 ) Small business investors who : ( a ) are acting in the course of carrying on investment business , or ( b ) the firm reasonably believes are ordinary business investors ; or ( c ) are trade customers ( see page 38 below ) in relation to the transaction concerned ( who are technically treated as ordinary business investors ) . |
| 10 | The main categories of non-private customer are : ( 1 ) Ordinary business investors ( see page 36 below ) ; ( 2 ) Individuals who are acting in the course of carrying on investment business ; ( 3 ) Expert private customers ( whether individuals or small business investors ) who have agreed to be treated as non-private customers ( see page 37 below ) ; ( 4 ) Small business investors who : ( a ) are acting in the course of carrying on investment business , or ( b ) the firm reasonably believes are ordinary business investors ; or ( c ) are trade customers ( see page 38 below ) in relation to the transaction concerned ( who are technically treated as ordinary business investors ) . |
| 11 | Ashton 's ordinance for setting up Shrewsbury School is often quoted today for its specification that the building should include " a library and a gallery for the said school , furnished with all manner of books , maps , spheres , instruments of astronomy arid all things appertaining to learning . " |
| 12 | I have asked to take the lead for setting up Government Division . |
| 13 | He describes how in the midst of turning around Ebury Press to a £5 million enterprise , she would still wake up early enough to devote the early morning hours and after work to their children , Georgia , four , and Grace , one . |
| 14 | The preferred spot is in the lee of a tall hedge ; it does a marvellous job of breaking up gale force winds . |
| 15 | BRENDA LEE was only 15 when Sweet Nothings charted number four in 1960 , but the little girl from Lithonia , Georgia , sensibly stayed at high school for another three years before taking up show business full-time . |
| 16 | She and her husband ran a restaurant for eleven years before opening up Ford Farm in 1973 . |
| 17 | erm For instance we know that , that erm in this country you ca n't get a mortgage without taking out fire insurance , and the reason why it 's mandatory in a mortgage is because if it were left to people 's whim they would n't do it , they 'd say , ‘ Well it wo n't happen to me , ’ and mortgage companies do n't like that very much . |
| 18 | If direct on-line storage is limited , it may be worth accepting more frequent reorganizations as the price for cutting down overflow space . |
| 19 | The claim to competence in carrying out school evaluation made by four fifths of Oxfordshire teachers should be seen in the light of these limited strategies , espoused also by four-fifths of them . |
| 20 | It attributed problems to setting up sales channel , not technology . |
| 21 | ENynex Corp has extended its status as the biggest cable television operator in the UK by buying out US Cable Corp and Morgan Cable Ltd to take control of the Bury and Rochdale and Oldham and Tameside cable franchises : the New York and New England phone company now holds 19 franchises surviving a potential 2.7m homes and offices , and says it plans to invest over £1,000m in the next six to seven years to provide cable and telephone services ; at present it is providing cable television services to only 35,000 customers and 20,000 telephone lines . |
| 22 | A report commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature from Earth Resources Research points to a lack of progress in cleaning up nitrogen oxide emissions from heavy lorries as the weak spot in the programme . |
| 23 | With appropriate allocation of profits from year to year the company partner could be used as a means of building up partnership capital at the more favourable tax rate . |
| 24 | The aggregate of called up share capital and all reserves , excluding minority interests . |
| 25 | The aggregate of called up share capital and all reserves , excluding minority interests . |
| 26 | The tape is said to run in a continuous loop , a method of speeding up access time to data . |
| 27 | the arguments against contracting out Structure Plan preparation can be strengthened : |
| 28 | In addition to carrying out background research on the purchaser and its principal markets ( see section 0602.22 below ) , preliminary consideration should be given to how to tailor MAS and KPMG services to best meet client needs . |
| 29 | It allows you to have a firmer feel for the road at higher speeds without giving up power assistance when , regrettably , it comes time to park the car . |
| 30 | He was on hand to take the pass after Kilford had broken through and ended a fine performance by setting up wing Byrom for a try . |