Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [adj] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I take the reasons for this to lie in the heroic myth shared by doctors and public . |
| 2 | I allowed a couple of hours for this to mix with the original water then netted the goldfish and placed them in their new environment . |
| 3 | This time is small compared with the time for a signal at the speed of light to travel from the detectors at one side of the experiment to those , 6 metres away , at the other side . |
| 4 | Furthermore , they designed the experiments to ensure the detected events were ‘ space-like separated ’ ; in other words , it was not possible for signals travelling at or below the speed of light to pass between the two measuring devices . |
| 5 | Despite the refusal of supporters of Zafy to participate in the new unity government , Razamasy said that it included members of the Movement for Proletarian Power ( MFM ) and the Front for the Defence of Malagasy Socialism ( MMSM ) . |
| 6 | Almost immediately after completing the poem , he began in the early months of 1941 to work on the fourth in the sequence ; it was entitled " Little Gidding " . |
| 7 | A number of leaders and former prominent members of the US-backed contra movement , officially known as the Nicaraguan Resistance ( Resistencia Nicaragüense — RN ) , returned to Nicaragua from exile in 1989 to participate in the electoral process , being required to sign a statement renouncing armed activities . |
| 8 | Despite their small numbers , the Trotskyists managed to create two organizations in 1937 to work within the Labour Party as they had done within the ILP . |
| 9 | He had come to Salzburg from his parental home in Augsburg in 1737 to study at the University with the intention of becoming a priest , but his love of music had led him instead to take up an appointment initially with the Canon of Salzburg before joining the Archbishop 's household . |
| 10 | It was believed to be a repeat of an earlier attempt in 1991 to seal off the Jaffna peninsula , the LTTE 's principal base [ see also pp. 38392 ; 38439 ] . |
| 11 | To see the difference , think of the arcane debates about the ‘ real ’ meaning of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty , given new life by the decision of the US administration in 1985 to shift to a ‘ broad ’ interpretation , allowing ‘ Star Wars ’ research to continue within the terms of the treaty . |
| 12 | When Braidwood left the Institution in 1812 to go to the United States , Archibald Geikie was asked to assume direction of the school with his son as an assistant teacher , but he would not assume the responsibility , and resumed teaching Walter at home . |
| 13 | Nylon cord to equal the length of each vertical row of tape plus enough to thread across the top of the blind and out to one side , and then down one side . |
| 14 | Lastly , the power vested in the Secretary of State under section 14(4) of the Act of 1988 to dispense with the nationality requirement in the case of one ( or more ) individuals in view of the length of time he has ( or they have ) resided in the United Kingdom and been involved in the fishing industry there , is not such as to make the nationality requirements compatible with the E.E.C . |
| 15 | She had come with her little boy of four to stay for a fortnight because the van Goghs felt so sorry for her . |
| 16 | She once again showed a maturity way beyond her 16 years and put in a fantastic bike of 53.16 and run of 32.48 to win in a time of 1.39.13 . |
| 17 | There seemed to be nobody to teach , and the quiet , firm lay organizers of the parish were not about to allow a girl of twenty-four to interfere with the way things were done . |
| 18 | He worked for the British Ministry of Information in New York during 1915 , returning to England in 1916 to enlist with the Irish Guards , but was wounded and invalided out in 1917 . |
| 19 | She came to England in 1904 to study at the London School of Economics , where she wrote a doctoral thesis on the development of New South Wales , gaining a D.Sc . |
| 20 | I think that these are some of the facets of servanthood that St–Paul wanted his hearers in Miletus to associate with the expression . |
| 21 | The husband left the matrimonial home in 1990 to live with the other woman . |
| 22 | Drawing upon this European research and his own observations in the United States , the American diplomat George Perkins Marsh ( 1801–82 ) wrote his Man and Nature of 1864 to warn of the dangers . |
| 23 | I also got two fleshy herrings and a couple of smoked mackerel ( and a few tiny pieces of sole to put in the freezer as , sadly , John 's nephew and nice Irish girlfriend can not come to supper this weekend — they were IMMENSELY cheering and encouraging when here recently ) . |
| 24 | An 8-handicap player , he had gone round in 74 , which gave him a net score of 66 to add to the previous day 's 67 . |
| 25 | With a span of control of 5 and a salary differential of 25 per cent , this implies a ‘ mark-up ’ over the front-line costs of ⅓ to allow for the hierarchical ‘ overhead ’ . |
| 26 | The most important of these was the Save the Children Fund ( SCF ) ; Nina Boyle went to the USSR in 1921 to work in an SCF famine-relief programme , she wrote articles for SCF publications , and she made frequent speeches as a representative of the organization . |
| 27 | Provision of some sort would have to be in place by 1995 to comply with the 1991 Criminal Justice Act which requires local authorities to provide secure accommodation for 15 and 16-year-olds on remand . |
| 28 | The results could have been disastrous for the force which has already had to freeze recruitment of officers during 1993 to keep within a tight budget . |
| 29 | The results could have been disastrous for the force which has already had to freeze recruitment of officers during 1993 to keep within a tight budget . |
| 30 | We may use the figures for 1987 to relate to the discussion in this chapter : These categories of expenditure do not correspond exactly with the simplifications in the text . |