Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [vb base] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must also avoid branch meetings seem like a gathering of old chums into which an outsider might be shy of intruding . |
| 2 | ‘ I am taking this matter up with the DoE Roads Service as a matter of urgency , ’ said Alderman Hugh Smyth . |
| 3 | For flush-mounted switches , you will have to make a hole in a solid wall to take a metal mounting box — most light switches fit into a 16mm plaster — depth wall box , so you do n't have to cut away any of the brick or block . |
| 4 | THERE is a growing school of thought among soccer 's terrace fraternity , highlighted in last week 's special Echo investigation into the state of the game , that many football clubs live in a fantasy world . |
| 5 | Theories of foregrounding , both linguistic and cognitive ( see , for example , van Peer 1986 or Cook 1990 ) , can help focus the intuitions readers have about a text . |
| 6 | A participant observation study of Sheffield United fans , purporting to show that hooligan supporters come from a variety of social backgrounds ( Armstrong and Harris , 1991 ) has been justifiably criticised by Dunning and colleagues ( 1991 ) for its methodological shortcomings and contradictory presentation of evidence . |
| 7 | Joe thought Lord Byron , at that stage of his life , needed frog-marching around Horse Guards Parade for a week , with ragamuffin boys allowed to chuck rotten vegetables at him . |
| 8 | Credit card companies operate on a commission basis . |
| 9 | Contests over web sites consist of a series of bouts during which the spiders are increasingly likely to attack each other if the contest persists . |
| 10 | 350 years on , in 1992 , Nottinghamshire plays host to a variety of events and exhibitions in recognition of this vital role played in a conflict that was to affect the destiny of a nation . |
| 11 | in the Journal of Physical Chemistry , report the first experiments which demonstrate that more open and disorganized carbon clusters collapse into a fullerene . |
| 12 | Too many club players look at a star man 's ‘ delayed action ’ position and try to copy it . |
| 13 | Her glazed porcelain wings billow in a gossamer sweep of iridescence . |
| 14 | It is covered with jugs and pockets and several HVS routes start at a ledge one abseil down , of which Triongle ( 5c ) is typical . |
| 15 | On the main street , running directly into central London , a Woolworths , a Marks and Spencer and several other department stores preside over a range of smaller shops . |
| 16 | CAR CLASSICS GO FOR A SONG |
| 17 | Fabric wallcoverings come with a paper backing , specifically designed for use on walls , in both plain colours and patterns . |
| 18 | Falstaff , Rue Henri Maus , is a bustling art-nouveau café that stays open long after most have dimmed their lights , while Cirio , 18 Rue de la Bourse , is a more demure , late nineteenth-century establishment where elderly Brussels women gather for a glass of Italian wine . |
| 19 | One final boost and he would be up among the true stars , all guidance systems go for a seat in the House of Lords upon retirement . |
| 20 | Reptilian blood systems go through a period of self-adjustment permitting the conservation of heat as required , and allowing the creatures to distribute it when needed . |
| 21 | After missing in a flat calm against the French , it was typical of Hastings that he succeeded in a gale which made the Murrayfield goal-posts moan like a didgeridoo . |
| 22 | Many of the failures of rent review clauses result from a failure to consider carefully the object which the clause is designed to achieve . |
| 23 | In this type interviewers work from a list indicating , often in some detail , the kinds of topics to be covered in the interview . |
| 24 | These four diagrams can only represent a simplified overview ; in practice accountability relationships exist via a variety of direct and indirect routes . |
| 25 | The palm trees , freewas sand towers hint at a cross between LA and Nw York ; but the underclass characters — Wiff , Clem , Jacko , Horry , Mona , Athol — seem Australian . |
| 26 | As we have seen , public sector organisations work in a world where they are heavily dependent on the co-operation of other organisations to get things done . |
| 27 | Bar codes consist of a series of thick and thin lines . |
| 28 | If Karen 's shopping chores sound like a nightmare , her job has its perks . |
| 29 | The quota-equivalent of the tariff is derived by substituting ( 22 ) into ( 17 ) , which , after rearranging gives the following expression : where Since , following the imposition of the quota , the home firms act in a Cournot manner ( i.e. they know that there will be no response from their foreign competitors ) and that the foreign firms ' conjecture is undefined where the quota is binding . |
| 30 | The wort sugars act as a nutrient for the yeast which devours them . |