Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] in [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Northern Sakhalin was not evacuated until 1925 , when a series of sticky negotiations between Japan and various Soviet authorities eventually culminated in recognition of the USSR and the restoration of diplomatic relations . |
| 2 | A slightly different picture emerges if we sift out the figures relating to personal injury negligence actions alone — the category most discussed in relation to the efficacy of settlements . |
| 3 | Then Julius 's mouth closed over hers again , his hands began a series of loving , teasing caresses , and Jessamy forgot everything except that this was her brilliant , stubborn , bullish husband whom she loved very much , and a bright future suddenly shone in front of them . |
| 4 | Though separated from his Guard , Napoleon apparently remained in company with Soult , Bertrand and Drouot who , together with a few officers and an escort , were seen at Quatre Bras at 1 a.m. on 19 June . |
| 5 | This leaves no room for the non-realization of the infinitive event since the action of producing an effect necessarily coincides in time with the appearance of the effect ( concurrent causation ) , and so both these verbs call for the bare infinitive . |
| 6 | ‘ OK ’ said God , ‘ granted ’ , and St. David suddenly materialised in front of our wounded warrior . |
| 7 | Legislation by statute greatly increased in importance during the Tudor period . |
| 8 | Steps already taken in response to IMF recommendations included the regulation of banks ' capital-to-assets ratio ( January 1991 ) , the freeing of foreign exchange rates ( Feb. 27 ) , electricity and petrol price rises , and a sales tax levied at highest rates on luxury goods ( May 4 ) . |
| 9 | The chief functions of the short time-limit under Ord. 53 are to prevent public programmes from being unduly held up by litigation challenging the legality of such programmes ; and to prevent steps already taken in execution of challenged decisions having to be reversed long after the decision was acted upon . |
| 10 | The controversial closures of old geriatric hospitals and the transfer of the patients to units elsewhere run in partnership with private firms is one success story , he claims . |
| 11 | A former teacher at Longlands College , Middlesbrough , Pat always believes in laughter as the best medicine for loneliness . |
| 12 | Is n't the clue to a murder usually found in part of the victim 's past , or his dealings with people ? |
| 13 | The contest also ended in disaster for 12 men from Ford Open Prison , Sussex . |
| 14 | The large cell bodies of the motor neurons could be found , and , as explained in Chapter 7 , the ‘ same ’ cell repeatedly identified in animal after animal ( Figure 9.2 ) . |
| 15 | In the decentralizing of money management , ambiguities also arose in connection with buildings ( where were the dividing lines between repairs , maintenance and improvements ? ) and in personnel ( did governors have a different responsibility for teachers in contrast to non-teachers ? ) . |
| 16 | John Bayley now moved in arrest of judgment . |
| 17 | An EC-EFTA meeting on Dec. 19 made progress in discussions on the European Economic Area or EEA ( the term now adopted in preference to " European Economic Space " or EES — see pp. 37134 ; 37535 ) , and it was anticipated that these EC-EFTA talks would now reach a conclusion by mid-1992 such that an EEA agreement could go through the various ratification processes and take effect on Jan. 1 , 1993 . |
| 18 | He did not attempt the removal of the pyjama jacket , but suddenly stood up and began to pull the red trousers down and get them off ; and it seemed that Patrick , shifting very slightly , assisted the operation , his eyes now moving in awareness of what Marcus was doing . |
| 19 | The court declined to adopt what it described as ‘ the geographic fiction ’ that discovery required mere acts of preparation abroad , and found the distinction between parties and non-parties equally lacking in merit as a basis for decision . |
| 20 | The 2nd cellos here play in unison with the double basses for the first six bars , and after that in the octave above , the double basses being more effective if kept in the lower octave . |
| 21 | There was some mail neatly stacked in front of the telephone . |
| 22 | Figure 7.7 ( a ) An individual rufous humming-bird steadily increases in weight during a week of defending a territory . |
| 23 | I 've been retired from playing for five years , although this season I messed about a bit just to keep in touch with what was going on , and I really do think that someone else should have the honour of captaining the team . |
| 24 | The tide finally turned in favour of the hosts when Vancouver-Fraser Valley , with former Canada scrum-half Ian Stuart and World Cup no.8 Glenn Ennis the only capped players in view , defeated Northumberland 18–14 in another game that did not live up to expectations . |
| 25 | When they played a low grunt normally given in response to eagles , the majority of the monkeys looked up . |
| 26 | It is in this last capacity that Hitler 's image as perceived by his loyal ‘ following ’ — functioning within the framework of ‘ charismatic politics ’ — played its crucial role , as not only the leaders of Party and State , but those in responsible intermediary positions — whether for ideological reasons or for a variety of careerist or other motives little related in essence to principled hatred of Jews — ‘ read ’ Hitler 's vaguely expressed ‘ intent ’ as a green light for radicalizing actions which developed their own dynamic and momentum . |
| 27 | But that Act only applies in respect of births after ( but not before ) its passing , that is to say 22 July 1976 . |
| 28 | Example 2:1 Parcels clause of office suite ALL THAT suite of rooms on the floor of the building known as ( excluding the outer faces of the walls enclosing the said building and its roof and roof structure but including the structure supporting the floor of the said rooms ) and for the purpose of identification only edged in red on the attached plan Example 2:2 Parcels clause of open land ALL THAT parcel of land in and numbered on the Ordnance Map ( 1968 edition ) for the said district a copy of which is attached hereto ( including the entirety of the hedge and ditch on the western boundary of enclosure number but excluding the entirety of the hedges and ditches on the northern boundaries of the said enclosures and the entirety of the road on the southern boundaries thereof ) Example 2:3 Parcels clause of building excluding airspace ALL THAT building known as shown edged red on the attached plan but excluding the airspace lying above the existing roof of that building together with a right for the tenant with or without workmen to enter that airspace for the sole purpose of inspecting the building or carrying out any works for which the tenant is liable under this lease Example 2:4 Parcels clause with details of boundaries ALL THAT the floor of the building known as ( " the property " ) including ( i ) all non-loadbearing walls situated wholly within the red edging on the attached plan ( ii ) one half ( severed vertically ) of all non-loadbearing walls separating the property from any other part of the building ( iii ) all plaster or other decorative finish applied to any wall bounding the property and not included in paragraphs ( i ) or ( ii ) above or applied to any column or loadbearing wall within the property ( iv ) the whole of all doors door frames windows window frames ( including mastic joints or seals ) bounding the property ( v ) all ceilings bounding the property and any void between any suspended ceiling and the structural slat above ( vi ) all floor finishes and floor screeds including raised floors and floor jacks supporting such floors ( vii ) all light fittings and air conditioning units incorporated in any ceiling but not any other part of the air conditioning system |
| 29 | ‘ The winter only began in spring of last year , ’ said Kasper , ‘ but I 'm cautious about changing our whole programme , even if we could . |
| 30 | Most of the Celtic Church 's sacred texts apparently continued in use for a time , after which they were gradually and quietly consigned to the libraries of orthodox Irish abbeys and monasteries . |