Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The finish of radiotherapy caused values to fall back towards baseline after four weeks . |
| 2 | Before you load up your board on the car to go off in search of solitude , remember that it is wisest to sail in a controlled situation with plenty of others to keep an eye on you . |
| 3 | When rudder is applied , the nose of the glider yaws to the side until the force produced by the rudder is balanced by the tendency for the aircraft to swing back into line with the airflow . |
| 4 | ‘ It was a very big figure to come out with right at the death and probably did n't impress the institutions , ’ he added . |
| 5 | Here the combined efforts of Richard Acland , Liberal MP for a neighbouring constituency , and the local Left Book Club helped to persuade the local Liberal and Labour parties to stand down in favour of Vernon Bartlett , a journalist , broadcaster and former employee of the LNU . |
| 6 | He based his case on the EAT 's decision in Laughton v Bapp Industrial Supplies Ltd [ 1986 ] IRLR 245 , which said that an employee did not breach his duty of loyalty merely by indicating an intention to set up in competition with the employer in the future . |
| 7 | Second , we should recognise that a two-party dominance in the House of Commons may not reflect the pattern of electoral support in the country at large since our first-past-the-post electoral system makes it difficult for third parties to break through into parliament in proportion to their support in the country . |
| 8 | I managed to get my seat belt off and ducked down in the seat to get out of range of the gunshots . ’ |
| 9 | It was so fascinating to observe that I was very sorry when the party broke up , and even more so when Margaret did not ask her old pal Richard to stay on for supper with us after the Rolls drove away . |
| 10 | Dr Cunningham said : ‘ The important thing is for Neil to stay on as leader of the party and build on the gains we have made in this election . ’ |
| 11 | In some African francophone countries it is not unusual for government data-processing offices to close down for lack of paper . |
| 12 | Hans-Jochen Vogel had announced his intention to step down as leader of the SPD parliamentary group on Oct. 28 , having already relinquished the chair of the party to Björn Engholm in May [ see p. 38199 ] . |
| 13 | On June 23 , the leaders of four of the newly legalized parties — the Front populaire ivoirien , the Union des sociaux démocrates , the Parti ivoirien des travailleurs and Parti socialiste ivoirien , formally called for the President to step down as head of the PDCI and for the resignation of the government and its replacement with a transitional administration . |
| 14 | This is a cut-and-thrust spectacle where as many as 24 kites out of 25 have been cast off , their lines to float down in defeat within twenty minutes . |
| 15 | Thank you President and Congress for granting me the honour to report back on behalf of the ten G M B Members in the European Parliament . |
| 16 | For example , your GP should have greater flexibility to look around for treatment in hospitals which offer the shortest waiting times . |
| 17 | I asked Kim to put down on paper in a few sentences how she felt about her new shape . |
| 18 | But after two years , the frustrations of the job led Selina to move on in search of a new challenge . |
| 19 | Thus it was that I decided to give Edward Young a greater part to play in At Home in Thrush Green for , having burnt down the rectory in an earlier book , it seemed only right that I should hand over the job of replacing my act of arson to the architect I had created . |
| 20 | An active member of the police Superintendents Association , Mr McLean says that at a recent meeting disgust was expressed at the Met 's failure to hit back at criticism of this kind — such as the comment by Bernie Grant , MP for Tottenham , that the divisional chief in his constituency was ‘ incompetent . ’ |
| 21 | It should be said that in a nominally tideless sea where charterers ban night sailing and there is no need to go out of sight of land , dead reckoning backed up with fixes on prominent objects ashore will get you round nicely . |
| 22 | This air bladder does not allow the fish to remain out of water for any length of time . |
| 23 | WOLVES paid a high price for their failure to come up with cash for David Kelly last season . |
| 24 | Mr Grosz was the only senior politician yesterday with the courage to stand up for Communism in front of a hostile audience . |
| 25 | It was a perfect Autumn day as the Association 's Flight led the parade down the Mall to form up in front of Buckingham Palace . |
| 26 | Specimens of these butterflies are often found with bite-marks in the region of these false eyes , showing that bird predators really are attracted to this part of the body , allowing the insects to fly off to safety with no more damage than a few frayed edges . |
| 27 | But after the cauliflower curry , a couple of pounds of onion rings and six bottles of Kingfisher , I told him that I needed a place to stay out of sight for a few days . |
| 28 | A general tradition in a neighbourhood that children leave school as soon as possible affects the decision of individuals to stay on at school beyond the compulsory school leaving age ; and so on . |
| 29 | The right to time off with pay for cancer screening . |
| 30 | without prejudice correspondence was admissible for the determination of applications to strike out for want of prosecution . |