Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [verb] [prep] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the extent that interest rates and yields do fall with an expansion of the money supply , people may well hold larger money balances : after all , the opportunity cost of holding that liquidity ( i.e. the interest sacrificed by not holding bonds , etc. ) has been reduced . |
| 2 | Both parties wish to enter into an agreement whereby category ‘ A ’ and ‘ B+ ’ paintings which include the most significant paintings of the Collection be loaned to a Spanish Foundation for their maintenance and public exhibition for a period of up to ten years . |
| 3 | In fact there was a , I think some of the recent erm concerns about schools have come from an image that 's been built up over a period of time that the schools spend very little time on the , on the three Rs for example . |
| 4 | This and the previous chapter have concentrated on an analysis of some of the major behavioural influences and This and the previous chapter have concentrated on an analysis of some of the major behavioural influences and determinants of individual demand . |
| 5 | This and the previous chapter have concentrated on an analysis of some of the major behavioural influences and This and the previous chapter have concentrated on an analysis of some of the major behavioural influences and determinants of individual demand . |
| 6 | Yields have remained at an average of more than 2.6 tonnes a hectare . |
| 7 | ‘ Certain teams can be physical and some of the youngsters dread playing without an official in charge . ’ |
| 8 | It is our intention to explore the hypothesis that public perceptions of marriage have shifted from an emphasis on its public/institutional to its private/relational aspects . |
| 9 | Life companies have stepped into an area with which they are ill-equipped to deal , and have come unstuck , believes Lautro 's chief enforcement officer Mike Abrahams . |
| 10 | In Abraham 's opinion , the life companies have stepped into an area with which they are ill-equipped to deal , and have come unstuck . |
| 11 | At one time the two water companies were in active competition and any person paying the rates , whether landlord or tenant , could change his water company as easily as his butcher or baker … although this state of things has long since ceased , and the companies have come to an arrangement so that the people can not now change their supply , all the same , the result of their earlier competition remains . |
| 12 | King argues that these two elements have combined in an attack upon the citizenship rights enshrined in the welfare state . |
| 13 | There was a time in the Swinging Sixties when the Richmond Meet looked like an anachronism — an out-dated throwback to more genteel times that had long since passed . |
| 14 | In behavioural terms this usually occurs when people participating in the meeting get locked into an information loop . |
| 15 | In the last few years , cars have been banned from parking in the central areas , and seats and plants have appeared in an attempt to return to tradition . |
| 16 | This myth can be countered in its own terms : first by pointing out that the impressive economic performance of countries like Indonesia and the Philippines , whose per capita incomes have grown by an average of 3.0% a year in the last few decades , took place alongside rapid population growth ; second by showing that Africa 's ten richest countries have similar population growth rates to the continent 's ten poorest countries . |
| 17 | This contrasts with work on word reading , where impressive recent advances have resulted from an interaction between computational modelling and experimental psychology . |
| 18 | Over the past two decades the owners have been generous on pay because their revenues have increased by an average of 12% a year . |
| 19 | Radical economists have argued for an escape to a market system before it is too late , but the conservative establishment has always over-ruled them . |
| 20 | In your letter you present the fact that yourself and the Deputy Director have opted for an increase based on the Grade 1 salary and presumably you saw that as a gesture of good will or a concession to our demands . |
| 21 | The project attempts to account for the variety of economic strategies fishermen have adopted through an examination of their behaviour as entrepreneurs , employers and employees . |
| 22 | The electors intend to proceed to an election to the Coulson Professorship of Theoretical Chemistry , which falls vacant on 1 October 1994 upon the retirement of Professor N.H. March , and invite applications by 26 July 1993 . |
| 23 | All timbers tend to come to an equilibrium with the relative humidity of the surrounding air . |
| 24 | The executives decide to start with an output of 100,000 units and they estimate correctly that the total cost of production will be £450,000 , giving an average cost of £4.50 . |
| 25 | Although male offenders still heavily outnumber female offenders , these changes have led to an alteration in the male-female ratio for crime and delinquency . |
| 26 | CAMPAIGNERS have called for an investigation into the cases of ten loyalist prisoners on remand in Belfast Crumlin Road prison . |
| 27 | New Testament studies have flowered to an extent too rich to summarize ; let one work stand for all : Brown 's magisterial commentary on the Fourth Gospel ( 1971 ) . |
| 28 | It is certain that even those entrepreneurs and managers who seek to act as professional industrialists have to operate in an environment which is hostile to them , and in which the pursuit of marginal returns is an uphill struggle . |
| 29 | Yes , it 's always sad to say farewell to colleagues that have been with you for a number of years , but all things have to come to an end , we say farewell with sadness and er fond memories to those who 've been with us for so long , but we welcome all those who are joining us and we can promise them a thriving future . |
| 30 | Since tusks continue to grow throughout an elephant 's life , the amount of ivory carried by the herds will also increase . |