Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | One can still argue , as I have argued myself in connection with the correlation of the north-west European Trias , that major events , such as marine transgressions on to one part of a continent , are likely to have more widespread effects in the rest of that continent . |
| 2 | So erm in fairness to him I think he was plunged into something he did n't have a hell in er hope in at that time of coping with . |
| 3 | Rig Commanders stationed on the inshore ramp guided the drivers on with brief flashes of their green lights , and the convoy drove steadily across . |
| 4 | The buckled roof of the modern , brick-built warehouse threw light on to ruined bundles of clothing . |
| 5 | Well , I 'm not one to soldier on with this kind of treatment . |
| 6 | Sometimes even junior Libyan officials dug their heels in on particular points of practical application of rules , and rejected all attempts by their colleagues and superiors to persuade , cajole , order , bully them into expediting business . |
| 7 | The actions of the USSR must be seen in the context of a dramatic change in the international situation , caused by the shooting down on 1 May of a US U2 spy plane flying over the heart of continental Russia . |
| 8 | In addition to banning , delaying or censoring news and current affairs reports ( ibid. ) , the British government and military officials have used a variety of sanctions , notably cutting journalists off from authoritative sources of information , to ensure that recalcitrant individuals and institutions are brought back into line ( Aleut , 1978:153 ) . |
| 9 | For this reason it can be a major problem in houses calves up to six months of age in some Mediterranean countries . |
| 10 | A NEW Earlycare calf feed range was launched on June 1 to provide farmers with a choice of feeds for calves up to 12 weeks of age . |
| 11 | These include the setting up in some areas of special rooms and facilities where cases of sexual assault can be dealt with , the training of police by Rape Crisis groups , and some specialist police units . |
| 12 | Grazing horses usually carry a mixed burden of large and small strongyles and the major clinical signs associated with heavy infections in animals up to 2-3 years of age are unthriftiness , anaemia and sometimes diarrhoea . |
| 13 | Tab the tinker , who had come in to be shriven , had agreed to fashion a coffin of sorts out of thin planks of wood . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's called Titian , ’ she said , pushing her waves back with vigorous sweeps of her hands as if to deny its attraction to men . |
| 15 | But the rudimentary nature of the ‘ Hooligan ’ style was not in any essential way different from the later youth fashions in the ‘ affluent ’ postwar era where the kids would put together their ‘ unprecedented ’ styles out of various permutations of available scraps such as tight trousers , baggy trousers , long hair , short hair , no hair , jeans , braces , T-shirts , string ties , broad ties , no ties , heavy boots , narrow winkle-picker shoes , long jackets , short jackets , etc . |
| 16 | Nearly all the vessels around at this time of year are private yachts and fishermen . |
| 17 | The water industry favours the change over to European methods of incineration and composting , but faces opposition from people living in the vicinity of proposed incineration plants . |
| 18 | I do n't know why he makes you do that I mean it 's if that was something the I mean all Tony used to ever say when we were at traffic lights were if you want to you can put the handbrake on at this set of traffic lights if they were downhill |
| 19 | Yet , it often happens that these variables are socially salient and important for historical projection on to earlier states of language . |
| 20 | Thus , in general , it seems that backward projection on to historical states of language has tended to be based on present-day standard English and SBE , rather than other dialects , and as in the examples cited from Dobson ( below ) there has been a tendency to think of a phonemic set ( such as short /a/ ) as being invariant or nearly invariant within itself . |
| 21 | Piggott , 57 on Thursday , puts his strength and stamina down to 30 years of top-class riding . |
| 22 | At around 4.20pm , two men wearing woollen masks threatened a female assistant and took money from the till along with several packets of cigarettes . |
| 23 | The 320SLi 's power-management features include the ability to configure the BIOS to automatically shut parts of the machine down after specified internals of inactivity . |
| 24 | But for newcomers it is daunting to stand on the brink of Genghis Khan — one of the runs in China Bowl — and gaze down at unending acres of snow . |
| 25 | Work a dressing of general fertiliser in along either side of the rows . |
| 26 | A number of female applicants have already applied for service , and they will be given special weapon training and share in other duties along with male members of the Irish Army Reserve . |
| 27 | This chapter is an attempt to sort these various pro- and anti-classical elements in to some kind of order . |
| 28 | Then he set Mick off into another spasm of laughter when he asked , ‘ Do you think I could get a job alongside you in the factory ? ’ |
| 29 | Not to do so , said their opponents , was to cut pacifism off from any possibility of influencing practical politics . |
| 30 | The disposal of run off from most types of terrace needs careful construction of a system of drains and channels usually designed on the basis of calculations ( or informed guesses ) on the probability of the intensity and duration of storms . |