Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For reasons explained in the rolling stock chapter , they were not entirely satisfactory and were returned at the end of 1923 . |
| 2 | In my judgement , the advent of theory was not a cause of disruption , but a symptom of it , for reasons suggested in the above quotation from Gerald Graff . |
| 3 | For reasons linked to the physical strength needed to operate them at the beginning , spinning mules were operated by men . |
| 4 | Grace is claiming patents for products derived from the natural oils of neem , an evergreen tree , which are used locally for insecticides , contraceptives and soap . |
| 5 | The mood of that enquiry was romantically scientific , so to speak , impelled by a search for technicality based on a confident assumption that science had provided the arts with a lasting model of analytical objectivity . |
| 6 | ‘ 1(1) If a child is born disabled as the result of such an occurrence before its birth as is mentioned in subsection ( 2 ) below , and a person ( other than the child 's own mother ) is under this section answerable to the child in respect of the occurrence , the child 's disabilities are to be regarded as damage resulting from the wrongful act of that person and actionable accordingly at the suit of the child . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , ’ Harry said , through teeth clenched against the cold and the deeper cold of fear . |
| 8 | In 1954 work began on the deserted Das Island to build a base for personnel working on a mobile drilling platform in the Arabian Gulf . |
| 9 | Mr Angell responded that it would not be feasible for Moscow to leap from the present unconvertible rouble to the complex Western system of floating exchange rates , or to a dollar or yen-backed rouble . |
| 10 | Consequently , in classical and medieval times , there was no radical inconsistency between description based on the accurate observation of empirical reality and continued belief in a world of fable , inhabited by otherworld monsters . |
| 11 | Actually I am still in two minds about mibbe squeezing in a quick Hughes or a Heaney somehow . |
| 12 | The case for foot rests on the presumed equivalence of contrast between foot and query , in 17 : |
| 13 | It 's been said although I would n't say it for myself that the lack of pressure for change stems from the Royal Family 's landholdings . |
| 14 | In the end , the account in Chapter 3 of the pressures for change amounts to an effective review of the recognition of the right of trade unions to be fully informed and consulted , in good time , by management about its intentions where they will or might affect the interests of employees organised by unions ; and so may be said to provide a firm footing for the argument that the practice of providing full information and of engaging in full consultation should be extended and adopted generally , in order that unions may better consider , and act in pursuance of , those interests . |
| 15 | Montagu and Duppa attacked ‘ error ’ in all its forms , whether as birds nesting inside the neglected parish church of Lancing , or too much ‘ popularising in the pulpit ’ , the hour-long sermons by Puritan clergy unwilling to toe the episcopal line . |
| 16 | All of the opportunities which exist for course monitoring in a monolithic , longitudinal course structure also exist at field level in the Modular Course . |
| 17 | This varied between authorities according to the complex needs and resources formulae then in operation . |
| 18 | Matthews entered the game at 3–4 as Colchester went to a one-setter system . |
| 19 | Through the township of Yavas , over the bridge of rusted steel that crosses the river , and past Camp 11 and Camp 2 where the Central Investigation Prison has been built with concrete to house those who face interrogation for misdemeanours committed within the barbed wire and free-fire corridors . |
| 20 | Future funding from the Board to law centres would be for cases done under the green forms and legal aid schemes , including any new arrangements that might be developed , ‘ and possibly grants for specific types of work where the law centres could demonstrate that they would provide a better and more efficient service in ways that did not lend themselves to payment on a case by case basis . ’ |
| 21 | This is the only court of appeal for cases tried by the military court , and looks only at points of law and not at facts and findings , thus providing a restricted appeal . |
| 22 | There 's a set up that checks a certain amount of areas and then blanks it otherwise you could be sitting there for hours waiting for a new Con activity so you just chew them off bit by bit . |
| 23 | However , Aglen 's appointment as inspector-general coincided with the anti-Manchu revolution of 1911–12 which resulted in the breakdown of the administrative arrangements of the Chinese , and faced by these unprecedented difficulties , Aglen made arrangements for the safety and integrity of customs revenue by placing it in foreign banks in his own name . |
| 24 | Prime Minister Bufi spoke at a rally for Baker attended by a jubilant crowd packing Skanderbeg Square . |
| 25 | Resistance to the EEC-funded search for uranium began with the anti-nuclear movement but quickly developed , in the major area being prospected , Co . |
| 26 | This need was further highlighted in 1987 through the development of proposals for a Department of Trade and Industry FE pilot scheme for skills up-dating in the Glenrothes-based paper manufacture industry . |
| 27 | In this environment the production team will be looking for skills directed at the various processes used by the organization . |
| 28 | Capital projects such as roads fall into an intermediate category ; while they may usually have few , if any , direct implications , roads are frequently used in the UK 's LFAs to gain access to more remote uplands with a view to future moorland/ rough grassland conversions . |
| 29 | Apart from any sense of injustice which it might create between one plaintiff and another , it would make it even more difficult for counsel to advise on the correct figure for settlement . |
| 30 | The point , however , that the inquirer should bear in mind is that these exemptions and exceptions have been granted because the organisations concerned have demonstrated that either they are already regulated by other statutes or are subject to a reporting procedure through branch returns to a central body which itself reports to the Charity Commission . |