Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was scenes like this that prompted the MP for Hereford to call for a review of flood defences . |
| 2 | The usual qualification required for admission to study for a research degree and for some taught postgraduate courses is a first degree with an excellent or very good classification ( first or upper second class honours in the UK ) . |
| 3 | This was when I learnt for the first time how experts conducted dealing for Jim came from a family of dealers . |
| 4 | ‘ They 've forced me to sit cross-legged for hours leaning against a wall with my fingertips . ’ |
| 5 | He sat for hours staring into a hand mirror , tilting it this way and that and bending his head . |
| 6 | Both the tempo and the degree of success of man 's striving for freedom depend upon a host of political , cultural and moral as well as economic factors . |
| 7 | It is difficult for artists working at a time of crisis to achieve a rounded representation of reality . |
| 8 | Further , from the outset , they were encouraged to set aside time during meetings to devote to a training topic . |
| 9 | It is now settled law that railway companies do not warrant the absolute safety of passengers : all they undertake with regard to passengers is a duty to carry with due and reasonable care , and their liability is for negligence arising from a breach of that duty . |
| 10 | A MOUNTAIN BIKE race for youngsters through woods came to a halt when when one rider spotted an unexpected hazard — a grenade . |
| 11 | It is even rarer for Parliament to resolve against a measure . |
| 12 | The Garden has the potential to develop initiatives in interactive video , through contacts established with a number of botanic gardens and university departments currently researching or introducing similar projects . |
| 13 | The Young King had been pressing for permission to go on a pilgrimage to Compostella but Henry II , believing that this was just an excuse to get away from his watchful eye , had instead ordered him to help suppress the rebellion in Aquitaine . |
| 14 | After hearing two days of legal argument at the Court of Session on whether relatives could sue for damage caused to a foetus , the judges said they wanted time to prepare a ruling . |
| 15 | A builder will therefore not be liable under the Act for damage caused by a defect in the building because it was badly built , e.g. because the foundations were inadequate , though he might be liable under some other legal provision ( e.g. negligence or the Defective Premises Act 1972 ) . |
| 16 | The basic principle of the CPA 1987 is stated in art 1 of the Directive , namely , " The producer shall be liable for damage caused by a defect in his product " . |
| 17 | and if you 're for instance dealing with a purchaser who 's interested in buying around about December what was the system that you had about saying what the service charges might be ? , |
| 18 | This rule does not apply to an action for the recovery of land , where the return day is that of the final hearing ( N5 — 6 ) , unless a claim is joined for some relief other than the payment of mesne profits or arrears of rent or for moneys secured by a mortgage or charge ( Ord 3 , r 3(4) ) . |
| 19 | We might compare this ethical relation to Cixous ' remarks about the need to love the other or Kristeva 's recent preoccupation with love which , from this perspective , hardly involves the sudden apostasy of which she has been accused , but rather as for Levinas consists of a way of formulating a ‘ responsibility for the Other , being-for-the-other ’ . |
| 20 | ( 1 ) If the claim is for money secured by a mortgage or charge , legal or equitable , judgment may be entered only on application to the district judge on notice to the defendant ( Ord 9 , r 7 ) . |
| 21 | ‘ The claim was for money paid for a consideration which had failed . |
| 22 | ‘ The claim was for money paid for a consideration which had failed . |
| 23 | ‘ The claim was for money paid for a consideration which had failed . |
| 24 | Patients across the country are receiving widely varying doses of radiation during X-rays according to a report out today by the Oxfordshire-based National Radiological Protection Board . |
| 25 | A cut-down , personal version for clients hosted on a network will also be released , which will operate with 4Mb RAM and 40Mb disk , the company says . |
| 26 | FEARS that the Mersey Ferries are heading for closure led to a demand for an inquiry today … |
| 27 | He had also opposed the complete privatization of state industries and instead proposed temporary protection for industry to allow for a process of revitalization , through exports and improvements in agriculture ( especially increased foreign aid for crop substitution programmes to replace cocaine-producing coca plants ) , mining and fishing . |
| 28 | The demand for action comes in a week when John Bond has been advised to stay away from his former club , Burnley , for Shrewsbury 's FA Cup tie this afternoon because of fears of reprisals from angry Turf Moor fans . |
| 29 | The setting for Adieu consisted of a couple of pillars and a couch that was all too obviously a crude wooden structure draped with material , giving the clear impression that the ballet had been mounted on the cheap . |
| 30 | By this route , indirect and long drawn out as it had been , the long history of capital punishment for murder came to a conclusion . |