Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [vb -s] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case for foot rests on the presumed equivalence of contrast between foot and query , in 17 : |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Perhaps the best hope for progress lies in the many examples of good practice that already exist and which the Act simply reflects and builds on . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ The ideal milieu , ’ says the reply from the WCC , ‘ would be in a Third World country ( where ) the ‘ laboratory ’ for research lies at the very door-step of the academic institution . |
| 7 | This will disgorge the stored information twice a day , at alternate intervals of 10 and 14 hours , as IRAS passes over the operational control centre at Chilton in Oxfordshire . |
| 8 | Is there any place for practice exercises in a communicative approach to language teaching ? |
| 9 | Friesians cleared at £265 , while fat cows made £109.65 for M Mairs for a 570 kg Friesian and to £108 to A Doherty for a Simmental . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , down the road in Skinnergate , Darlington the cellar bar at The Bowes was a popular venue for rock acts in the Seventies . |
| 11 | This holds even though much of the money for welfare programmes such as AFDC comes from the Federal exchequer ; the larger the average payment , above a Federally-prescribed minimum , the larger the proportion of it which has to be met from State revenues , so that generous State governments are taxing their own residents in order to support their generosity ( see Tresch , 1975 ) . |
| 12 | He had first reported to Donleavy on the use of counterfeit money for DEA stings during the 1987 season , after Dany Habib had produced a sample from his desk drawer , but it was soon clear from what he observed at Eurame that this , too , had become standard operating procedure in his absence . |
| 13 | it follows from this that ‘ it is characteristic of all unproductive labourers that they are at my command … only to the same extent as I exploit productive labourers … however , my power to employ productive labourers by no means grows in the same proportion as I employ unproductive labourers , but on the contrary diminishes in the same proportion . ’ |
| 14 | In a small town in Surrey an old woman 's plea for help leads to an unsettling encounter |
| 15 | Beccaria 's reputation for humanity comes from the famous sections that oppose the use of torture and of capital punishment . |
| 16 | The twice-weekly Carers and Toddlers Club for 1½–2½-year-olds concentrates on the visual arts ( collage , clay , drawing ) There are stories , too , for the eight children and parents . |
| 17 | I have heard of three deaths during rugby matches in the seven years I have been secretary , but nothing like this . |
| 18 | In addition to their apparent central role in the pathogenesis of the arterial thrombus , increasing interest has focussed on platelets and the coronary microcirculation with the finding of platelet aggregates in the coronary microcirculation in some cases of sudden cardiac death ( Haerem , 1972 ; El-Maraghi & Genton , 1980 ) . |
| 19 | But the effectiveness of rewards varies with the desired behaviour . |
| 20 | But at least some of the meaning of blackbird belongs to the whole complex , and is not attributable to either black — or bird separately ; so , when black is replaced , this additional meaning is lost , along with ‘ black ’ . |
| 21 | It is great to see so many people turn up and we hope this level of support continues during the cold winter evenings ahead . |
| 22 | FIG. 1 Mortality , size distribution and maturation of Nephila clavipes in a rich habitat ( Panama , Cerro Galera Hill Road ) . |
| 23 | This system of payment extends to the whole education system including adult education , where numbers of books sold are reportedly very small — either because of low enrolments or because people are going to classes without books . |
| 24 | In several ways this loss of hope acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy . |
| 25 | The power of Chaos lies in the far north of the Warhammer World far beyond the borders of the Empire . |
| 26 | The right use of freedom leads to the Christian discipline that we call ‘ holiness ’ . |
| 27 | According to Brazilian law the responsibility for controlling the sale and the use of mercury lies with the national institute for the environment , IBAMA and in theory these controls are very strict , all importers and dealers are supposed to be registered , and the use of mercury in any process and in whatever quantity , how ever small , requires an official permit . |
| 28 | For mentally impaired elderly people the relevant legislation for Guardianship and the Court of Protection occurs in the Mental Health ( Northern Ireland ) Order ( 1986 ) . |
| 29 | Within manufacture , the precise form of division depends in the first instance on the historical precursors of the capitalistic form of production in the given branch of industry — whether the ‘ manufacturer ’ ( a ) draws together previously separate trades into one workshop to produce a common product or ( b ) splits up a previously unified craft production process into its component tasks . |
| 30 | The process of description triggers off the narrative sequences . |