Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [vb -s] [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The estimated time for completion seems to extend each time Pool runs the predictor . |
| 2 | I of course has to invent this ceremony and I did it in Latin as they do at Oxford |
| 3 | One pet theory of mine is that the decline in the study of Latin has accentuated this interest . |
| 4 | However , the all too familiar constraint of funding has prevented much progress to date . |
| 5 | ‘ Because of her role in reproduction , woman is regarded as a special case , a deviation from the norm represented by the male … since the 19th century the science of gynaecology has legitimised this view . ’ |
| 6 | In his Life he made William X of Aquitaine protest against Louis 's meddling in the Auvergne , with the words : ‘ If the count of Auvergne has committed any fault , it is my duty to present him at your court on your order , because he holds the Auvergne of me as I hold it of you . ’ |
| 7 | Any farmer or keeper of animals has observed this kind of behaviour . |
| 8 | The use of quantification in studies of crime tends to obscure this diversity . |
| 9 | The action stage of ASAP has included many student projects , such as peer teaching with lower grade students , developing videos on their own communities , writing a rap song to play on a local radio station , or testifying at tribal council meetings . |
| 10 | The evolving genre of SF has mirrored this concern . |
| 11 | The Bank of England has lost some independence in recent years because of the formalisation of what were previously informal supervisory activities . |
| 12 | It inquires whether the conception of community has undergone any change as a consequence of the crowd phenomenon . |
| 13 | Such calculations are difficult , due to difficulties in obtaining data on income or wealth distribution among age groups , and this aspect of distribution has received little study . |
| 14 | It is probably in this area that the House of Commons has had most effect in persuading governments to modify their original proposals . |
| 15 | The situation in the extra-mural areas is much less clear-cut , but the recovery of pottery appears to indicate some level of continued activity . |
| 16 | The current generation of editors prefers to see this maturity exemplified in the ‘ final versions ’ produced during Shakespeare 's later years . |
| 17 | In contrast to the owls , the significance of diurnal birds of prey as accumulators of bone has received little attention . |
| 18 | The need to raise the quality of education has received much publicity over the last few years . |
| 19 | A more recent study in a small number of patients has emphasised these sex differences ( Seviour et al , 1985 ) . |
| 20 | After having spent over $2 billion , the US Department of Defense has made some progress toward that goal . |
| 21 | Further work in collaboration with G. P. Geoghiou of the University of California has shown that organophosphate resistance in Culex quinquefasciatus , a common nuisance mosquito and vector of filariasis , can also be suppressed by the addition of synergists such TPP , DEF ( a defoliant ) or the fungicide Kitazin ( IBP ) . |
| 22 | The industry which has flourished since Classical times at Torre del Greco south of Naples has developed such expertise that even corals of Japanese origin are imported there for fabrication . |
| 23 | It is good news that the introduction of GCSE has endorsed this kind of methodology and response . |
| 24 | This bias of Gregory makes it very difficult to assess the regularity of tax collection , but on one occasion the bishop of Tours does allow some insight into what appears to be the norm . |
| 25 | The addition of nutrients has made little difference to the rate of succession at sites in Sheffield . |
| 26 | The mystery of sexuality has caused much confusion in the history of the church . |
| 27 | Today people spend their money more evenly and the standard of hospitality has improved This unit has been here for ten years and can take 350 people , it 's well established . |
| 28 | Erm the electricity every every bit of wire has got some resistance and erm electricity will be struggling through , warms it up . |
| 29 | The Department of Justice has announced that tobacco companies will not be permitted to advertise while awaiting the new ruling . |
| 30 | J Osborn of Bolton has supplied this shot of G–ACZP in happier days , pleasure flying from Blackpool in the early 1950s . |