Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [prep] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | A firm with experience in managing and marketing property — like , say , Citicorp — can produce better returns for shareholders by doing the final sales itself . |
| 2 | A better understanding of the toxin 's mode of action at the molecular level could lead to other strategies to circumvent resistance , for instance by redesigning the target-selecting region of the toxins . |
| 3 | One possibility is to ignore the part of the award of damages which exceeds the amount exempt from tax under the ‘ golden handshake ’ rules , for instance by expressing the exempt amount ( currently £30,000 ) as an annual income over the unexpired period of the contract , estimating what the tax would be on that imaginary income and deducting that tax from the total compensation . |
| 4 | Each , it is true , has her own perspective : for France , it is about cocking a snook at the Americans , for Germany about playing the leading role in a superstate , for Italy about compensating for her chronic democratic weaknesses ; for others it is to be able to benefit from German largesse . |
| 5 | The New Hall Country House Hotel and Restaurant , Sutton Coldfield , was presented with the Wedgwood Fine Dining Award for recognition of serving the finest cuisine in the most elegant of surroundings . |
| 6 | However , the search for methods of countering the national economic and military ‘ deterioration ’ after the Boer War was dominated by discussion of methods of improving the numbers and environment of the masses rather than of weeding out the unfit . |
| 7 | As a further precaution , the addresses of Israeli staff were not printed in official diplomatic lists for fear of encouraging the impulsive gesture at a time when Israel was being a little hard to take . |
| 8 | The American Congress is wary of helping the non-communist resistance in Cambodia , for fear of helping the fierce Khmers Rouges . |
| 9 | The editor of the left-wing magazine Towards 2000 went into hiding on April 12 following a police raid in his absence on his office and residence , and the magazine 's publishers , Hürriyet , announced they would cease publishing the magazine for fear of violating the new rules on censorship . |
| 10 | The provincial spectacles were always on a much smaller scale since governors and wealthy patrons could never attempt to emulate the extravagant shows in Rome for fear of arousing the suspicious jealousy of the reigning Emperor . |
| 11 | Extradition from Britain was blocked for fear of unsettling the post-war anti-Communist government of Italy . |
| 12 | He never went below , for fear of disturbing the little girls . |
| 13 | This is particularly emphasised in progressive municipal boroughs , whose opposition is written off as the insanity of the ‘ loony left ’ , to the extent that the Labour Party itself seems nervous of suggesting anything socialist or progressive for fear of losing the middle ground . |
| 14 | But most big stores admit they dare n't put prices up for fear of losing the few customers they have . |
| 15 | There was a time when teachers had , above all , to be careful not to speak with the voice of Methodism or Anglo-Catholicism , for fear of offending the sectarian passions of the parents . |
| 16 | To submit to unemployment or slums or want , to let children go hungry or sick and old unattended , for fear of increasing the internal national debt , is to lose all sense of proportion . ’ |
| 17 | Are you still finding yourself in a condition where the model is sitting quite happily in the hover some distance away , but you are reluctant to apply some control input for fear of doing the wrong thing ? |
| 18 | AFTER months of enduring the relentless taunts of Robin Cook , my Somerset neighbour William Waldegrave was in remarkably equable mood when I found him washing his car on Friday morning . |
| 19 | After years of trying the 26-year-old Blackburn former world champion scored his first win in the North West 200 when he took the superbike race before 60,000 excited fans over the Portstewart-Coleraine-Portrush circuit today . |
| 20 | Swift attacks like these , combined with the defence-in-depth system , fed the ‘ lucky Arsenal ’ myth , which grew as the Gunners won game after game after having the smaller share of play . |
| 21 | During 1686 and 1687 , it was once again representatives of this English Protestant opinion who made overtures to the leading political champion of European Protestantism , the Dutch stadtholder William of Orange , for help in opposing the Catholic policies of James II . |
| 22 | They have also appealed for help in tracing the blue van 's movements since it was sold privately three weeks ago . |
| 23 | Police have appealed for help in tracing the last movements of Anthony Buck , 46 , of Bishopthorpe Road , York , whose body was discovered in the River Ouse at Selby on Wednesday evening . |
| 24 | He was replying to the disclosure by John Ward , the dead woman 's father , that he had written to Mr Rowland earlier this year asking for assistance in persuading the Kenyan authorities to open a murder inquiry . |
| 25 | These provided for training co-operation and for assistance in modernizing the Czechoslovak army . |
| 26 | Decision : the court had made a recommendation for deportation without following the proper procedure and without inviting either counsel to assist . |
| 27 | A palette with 256 colours allows simple selection of colours for lines by clicking the left mouse button and for fills by clicking the right mouse button . |
| 28 | It also commented with concern on the lack of progress in negotiating the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs ( GATT ) and the dangers of a rise in protectionism . |
| 29 | There are a number of reasons for breaking the existing cycle , and replacing it with a system in which people would work for so many hours a month , not necessarily as many as at present . |
| 30 | Courtiers in London , angry at his arrogant seizure of responsibility for notifying the new king , blocked various royal appointments . |