Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [prep] [art] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes a big man to allow a homeless person into his underpants , so I make no apology for returning to the otherwise distressing subject of Jonathan Lloyd 's nether garments . |
| 2 | The powerful hydrogen bonding capacity of fluoride , discussed by John Emsley , has been known for some time , but its potential for interfering with the vitally important hydrogen bonds between biomolecules has only recently begun to receive attention . |
| 3 | I hobbled my shameful way from First Buttress North on Lundy as the sun 's last rays winked over the darkening sea ( and last orders for food were being called at the island 's only pub ) after tumbling from the very last move of the 90ft first pitch of Road Runner . |
| 4 | Solbourne , forced to reorganise its operations after struggling in an already overcrowded sparc-compatible market , cut its losses and now sells its Sparc-based systems through indirect sales channels only in Europe . |
| 5 | After allowing for the much higher non-attendance rate in controls , the annual rate of eye examination per patient and the number of patients referred to a hospital ophthalmic clinic were comparable in the two groups . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't need to be more famous , ’ he said last week after returning to a charmingly comfortable home converted from farm buildings some 15 miles to the north-west of Newcastle . |
| 7 | After passing from the most primitive stage of development , through the Asiatic , ancient and feudal stages , mankind enters the capitalist stage , the immense productive power of large-scale factory industry , and the division between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat . |
| 8 | After hoisting aboard the almost wondrous performance of the aircraft probably the most important single element to master was asymmetric flying . |
| 9 | He went downstairs to the rumpus room and rummaged behind the tiny bar , and , after digging through a seemingly endless collection of empty pop bottles , came up with half a bottle of rye and some ginger ale . |
| 10 | ‘ Having twins as characters was a device for looking at the very silly phrase ‘ having it all ’ : it was a way of signalling this division within us . |
| 11 | Although it seems that the luminosity of the centre can be provided by the central star cluster , there remain compelling reasons for searching for a possibly dormant massive black hole . |
| 12 | If the employer offers assistance towards housing costs , worries about living in a more expensive environment may be allayed . |
| 13 | More simply , a crack on the head is what you get for acting in a perfectly natural manner . |
| 14 | American news organisations , such as CNN and CBS , may show an interest in the shares in the hope of collaborating with the relatively low cost ITN . |
| 15 | They certainly do not have the right to use their members ' contributions without their expressed permission , to subsidise the publication of a magazine which would otherwise be quite incapable of competing on a purely commercial basis . |
| 16 | The OTEC system , although low in output , has the advantage of generating at a fairly constant level . |
| 17 | The builder will not start more houses than he can reasonably be sure of completing in an economically short period of time , nor at a price at which he will be unable to dispose of them . |
| 18 | Table III shows that in all three age groups , the risk of dying in the most disadvantaged group ( classes IV and V plus the unoccupied ) is consistently twice that of the highest group ( classes I and II ) . |
| 19 | Toiling up the slope from Falmer railway station , you had the Kafkaesque sensation of walking into an endlessly deep stage set where apparently three-dimensional objects turned out to be painted flats , and reality receded as fast as you pursued it . |
| 20 | ‘ Looking to the longer term , I believe these reforms will significantly encourage the development of larger discoveries , such as West of Shetland , where a higher rate of return is necessary to balance the increased risk and costs of operating in a more demanding deep-water environment . ’ |
| 21 | Recurrent bursts of petitioning on an ever larger scale played a central part in developing and maintaining the dynamic of anti-slave trade agitation up to 1792 and of the emancipation campaign from 1823 . |
| 22 | She had accused Luke of acting in the most despicable way possible , so what hope was there that he would ever accept her apologies ? |
| 23 | And the waistcoats in bold stripes at Time Collection , pen and inkwell prints at KL , or madder motifs at KS Selection seem a wearable option in the move towards dressing in a more relaxed idiom . |
| 24 | * Check over your drafts , and separate the overall process of writing from the more mechanical process of checking for correct spellings , grammar , etc. ( see p. 117 ) . |
| 25 | I do not make this point to suggest that all these theories are wrong in every detail , but to underline the importance of looking behind the apparently innocent measures on which so much of the global-system literature is based . |
| 26 | A suicide note revealed they were desperate after years of caring for the seriously handicapped daughter . |
| 27 | So what is the doctor 's duty in the case of caring for the terminally ill ? |
| 28 | When a variable is used for inputting , the effect is the same as that of inputting to a completely new variable , and then assigning to the original one . |
| 29 | Mrs Bolton kept her in a pen where , despite remaining in a very frightened state , the little beast recovered and started eating small amounts of hay . |
| 30 | We first discussed the possibility of regressing to a very early period in her current life . |