Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's conscious that safety-critical items such as tyres and brakes must n't be skimped on , but he 's not overly concerned about sticking to the recommended 6000-mile service schedule ; so far the Sierra has on average been serviced every 13,500 miles and has never seen the inside of a Ford dealer 's workshop . |
| 2 | Olschewski had no worries about competing in the difficult personal computer market , saying ‘ We are not concerned about unit numbers , but about quality . |
| 3 | It is well worth experimenting with a cheap soft fabric , such as mull . |
| 4 | It might be something about blending with the efficient American women he had seen around the city or it might be a feeling of exile . |
| 5 | Our idea — which would involve wheeling a building large enough to cover London 's Tower Bridge over the damaged reactor — gained us a $ prize and , more importantly , an automatic place on the short list for bidding for the 3 million ECU feasibility contract . |
| 6 | Darcy , in second place overnight , took 74 and O'Connor fell from third to 25th after crashing to an embarrassing 80 . |
| 7 | After wading through the comprehensive 40 page manual you may have some idea of what to do as , yet again , it 's simulation time ! |
| 8 | After allowing for a few thousand of natural increase , the Serb and Montenegrin population of Kosovo would have fallen from 237,000 in 1981 to about 220,000 in 1986 . |
| 9 | An elderly man living alone , for example , was 5.74 times more likely to have had a home-help visit during the previous month than an elderly couple , after allowing for the different average disability levels of the two types of household . |
| 10 | After serving with the Royal Flying Corps as a wireless equipment officer , a time which included a formative spell at the Wireless Experimental Station , Biggin Hill , Eckersley joined Marconi 's Wireless Telegraph Company in 1919 as head of the experimental section of its designs department . |
| 11 | I shall return to this after looking at the other two models ( see pp. 46 – 48 ) . |
| 12 | By folding the chute concertina fashion , it can be packed relatively tightly under the pack flaps in the order of bottom , sides , then top , before the release pin is secured through the cord loop , after passing through the other three flap eyelets . |
| 13 | Rainey , seeking his fourth straight world title , slid off the Santamonica circuit after leading for the first third of a race run in dry , sunny conditions . |
| 14 | Earlier in the day Joey finished second to brother Robert in the Shell 125cc race after leading for the first three laps . |
| 15 | England , after going through a two-hour final training session , were given a no-nonsense pep-talk by Carling . |
| 16 | Jobs : The rate at which smaller firms are shedding jobs has increased , after declining in the last five surveys , with a balance of 20pc more manufacturers reporting a fall than an increase . |
| 17 | They also said that maybe Strandli will push Wallace for the first team place after scoring in the last 2 reserve matches . |
| 18 | Burglars escaped with a £2,500 haul after breaking into a large detached house in Markington , near Ripon , while the occupants were away . |
| 19 | Juan Bosch Gaviño , 82 , on March 15 told the Dominican Liberation Party ( PLD ) , which he had formed in 1973 after breaking from the Dominican Revolutionary Party ( PRD ) , that he had decided not only to resign as party leader but also to withdraw his party membership , because of the bitter fighting between the right and left wings of the party . |
| 20 | After losing to the little Chinese-American again , this time by 6-3 , 6-4 , he admitted that he had changed his mind . |
| 21 | IBM , which announced a major restructuring after plunging into the red last year for the first time in its history , made an after-tax profit of $595m in the three months ending March . |
| 22 | Paul , 23 , of nearby Crawley , was tipped for stardom after finishing in the top 30 at the Austrian Open . |
| 23 | CHARTBUSTERS Was ( Not Was ) wo n't return to France in a hurry after touring for a few miserable days . |
| 24 | The court has heard how some couples lost their life savings after investing with a financial advisory service run by Christopher How . |
| 25 | After participating in the abortive 1848 uprisings in Germany Marx lived his life in exile in England . |
| 26 | However , he was expelled from the CFD in August after participating in the Grand National Debate organized by Kolingba [ see p. 39040 ] . |
| 27 | A Leading aircraftsman , he joined the RAF when it was formed in 1918 after transferring from the Royal Flying Corps . |
| 28 | What 's so excitin' about lookin' at a poxy empty yard on a night that 's fair set ter freeze the cobblers orf a brass monkey ? ’ |
| 29 | But the case illustrates the fine line between acting in a public spirited manner , and breaking the law . |
| 30 | worth pushing for an extra five hundred , and did get it . |