Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [adv prt] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Lawes was praised for bringing in experts from Suffolk County Council 's archaeological department , who were astonished to find thousands of coins , sets of spoons , pepper pots and other valuables from the fifth century . |
| 2 | These initiatives enable those who are responsible for drawing up programmes of modules to offer provision which realistically addresses the needs of inmates , whether at the start of a sentence or embarking on pre-release courses . |
| 3 | No , that 's for building up lumps of cash . |
| 4 | She can not even begin to comprehend how a mother feels about bringing up children on state benefits or the frustration and despair of young people who can see no likelihood of ever finding meaningful employment . |
| 5 | He blamed politicians and some sections of the media for whipping up anxiety about mortgage repossessions and said that for his company marital breakdown rather than poverty was still the main reason for such repossessions . |
| 6 | The Company put on a special workman 's train to carry these men morning and evening , picking up at Roade and Castlethorpe , the latter two serving as pick up points for Hanslope , Yardley Gobion and Potterspury men . |
| 7 | A travel iron is useful for keeping up appearances on holiday . |
| 8 | In Bosnia , the Yugoslav army yesterday seized control of the town of Visegrad and began enforcing military rule after stamping out pockets of resistance by Muslims , Belgrade radio said . |
| 9 | After travelling back south by barge , the pair have driven down to Tasmania to carry on the circumnavigation where they left off . |
| 10 | After chalking up debts of ¥500 billion ( $3.5 billion ) , Tokyo-based EIE is being rescued by five large Japanese banks . |
| 11 | She could remember the incident quite clearly , although the circumstances surrounding it had vanished into oblivion , beyond recall of any form of analysis : it had been early afternoon , so clearly not a party incident — maybe they had had lunch together ? — and she had been anxious about picking up children from school . |
| 12 | Russian spacecraft now regularly carry French detectors for picking up bursts of gamma rays from still-unidentified sources . |
| 13 | There is no easy way of rooting out deviants in society ; but certainly the special conditions of the late fifties onwards gave deviants full rein . |
| 14 | Guo 's comments , and other remarks by Chinese officials earlier in the month , were interpreted as reflecting China 's intention of stepping up pressure on Chris Patten , Hong Kong 's Governor-designate , in order to dissuade him from considering any major changes in the colony or attempting to amend clauses in the Basic Law which would determine Hong Kong 's position under Chinese rule from 1997 [ see p. 37248 ] . |
| 15 | Opposition groups in Tehran and London accused government forces of stepping up attacks on Shia strongholds in the southern marshlands in mid-April . |
| 16 | One-sided relationships , however , can be not only hurtful but can spoil our chances of building up friendships with people who might care for us much more . |
| 17 | Overall , Solihull teachers are neutral concerning the efficiency of SSE as a means of bringing about changes in school and its potential as a professional threat to them . |
| 18 | On balance , they believe it to be a flexible enough approach to SSE to be applicable to different school circumstances , to be institutionally penetrating and to be capable of bringing about changes in schools using it . |
| 19 | The first type is public-service calls , which includes requests for information , such as airport flight times and advice over legal matters , and community service tasks , such as signing passports , pushing ( and sometimes towing ) broken-down cars , giving lifts to young children and youths late at night , and making a point of driving around areas of Easton to reassure , by their presence , worried Old Age Pensioners or other members of the public . |
| 20 | In 1988 , while politicians made a show of picking up litter in London parks to encourage public concern , other European countries were several steps ahead in implementing hard-hitting environmental policies . |
| 21 | Contingent benefits have the advantage of picking out groups in society that are in greater need of income and/or in-kind support than other groups . |
| 22 | Peter Feenan 's side have failed to win any of their last four games , despite picking up draws at South Bank and Guisborough . |
| 23 | The children do not make a direct transition from structured signs into English written grammar ; in fact , they rely on structures in ASL they already know , and this forms the basis of their task solution of writing down English from sign users . |
| 24 | Note that where assets are acquired not as part of a TOGC and VAT is payable , the VAT liability may be treated as capital expenditure for the purpose of writing down allowances for plant and machinery . |
| 25 | In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , when noble families all over Europe were becoming increasingly art-conscious in the wake of the Renaissance and anxious to fill their mansions and palaces with pieces of classical statuary and other antiquities , the remains of Pompeii were ravaged haphazardly , with innumerable random pits being dug in the hope of turning up items of value , particularly small carved figures , vases and pieces of jewellery . |
| 26 | Detailed interviews with management in a sample of bought out firms in Scotland will probe the financial and operational independent of such firms ; the nature of on going ties with funding agencies and past parents ; changes in internal organisation of the firm ; and the firms ' relationship to their surrounding areas . |
| 27 | However , as with the tutworker , from their gross income were deducted a number of items — the blacksmith 's cost of sharpening drills and picks ; a charge for raising or drawing the stuff up the shaft and tramming or waggoning it out to the dressing floors , and there , the cost of breaking up lumps into pieces about fist size . |
| 28 | But his aims of holding out hope for jobs and industry will come against a damning confidential Government report on the prospects for industry and an emphatic thumbs-down to Mr Lamont 's continued tenure as Chancellor from the Scottish business community . |
| 29 | He is accused of direct interference in senior board and managerial appointments and other local decisions , and of holding back money in reserve to then push it out on waiting list initiatives . |
| 30 | He also noted that the task of sharing out responsibility for Yugoslavia 's foreign debt would take longer . |