Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the fact that I succumbed to a mild form of food-poisoning through eating at the cheapest restaurants — a meal could he obtained for ten ( old ) francs or less , but less meant the more chance of prostration — I have never known Paris so surpassingly beautiful as that year . |
| 2 | The first … is the arrangement for bringing to the Joint Intelligence Organisation 's attention information other than intelligence reports . |
| 3 | Both Mac and Morrissey were well known for slagging off the entire rock world outside their own small circles . |
| 4 | Mrs. Michie : I note your ruling about sticking to the new clause , Mr. Deputy Speaker . |
| 5 | A few weeks of residential treatment are merely a scratch on the surface of the disease — but it is a deep scratch and it may help many more sufferers into recovery than might otherwise be successful through depending upon the AnonymouS Fellowships alone . |
| 6 | Theodosiou was the first to go for stamping in the 72nd minute and Greg Downs followed after protesting at a penalty decision . |
| 7 | The Art of Laughter … a cartoonists job is all about drawing on the funny side of life … |
| 8 | The local police no longer stop him for speeding through the sleepy streets of his home town of Riolo Terme , they just pull him over for an autograph . |
| 9 | On Oct. 5 it was reported that a former Minister of State , Ghulam Akbar Lasi , had been given a one-year prison sentence for overspending during the 1988 election campaign . |
| 10 | She enjoys what she has ; she may be less inhibited about experimenting with the outward image ; on the other hand she is less of a slave to fashion , more ready to accept her individuality and express it openly . |
| 11 | Each field has a name and space for typing in the corresponding data , and the user progresses from field to field under program control . |
| 12 | The Prime Minister , Shaikh Saad al Abdullah as Salim as Sabah , commuted on June 26 the death sentences imposed on 29 people ( three of them women ) for collaborating with the Iraqi authorities . |
| 13 | Gough , the first Scotland captain to be sent off , faces a one-match ban after his automatic dismissal for handling during the disastrous defeat in Berne . |
| 14 | For all index-linked stocks issued prior to January , 1987 , it is necessary therefore to adjust downward their base for indexing by the multiplicative factor of 100/394.5 . |
| 15 | He improved his championship best to a wind-assisted 10.39 seconds in the 100 metres semi-finals and the organisers have agreed to pay his expenses for competing in the Olympic trials in Birmingham on June 27 and 28 a bonus normally offered only to winners . |
| 16 | In April 1984 the National Development Officer for catering in the Western Division , which includes Strathclyde and Dumfries and Galloway , organised the initial ‘ fleshing out ’ of the catering related modules through the SCFE members from the Western Division . |
| 17 | This distortion may be important in providing the flexibility needed for binding of the binuclear iron cofactor . |
| 18 | Scarlet had thrown away all her old aluminium pans since she had learned that they might cause Alzheimer 's disease , and she never used tap water for cooking for the same reason . |
| 19 | It is now almost certain that more people in Indian cities will become dependent on kerosene for cooking in the near future . |
| 20 | He advises that while the unit backs onto our store , as a self-contained unit , it should continue to be available for let on the open market . |
| 21 | ‘ Notwithstanding the fact the minister and I , as chief financial officer , are accountable to Parliament — and there 's no comparison between appearing before the parliamentary accounts committee and shareholders at an AGM — the benefits are delivered in tiny pockets all over the country which makes it impossible to control directly from the centre . |
| 22 | Wedding and funeral forms , sent in by the families , were passed to me for transposing into the accepted cliches . |
| 23 | They went on to consider whether the return during trading on one market leads the return during trading on the other markets . |
| 24 | The tallship is most famous for appearing in the 70s TV programme , The Onedin Line . |
| 25 | How could you possibly enjoy yourself if that meant taking time off praying for the holy souls ? |
| 26 | Cut out long thin strips for trimming around the top edge of the boat and fix on with a dampened paint brush . |
| 27 | I dare say a good many rabbits would have kept quiet and thought about keeping on the right side of the Chief , but I 'm afraid I 'm not much good at that . |
| 28 | The first four sections of Chapter II of Part VII replace , with amendments , the concessions to smaller companies originally afforded by the 1981 Act as permitted by the Fourth Company Law Directive . |
| 29 | It goes on to Culworth , where it meets Banbury Lane , and may have proceeded along this Lane to the great markets of Northampton , where the cattle were sold in large numbers for fattening on the rich Midland pastures . |
| 30 | In those days there was considerable emphasis on its carcass quality and 60,000 fat Jutlands were sent to England with another 30,000 lean cattle going for fattening on the German marshes . |