Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [subord] the [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where lead pipe is used for the rising main , it may also contaminate the drinking water — particularly in a soft water area — but there is not much you can do about this since the supply pipe into the house is also likely to be lead and this is difficult and expensive to replace . |
| 2 | There is a particular need for this if the school programme concentrates on reading-scheme materials that do not offer the narrative , emotional , or language rewards of ‘ real ’ books . |
| 3 | There is no crew as such because the Doom Diver effectively launches himself , although it is assumed that there are a number of Doom Divers ready and willing to step forward and be catapulted into the air . |
| 4 | The Famous Grouse , like all the 1991 World Cup sponsors , had a first refusal option included in their contract ; in other words they are asked to make a bid for 1995 before the marketing agent goes to the open market . |
| 5 | And then he would take that complaint , if the branch committee approved it , you see , or nine times out of ten if the branch secretary thought it was a valid case , he would send it in a letter to the sectional council . |
| 6 | The Court of Appeal has the advantage ( if dealing with cases such as these after the trial judge has made the initial decision ; it is difficult to say on the basis of these cases how a trial judge at first instance should approach them . |
| 7 | We need an injection off money from somewhere to spend on 2/3 quality players plus strengthening the squad with a couple of decent reserves or the next few seassons are going to be like this until the youth side is mature enough to carry the burden . |
| 8 | We need an injection off money from somewhere to spend on 2/3 quality players plus strengthening the squad with a couple of decent reserves or the next few seassons are going to be like this until the youth side is mature enough to carry the burden . |
| 9 | If you genuinely think that the property is worth less than the asking price , then make a lower offer . |
| 10 | And make sure your insurance company knows about any specific items , like valuable antiques , that are worth more than the insurance limit they may have set . |
| 11 | Robin Launders , Manchester United 's finance director , told ACCOUNTANCY that the company thought it appropriate to disclose the value attributed to players in the directors ' report in a similar way to the publication of information when properties were worth more than the balance sheet value . |
| 12 | The idea is that the bidder must think that the shares in the company are worth more than the bid price , for example , because under the bidder 's control the company will be operated more efficiently , otherwise the bid would not be made . |
| 13 | While it is now thought that they are interested in offloading part or all of this holding , it seems that they are not prepared to sell for less than the purchasing price of £1.20 . |
| 14 | Wadsley Bridge in 1980 before the signal box was closed , and the station buildings , virtually untouched since LNER days , became vandalised and were subsequently demolished . |
| 15 | Why do we have to wait until 1993 before the poll tax is abolished ? |
| 16 | What was more , it was far from clear whether the Shadow Cabinet actually supported , or indeed had been consulted on , this proposal . |
| 17 | Under certain circumstances , in particular if the production rate is constant , there is a balance between formation and decay , and the 14 C concentration in the atmosphere therefore remains constant . |
| 18 | But there was one place in particular where the smoke column could often be seen . |
| 19 | The forces of federation and supranationalism were in disarray , and at the time it seemed natural to conclude that the whole momentum of European integration was lurching to a halt , in particular because the EDC debacle had opened up a rift between France and West Germany . |
| 20 | Oddly enough , a friend of mine played drums on that because the drum machine had become … unreliable . ’ |
| 21 | Although many areas still recommend that 65 is the upper age limit for basic training for advice work , and 70 is the recommended retirement age , new NACAB membership requirements now allow bureaux the freedom to take a more personal approach to advice workers nearing retirement , allowing them to continue beyond 70 if the management committee and bureau manager agree . |
| 22 | The sulphur dioxide level in Belfast was 32 parts per billion while the nitrogen dioxide level was 48 . |
| 23 | Canada 's Ray Stewart was alone in second place on 136 while the defending champion , Tom Watson , was eight off the pace after a second-round 68 . |
| 24 | I heard him scramble to his feet and his metal-tipped boots took him down the stone corridor at better than the track record . |
| 25 | Static or declining firms are likely to be valued at less than the book value of their assets , while rapidly growing firms can be priced at many times the book value of their assets , reflecting the fact that growth adds value to the initial investment outlay . |
| 26 | Here the commission could dispose of land at less than the market price . |
| 27 | The draftsman should ensure that any licence fee or sub-rent is taken into account in the calculation of the tenant 's turnover ; indeed , he may think it appropriate to cover the contingency that the tenant grants a licence of part of the demised property at less than the market rate . |
| 28 | To return to our primeval replicators , while most miscopyings probably resulted in diminished copying effectiveness , or total loss of the self-copying property , a few might actually have turned out to be better at self-replication than the parent replicator that gave rise to them . |
| 29 | If a limiting radial is also published , the radial is followed until a turn inbound is initiated , at latest where the DME distance is reached ( fig 53b ) . |
| 30 | Universities forced to reduce staff numbers by half after the science council concluded that they were grossly oversubscribed did not appreciate being asked to take in outsiders at a further cost to their own numbers . |