Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [verb] [art] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We did n't think , for instance , it should be necessary for umpires to inspect the ball every over in all levels of cricket — that would only waste time . |
| 2 | But in the four transcriptions of Rachmaninov songs recorded here ( the first is the ubiquitous Vocalise ) , of a series of fourteen that Wild made in 1981 , his prestigious pianism is let off the leash , most exhilaratingly in the fourth , ‘ floods of Spring ’ , in which floods of notes offer the pianist a platform for some hair-raising virtuosity . |
| 3 | The last time a group of pilots attempted the trip an engine failed a pilot crashed and drowned . |
| 4 | Following the talk there were a wide range of questions demonstrating the concern the audience felt for threatened wildlife and the environment . |
| 5 | These kind of questions give the client the chance to set the worker 's view straight . |
| 6 | The amount of paper destroyed in the UK each year when quantified in numbers of trees equals a forest the size of Wales . |
| 7 | Some of the crew tried getting along the bank — you know how people are sometimes found clinging to the branches of trees overhanging the river a mile or so downstream . |
| 8 | The choice and preparation of materials gives a teacher the opportunity to lead children towards certain experiences . |
| 9 | Two distinct groups of tracheae enter the wing a costo-radial group and a cubito-anal group , and while in some forms ( Blattidae , Plecoptera and Homoptera ) the two groups remain separate , it is more usual for them to be united by a fine transverse basal trachea which is part of the basic tracheal framework ( Whitten , 1962 ) . |
| 10 | I add an extension , convert a barn , chop off a couple of wings to make a house a manageable size — that sort of work . |
| 11 | The complete absence of windows gave the room a sense of being right out of time and place , abetted by the bland neon lighting and acoustics which made everyone 's voices sound flat and small . |
| 12 | He added : ‘ The majority of members have no idea the club is being fleeced . ’ |
| 13 | Top : the ‘ Pied Piper ’ of piglets leads the farmer a dance . |
| 14 | This was the fact that Article 613 of the BGB does not in terms give the employee the right to refuse to opt out ; the right of refusal is the result of judicial interpretation , albeit consistent judicial interpretation , of the legislative text . |
| 15 | It quickly became apparent after the offer had closed that the take-up rate was just 38% — ‘ a lower level of acceptances than we had anticipated ’ and enough for newspapers to call the issue a flop . |
| 16 | Erm members may also remember that er for the schemes that came forward on Franklyns were a result of a er , an advertisement being placed three of the schemes put forward erm , were for sale of equity share , one was put forward which came er , to the last meeting in this committee which was a rented scheme erm , but was for people for members took a view the erm the Environment Trust scheme er would prove a better option er , in Harlow . |
| 17 | Carling revealed that Thursday 's secret training session involved the reserve three-quarters ‘ pushing up remarkably quickly so we could work on ways to counter the way the Boks defend ’ . |
| 18 | She has to be triply brave , triply astute on missions to win the recognition a man would receive . |
| 19 | ‘ We 're looking at pre-washes to make the stuff a bit softer when you first buy it , and really funky colours , ’ says Wade , swooning over the thought of Carhartt in P-Funk purple . |