Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [verb] [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next morning the humour in this wore decidedly thin , as Marshall in particular sent down bouncer after bouncer , unchecked by umpire Constant and apparently unconcerned at the damage he might do — such as badly bruising Fowler 's arm and causing him to retire for a while . |
| 2 | They argue , somewhat surprisingly , that it is a mistake to meet it by trying to ‘ upgrade the imagined simulation in hopes of finally winning Searle 's concession that at last its states have achieved intrinsic intentionality ’ . |
| 3 | But instead of openly endorsing Brezhnev 's initiative he called for ‘ more details of the ways to neutralise the Arabian Gulf and keep it out of international conflict ’ . |
| 4 | Bentham arrived at it via his belief in the universality of reason and hence the possibility of correctly socialising man 's instinct for pleasure ; Howard by his belief in original sin , guilt and the possibility of awakening man 's consciousness of sin . |
| 5 | Faced with a whole series of books to write , Swainson had the choice of simply following Cuvier 's system , which was coming out in an English version at the same time , or of doing something new ; and he chose the latter . |
| 6 | Hassan and two other young men were in the back , with some boxes of food and a pile of neatly laundered men 's wezaar . |
| 7 | The Peloponnesians ravaged the mine district in 430 ( Thuc. ii.55 ) , but it is hard to destroy a mine without explosives , and it was not till the Spartans envisaged setting up a fort on Attic territory at Decelea ( p. 142 ) that there could be talk of seriously damaging Athens ' mining revenues ( vi.91 ) . |
| 8 | Whatever the inner pressures within us to hold on to a prejudicial attitude , when a Christian maintains a prejudice and fails to aim for its resolution , the problem may well be a conflict with God 's truth , of actually resisting God 's will . |
| 9 | In view of the high incidence of these arrangements in Leeds , and their adoption and dissemination during a period when the massive resourcing of PNP appeared to have little impact on reading test scores , it might be worth carefully pondering HMI 's finding , referred to towards the end of the previous chapter , that |
| 10 | SIR — Navaratnam et al and Smith et al reported that an anomalous molecular form of acetylcholinesterase ( AChE ) ( also called AChE-AD ) could be found in postmortem and antimortem cerebrospinal fluid ( CSF ) of patients with histopathologically proven Alzheimer 's disease ( AD ) but not in patients without AD . |
| 11 | Under an Appeal Court ruling , Chelsea have until tonight to meet Cabra 's asking price of £22.85 million for the ground or face possible winding-up procedings . |
| 12 | Although there are problems in directly transferring Belbin 's analysis into educational institutions there does appear to be the basis of using it as a means of managing the issues identified at the start of this section . |
| 13 | The tissue specimens were fixed overnight in freshly prepared Stefanini 's solution with 1% ( weight/volume ) 1-ethyl-3(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide ( Sigma ) , dehydrated in ethanol , and embedded in paraffin . |
| 14 | But in Franconia Louis the German clearly had a good deal of support , and his power-base in Bavaria held firm : no churchman from there attended Lothar 's assembly at Ingelheim . |
| 15 | Gqozo is accused of operating hit squads and permits no freedom of speech — the penalty for simply criticising Gqozo 's leadership is five years in jail and he has banned all ANC activities inside the homeland . |
| 16 | What I would say is I just wonder what the point of it is ed on the principal of of why fix something if if it ai n't broke , would n't it be better to perhaps spend officer 's time elsewhere rather than fashion designs of three colour printing on new leaflets ? |
| 17 | Investigation on how the situation could be improved provided the same answer — the only long term effective means of reducing the accident rate was to constantly reinforce WGEC 's safety culture . |
| 18 | When Richards finally emerged — as ever it was no gladiator 's entrance ; just the usual shambling , dishevelled Deano — the game seemed to suddenly shift England 's way . |
| 19 | Charles Laughton in one of his last screen performances , and one of his best , almost walked off the picture , refusing to continue working while Douglas , as he saw it , collaborated with Laurence Olivier to somehow undermine Laughton 's role . |
| 20 | To somehow contrive Maclean 's drunkenness would be completely at odds with the honesty — the cruelly bitter-sweet honesty — of last night 's one-hour film , made by Grampian for ITV . |
| 21 | Its nature is unknown , for the D text 's statement that they agreed to observe Edgar 's law was probably taken from the Letter of 1019 – 20 , itself influenced by Archbishop Wulfstan of York , who drew up a document after the meeting which stated that the witan had decided to zealously observe Edgar 's law . |
| 22 | The failure to prioritise needs realistically or to genuinely recognise people 's individuality sometimes leads to competition for resources which badly damages the educational chances of some individuals . |
| 23 | But the trading turnaround , £282,000 gains from the settlement of litigation following liquidation of the company 's Swedish subsidiary , and a series of refinancing agreements ( CI No 1,906 ) that reduced group debt by £4.2m , combined to substantially strengthen Riva 's balance sheet . |
| 24 | One detachment was sent on westwards to attack Argyll 's home , Inverary Castle , on Loch Fyne , 65 miles [ 104 km ] west of Perth , but the attempt failed . |
| 25 | A number of programs followed rapidly in PageMaker 's footprints but none of those launched for the Macintosh has ever come close to either challenging PageMaker 's lead or to matching its intuitive user interface . |
| 26 | Clifford Allen , who since 1934 had built up an all-Party group of experts committed to collective security and domestic reform , resisted pressures to take up the cause of the People 's Front , and , instead , devoted the last year of his life to actively assisting Chamberlain 's diplomacy . |
| 27 | King 's head for funny business has him periodically indulge in what Lewis describes as the ‘ tactics of fear ’ and the latest example has been to publicly demean Maloney 's management of Lewis . |
| 28 | He refers to Ian St.John , who used the Saints and Greavsie show to publicly doubt Gazza 's ability to come back . |
| 29 | Richard at once countered Philip 's thrust by moving into the Loire valley himself . |
| 30 | Edward 's intervention had at least saved Montfort 's cause from complete collapse . |