Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [vb -s] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The demand for shell suits in shiny crinkle and trilobal fabrics is waning and there will certainly be less of these versions around by next spring as far as the more fashion conscious wearer is concerned . |
2 | If it is seen in this way the burden for change rests with black staff and not with the white staff and institutions which perpetuate discrimination and racism . |
3 | He also presumes that ‘ all pressure for change comes from one direction only ’ . |
4 | Pigs ' skin is used for skin grafts on severe burns , and to test X-rays . |
5 | The fact that what is seen as crime varies with different societies does not affect the definition of crime — as an act which breaks the criminal law of the particular society . |
6 | That is a perverse reversal of Japan 's controversial government backing for export drives in other industries . |
7 | The Council advises the Hong Kong Government , through the University and Polytechnic Grants Committee , on the research needs of the higher education institutions in Hong Kong and invites and receives applications for research grants from academic staff . |
8 | This had been consistently illustrated in opinion polls and in the growing support for term limits for elected politicians at national and state level . |
9 | For example a lease provides for rent reviews at fixed dates in the years 1995 , 2000 , 2005 and 2010 . |
10 | Since much of the information available about crime comes from officially-generated sources , it is essential to understand the workings of the administration even when interpreting crime within a social and economic framework . |
11 | Well , let us see what out team lacks at this stage . |
12 | Petrographic descriptions have been provided for core plugs from five wells . |
13 | ‘ We are worried about compensation claims from passive smokers whose health has been damaged by other people 's bad habits , ’ said councillor Frank Anderson . |
14 | This form of assessment consists of two lists — a set of statements and a set of responses . |
15 | The two kinds of authority create an administrative dilemma , especially as the role of expertise increases in modern government : |
16 | We are surprised that despite acknowledging in paragraph 45 of the draft guidance that there appears to be a finite supply of marine aggregates and that much of this will be required to supply soft and hard coastal protection schemes made necessary by predicted sea level rise through global warming , MPG6 aims to increase supply of building aggregates from this source for South Wales . |
17 | We are surprised that despite acknowledging in paragraph 45 of the draft guidance that there appears to be a finite supply of marine aggregates and that much of this will be required to supply soft and hard coastal protection schemes made necessary by predicted sea level rise through global warming , MPG6 aims to increase supply of building aggregates from this source for South Wales . |
18 | For the person who becomes a Christian the moment of comprehension leads to one conclusion only — commitment . |
19 | While the situation has improved to some extent in recent years , especially in the field of education , nonetheless the basic pattern of inequality remains in all aspects of the social structure , from paid work to the household division of labour , from sexuality to violence . |
20 | It will also meet with resistance from some of the groups that stand to gain from such policies because of the grip that the ideology of inequality has on British society . |
21 | The main point of contrast relates in these contracts to the composition of the underlying indices used . |
22 | If the public are to be protected from gratuitous affront , then this will involve applying the manners test not only to public displays but to any matter which invades the privacy of individuals without their consent , which of course extends to unsolicited matter sent through the post . |
23 | Holdings of overseas securities of course allows for greater diversification of the asset portfolio , and often offers higher yields , especially in the Far East in recent years . |
24 | Also of course changes in actual eating habits . |
25 | Of course changes in national income can also be brought about by variations in the proportion of national income that is taken in imports and saving . |
26 | The result of this is that a spelling like with can realize three separate classes : OE wiht ( 'wight , person' ) , OE wip ( 'with' ) , and OE hwit ( 'white' ) , and this of course applies to other items of these types . |
27 | The rule of course has in many senses a more restricted application than nuisance ; there must be an accumulation , and it must be of a substance likely to cause injury if it escapes , neither of which is essential to liability in nuisance . |
28 | Such corpora are very common since any body of text falls into this category . |
29 | But there have been no credible claims of responsibility , and the use of Pentrite suggests to secret service investigators that it may not have been aimed at French national interests but at someone on the aircraft . |
30 | Of more immediate significance to contemporaries were his observations of fur seals on southern islands , especially South Georgia . |