Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for the Belgians or the Portuguese , the less said the better . |
| 2 | You could also use the abbreviation ‘ wpg ’ for the instances when the word ‘ word-processing ’ is required . |
| 3 | Although the company has so far finished only four chips , all seven should be ready for the prototypes that the company will exhibit at the Berlin Radio Show in August . |
| 4 | So far no one has claimed responsibility for the bombs but an Animal Liberation Front supporter passing the Minister Lovell incident denied any knowledge . |
| 5 | It is an enabling bill of fare for the rites and the prayer in which the Church urges us all to take our part . |
| 6 | This was hardly a welcome dowry for the investors that the government wanted to attract into a newly privatised industry . |
| 7 | Jason poses for the cameras while the jury pass by , unnoticed . |
| 8 | ‘ requiring a seat belt ’ Means per regulation 6 of the Motor Vehicles ( wearing of Seat Belts ) Regulation 1982 : ‘ The classes of vehicle mentioned in regulation 4 are ( a ) a vehicle to which Regulation 46 of the Construction and Use Regulations applies ( see later ) ; and ( b ) a vehicle which is equipped with anchorage points and seat belts and to which that Regulation would apply if it were not for the circumstances that the vehicle — |
| 9 | Promotion is important for the punters and the club . ’ |
| 10 | Most of them are in it just for the bylines and the booze , you know . |
| 11 | As the campaign entered its final 24 hours , the main parties returned to their central themes : the economy for the Conservatives and the health service for Labour . |
| 12 | The answer to divided loyalties and different loyalties is not murder ; it is respect — respect for the differences and an accommodation of those differences . |
| 13 | The RA 's modest total of 145–8 looked a tall order for the champions as the weather deteriorated . |
| 14 | I accept Mr. Lester 's submission that there must be a causal link between the benefit provided for the taxpayers and the cost of the benefit referred to in section 63(1) . |
| 15 | The International Court of Justice condemns US support for the Contras and the mining of Nicaraguan ports . |
| 16 | The designation marking the canonization is frequently deleted so that Val merely sounds like a dilettantish scamp with an eye for the girls and a desire for a good time . |
| 17 | The answer to this decisive question resides not in a logic which compels , for example , all questions of law always to be for the courts or the tribunal . |
| 18 | I wonder whether you could define the circumstances in which it is appropriate for the Government to introduce a law reform Bill and seek to push it through all its procedures in a day without it going to a Standing Committee to be considered carefully as to its detail , when it happens that there is no particular circumstance of urgency and when the reform concerned could lead to considerable difficulties for the courts if the measure is not fully considered ? |
| 19 | Most people go for the stars or the Tarot . |
| 20 | It was then that the feeling of utter boredom would assail him and he would be driven to join the crowd for the buses and the queue for a seat in the pictures in Hereford to pass the Saturday afternoon away . |
| 21 | It is a valid subject , and the hon. Gentleman is not to blame for the procedures that the House has foisted upon itself . |
| 22 | Erm and it 's a birthday issue and and a quite an important one for setting up for the Euros and the mail action . |
| 23 | Many young people like myself who were born and grew up on the flat albeit slightly rolling prairies , sometimes feel a yearning for the mountains and the sea , and I was no exception . |
| 24 | The hothouse flowers gardenia and stephanotis had to be coaxed and nurtured into flowering for the posies and the bridegroom 's buttonhole . |
| 25 | These are the most intense parental periods for the birds and the increase in parental arousal affects the frequency of the distraction displays . |
| 26 | Counsel 's argument for the owners that the agreement to pay the extra 10 per cent . |
| 27 | It was argued for the defendants that the wife would not be liable to tax on the damages she received , while her lost income would have been taxable in her hands , and that therefore she should be awarded damages in respect of her net loss after deducting tax . |
| 28 | It was also argued for the defendants that the example of judges in personal injuries cases should be followed , and the wife should give credit for amounts of supplementary benefits received . |
| 29 | He began his reign with a splendid procession into Aquitaine as Eleanor 's husband , in the course of which he arranged an inauguration ceremony for himself — either a repeat coronation for the southerners or a service to mark his accession as duke of Aquitaine — in the city of Bordeaux , where no king had penetrated for at least three centuries . |
| 30 | The parade was organised for the players and the public but the day was even more special for 13-year-old Julian Stewart , a sufferer of cerebral palsy . |