Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [verb] [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before I met Maureen , it often seemed that for someone like myself , who was and is very interested in learning about all aspects of bird life , there was nowhere to go except libraries . |
| 2 | I feel certain you will be interested in come of these reports and to aid distribution , and to prevent our troubling you with unwanted copies , I would be grateful if you could arrange for the enclosed card to be completed and returned to us . |
| 3 | To create partnerships which are incremental to understanding in both worlds , requires genuine collaboration in a trusting , learning climate , honest evaluation of experimentation and innovation and clarity about the power relationship between participating individuals and the organisations they represent . |
| 4 | This campaign Manescu is managing so well has another important purpose — to make the Brits , the Frogs , etc. , nervous about investing in those countries . |
| 5 | I was serious about acting in those days , but the hungrier I got the more my resolution sagged , until a guy I 'd known at college talked me into a job with the Defense Department . ’ |
| 6 | Their married life in its essentials will be largely independent of their respective families ( even when accommodation is shared there will seldom be parental domination such as exists in many societies ) . |
| 7 | Some of the most learned Christians of the time , including Augustine of Hippo and the biblical scholar Jerome , were ill at ease with the culture they were conscious of sharing with these pagans . |
| 8 | Certainly felt if Sri Lanka had any chance at all of knocking off these runs , they had to score big hundreds . |
| 9 | It is most helpful with regard to such precognitions to state the full name , address and , if relevant , telephone number of the witness in question , together with intimation of the date on which the particular statement was obtained . |
| 10 | Makarenko was not alone in the disorderly climate of 1922 in thinking on these lines . |
| 11 | Children of three ( for example ) can be highly aware of , and sensitive to , the fairness of co-operating and sharing , but they may not be so good at returning to these conditions after , say , a quarrel . |
| 12 | Physical fitness is most important for coping with these extremes of climate , because lengthy periods of acclimatisation are not possible — work must start immediately on arrival in a new theatre of operations . |
| 13 | However , we have just had the third record increase in the amount of money that the Government have given to the Arts Council of Great Britain , which is directly responsible for passing on such moneys to the Royal Opera House , the Birmingham Royal Ballet and other companies . |
| 14 | Gibbs and fullback Tony Clement were full of running at all times and , while B.C. led again 17–15 with another Graf penalty , Swansea were ultimate winners as outside-half Stephen Jones added a second winning penalty to his earlier conversion of Gibb 's score . |
| 15 | By contrast , the stance of doing is concerned with acting upon those phenomena to bring about change , although the capacity to react or respond to phenomena may be a precondition of successful action in some cases , for example in the diagnosis of human problems and situations , as Ryan ( 1984 ) points out in relation to medicine . |
| 16 | We are used to thinking in such terms concerning tourists and temporary residents . |
| 17 | We 're not used to thinking in those terms . |
| 18 | She was used to helping with such requests and come forward at once when asked . |
| 19 | It is only latterly that we have become used to talking about such relations in terms of power . |
| 20 | The ministers agreed four key points : ( i ) minimal restrictions would be placed on surveillance flights ; ( ii ) a quota system would be devised to ensure equitable surveillance of all signatory states ; ( iii ) unarmed aircraft would be used , carrying surveillance equipment capable of operating under all circumstances and weather ; and ( iv ) other countries , in particular the European neutral and non-aligned countries , would eventually be invited to participate in the project . |
| 21 | Tenders have also been called for 7,500 hp Co-Co two-voltage Railfreight locomotives capable of operating on both sides of the Channel , and BREL ( 1988 ) Ltd has already submitted initial designs . |
| 22 | One of the conditions for ascribing to oneself experiences of a mind-independent reality , Kant argued , was that we should be capable of distinguishing between those sequences of perceptions ( if you like , ‘ representations delivered up by the input systems ’ ) which are determined by the movement of objects and those which are determined by our own movements . |
| 23 | An arch of stones , for instance , is a stable structure capable of standing for many years even if there is no cement to bind it . |
| 24 | It is characterized by bargaining over indicative or strategic plans which depend for their success upon voluntary co-operation between elites who are capable of withdrawing from any bargains struck ( Shonfield , 1965 ; Crouch , 1982 ) . |
| 25 | The requirement of accountability can not be met unless those who are responsible to the electorate for taking decisions are capable of answering for those decisions . |
| 26 | All the buildings were well constructed and with adequate maintenance would have been capable of surviving for many generations . |
| 27 | But this skill , along with accurate spelling , is essential in succeeding in most areas of life . |
| 28 | The managers of nursing agencies have often had considerable experience in assisting nurses back into practice after a career break , and can be extremely helpful and conscientious in responding to any doubts and queries you may have . |
| 29 | In fact the conductor actually makes matters worse by indulging in all sorts of slowing up at phrase ends , making the thing into rather an elephantine procession . |
| 30 | Goods sold as ‘ animal food ’ are of merchantable quality if suitable for feeding to most kinds of cattle and poultry . |