Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The study of gender is , like the study of class or of race , also the study of inequality ; we are interested in not only why women do not occupy positions of power , status or responsibility in the same numbers as men , but also the process by which this occurs . |
| 2 | Immerse the section , slab or plaquette in the reagent contained in a suitable dish or tray for a few seconds or until the yellow precipitate forms . |
| 3 | A history teacher is content to cover the history of one country or continent over a few decades . |
| 4 | Most of these rural craftsmen were still part-time farmers or cottagers with a few acres of land and rights on the commons and wastes . |
| 5 | She 'll be away at a family wedding or funeral for a few days . |
| 6 | According to many local people , the police hold refugees without food or water for a few days , then turn them loose in the desert near the Somali or Ethiopian borders - too far for them to walk back . |
| 7 | If one takes wines such as these together with the inevitably ill-fated attempts to make a red wine from black grapes grown in a climate barely hospitable enough to ripen a grape , let alone colour it , a wealth of curiously coloured , clouded wines must have constituted the norm , despite a half-hidden glint of pink or red in a few instances . |
| 8 | This portable version allows her out of home or hospital for a few hours … but for most of her life she must stay connected to a larger non-stop supply . |
| 9 | Appleton & Lange is part of the business , technical and professional group of Paramount Publishing , more familiar as Simon & Schuster until a few weeks ago , when Paramount Communications announced that it was changing the name of publishing group ( International News , 5th February ) . |
| 10 | I was genuinely concerned that Bev might be under some stress or pressure from the many attacks she was dealing with . |
| 11 | Lowe quickly made the telling point that whenever he saw film or photographs of the All Blacks they always looked as grim and serious . |
| 12 | The personal engagement encapsulated here is not , after all , wholly different from the introduction to that much more objective modern study , the justly acclaimed biography of Mary by Lady Antonia Fraser ; for Lady Antonia describes how ‘ being possessed since childhood by a passion for the subject of Mary Queen of Scots , I wished to test for myself the truth or falsehood of the many legends which surround her ’ . |
| 13 | ENTERTAINING — whether a formal party or dinner for a few friends — is something which most people enjoy . |
| 14 | Since so much had been done peacefully through economic change , population increases , emigration and Parliamentary legislation , it is not surprising that ministers , like others , naturally assumed that progress through the same channels would continue ad infinitum . |
| 15 | The polygenic nature of ageing contains a baleful message for gerontologists ; it is most unlikely that engineering of a few genes or intervention in a handful of physiological pathways will prevent the process from occurring . |
| 16 | But , in the broader terms of next Saturday 's tour opener at the Arms Park , it surely failed to convince a single soul that Cardiff will be anything other than cannon-fodder for the All Blacks . |
| 17 | Since British research in the 1 980s has consistently found that the use of cannabis , amphetamines , psychedelics and inhalants is much more prevalent than the use of opioids ( see Chapter 8 ) , the present findings imply that users of the former drugs are far less likely than opioid users to develop ‘ officially recognised ’ problems ( with the exception of legal problems , for example being prosecuted for possessing drugs ) . |
| 18 | Following the loss of their mother by separation or death , those children who experienced either marked indifference or markedly low control from their fathers or substitute parents were three times more likely to be depressed when interviewed in adulthood than women with no such experiences ( Brown et al. , 1986b ) . |
| 19 | Most significant however has been the donation of time and expertise by the many members of the wider research community who have served on the TEI 's Working Committees and Working Groups . |
| 20 | A genuinely corinthian sailor who spurns sponsorship , she shoe-horns her racing and preparation into a few weeks ' annual holiday taken from London-based solicitors Farrers and Co . |
| 21 | For a girl used to the noise and chaos of an all girls ' apartment , Buckingham Palace felt like anywhere but home . |
| 22 | Those concerned in the meaner and first employments are called in common , working men or labourers , and the labouring poor such as the mere husbandman , miners , diggers , fishers and in short , all the drudges and labourers in the several productions of nature or of art . |
| 23 | A great deal of traffic was involved in moving ammunition and bombs for the many airfields in the vicinity . |
| 24 | Percy Marlborough Stewart left to the people of Pocklington his collection of water-lilies , one of the finest in Europe , and the Stewart collection containing illustrations and objects of the many countries of the world which he visited on his hunting expeditions . |
| 25 | Planning officials are recommending Hartlepool Council 's development control sub-committee rejects a plan to build eight flats , a shop and garages on the former Ringtons Tea site and an adjoining builders yard in Oxford Road . |
| 26 | Titration studies in gall gladder bile were undertaken with HCl and NaOH in the same patients as studied by CO 2 equilibration . |
| 27 | She will probably welcome your offer of help with such matters as the registration of the death , notifying distant friends , putting an announcement of death in local or national newspapers if she wants this , and dealing with kindly enquiries from neighbours in a tactful way , so that they understand that she may not be feeling like having too many callers at first but will greatly appreciate their help and sympathy in a few days ' ( or weeks , ) time ; and making arrangements for the funeral and any family gathering that is to take place afterwards . |
| 28 | The table was littered with shrimp whiskers , the sponge-cake gobbled up to the last crumb — but all she could do was to sip painfully at a meagre cup of tea and toy with a few shoots of mustard and cress , although she had prepared the extensive meal . |
| 29 | Values of specific mRNA obtained by CE and RT-PCR from the same samples . |
| 30 | Users of private WANs have been able to send both voice and data over the same lines for years . |