Example sentences of "[unc] [noun pl] [subord] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It was his eighth goal in 10 games of a season in which he has been badly affected by injury and left out of Taylor 's plans because of a question mark over his match-fitness .
2 A live match on Mondays was part of the Premier League 's plans because of the success in the United States of the televised NFL American football game .
3 Mr Lyon believes he will be able to discover Thomson 's plans because of an agreement giving his union the right to discuss any relevant employment or investment matter with senior managers .
4 Two considerations ended Ferdinand 's doubts as to the possibility of defying liberalism .
5 Lucien found it hard to doubt Azmaveth 's words because of the zeal with which she spoke , but he still had difficulty believing her .
6 He breezed through the ‘ school cert ’ ( which he had to take in UCS 's cellars because of the air raids ) got a First and a doctorate at Imperial then went on to research posts here and in America .
7 Little Ethel Helliwell heard about John 's auditions while in the middle of a rehearsal for the Tower show :
8 Although you could n't see the greengrocer 's feet because of the apron .
9 It might also involve feeding times ; during the daytime , meals would be given more readily in response to the child 's cries than during the night .
10 The Law Society also issued a set of written professional standards concerning communications with clients , with the broad aim ( now enshrined in Solicitors ' Practice Rule 15 ) of ensuring that clients are kept regularly and fully informed in layman 's terms as to the course and conduct of their affairs ; as to the identity of the solicitor or other person in the firm having day to day conduct of the matter ; as to the nature of the legal issues raised in the case ; as to the progress being made ; as to the cost ( including the availability of legal aid ) ; and as to the prospects of success .
11 It is before the House and out of the government 's hands except via the House .
12 Prandtl 's conclusions as to the efficacy of the Magnus effect in Flettner 's application were confirmed only recently by the results of an extensive study done carried only recently by the results of an extensive study done at the University of Dayton 's Research Institute .
13 Seat of England 's rulers since before the coming of the Conqueror .
14 At the preparatory stage in drafting legislation civil servants will try to find a way of indicating Parliament 's intentions as to the sort of considerations of policy or fact that are to be treated as properly relevant to the decision , and the procedural requirements to be observed , but without tying the Minister 's hands too tightly in situations which can not be foreseen .
15 Figures produced by the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders ( NACRO , 1990b ) indicate that in terms of annual receptions , magistrates ' courts were responsible for 45 per cent of those sentenced to immediate custody in 1988 , compared with 55 per cent for the Crown Court — in spite of the fact that very many more indictable offenders are tried and convicted in magistrates ' courts than in the Crown Court ( 90 per cent and 20 per cent respectively ) .
16 Er we 've had one or one or two erm break-ins while during the night .
17 And at the end of the day publishers prefer their books to be on the booksellers ' shelves than in the warehouse . ’
18 Hour after hour the legions marched past , walking as much over each others ' bodies as over the ground , while I waited for the queen .
19 But of course these stocks are dependent on the amount of wheat sown in the preceding year ; and that , in its turn was largely influenced by the farmers ' guesses as to the price which they would get for it in this year .
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