Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] [noun pl] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can be extremely frustrating for people who have to travel to London and face the expense of preparing a case — sometimes employing parliamentary counsel to put their case — knowing that decisions are not necessarily taken on the merits of the arguments but on political considerations . |
| 2 | Squeeze your fist … study the feelings of tension this creates … learn what it is like now to have this experience of tension in the fist … [ after approximately five seconds ] … and now relax … let go of all the tension just allow your fingers to fall with gravity … you may experience a slight tingling effect as the muscles relax … feel the fingers and hand becoming heavier and heavier … feeling as though someone has just placed a glove made of lead on your hand … causing the whole hand to feel heavy , heavy as lead … the muscles sinking down dead weight hanging on the bones of the hand … |
| 3 | As well as supposedly advising the Secretary of State on policy and standards , they would take on the responsibilities of the Secretary of State , the local education authorities , the governors , the heads and the senior management of schools . |
| 4 | It 's not clear what notice will be taken on the results of the Enquiry which will be published in the Autumn , but leader of Oxford city council , Barbara Gatehouse , is worried what will happen if the plant is closed . |
| 5 | But as I have said to you , the Banbury School 's decision to opt out was not taken on the grounds of the education offered in this county . |
| 6 | She needs reassurance from adults and can take on the worries of the world , having a strong sense of justice and fairness . |
| 7 | If you are part of a group with instructors then the instructors should take on the roles of the Jones and tell you the sort of things they think Olwyn will work for . |
| 8 | A " Space " drama in which each class takes on the roles of the inhabitants of different planets , each of which is in trouble . |
| 9 | An appeal can be marked without significant cost being incurred at that stage and frequently appeals are marked as a holding operation while advice is taken on the prospects of the appeal succeeding . |
| 10 | I could not have turned my head nor moved my hands from where they hung on the straps of the rucksack . |
| 11 | From then on the fortunes of the Palace went into decline , these old walls which had seen so much of England 's history unfold , and from within which decisions were made which played a part in this history , were now in their last chapter . |
| 12 | So no action was taken on the ideas of the Layfield Committee . |
| 13 | The newly opted-out hospital trust is trying to close Casualty and is running down the wards of the Mile End branch of the Royal London Hospital , which has been serving the East End well since 1858 . |
| 14 | Prana can be inhaled and directed by means of currents flowing down the sheaths of the nerves to all parts of the body . |
| 15 | With the final umbrella of the Charter , which theoretically laid down the principles of the paper and what it stood for , the last bricks were put into the edifice . |
| 16 | We sailed down the reaches of the Thames and , standing in the bows , I saw the river through the eyes of Marlow in Conrad 's Heart of Darkness , as a waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth crowded with memories of men and ships it had borne to the rest of home or to the battles of the sea " . |
| 17 | Gosteleradio , the USSR State Television and Radio Committee , on Jan. 11 shut down the operations of the Interfax news agency . |
| 18 | Write down the equations of the relationship between gross investment and changes in demand . |
| 19 | The rioters killed many deer , and threatened to pull down the palings of the park , so that the Earl of Holland , as Chief Justice of the Forest , obtained authority for the sheriff of Berkshire to raise the power of the county to apprehend the rioters . |
| 20 | Next , mark the outline of the board onto the film and then lay down the positions of the copper pads to act as a reference , just as we did in the ‘ direct etch ’ method last month . |
| 21 | In company , with another or others , they would bank down the embers of the past . |
| 22 | That means pouring food and drink down the throats of the journalists — and odd hangers on — who take the trip to Brighton this August . |
| 23 | Every Tuesday her fat little fingers flew like birds up and down the keys of the piano . |
| 24 | Historically there 'd been attempts to cut down the effects of the sea by building breakwaters and so on . |
| 25 | AIDS patients are being given a new vaccine which could slow down the effects of the disease . |
| 26 | The memorandum of association is of crucial importance to the company , for it is this document which lays down the boundaries of the company 's activities . |
| 27 | This eruption could as well be termed Peleean as Plinian , for part of the force of the great eruption of 1956 was expended in powerful nuees which swept down the flanks of the volcano with terrific force . |
| 28 | As this rose vertically into the air , the nuees rolled away sideways from its base , and down the flanks of the volcano . |
| 29 | Falls partly because it 's shutting down the ends of the arteries , the arteries themselves can actually contract because they 're muscular walled , yes , the arteries can contract and that tends to shut down and reduce the pressure slightly in that area , right and also the body itself is gon na divert that blood is n't it to the core of the body taking it away from other areas , damaged areas , so how can we help to reduce the pressure any more ? |
| 30 | She drank down the remains of the mug of beer and off we went again to see the Captain . |