Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [vb base] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More realistic accounts of the budget constraint allow for a level of unearned income Y u and the presence of an overtime premium on the basic wage rate when the standard work week is exceeded . |
| 2 | We must also avoid branch meetings seem like a gathering of old chums into which an outsider might be shy of intruding . |
| 3 | For flush-mounted switches , you will have to make a hole in a solid wall to take a metal mounting box — most light switches fit into a 16mm plaster — depth wall box , so you do n't have to cut away any of the brick or block . |
| 4 | THERE is a growing school of thought among soccer 's terrace fraternity , highlighted in last week 's special Echo investigation into the state of the game , that many football clubs live in a fantasy world . |
| 5 | A participant observation study of Sheffield United fans , purporting to show that hooligan supporters come from a variety of social backgrounds ( Armstrong and Harris , 1991 ) has been justifiably criticised by Dunning and colleagues ( 1991 ) for its methodological shortcomings and contradictory presentation of evidence . |
| 6 | Joe thought Lord Byron , at that stage of his life , needed frog-marching around Horse Guards Parade for a week , with ragamuffin boys allowed to chuck rotten vegetables at him . |
| 7 | Credit card companies operate on a commission basis . |
| 8 | Ditherers and mums-the-worders who 'd make even the fossilised Football Association Council look like a Brains Trust . |
| 9 | Logica Plc is letting the Callserver Unix-based speech and call processing activities developed at its Cambridge research lab go in a management buyout for £187,000 and up to £1.3m over the next five years . |
| 10 | Logica Plc is letting the Callserver Unix-based speech and call processing activities developed at its Cambridge research lab go in a management buyout for £187,000 and up to £1.3m over the next five years . |
| 11 | Contests over web sites consist of a series of bouts during which the spiders are increasingly likely to attack each other if the contest persists . |
| 12 | in the Journal of Physical Chemistry , report the first experiments which demonstrate that more open and disorganized carbon clusters collapse into a fullerene . |
| 13 | SULTANS OF PING FC embark on a marathon UK tour calling at |
| 14 | Too many club players look at a star man 's ‘ delayed action ’ position and try to copy it . |
| 15 | Her glazed porcelain wings billow in a gossamer sweep of iridescence . |
| 16 | On the main street , running directly into central London , a Woolworths , a Marks and Spencer and several other department stores preside over a range of smaller shops . |
| 17 | CAR CLASSICS GO FOR A SONG |
| 18 | On top might be a porcelain book open at a bit of holy text , plus a photograph , or a porcelain cluster of pink and red roses with sharp frilled edges . |
| 19 | Fabric wallcoverings come with a paper backing , specifically designed for use on walls , in both plain colours and patterns . |
| 20 | One final boost and he would be up among the true stars , all guidance systems go for a seat in the House of Lords upon retirement . |
| 21 | Reptilian blood systems go through a period of self-adjustment permitting the conservation of heat as required , and allowing the creatures to distribute it when needed . |
| 22 | Q What does the term Reserva mean on a Rioja label ? |
| 23 | Many of the failures of rent review clauses result from a failure to consider carefully the object which the clause is designed to achieve . |
| 24 | In this type interviewers work from a list indicating , often in some detail , the kinds of topics to be covered in the interview . |
| 25 | These four diagrams can only represent a simplified overview ; in practice accountability relationships exist via a variety of direct and indirect routes . |
| 26 | And for the youngsters , the Old Swan makes the old village hall seem like a hangover . |
| 27 | The palm trees , freewas sand towers hint at a cross between LA and Nw York ; but the underclass characters — Wiff , Clem , Jacko , Horry , Mona , Athol — seem Australian . |
| 28 | In this world of clean fast-running water , of inimitable oaks and meadows which made the Bayeux tapestry look like a traycloth , there was no place for somersaulted cars and carnage and broken bodies lying on the wet and bloody tarmac . |
| 29 | As we have seen , public sector organisations work in a world where they are heavily dependent on the co-operation of other organisations to get things done . |
| 30 | Bar codes consist of a series of thick and thin lines . |