Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 They have faith in our work force and in the skills we offer .
2 Turnover at the hotels fell 8 p.c. and at the restaurants it was down 1 p.c .
3 And this makes sense to Freud , because he believes that people believe in , in religion because of the gratifications it gives them .
4 They 've not looked has n't British industry because of the attacks it 's been under on what Europe has to offer in terms of better training , better health and safety etcetera and we need to bring that information to them .
5 They received little guidance as to the aims they should be pursuing , few broad policy direc-tions , and only minimal direction as to the principles they should apply in approaching their task .
6 We will legislate to establish the right of every private sector employee in a substantial company to have access to a share in ownership and/or in the profits they help to create .
7 She worked very hard for good causes and , during the war , in the village and on the buses you often met servicemen in the light blue uniform the wounded wore , who were recuperating at Lartington Hall .
8 began his career with in June 1950 as a maintenance electrician and over the years he has worked for at Wallingford , at Newark and from 1987 for at Gainsborough .
9 They were often designed by engineers , but what they lacked in architectural distinction , they gained in homely practicality and in the opportunities they afforded to local carpenters to display their skills in beautifully carved barge boarding and valances .
10 Over the years Mrs. Jarrett had seen many changes , not only in the staff and resident body of the home and in the facilities it now provides , but in government legislation within the various departments of health and social security , with whom she had established for Le Court a strong and trusting relationship .
11 Physical fear was somewhere in his emotional vocabulary but over the years he had mislaid its meaning .
12 Looking about him , he could see that tiny segments of woodwork from the floor he was waxing and polishing and from the doors he was stripping of paint , had been removed with delicate precision .
13 whenever the court is of the opinion that in the circumstances it would be just and equitable to dissolve the partnership .
14 It is like the crew of a sailing-boat ; you build a team and over the years you make your performances together .
15 There was never a dull moment and among the places I visited were the Statue of Liberty , Central Park , the World Trade Centre , the Empire State Building , Wall Street and Chinatown .
16 The lifeboat crew administered first-aid to the fisherman and despite the problems they managed to get him on board their vessel and return him to shore .
17 But it was the Whigs who won the general election ; and they returned to office committed to parliamentary reform , the measure which for all the variety of the causes of social unrest and of the disorders they prompted , came increasingly to be the focus of the general demand for change .
18 Pascoe said : ‘ I do understand that it would also have been blackmail but in the circumstances I was n't adopting a very high moral position .
19 In Greater Manchester each person , on average , uses 0.5 m³ ; of water each day and in the factories they use as much again .
20 We have expectations of the way people relate to each other and of the roles they play within families .
21 This seems to support the view that fewer women reach the top because of the difficulties they face if they try to combine family life and work commitments .
22 We , at least , are a leaner and , I hope , a healthier organisation because of the changes we were forced to bring about in the workshop .
23 10 Burden of proof Dealing first with the question of reasonableness as between the parties it is now accepted that the burden of proof falls on the party seeking to enforce the restraint .
24 A second , but equally fundamental , principle is that people 's lives should not be in forfeit because of the ideas they choose to express .
25 Her father is a casual miner and on the days he ca n't get work her income is all they have .
26 ' 'Bout five hundred bucks — from working in the store and from the articles you helped me to place . ’
27 Molby said : ‘ I prefer to play in midfield but with the injuries we have got we have to find other ways .
28 He is a good midfielder but without the goals he 'll never really be considered a great player .
29 The police authorities might look askance at the bottle of beer but to the constables it was seen as a legitimate reward for a little extra service .
30 The men in power see this as a menace and attempt to make their position more secure by fighting ; but in doing so they are forced to yield ground because of the losses they incur in decreased production .
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