Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [adj] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This time is small compared with the time for a signal at the speed of light to travel from the detectors at one side of the experiment to those , 6 metres away , at the other side . |
| 2 | Furthermore , they designed the experiments to ensure the detected events were ‘ space-like separated ’ ; in other words , it was not possible for signals travelling at or below the speed of light to pass between the two measuring devices . |
| 3 | A number of leaders and former prominent members of the US-backed contra movement , officially known as the Nicaraguan Resistance ( Resistencia Nicaragüense — RN ) , returned to Nicaragua from exile in 1989 to participate in the electoral process , being required to sign a statement renouncing armed activities . |
| 4 | It was believed to be a repeat of an earlier attempt in 1991 to seal off the Jaffna peninsula , the LTTE 's principal base [ see also pp. 38392 ; 38439 ] . |
| 5 | To see the difference , think of the arcane debates about the ‘ real ’ meaning of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty , given new life by the decision of the US administration in 1985 to shift to a ‘ broad ’ interpretation , allowing ‘ Star Wars ’ research to continue within the terms of the treaty . |
| 6 | When Braidwood left the Institution in 1812 to go to the United States , Archibald Geikie was asked to assume direction of the school with his son as an assistant teacher , but he would not assume the responsibility , and resumed teaching Walter at home . |
| 7 | Nylon cord to equal the length of each vertical row of tape plus enough to thread across the top of the blind and out to one side , and then down one side . |
| 8 | Lastly , the power vested in the Secretary of State under section 14(4) of the Act of 1988 to dispense with the nationality requirement in the case of one ( or more ) individuals in view of the length of time he has ( or they have ) resided in the United Kingdom and been involved in the fishing industry there , is not such as to make the nationality requirements compatible with the E.E.C . |
| 9 | She had come with her little boy of four to stay for a fortnight because the van Goghs felt so sorry for her . |
| 10 | She once again showed a maturity way beyond her 16 years and put in a fantastic bike of 53.16 and run of 32.48 to win in a time of 1.39.13 . |
| 11 | There seemed to be nobody to teach , and the quiet , firm lay organizers of the parish were not about to allow a girl of twenty-four to interfere with the way things were done . |
| 12 | The husband left the matrimonial home in 1990 to live with the other woman . |
| 13 | Drawing upon this European research and his own observations in the United States , the American diplomat George Perkins Marsh ( 1801–82 ) wrote his Man and Nature of 1864 to warn of the dangers . |
| 14 | An 8-handicap player , he had gone round in 74 , which gave him a net score of 66 to add to the previous day 's 67 . |
| 15 | Provision of some sort would have to be in place by 1995 to comply with the 1991 Criminal Justice Act which requires local authorities to provide secure accommodation for 15 and 16-year-olds on remand . |
| 16 | His tent of meeting , the focus of his presence and means of dialogue , is pitched outside the camp , a sign for all to see of the distance now established between him and his people . |
| 17 | I want a sample of that to go to the Met Lab urgently . |
| 18 | The most commonly-used light source is a discharge lamp , generally with a collimating capillary which allows a pencil of light to escape into the sample region without permitting sample to flow back into the discharge . |
| 19 | If a comparable relationship between protein synthesis in colonic mucosa and in the whole body existed in man , then colonic protein synthesis would have to increase by a factor of 80 to account for a doubling of whole body protein synthesis . |
| 20 | The findings of a recent sociological study , based on retrospective reflections of former ‘ flak helpers ’ , then fifteen- or sixteen-year-olds and called up from their schools from the beginning of 1943 to assist in the manning of anti-aircraft batteries , suggest that the ‘ Hitler myth ’ was in rapid decline from 1942–3 onwards . |
| 21 | This involves keeping one concession in reserve to use as the final push towards agreement : ‘ If you are willing to place an order now , I 'm willing to offer an extra 2½ per cent discount . ’ |
| 22 | The Queen Mother 's strong beliefs are thought to be rooted in her intense disapproval of her brother-in-law Edward VIII 's decision in 1936 to abdicate for the love of American divorcee Mrs Wallis Simpson . |
| 23 | The woman 's sister made an appointment for both to go to a birth control clinic , but in the end neither attended . |
| 24 | The plotting room was suddenly silent and the flag was flying at half mast for all to see on the garrison church at Moascar , Ismailia . |
| 25 | Born in Fife , Scotland in 1936 , Clark was the son of a wealthy sheep farmer and gave up his education at the age of 16 to work on the farm . |
| 26 | He was sent at the age of 14 to work as an office boy at the city railway station . |
| 27 | Hill ran away from school at the age of twelve to work on an uncle 's farm . |
| 28 | Between November 1981 and November 1983 , encouragement was given to unemployed men over the age of 60 to withdraw from the labour force by offering to pay them the long-term rate of supplementary benefit if they agreed not to register as unemployed . |
| 29 | Surridge retired from the first-class game in 1959 to concentrate on the family sports goods business . |
| 30 | Kant , standing on the threshold between Enlightenment and Romanticism , sketched a plan for eternal world peace while his romantic successor , Schelling , was one philosopher among many to call for a pan-European or worldwide federation to achieve this end . |