Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was then the decision about what should happen to the foods division . |
| 2 | Those are important and worthwhile projects , and we must ask the Government where the money for them will come from , especially if £1.4 billion is gobbled up by the proposals for King 's Cross . |
| 3 | A second ploy used by buyers is the ‘ sell cheap , the future looks bright ’ technique : ‘ We can not pretend that our offer meets you on price , but the real pay-off for you will come in terms of future sales . ’ |
| 4 | Explaining this popularity is not difficult : Edmund was himself killed by the Danes , and it was perhaps only natural that veneration for him should grow in the area which had formed his kingdom , and seen a great deal of the renewed conflict between Danes and English . |
| 5 | ‘ Sometimes , ’ he went on in a low voice , ‘ I lie awake at night thinking of what would happen to this place if you should die without issue . ’ |
| 6 | So where , if I 'm putting twelve thousand in for sort of a , a holding fund for , for individuals I might put three thousand into a local society so they can pop down to the Nottingham Building Society for any bits and pieces , and th the , the bulk of it can go into a postal account to , with a better rate . |
| 7 | As for the first , it should be remembered that for an Epicurean the worst pain is the groundless fear of what may happen after death , and that excessive unnatural desires are painful too . |
| 8 | Father would leave , but he stays on and stays on out of fear of what will happen to you . |
| 9 | What may well be the most off-putting thought for some about this amplifier is , having glanced at the front panel , a fear of what could lurk around the back : does it resemble the buss panel of a 32-channel mixing desk , or the flight deck of a 757 ? |
| 10 | The dilemma of who will care for the elderly is greater today than in previous generations . |
| 11 | save up because fifty pound of it 'll go to my mum to ma , erm mum 's birthday present |
| 12 | Rostov decided that it was easier to go in search of what would pass in the Simonova for a command bridge than it was to remain in his quarters , while Vorontseff attempted to eradicate within the space of an hour the accumulated disarray of several years of civilian occupation . |
| 13 | In Gledhow Autoparts Ltd v Delaney [ 1965 ] 1 WLR 1366 Diplock LJ said " It is natural … to tend to look at what in fact happened under the agreement ; but the question of the validity of a covenant in restraint of trade has to be determined at the date at which the agreement was entered into and has to be determined in the light of what may happen under the agreement , although what may happen may be and always is different in some respects from what did happen . |
| 14 | First , the conception of what might pass under the heading of ‘ learning ’ falls short of the possible process of intellectual development . |
| 15 | Oresme even drew an analogy with what would happen on a moving ship , as Galileo was later to do . |
| 16 | This introduction to a scene and the gradual unfolding of the action within it may seem to be a rather academic restriction on the freedom of the cameraman , but it is a most important movie-making technique because it gives the viewer the feeling of involvement as a participant in the exploration of the location . |
| 17 | ‘ Anyone who puts his mind to it can rise to the top , ’ was the confident reply . |
| 18 | Quoting Machiavelli 's prediction on what could happen to anyone committed to bringing in change , Sir Ron warns that ‘ whenever those who are hostile have the opportunity to attack , they do it like partisans , while the others defend lukewarmly , in such wise that the innovator is endangered along with them ’ . |
| 19 | Part of me would love to be in a relationship , but I 'm cautious about getting involved , even though I desperately want to be loved . |
| 20 | It was against all he believed in and yet some inner part of him would stop at nothing to attract Jeopardy 's notice . |
| 21 | You get plenty of choice with the memory-resident monitors — you can opt for the enhanced protection of VSAFE , part of which can reside in Upper memory , or you can go for the smaller VWATCH . |
| 22 | Whether I will be part of it will depend on the new manager Rovers are appointing next week and whether it is a man I like and could work with . ’ |
| 23 | David Hawkridge finishes by stating that all of us who declare an interest in education should increase our understanding of the new technology , and whether education can take advantage of it will depend on us . |
| 24 | Still , I do not wish in what follows to forego the support of what must seem to be the good sense of our natural empiricism , which is independent of philosophy . |
| 25 | Many pioneers of women 's education made it quite clear that they did not accept Emily Davies ' view that girls might be trained in the same way as boys , and argued that they should be given an opportunity , by way of , for example , domestic science classes , to prepare for the lives a majority of them would lead as wives and mothers . |
| 26 | Arfur 's missus has never appeared on screen but her shady husband 's description of her will appear in the famous reference work 's next edition . |
| 27 | Astaxanthin ( 3:3 — dihydroxy — 4:4 -diketo — B -carotene ) and B-carotene both occur as chromoproteins in the integument of locusts and the green chromoprotein pigment of many insects ( known as insectoverdin ) is a complex , the yellow-orange component of which may have as its prosthetic group B-carotene ( Carausius ) , lutein ( Sphinx , Tettigonia ) or astaxanthin . |
| 28 | Attempts to improve occupational mobility for them may concentrate on a few professional openings where their colour is defined as an occupational advantage ( e.g. race relations advisers ) or on employers ( e.g. local authorities ) with positive action policies , or self-employment ( small businesses ) . |
| 29 | Before we take a look at the right fitness plan for you let's look at the physical benefits of regular exercise : |
| 30 | For instance , it is estimated that around 1m of the 1.7m new jobs forecast for the mid 1990s will be in the professional and managerial areas , and demographics suggest that a substantial proportion of them will have to be filled by women . |