Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people took this game of make-believe to fantastic lengths and went through the whole elaborate business of a preparation for escape without the slightest real intention of ever carrying it out . |
| 2 | All the students had successfully completed Longlands College 's preparation for entrance to the uniformed services course . |
| 3 | Justin Lekhanya , who seized power in 1986 from the then Prime Minister Chief Leabua Jonathan , was himself led into the studio of Radio Lesotho by troops on April 30 and made to broadcast his own resignation as Chairman of the six-member ruling Military Council . |
| 4 | A congressional vote of censure on Oct. 25 on Borja 's first Government and on Justice Minister , Andrés Vallejo Arco and his subsequent resignation as President of the Monetary Board , was thought to have consolidated support for Bonilla . |
| 5 | He is an expert in Package Dyeing ; a method which is soon to be introduced to the dyehouse as part of the new expansion scheme . |
| 6 | The high basicity of 2'-deoxy-3-deazaadenosine ( pk a 6.80 ) in comparison to that of 2'-deoxyadenosine ( pk a 3.62 ) ( 13 ) may lead to destabilisation of the helix through protonation of the 3-deazaadenine base at N -1 and the resultant loss of a Watson-Crick hydrogen bonding interaction . |
| 7 | It has been suggested that hyperglycaemia reduces gastrointestinal function through inhibition of the vagal cholinergic system . |
| 8 | Or it may represent the God-given confusion which represents the opportunity for maturity outside the safe confines of the Garden of Eden . |
| 9 | Royal Institution audiences included the eminent in various walks of life , and the lecturer had an opportunity for evangelism among the mighty . |
| 10 | Despite the advantages of the best Unix systems , however , and the enhancements coming with Solaris 2.0 and OSF/1 , Brown reckons the window of opportunity for Unix on the commercial desktop will shut within two years . |
| 11 | Indeed , a number of authorities took ‘ the opportunity offered by the current preparation of the new statutory local plans to institutionalise negotiated planning control … the draft Westminster District Plan , for example , indicates unequivocally the council 's intention to pursue certain planning goals through agreements , in addition to establishing certain minimum gains to be included in planning applications or to be secured through negotiated amendments to submitted applications ’ An action area plan for Fareham , Hampshire , similarly states that ‘ planning permission for development in the proposed areas will not be granted until … negotiations between developers and the local authority for financial contributions have been concluded ’ . |
| 12 | THE recent attempts made by Hong Kong to have their sevens tournament accepted by the International Board as part of the official international calendar will not have been helped by the travesty to which they reduced this year 's tournament at the weekend . |
| 13 | By a respondent 's notice the bank notified its intention of contending that the judge 's decision should be affirmed on the additional ground that he should in any event have exercised his discretion under rule 12.12 and set aside the registrar 's order on the ground that it was not a proper case for service of the originating application out of the jurisdiction ; and in particular because ( i ) the bank had at all relevant times no presence in , and/or sufficient connection with , England and Wales ; and/or ( ii ) the judge should have applied and/or had regard to the provisions of R.S.C. , Ord. 11 and , had he done so , should have concluded that the claims raised did not fall within the ambit of the order and that leave to serve out should thus be refused . |
| 14 | There is certainly a case for subsidy on the social railway , but I am sure that my hon. Friend will agree with the judgment of the previous Labour Government , who said that there was no case for subsidising inter-urban services , nor was there a social case for subsidy with regard to inter-city services . |
| 15 | This is particularly the case for damage to the left hemisphere of the brain ; and this led to the concept of cerebral dominance : the idea that the left hemisphere dominated the right as far as their contributions to cognitive processing were concerned . |
| 16 | The letter even speaks of their ‘ rights in the matter ’ , and it is perhaps surprising that the question was not asked whether there was a case for complaint to the European Court of Justice . |
| 17 | ( d ) Independent determinationThree questions arise in drafting a provision for determination of the new rent by an independent person . |
| 18 | There is provision for transfer between the ordinary honours degree courses , and from the HND Computer Studies courses ( see page 166 ) on the basis of academic performance . |
| 19 | There is provision for transfer between the ordinary and honours degree courses and from the BTEC HND Computer Studies ( Code CE1112 ) ( see page 167 ) course at Coleraine to the degree course , on the basis of academic performance . |
| 20 | There is provision for transfer between the ordinary and honours degree courses . |
| 21 | Clients may not be physically ill , but there should be provision for care in the appropriate environment if required . |
| 22 | A provision for interest in the budgetary estimates indicated the government 's likely intention to block a 1991 court order outlawing interest , which was forbidden under Islamic law [ see also pp. 38683-84 ] . |
| 23 | Since Dawn had taken $7.38 million in 1979 and done well worldwide , United Film Distributors ( UFD ) was willing to put up a fairly large budget for Day of the Dead by Romero 's standards . |
| 24 | There was a reaction against ( Conservative ) government unpreparedness for war in the 1930s and against those who had not done more to solve the nation 's problems during the Depression . |
| 25 | Although Humphrey emphasises that one can not rule out the possibility of auto workers being a conservative force in the future , he does demonstrate that , at this particular historical-political conjuncture , their militant action provided a catalyst for change for the working class . |
| 26 | In this way the programme has been a catalyst for change in the various local communities , bringing about personal development and the widening of skills at family and community level , both for Community Mothers and the parents they visit . |
| 27 | Elean : So you see hope for change in the younger generation . |
| 28 | Rob seems genuinely puzzled as to why the band have been heralded as the great white/black hope for modernism in the '90s . |
| 29 | The only real hope for mankind in the long term appears to be fusion — the power of the Sun harnessed on Earth — because it is clean , cheap and available . |
| 30 | The archetype here is Guillaume Apollinaire , special pleader for modernism before the first World War . |