Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were some fears however that only a small number of member firms would survive , and the concentration of business amongst a few firms would lead to higher transactions costs and hence lower turnover and liquidity . |
| 2 | The concentration of production in a few firms was considerably more marked in 1970 than it had been 15 years earlier , and many economists attribute around half the increase in concentration in the 1960s to the merger boom during those years . |
| 3 | First , those who stress the symbolic role of leaders , or the concentration of power over a few absolutely critical decisions in the hands of a power elite , view leadership as a zero-sum game . |
| 4 | Concentration of employment in a few locations will reduce infrastructural costs and may increase the external economies of scale available to firms and provide support for growth centre strategies for economic development , although it is by no means clear at what scale these advantages become significant ( Moseley 1974 ) . |
| 5 | Each item is separately labelled and lies on perpetual display , reducing all the pomp and ceremony of Empire to a few mute and pathetic items . |
| 6 | As at other sites , the trace metal contamination — first lead , then zinc — predated the onset of acidification by a few decades . |
| 7 | To polish the edge , use a piece of hardwood with a few drops of oil on it . |
| 8 | Then she said I could look and she gave me a piece of cloth with a few coins in it which my mother had saved for me — and the ring . |
| 9 | CID men DC Grahame Chapman and DC Mark Trotter were awarded the Ken England Trophy in memory of a former Divisional Commander . |
| 10 | Yet another strategy is to put progress on ‘ hold ’ and stay with your current level of progress for a few weeks until you feel more accustomed to the level and better able to proceed . |
| 11 | In the lower reaches of the forest , then , there is a constant but low level of presentation of a few flowers dealt with by low but more or less constant densities of animals , whereas in the upper layers , the flowers are more conspicuously advertised and draw such animals as birds , which are wider-ranging and with good sight , as well as the local , more stationary pollinators from lower in the forest . |
| 12 | And er we find that those of us who are working with homeless people are increasingly simply trying to find some kind of shelter for a few nights rather than actually trying to find a home for people . |
| 13 | Holiday parks in which you can camp , or stay in a chalet or caravan are now remarkably good — so much so that if you have n't tried this kind of holiday for a few years you could be in for a very pleasant surprise . |
| 14 | There are some reprieved murderers whom it is right to release on licence after very short periods of imprisonment ( for example , a mother who kills an imbecile child from merciful motives ) , and it would be undesirable in such cases for a court publicly to pass a sentence of imprisonment for a few months or for a year or two , and thereby to create the impression that the taking of human life may in certain circumstances be no graver a crime than theft . |
| 15 | ‘ You will be going south for training within a few days . |
| 16 | Morrissette 's interpretative strategy was derived from Robbe-Grillet 's own departure from this standpoint in favour of a more ‘ subjectivist ’ view . |
| 17 | The reduction in the plasma CRP concentration as the acute phase response subsides may be similarly rapid , with a fall from peak with a half time of 48 hours , as hepatocyte production of CRP rapidly decreases . |
| 18 | He also told them that a thin palladium wire , only ¼ inch in diameter and an inch long , had reached the boiling point of water within a few minutes , that the wire produced about 26 watts of energy per cm 3 , ‘ about four and a half times what we put into it ’ and that in an early stage of the experiments the apparatus suddenly heated up to an estimated 5000 degrees , vaporising a block of palladium , destroying a fume cupboard and damaging the concrete floor . |
| 19 | We suggest you paint it with yoghurt , seaweed liquid fertiliser or a solution made by soaking a hessian bag of manure in water for a few hours . |
| 20 | Urquhart polished his nose in silence for a few seconds . |
| 21 | Dare I say that a set of vintage pickups and a lick of conductive paint would almost complete the sonic illusion , in the same way that burying the neck and body in peat for a few months would crown the guitar 's appearance ! |
| 22 | I just got into the trench in time as a few explosions were occuring in several parts of the orchard . |
| 23 | ‘ What will you have ? ’ he asked , after they had each studied the menu in silence for a few minutes . |
| 24 | An approximate indication of cost can be given over the phone on receipt of a few basic facts . |
| 25 | This means temperatures will eventually rise by the amount predicted but the thermal inertia of the oceans , which take longer to respond to atmospheric warming , will delay the full rise in temperature for a few decades . |
| 26 | PUPILS at a Middlesbrough school handed over a cheque in memory of a former schoolmate yesterday . |
| 27 | Delegates also approved observer status for the Hungarian Socialist Party ( MSzP ) , the first such decision in favour of a former communist party from eastern Europe . |
| 28 | Saouma announced in March 1990 that an independent commission of inquiry under a former Swedish Prime Minister , Ola Ullsten , was to be set up to investigate the slow progress of the action plan for the tropical rainforests , set up in 1985 in collaboration with the UNDP and the World Resources Institute . |
| 29 | Dampen the hair area of head with a little water and secure the strips in place . |
| 30 | ( Busch-Petersen , a lawyer by profession and still in his twenties , was mayor in his home district of Pankow for a few months after the revolution , before being asked to head the east Berlin retailers ' association . |