Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maurin could bustle Barbara Coleman off to Nice against her will , but he would also go shopping for tablets to replace the forgotten ones . |
| 2 | Familiarisation of all health care workers with changes in policy and the background of research and development and aims of policy would eliminate some of the frustrations and create a more supportive environment for Health Care Workers who are involved in implementing new policies acknowledging the need for change to meet the new challenges . |
| 3 | Section 6(3) ( a ) envisages a school where the number of applicants for admission exceeds the available places . |
| 4 | The remaining sections contain a wealth of ideas and suggestions for activities to develop the four skills , grammar , vocabulary , and social language . |
| 5 | This will obviate the need for cyclists to negotiate the two roundabouts . |
| 6 | Traditionally this was the time for artists to add the final touches . |
| 7 | It was planted for generations to supply the strong bows for archers but now appears to have a new role as a protector — in the fight against cancer . |
| 8 | Blanche had just asked him for permission to approach the secret services formally and inspect their files on Graham Mills . |
| 9 | Sex for money carries the same risks as any other kind of sex . |
| 10 | Faldo sank a worthy putt for a birdie , but Norman 's victory still looked a formality until his tiny effort , similar to that which Scott Hoch missed for Faldo to win the 1989 Masters , hit the hole and ran past . |
| 11 | Fruit juices are high in fructose , which weight for weight has the same calories as sucrose ( ordinary sugar ) . |
| 12 | And of the Adults who left during the siege , or who managed to survive the fire , three Britons will soon go on trial for conspiracy to murder the federal agents who were killed or wounded in the initial shoot out . |
| 13 | The two singles wins for Berkshire left the reigning champions in an irretrievable position and the home side added a dash more salt to their opponents ' wounds as they clinched a full eight victory points from the remaining doubles victory . |
| 14 | Villagers who have used the flats for centuries claimed the rival pickers were wiping out the beds . |
| 15 | Villagers who have used the flats for centuries claimed the rival pickers were wiping out the beds . |
| 16 | The important finding which appears in Study 3 but which did not in Groeger and Chapman study is the tendency for subjects to rate the risky situations as significantly lower on normality but higher on speed . |
| 17 | During ministerial-level talks the two sides agreed to establish a joint co-operation commission . |
| 18 | He can imagine a variety of possible discontinuities , as I have done here , and he may use each of these to construct an alternative scenario ; but this by no means exhausts the possible discontinuities , most of which can not even be conceived at the moment . |
| 19 | Given this pattern of repeat business , and of agents who have a collection round which week after week includes the same customers , it is typical for customers to start another check when they have paid off the one before . |
| 20 | It was the only horse to complete the race without mishap — three others were remounted after falls to fill the minor places . |
| 21 | Last night police appealed for help to catch the hit-and-run riders . |
| 22 | In return for an orderly resumption of work the government agreed ( i ) a general wage increase of 43 per cent for July to offset the inflationary effects of its current economic austerity programme , with a further review in August ; ( ii ) job security for and non-victimization of strikers ; ( iii ) compensation for public-sector workers made redundant between April 26 and July 21 , but not their reappointment ; ( iv ) the suspension of a programme to privatize land nationalized since 1979 by the former Sandinista ( FSLN ) government ; and ( v ) the retention of subsidies on public transport . |
| 23 | There is just time for enthusiasts to capture the evocative scenes on film and video from carriage and trackside before it 's too late . |
| 24 | Hence a prime accounting task is to ensure that for business-portfolio planning the financial details of embryo businesses being built for the future are separated from those of ongoing businesses . |
| 25 | However , it is far preferable for companies to utilise the professional services of a company such as Rentokil Tropical Plants . |
| 26 | A large number of seminars organised by LAMP are designed to raise awareness about concerns affecting the daily lives of the tribal groups . |
| 27 | A plus point is that the National Trust for Scotland own the 15,000 acres of Kintail so there are no access complications or restrictions . |
| 28 | It is for skilled management developers to use their expertise in the management of change to mitigate the worst effects . |
| 29 | In the days when hummingbird feathers were fashionable costume accessories , the plumage hunters of Trinidad used to imitate the hooting of owls to draw the unfortunate hummingbirds towards them and to their deaths . |
| 30 | The pertinence of these arguments to Latin American reality was borne out most clearly by the failure of both rural guerrilla warfare ( powerfully symbolised by the death of Che Guevara in Bolivia in 1967 ) and of attempts to apply the same tactics in an urban situation . |