Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Angell responded that it would not be feasible for Moscow to leap from the present unconvertible rouble to the complex Western system of floating exchange rates , or to a dollar or yen-backed rouble . |
| 2 | Protocols specified the level of " economic convergence " required for states to embark on the third and final stage of EMU . |
| 3 | Apart from any sense of injustice which it might create between one plaintiff and another , it would make it even more difficult for counsel to advise on the correct figure for settlement . |
| 4 | In public law , on the other hand , rules of standing are seen as rules about entitlement to complain of a wrong rather than as part of the definition of the wrong . |
| 5 | Ethnographic research has special qualities suited to dealing with controversial topics in sensitive locations , for it entails a gradual and progressive contact with respondents , which is sustained over a long period , allowing a rapport to be established slowly with respondents over time , and for researchers to participate in the full range of experiences involved in the topic . |
| 6 | The company is also hoping for permission to develop on a nearby abbatoir site . |
| 7 | Last year 's activities included explanatory talks , simple construction projects , radio fox hunting , Morse instruction , radio operating with contacts as far away as Australia , USA and Japan , including opportunities for attendees to chat to the overseas operators , and experiments with a kite antenna . |
| 8 | It has been argued that human wealth is so illiquid that the greater is this h ratio , the greater will be the demand for money to compensate for the limited marketability of human wealth . |
| 9 | The bill 's most contentious provision , which has polarised the profession 's two branches , sets up a framework for solicitors to appear in the higher courts , now the barrister 's preserve . |
| 10 | The bill 's most contentious provision , which has polarised the profession 's two branches , sets up a framework for solicitors to appear in the higher courts , now the preserve of barristers . |
| 11 | ( a ) for solicitors to enter into a multi-national partnerships with members of that profession ; and |
| 12 | By now the tendency for manufacturers to concentrate on a single site was apparent , and many of the smaller mills , such as Inchbrook , fell into disuse . |
| 13 | Figure 6.6b shows us the possible routes for trajectories to pass through the four shaded areas . |
| 14 | He knew all about gossip and calumny , having tried for months to cope with the shifty Hoornik family . |
| 15 | I have thus found the study of pupil deviance a fertile valley for optimism to set beside the forbidding mountain-like permanence of theories of gender reproduction . |
| 16 | The novels enjoyed a limited success , but because most novelists were concerned at the time to redefine the relation of the individual to society in terms of changing values , it was all too easy for readers to focus on the social dimension of Brooke-Rose 's fiction and to overlook those aspects which can in retrospect be seen to prefigure the problems and techniques of her later work . |
| 17 | The crested ibis faces certain extinction in Japan after attempts to breed from the sole remaining pair have failed . |
| 18 | Au pairs ' hours have to be fitted around language classes and travelling and so are unlikely to fit in with yours , unless you are prepared to compromise a great deal and have the energy after work to deal with the appalling homesickness experienced by young people living far from home . |
| 19 | The base for indexing is derived from the RPI of June 1984 and is ( after adjustment to allow for the rebased RPI ) 89.2 . |
| 20 | People came year after year to stay in the two local hotels , the Lake and the Melvin , and to enjoy the fishing and the scenery . |
| 21 | Perhaps they saw it as a last call for help to come to a failing Britain . |
| 22 | Detectives seized eight kilos of coca leaves , the base for cocaine , which were to have been handed out for visitors to chew at the Bolivian Pavilion . |
| 23 | ADVANCES in microelectronics are making it possible for countries to switch to a military strategy that is purely for defence and has no offensive capability — if they want to . |
| 24 | Also , before the 1991 Budget , the tax benefit was simply not a big enough incentive , and it has taken time for companies to respond to the new , more generous tax environment . |
| 25 | All the more reason for Lorraine to look for a bigger home . |
| 26 | For a number of reasons to do with the local labour market and domestic economies , staff clung to a twelve-hour shift system . |
| 27 | They will have a great deal of expertise to offer within the administrative support function . |
| 28 | The client concerned undertook training with the British School of Motoring at a cost of £1,000 to qualify as an approved driving instructor immediately prior to commencing to trade as such . |
| 29 | Their work can be seen as a range of attempts to deal with a shared set of problems which have perhaps been most clearly formulated by the greatest among them — by Bloch and Febvre ( the founders of the journal ) in the first generation , by Braudel in the second , and more recently by Le Roy Ladurie . |
| 30 | Is not it time that some urgent policy measures were introduced by the Ministry of Defence to deal with the major problem from 1992 onwards ? |