Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As yet there is no other body to undertake this task , and even tentative moves to remove the problem from the cell block and into the detoxification centre foundered in the entrepreneurial 1980s ; for there is little immediate profit to be made from reclamation of this kind of scrap material ( although the long-term value of a humanitarian return might be thought to be well worth pursuing in a civilized society ! ) . |
| 2 | Britains richest man … was fined a hundred and twenty pounds for speeding at a hundred miles an hour along the M5 . |
| 3 | The majority of elderly people ( 76% ) being cared for suffer from a physical disability only . |
| 4 | It maintains that a merger will do more harm than good because the merged group would lose orders from German car firms worried about depending on a single supplier . |
| 5 | cAMP standards were prepared ranging from 0.1 to 4 pmol ml - 1 and standards and unknowns were competed with 1 2 5 [ I ] succinyl cAMP tyrosine methyl ester ( 4.5×10 4 cpm tube - 1 ) for binding to a fixed concentration of cAMP antiserum in sodium phosphate buffer , pH 6 . |
| 6 | Future development of social work practice in this area seems probable , with a social worker having responsibility for relating to a particular Home and its residents . |
| 7 | Sometimes a large coloured dot ( red for stop ) is used to emphasise when there are no rooms available for let in a certain category . |
| 8 | Again they must perform an infinite number of circuits to reach either pole , as their paths are loxodromes , from the sailing term for keeping to a constant bearing . |
| 9 | Stigler 's insight was that randomness in demand provides scope for cheating on a collusive agreement , and creates a problem of statistical inference in enforcing that agreement . |
| 10 | reasons for applying to a particular course |
| 11 | reasons for applying to a particular institution |
| 12 | The dominant reason for applying for a particular course was vocational ( see Table 1 ) . |
| 13 | For each of these zones it can provide : * population statistics ; * population by ACORN category ; * consumer expenditure potential ; * details of retail competition ; * a postcode index for matching to a postcoded customer file . |
| 14 | On the three-day , residential course held on December 4–6 at Pendle 's training centre in the heart of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales , you 'll learn preparation for returning to a changed work environment : Assertiveness Training , Personal Development plus two basic sales training sessions . |
| 15 | Other reasons for returning after a long period away include : |
| 16 | The next was to talk with a senior officer about applying as a future candidate for the ministry . |
| 17 | There was no question that he could have gone into some major productions and worked with some of the more notable directors ; he refused point blank , especially after seeing On a Clear Day . |
| 18 | Norma Jones , left , wanted a change of image to cheer her up after recovering from a nasty injury . |
| 19 | England marksman David Hirst has trained for the first time in five weeks after recovering from a cracked ankle , and is desperate to link up with Chris Waddle . |
| 20 | Harry Collyer was a local boy from nearby Bromley , who joined us in September 1906 for what was only our second season , after impressing in a pre-season trial game . |
| 21 | After catching on a short pole and rod and line I was quite happy with the venue but was still convinced I needed another practice session — time was running out and the only day available was the one after the Division 1 National . |
| 22 | On Oct. 9 , shortly after appearing before a special tribunal [ see below ] , she accused him of " naked aggression " against the judiciary , and added that she regarded him as her main opponent . |
| 23 | A very cloak and dagger episode followed when I had to meet a colleague on shore after landing on a remote beach by motor boat . |
| 24 | OH , SO HAPPY : The Qulis show off Farrah after returning to a massive welcome from neighbours last night |
| 25 | Last season , in his first collection after returning from a lengthy absence to Chloe he re-established his presence with the prettiest reminiscences of the Seventies seen on Paris runways . |
| 26 | After returning from a 30 month tour with UB40 , I believe that Birmingham is establishing itself as Europe 's leading city of the arts and media . |
| 27 | The tragic accident happened ten days ago at the family 's Regent Crescent home in Carrickfergus after returning from a seven-day holiday in Jersey . |
| 28 | He was released 22 hours after sentencing under a special amnesty declared by the President , Seku Torre . |
| 29 | Now , after living in a large house at Cape Cod on the east coast of America for 35 years , she has returned to England and settled in a small village in Berkshire . |
| 30 | After serving as a foreign correspondent in the Middle East and Paris , he took up a new job in Berlin on the very day in 1930 when the Reichstag election heralded unprecedented barbarism in Europe . |