Example sentences of "[prep] [prep] [adv] [det] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our case studies [ see Chapters 5–7 ] , which make reference to the environment in which users of temporary labour are operating , give some indication of the importance of alternative employment opportunities ( or the lack of them ) in explaining the labour market behaviour of at least some temporary workers . |
| 2 | The tour , considered a diplomatic triumph for de Klerk , gave rise to speculation that participants at the European Communities summit scheduled for June in Dublin , would recommend the lifting of at least some economic sanctions . |
| 3 | They should , as a result , be able to predict the probability of occurrence of at least some future events , and their consequences . |
| 4 | However homoeopathy is very successful in veterinary practice and it is theoretically possible that suitable animal tests could be devised for the study of at least some homoeopathic remedies . |
| 5 | Among the Apterygota the retention of at least some abdominal appendages is a general feature . |
| 6 | It is necessary also to enlarge our understanding of developmental mechanisms , and there is growing interest in the widespread occurrence of at least some regulatory genes in disparate phyla . |
| 7 | There is still a strong case for continuing with at least some three-day matches on uncovered pitches . |
| 8 | The intriguing structures they find may be evidence that sudden explosive events play the dominant role in at least some dynamical phenomena , and that molecular clouds therefore have a rightful place in the current perception of the interstellar medium as one subjected to assaults of extreme violence . |
| 9 | Frustrated national movements like those of the Irish , or south Slavs of the Dual Monarchy , of the Armenians in Turkey or the Poles in Russia , could usually rely upon a reflex of ready sympathy in at least some foreign countries . |
| 10 | When I was twelve , and I got baptized , erm a lady gave me a little text and it was from Joshua chapter one and it was verse nine and it says have I not commanded you be strong and courageous do not be terrified , do not be discouraged for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go and that 's a verse that I 've been able to remember and to thank God for on so many different occasions all through my training as a doctor and it 's , all the promises in the bible are absolutely true and you can rely on them because it 's not a book written by men but it 's a book written by God . |
| 11 | But no one should be permitted to leave school without at least some practical passes . |
| 12 | It seems clear that , no matter how those at risk may be identified and quantified , social workers will , in practice , increasingly want to ensure that their actions are directed by legislative requirements , both as protection for themselves and as a means of pointing to at least some external criteria for the validity of the protective actions taken in respect of children . |
| 13 | It seems probable that many of the models outlined above will be found to be applicable to at least some passive margins , but much work remains to be done in this field . |
| 14 | For at least some Western observers Soviet action was not simply a violation of international agreements but an attempt to establish a greater degree of influence in the Persian Gulf , an area of enormous significance for Western oil supplies and one in which the Western position had already been weakened by the overthrow of the Shah of Iran . |
| 15 | Impatience with this position , held by at least some influential members of Mining Awareness , and its lack of aggressive response coupled with the conviction that opposition was now called for ( at least in areas such as Croagh Patrick where prospecting was strongly advanced ) led to the setting up of the Mayo Environmental Group ( MEG ) early in 1989 . |
| 16 | Fourth , with the likely acquisition of nuclear weapons by at least some additional states in the next few decades , the need for some clear rules of the road so far as nuclear weapons are concerned may actually increase . |