Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Some of these can be expressed as a distance-decay function and indeed costs of migration may largely be a matter of distance as in the case of outmigration from island economies such as are found in the Caribbean or Oceania ; others are political and virtually insurmountable , such as national frontiers . |
2 | Her predecessor , William Vander Zalm , had resigned after being criticized by the provincial conflict-of-interest commissioner for his role in the sale of his family-owned amusement park , Fantasy Gardens , to a Taiwanese investor . |
3 | After being cheered over the finishing line they accepted blankets and drinks from their supporters , then wandered about with bemused expressions on their faces . |
4 | Laughton was sent , against his wishes , to study the hotel trade at Claridge 's in London before being called up at the end of World War I ; he was rapidly invalided out of the army after being gassed on the western front in 1918 . |
5 | Accountants are still wading through Maxwell 's complicated business dealings to see if pension funds can still keep paying out after being plundered by the greedy tycoon . |
6 | Gloria Lang , 46 , was last night seriously ill in hospital after being hit by the stolen Nova car with four teenage boys inside . |
7 | Nijaz and Sead Hukanovic had feared they might never see each other again after being parted in the savage purge of Bosnians callously dubbed ‘ ethnic cleansing ’ by the Serbs . |
8 | The Centre is now in its second year after being formed from the Scottish Housing Research Group established in 1982 . |
9 | Meanwhile , two men were recovering in hospital in Belfast after being shot in the loyalist Shankill Road area during the night . |
10 | TWO pensioners who met at a wedding ceremony half a century ago have become close friends after being reunited by the Daily Post . |
11 | TWO pensioners who met at a wedding ceremony half a century ago have become close friends after being reunited by the Daily Post . |
12 | Another 20 people , many suffering cuts and shock after being cut from the tangled wreckage of their cars , were taken to hospital . |
13 | Three weeks ago another prisoner in Durham , with the same surname , was found hanged in his cell after being mistaken for the alleged killer . |
14 | FERRARI yesterday decided to drop its appeals against the £32,000 fine and ban imposed on Nigel Mansell following his failure to stop after being disqualified from the Portuguese Grand Prix , writes Maurice Hamilton . |
15 | THE Football Association are to bring to an end a lucrative film contract after being embarrassed by the notorious Vinnie Jones video , writes Rob Shepherd . |
16 | Sheffield United 's Dave Bassett is the latest to find himself the subject of a police inquiry after being reported by the gentle , clean-mouthed souls who inhabit Chelsea 's stands for swearing . |
17 | Pears was whisked off still wearing his goalkeeper 's jersey and limping heavily after being hurt in the final minutes . |
18 | Already Gazza has restricted his interviews to twice a week after being hounded by the Italian Press . |
19 | After being shunted from the Bass Centre to Zildjian to Sound Control in Scotland ( the present dealers ) he was given the number of Warwick in Germany . |
20 | It was also revealed that a baby died after being delivered in the birthing pool at the Churchill John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford , although the hospital has ruled out any connection between the death and the method of birth . |
21 | After being taken into the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children on January 24 , the infection had spread and Stephen was put on a course of antibiotics . |
22 | Opec President Rilwanu Lukman is likely to step down after being switched from the Nigerian oil minister 's job in a cabinet reshuffle . |
23 | Following the United States invasion of Panama on Dec. 20 to remove Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega from power [ see pp. 37112-13 ] , Noriega on Jan. 3 voluntarily left the papal nunciature , where he had sought refuge , and gave himself up to the US authorities after being persuaded by the papal nuncio , Mgr José Sebastián Laboa , that asylum in a third country was not a viable option . |
24 | The victim was already distressed after being raped by the other man when D announced his intention to have sex with her . |
25 | Newton grabbed a late equaliser after being thrown into the forward line , adding to the double strike he notched in similar circumstances earlier this month . |
26 | The values of are plotted against the corresponding M i and connected by a smooth curve as shown in figure 8.5 , to give the integral distribution curve . |
27 | Tired of being buffeted by the eddying crowd , she moved over to the wall , where a sofa seemed to dare her to sit on it . |
28 | However , there is no point investing for the long term at the risk of being caned in the short term . |
29 | The navigator ( Sgt. Alexander ) , in spite of being wedged within the narrow confines of the glass nose , managed to scramble out , and descended safely by parachute . |
30 | Anyone on the verge of being clapped into the loony bin as one more pathetic case of cold coffee dementia can telephone the firm free and be saved . |