Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [vb -s] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case for foot rests on the presumed equivalence of contrast between foot and query , in 17 : |
| 2 | It 's been said although I would n't say it for myself that the lack of pressure for change stems from the Royal Family 's landholdings . |
| 3 | In the end , the account in Chapter 3 of the pressures for change amounts to an effective review of the recognition of the right of trade unions to be fully informed and consulted , in good time , by management about its intentions where they will or might affect the interests of employees organised by unions ; and so may be said to provide a firm footing for the argument that the practice of providing full information and of engaging in full consultation should be extended and adopted generally , in order that unions may better consider , and act in pursuance of , those interests . |
| 4 | Perhaps the best hope for progress lies in the many examples of good practice that already exist and which the Act simply reflects and builds on . |
| 5 | The point , however , that the inquirer should bear in mind is that these exemptions and exceptions have been granted because the organisations concerned have demonstrated that either they are already regulated by other statutes or are subject to a reporting procedure through branch returns to a central body which itself reports to the Charity Commission . |
| 6 | ‘ The ideal milieu , ’ says the reply from the WCC , ‘ would be in a Third World country ( where ) the ‘ laboratory ’ for research lies at the very door-step of the academic institution . |
| 7 | Is there any place for practice exercises in a communicative approach to language teaching ? |
| 8 | Meanwhile , down the road in Skinnergate , Darlington the cellar bar at The Bowes was a popular venue for rock acts in the Seventies . |
| 9 | In a small town in Surrey an old woman 's plea for help leads to an unsettling encounter |
| 10 | Beccaria 's reputation for humanity comes from the famous sections that oppose the use of torture and of capital punishment . |
| 11 | I have heard of three deaths during rugby matches in the seven years I have been secretary , but nothing like this . |
| 12 | In addition to their apparent central role in the pathogenesis of the arterial thrombus , increasing interest has focussed on platelets and the coronary microcirculation with the finding of platelet aggregates in the coronary microcirculation in some cases of sudden cardiac death ( Haerem , 1972 ; El-Maraghi & Genton , 1980 ) . |
| 13 | But at least some of the meaning of blackbird belongs to the whole complex , and is not attributable to either black — or bird separately ; so , when black is replaced , this additional meaning is lost , along with ‘ black ’ . |
| 14 | It is great to see so many people turn up and we hope this level of support continues during the cold winter evenings ahead . |
| 15 | This system of payment extends to the whole education system including adult education , where numbers of books sold are reportedly very small — either because of low enrolments or because people are going to classes without books . |
| 16 | In several ways this loss of hope acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy . |
| 17 | The power of Chaos lies in the far north of the Warhammer World far beyond the borders of the Empire . |
| 18 | The right use of freedom leads to the Christian discipline that we call ‘ holiness ’ . |
| 19 | According to Brazilian law the responsibility for controlling the sale and the use of mercury lies with the national institute for the environment , IBAMA and in theory these controls are very strict , all importers and dealers are supposed to be registered , and the use of mercury in any process and in whatever quantity , how ever small , requires an official permit . |
| 20 | For mentally impaired elderly people the relevant legislation for Guardianship and the Court of Protection occurs in the Mental Health ( Northern Ireland ) Order ( 1986 ) . |
| 21 | Within manufacture , the precise form of division depends in the first instance on the historical precursors of the capitalistic form of production in the given branch of industry — whether the ‘ manufacturer ’ ( a ) draws together previously separate trades into one workshop to produce a common product or ( b ) splits up a previously unified craft production process into its component tasks . |
| 22 | The process of description triggers off the narrative sequences . |
| 23 | The sense of smell operates in the same way in all mammals , including us . |
| 24 | Pre-twentieth-century poetic texts have commonly been at the core of syllabuses in the older universities , whereas the novel and more contemporary writing are commonly at the centre ( or at least imagined by many in the academic establishment to be the centre ) of course structures within the newer universities and polytechnics , institutions which are also usually viewed as less socially elite . |
| 25 | By 1676 it was part of the main Oxford to Coventry road and of course remains as a major trunk road today . |
| 26 | Faced with lingering criticisms that NT is still fat and slow , they 're doing lots of performance tuning and debugging — which of course leads to the burning issue of when NT will actually be released . |
| 27 | Faced with lingering criticisms that NT is still fat and slow , they 're doing lots of performance tuning and debugging , which of course leads to the burning issue of when NT will actually be shipped . |
| 28 | This argument of course relies on the questionable assumption that eye movements adequately describe the distribution of attention to a stimulus . |
| 29 | In fact , there was some flexibility and the proportion of grant-in-aid of teaching costs to the Eastern District did rise a little , actually reaching 79% in 1957–58 . |
| 30 | Another was that , while Recommendations 7 and 8 had proposed higher payments to tutors , the Report had seen 75% of teaching costs as the maximum grant available , leaving the prospect of a widening gap to be filled from voluntary sources — 25% of a salary of ( say ) £700 being greater than 25% of one of £600 . |