Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The president is a zealous evangelical Christian , obsessed of late by what he calls a ‘ plot ’ by a ‘ mafia ’ of drug traffickers to take over the country . |
| 2 | Their leaflet featured a photograph of powder tracks flowing down the mountainside — just the sort of thing good skiers all dream of being able to do effortlessly . |
| 3 | The lowest level of index records makes up the sequence set , and in this case the pointers are to control intervals ; the total number of control intervals indexed by one index record makes up a control area . |
| 4 | Much of its stealth comes from a design that minimises the chance of radar waves bouncing back the way they came . |
| 5 | He says he experienced a tremendous thrill when he heard the tinkle of money and saw a glittering stream of silver coins clattering down the chute . |
| 6 | In the yew trees nearby , birds sang and the hum of traffic and smell of exhaust fumes carried on the air . |
| 7 | Main picture : In the kitchen/dining room a magnificent arrangement of satin ribbons finishes off the table setting |
| 8 | Realising that the Australians were not so foolish as to engage in pitched battles , whatever their masters decreed , the Japanese sent a picked force of guerrilla fighters to take up the chase where the major columns left off . |
| 9 | Same list of icecream flavours hung on the wall and bowl of aniseed lollipops on the counter , same gilt baskets of croissants and racks like umbrella stands packed with tall loaves . |
| 10 | A group of control intervals makes up a control area . |
| 11 | As a relatively small number of library authorities carry out a high amount of training , so a small number of libraries spend a high proportion of the money budgeted : 19 libraries accounted for 55% of this money , although employing just under a quarter of all staff . |
| 12 | In 1910 a proposal for a chain of telegraph stations to link up the empire was submitted to the British government . |
| 13 | If this is the case , then you may well want lots of hardy infantry and plenty of missile troops to scythe down the opposition as they advance on your army . |
| 14 | I was one of a group of army cadets taken on an adventurous training camp , at Newtonmore , to learn new skills . |
| 15 | Midnight , tall and still against a background of copper pans hanging on the wall , looked directly at Jess . |
| 16 | Did she imagine it or did a head of bronze curls pop round the door , and were a pair of peacock-blue eyes gazing at her with implacable hatred ? |
| 17 | The three of them looked at the dark-dressed figure of their brother , his head back , as he stared at the huge oil painting of highland cattle hanging on the broad stone wall of the fireplace , and he answered , ‘ I do n't know , Reggie . |
| 18 | Bell and Newell ( 1971 , Chapter 2 ) suggest a pair of notations for describing computers ; ISP ( Instruction Set Processor ) for descriptions at the instruction level , and PMS ( Processor-Memory-Switch ) for an over-all view of hardware components making up a complete computer system . |
| 19 | Admittedly , this is a Treasury matter , but it can not possibly be beyond the ability of Treasury Ministers to work out an effective formula to ensure that the Ministry of Defence is properly rewarded for any help that it gives . |
| 20 | A private garden for the use of hotel patrons runs down the water 's edge and there is a wonderful view of the Sea of Moyle stretching beyond to the shores of Scotland and the Western Isles which can be seen on clear days . |
| 21 | ‘ Under the veil of darkness cities take on a universal quality ’ , thought American artist DOUG DAWSON , until he brought his pastels to London and discovered that it held certain characteristics he could n't ignore . |
| 22 | ‘ Under the veil of darkness cities take on a universal quality ’ , thought American artist DOUG DAWSON , until he brought his pastels to London and discovered that it held certain characteristics he could n't ignore . |
| 23 | From the travel point of view things carried on a bit from there in a local sense . |
| 24 | The most recent idea was making a path at the side of their home incorporating large circles made of paving setts to break up the monotony of a straight path . |
| 25 | The sound as they smashed on the upturned bottom was like ‘ a string of freight cars roaring over a trestle ’ . |
| 26 | Strings of paraffin lamps gleam along the upper decks and dance in the inky water . |
| 27 | It is advisable for each group of LIFESPAN users to set up a software performance reporting mechanism pertinent to their own environment , based on a pre-printed form which gathers information from the originators . |
| 28 | The tax burden imposed on workers to pay for welfare services opened up a gap between the cost of labour to the employer ( the wage gross of employers ' and employees ' social security contributions and of income tax ) and what the worker received ( the wage net of all these deductions ) . |
| 29 | Eating sand rice and stone peas , drinking small quantities of an unknown sticky orange substance , stopping off for re-fuelling at most airports in the world , taking crazed detours to Nowhereland through Afghanistan , Pakistan , India , Iran , Saudi Arabia , what seemed like Iceland and what definitely was Cuba , herded off the plane every few hours to sit in concrete bunkers while men with machine guns handed out the sticky orange , with the true feeling gnawing into your dead-from-the-nerves-down brain that you would n't make Bangkok until the New Year , if at all . |
| 30 | The situation has greatly improved from 1989 when affordability in the province was at its worst , with mortgage repayments eating up an average of 14.3pc of income . |