Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] [unc] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reasons for the gilts ' good performance since the election are the feelings among investors that the Conservatives are determined to keep inflation low and also that they are more likely to control government spending . |
| 2 | The Israel Nature Reserves Authority is attempting to protect the population , providing guard dogs to local farmers to prevent wolf attacks and collecting data for the wolves ' long-term conservation . |
| 3 | One old horseman put forward his opinion that the reason for the teams ' long stretch of work in the early part of the day was , in fact , to save taking off ( the harness etc. ) in the middle of the day ; and — what is more interesting — he referred to the day 's visit to the field as journey . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , Leeds chairman Leslie Silver last night blamed a king-sized European Cup hangover for the champions ' wrecked title defence . |
| 5 | However , as Clementina Black pointed out at the end of her inquiry into married women 's work for the Women 's Industrial Council , some women worked when the family income was already adequate , because they prized their independence : ‘ A shilling of your own is worth two that he gives you ’ . |
| 6 | During the First World War she volunteered for the Women 's Reserve Ambulance and twice won the Croix de Charité for gallantry for heroic rescues in Salonica . |
| 7 | Her wartime work for the Women 's Voluntary Service and the Red Cross resulted in tremendous changes in her sense of self-worth , in her relationship with her husband and in her attitude towards housework . |
| 8 | During the war I worked for the women 's voluntary service and shortly afterwards I went abroad for a few years , returning in the late 1940s , divorced with three children . |
| 9 | She then lectured on philosophy and economics for the Women 's Co-operative Guild . |
| 10 | These ideas became the basis for the Parents ' Educational Union , which was established in 1887 in Bradford . |
| 11 | So parents actually welcomed the possibility of a large family : an extra pair of hands could soon pay for itself by working in the fields as well as ensuring security for the parents ' old age . |
| 12 | He played trains with the older ones , sitting them inside upturned chairs and positioning himself in front , using a broom handle for the wheels ' connecting rod . |
| 13 | Knight Williams is responsible for the trusts ' overall investment strategy , while specialist fund managers ( Mercury , Schroder , Barings , James Capel , GT , Perpetual , SGTR and Whittingale ) are in charge of day-to-day management . |
| 14 | IN April 1917 , shortly after her nineteenth birthday , Jeanne Hébuterne was trying on her costume for the artists ' fancy dress ball during the Carnival . |
| 15 | The exceptions are : a mid fifteenth-century embroidered pall from St Peter 's , Sudbury , Suffolk ( now in Ipswich Museum ) ; two magnificent hearse cloths of 1509 , one in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford and the other in Great St Mary 's at Cambridge , provided for the varsities ' annual commemoration service for Henry VII ; a pall of 1516 belonging to the Guild of St John at Dunstable Priory ( Col. 1 ) ; and six palls of the period c.1490–1525 belonging to various livery companies in the City of London . |
| 16 | Neath MP Hain believes there will be more urgent demands for the Springboks ' four-match tour to be axed if the violence in South Africa continues . |
| 17 | Federal funding for the arts occupies a tiny part of the national budget , but in the last administration became a cause celèbre when the question of National Endowment for the Arts ' occasional support for provocative and sexually explicit art aroused the fury of conservatives led by Senator Jesse Helms , who whipped up popular support for a move to curb or cut the N.E.A. 's budget . |
| 18 | The firmness of the Polychromos Pastels is due to their slightly higher than average binder content ; this accounts for the crayons ' notable strength and low dust factor , reducing accidental breakage and keeping the hands relatively clean during use . |
| 19 | Lt. Hugh Hutchinson won the RAF inter-service Slalom Challenge Cup , the Robert Redhead Downhill Cup , and the Duchess of York Trophy for the Men 's Overall Champion . |
| 20 | Bonn is a handsome town but , far as it is from the historic centres of German power , it seems an odd choice for a capital , even allowing for the Allies ' post-war policy of de-centralisation . |
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| 22 | He is a heavy backer and advisor to Governor Bill Clinton , front-runner for the Democrats ' presidential nomination . |
| 23 | Victories in three primaries , including the battle of New York , were a turning point that have given the Arkansas governor an unassailable lead in delegates needed for the Democrats ' presidential nomination . |
| 24 | We want to provide for the children 's cognitive development , yet do not wish to assess them by something they are not fully competent in : the English language . |
| 25 | He deserted the safe cloisters of that college in order to teach for the Workers ' Educational Association : he had been leader of the Labour group on Oxford City Council since 1934 . |
| 26 | The continued decline of international prices for the LDCs ' main export products during the last decade ; the danger of a fall in official development assistance and the consequences of the Gulf crisis , were listed as the main factors affecting growth in LDCs . |
| 27 | Lastly , the sad record of colonialism in the far north-east includes the name of the Aleuts , who were largely annihilated by the Russians during the latters ' trans-Pacific adventure in pursuit of sea-otter furs . |
| 28 | Dunkirk , Boulogne and Calais , through which British munitions and troops could pass in growing numbers , might have been taken at little cost during the Germans ' initial advance , now they would have to be fought for . |
| 29 | We were greatly influenced by the work of the FMS and some of us had collaborated with that organization back in 1968 during the teachers ' massive strike . |
| 30 | The warning came at a meeting with Scottish Social Work Minister Lord Fraser during the associations 's annual conference in Inverness . |