Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A good illustration of this point is provided by a case in which the London Borough of Greenwich sought to challenge by judicial review the distribution by the Government of a leaflet explaining the poll tax : the Borough argued that the leaflet was inaccurate and , therefore , that its distribution was illegal . |
| 2 | Nearly half of black teenagers in the city of Chicago fail to graduate from high school . |
| 3 | A bout of sickness and diarrhoea exacerbated the problem intensely to the point of Darren refusing to eat at all and becoming extremely weak and debilitated . |
| 4 | Effective teaching of RE has to battle against unfavourable odds and can be severely damaged in the process . |
| 5 | The anxieties of some UK companies over the reluctance of UK banks to participate at this stage were assuaged with the early November announcement of a meduium-term facility worth about £700 million ( $190 million ) to be extended to Kuwait by the UK government . |
| 6 | The protozoa outside the Garden of Eden tend to travel in straight lines , as before . |
| 7 | De Gaulle was aware of US plans to install in liberated areas of France an Allied Military Government of Occupied Territories ( AMGOT ) similar to the one in liberated Italy . |
| 8 | The events of Asyut seemed to belong to another world . |
| 9 | We did , at the time , when the expenses were incurred , we gave it , that we were opposed to all the increases that were being made , we still maintain that policy , and I believe that there is a time when we should be be in approval , that we in fact , expending money on new active members is wrong , when in fact , have the cut backs , because at the end of the day , people of Lincolnshire have to pay for these additional expenses incurred to elected members . |
| 10 | Finch disapproved of Flynn coming to work in such a state , but when drunken Flynn caused chaos on the set , Finch knew that the fading swashbuckler was incapable of filming for that day , so he would join Flynn for a drink and a sing-song . |
| 11 | I suppose it has something to do with the feeling that what came out of America tended to operate at either of two levels . |
| 12 | Relations with Indonesia continued to improve despite further incursions by Indonesian troops in pursuit of Melanesian separatists from Irian Jaya . |
| 13 | Relations with Egypt continued to improve during 1991 . |
| 14 | But clearly it would not be right for Sara to have to deal with all the arrangements by herself . |
| 15 | Aware of the continuity of German history and bearing in mind the special responsibility arising from our past for a democratic development in Germany committed to respect for human rights and to peace , |
| 16 | The very rich in Paris preferred to live in high-class areas within the city , and the suburbs tended to attract the lower-middle classes and skilled working class . |
| 17 | The material circumstances of life for most students in China failed to improve as economic reforms were extended and strengthened . |
| 18 | At night , after those incandescent afternoons , the sky was deep blue and filled with stars , which in August began to shoot in great arcs across the sky . |
| 19 | Models imported from Europe tend to aim for higher levels of fuel saving , a wider range of feedstocks and a greater degree of automation in their operation . |
| 20 | Deer Park School in Cirencester had to close after sixteen teachers became ill with suspected food poisoning . |
| 21 | The search for a third museum able to contribute financially to the project ended when the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna agreed to participate in 1989 . |
| 22 | Robert Oakley , a former US ambassador to Somalia appointed to negotiate with Somali factions , relief organizations and UN representatives , had reportedly warned the main Somali leaders in Mogadishu-Gen . |
| 23 | I have also heard , anecdotally , that there is someone gainfully employed at Polygram Records to listen to new releases for the James Brown ‘ scream ’ . |
| 24 | In fact the data presented by Guy seem to conform to general statistical laws ; if the number of tokens is lower than 10 , there is a strong likelihood of random fluctuation , while a figure higher than 10 moves towards 90 per cent conformity with the predicted norm , rising to 100 per cent with 35 tokens . |