Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dealing between GEMMs plays an important part in the maintenance of an efficient and liquid market . |
| 2 | Packs of tested components are a different matter , and these represent the best way for beginners to obtain a useful stock of components for a modest outlay . |
| 3 | It is also customary for employers to pay an annual bonus of at least one month 's salary and to provide medical benefits . |
| 4 | Mr Robinson continued : ‘ The Premier League executives now talk to clubs between meetings to get a better understanding . |
| 5 | Newport look for coaches to turn a falling tide . |
| 6 | Of course , as the ISC says , if there are no independent directors it is rather more difficult for shareholders to get an independent view of the directors ' offer . |
| 7 | A different attitude was taken when planning permission was refused for proposals to extend an extensive pig breeding unit , causing obnoxious odours . |
| 8 | Westinghouse Electric Corp , Pittsburgh has asked 15 cellular and wireless companies for proposals to build a nationwide wireless data network , the Wall Street Journal reported : the company 's idea is to spur the wireless carriers , individually or as part of a consortium , to develop a network that would make it easier and cheaper for users of laptop and palm-top computers and other devices to send and receive information over the air — and in return , Westinghouse promised to buy a substantial amount of transmission capacity for turn-key communications services that it wants to offer over such a network for various types of companies , such as those that manage large fleets of vehicles and security concerns doing remote monitoring — ‘ We 're trying to get a national packet data network that covers , at a minimum , the 30 largest metropolitan areas , ’ the company declared . |
| 9 | For institutions offering a substantial programme of advanced work , it would be possible to submit estimates of expenditure through the local authorities for a programme of work three to five years ahead . |
| 10 | Several squads or whole companies of the Chapter would quest for lost worlds and for planets posing a potential menace to the Imperium , as well as for any alien redoubts within imperial spheres of influence , so as to sterilise those . |
| 11 | Design faults at the Susquehanna nuclear power station in Pennsylvania would make it impossible for operators to control a nuclear accident , according to engineers who worked on the plant 's construction . |
| 12 | Outlook , page 31 World Markets New York : Programme buying and a rush of panicky short-covering saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average finish at a record 2,754.56 , up 40.84 Tokyo : A flood of sell orders from investment trusts redeeming funds for clients brought a sharp fall in the Nikkei average , down 256.6 to 35,366.37 . |
| 13 | The aim of the survey was not to produce a set of quantified results from a pre-set questionnaire but , rather , to isolate key management issues which would prove instructive for schools establishing a formula-based scheme or modifying one and in particular in establishing a formula-based system at Alsager Comprehensive School ( the case study school ) . |
| 14 | As more graduates enter primary teaching , so I believe it will become easier for schools to have a common purpose and to recognize this in a jointly worked-out curriculum , with more communication and actual cross-over from one part of the system to the other . |
| 15 | The implication of all this is that large numbers of firms are unnecessary to achieve economic efficiency , and so it is equally possible for oligopolies to attain an efficient allocation of resources . |
| 16 | It had long been traditional for offices to hold an annual dinner for staff in the winter and an outing or picnic in summer . |
| 17 | As with the blacks , sport for Jews became a possible way out of the dreadful circumstances which beset their lives . |
| 18 | Why should we do such a dirty business and stain our name , we who for centuries had an excellent reputation ? ’ |
| 19 | Situated on the banks of the River Mondego , on an important crossroads , it has for centuries played a vital role in the life of the centre of the country . |
| 20 | Having eventually gained planning permission , we have now launched in earnest our appeal for funds to create a suitable memorial to her — a campsite at Harrison 's Rocks near her home in , E. Sussex , where she taught climbing with her husband Terry . |
| 21 | To ensure proportionality and representation even for parties polling a small fraction of the vote across the country , a first count was made on a country-wide basis according to the so-called Hare-Niemeyer system ; afterwards a second constituency-by-constituency count was made . |
| 22 | It is perfectly possible in law for parties to make an interim agreement for the sale of goods which requires further negotiation to iron out the less important details of the transaction , Pagnan S.p.A . |
| 23 | In fact when we say a piece of language is rhythmic we mean that we as readers have a rhythmic response to it — rhythm is a perceptual not a physical fact . |
| 24 | But for Ben Hunt ; his passion for motorbikes started a long time ago . |
| 25 | If P is taken as the vapour pressure of a solution whose pure solvent vapour pressure is P o , then for solutions containing an involatile solute which gives |
| 26 | It is now incumbent on everybody looking after patients following a myocardial infarct to try to reason out what caused the condition and to try to do something about stopping it . |
| 27 | Sedimentation rates for intervals containing a high proportion of laminated sediment are commonly around 10cm per thousand years ( cmkyr -1 ) ( ref. 5 ) . |
| 28 | In the 1840s the Montpellier Pleasure Gardens was a favourite place for visitors to take a constitutional stroll before breakfast . |
| 29 | Even when that object was not consciously in view most proposals for Masai development tended in practice towards that end , their essential ingredient being some measure designed to move the Masai away from the semi-nomadism they had immemorially practised towards a way of living which would make it easier for administrators to keep a benevolent eye on them . |
| 30 | Er so I I do n't find it in my in myself to condemn people who as Conservatives take a different view to myself . |