Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [adv] [verb] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was impossible to escape an impression of lives deeply disturbed and unhappy . |
| 2 | In 1823 he was instrumental in establishing the Mechanics ' Magazine and the Mechanics ' Institute where , in 1825 , he delivered a course of lectures later published as Popular Political Economy ( 1827 ) . |
| 3 | S. Gimignano , near Siena , is the outstanding instance where a number of towers still survive and these date from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries . |
| 4 | Critical discussions may emphasise the drama 's popularity within English Renaissance society and examine the conditions of theatrical playing within Elizabethan and Jacobean society , but considerations of plays rarely acknowledge that many possess multiple forms . |
| 5 | Even in a perfectly competitive economy — the state of affairs normally regarded as most amenable to neoclassical modes of analysis — the real wage rate will remain unchanged for as long as the level of output remains unchanged ; and output will remain unchanged for as long as the level of desired real expenditure remains unchanged . |
| 6 | There are a large number of rare metabolic errors which are purely hereditary and account , despite their large number , for only a small percentage of total illness , and a few conditions such as fatal poisonings which are purely environmental , but in the great majority of conditions both inherited and environmental factors are involved . |
| 7 | A sharper awareness among historians of the purpose of actions previously dismissed as desperate or revengeful has helped explain why groups of workers not infrequently combined intimidatory action with more " legitimate " forms . |
| 8 | Examination of case notes of patients officially recorded as dying of asthma showed that many were aged over 60 and cigarette smokers . |
| 9 | Changes in lifestyle and increasing numbers of households also mean that more homes will be required . |
| 10 | It was true self-education , and accounts for the enjoyment he still shares in the works of poets now regarded as passé . |
| 11 | For the most part it made use of trackways already established and ancient , though it is possible that new pieces of track were trampled out where the direct line required it . |
| 12 | All these activities are also seen in the behaviour of children grossly neglected and deprived of affection and attention . |
| 13 | Boarding out ( or fostering ) has been practised for many years and the Curtis Committee on the care of children strongly urged that this should be the first choice in finding substitute homes . |
| 14 | If the chief of police reasonably believes that any conditions that he may impose will not prevent ‘ serious public disorder , ’ he shall apply to the district council for an order prohibiting for a specified period ( not exceeding three months ) the holding of all public processions or a specified class of processions . |
| 15 | Clearly , Contact users had access to a range of facilities generally regarded as rehabilitative . |
| 16 | In fact , the Port of Rotterdam offers you a variety of facilities so complete that other ports can only dream of them . |
| 17 | What might have been just an isolated , if pretty , trick effect is thoroughly integrated into the thematic content of the film in characteristic Minnellian style — though the evidence of interviews sometimes suggests that this aspect of his work , unlike the stylish and carefully contrived visuals themselves , is in part unconscious and instinctive . |
| 18 | Thousands of pub landlords had been given notices to quit and offered lease agreements with rents widely regarded as excessive . |
| 19 | Certain duets thus feel like tortuous workshop explorations , with manoeuvres hard to do and awkward to watch , and it is these moments where Page seems to come adrift from the music . |
| 20 | States dumping sewage in areas not designated as sensitive would have to demonstrate that primary treatment was sufficient to safeguard water quality . |
| 21 | Therefore , the observed trends were almost exclusively explained by the 400% increase during 1943–77 in cancers accurately coded as anal . |
| 22 | Morphologically , these foci did not differ from those seen in the PBD group of from lesions previously defined as acidophilic atypical acinar cell foci , which may be induced by a chemical carcinogen in rat . |
| 23 | Their commitment to study ranged from evenings only to part or full time . |
| 24 | For instance : are the soft drinks in the conference sessions free ; do you pay for meals actually eaten or expected numbers ; are the hotel 's public address system and audio-visual facilities adequate and available without charge ; do they provide electricity and power for extra lighting free ? |
| 25 | The search for answers soon revealed that whole layers of management — perhaps as many as 6 out of a total of 14 — existed only because these questions had not been asked before . |
| 26 | Changes to pensions now mean that more people have ‘ opted out ’ of the State earnings related pension scheme , and taken out personal pensions . |
| 27 | In the thirteenth century the decoration of manuscripts was passing out of the hands of the religious houses to artists grouped together within the towns and working for patrons both lay and ecclesiastical . |
| 28 | The last Trabant car was produced in April 1991 while the Buna chemical works in Halle and Carl-Zeiss Jena ( the optics business ) were among operations either closed or subject to severe reductions of scale [ see also p. 38155 for other companies affected ] . |
| 29 | Pamphlets written by men who opposed the vote for women also stressed that sexual difference was fundamental to their argument . |
| 30 | Data from 1976 for women specifically show that 14 per cent of women whose marriages were intact were living in someone else 's household ( the most popular choice being the wife 's parents ) , but for divorced and separated women the figure rose to 61 per cent . |