Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [prep] [adj] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Abnormal ultrasound scans in early pregnancy and in mid-trimester leading to a prenatal diagnosis of trisomy 21 increased from 1989 to 1991 , from 23 to 33 cases for scans before 20 weeks ' gestation and from 34 to 71 cases for scans before 28 weeks ' gestation ( table ) . |
| 2 | Abnormal ultrasound scans in early pregnancy and in mid-trimester leading to a prenatal diagnosis of trisomy 21 increased from 1989 to 1991 , from 23 to 33 cases for scans before 20 weeks ' gestation and from 34 to 71 cases for scans before 28 weeks ' gestation ( table ) . |
| 3 | The interest spread to other disciplines , even to such apparently distant research areas as the relationship between ratings of female singers ' androgyny , and their music genre and record sleeve images ( Thaxton and Jaret 1985 ) . |
| 4 | In 100 women undergoing termination of pregnancy , coelomic fluid was successfully aspirated in 96% of cases at 6–10 weeks ' gestation , 42% at 11 , and 10% at 12 weeks . |
| 5 | This bulk billing , as it is called , is becoming increasingly common , with 70% of bills for general practitioners ' services settled accordingly . |
| 6 | However , as a matter of principle it annoys Hon. Members to think that Welsh Members should adopt such an attitude , because millions of pounds of English taxpayers ' money are directed towards Wales . |
| 7 | The study sample did not differ significantly from the totality of new referrals in terms of age distribution , sex ratio , or referring agency , apart from having a lower proportion of referrals from old peoples ' homes ( 8/100 v 10/378 ; χ 2 =4.87 ; p<0.05 ) . |
| 8 | I have no figures on the throughput of passengers in those stations ' heyday , but I hazard a guess that considerably more passengers now use the combined stations . |
| 9 | A ‘ baby boom ’ now could provide a large number of teachers in 20 years ' time ; but if in 15 years ' time , the birth rate were to be low , there would be insufficient children for these teachers to teach ( unless pupil/teacher ratios were to be changed ) . |
| 10 | After several months of a total dearth of exhibitions in grander dealers ' galleries , there are signs of something approaching the usual seasonal increase . |
| 11 | Your expertise will be rewarded not only by a competitive salary , but also by an extensive range of benefits including 5 weeks ' holiday , pension and profit share schemes , a subsidised restaurant and first-class sports and social facilities . |
| 12 | Moving heavy deliveries up six flights of stairs , running through the streets with cartons of clothes at 30 seconds ' notice , for maybe ten francs ( £1 ) a time . |
| 13 | Perhaps this is the place to digress a little and talk about the taking of facts from other writers ' books . |
| 14 | Since I mention native speakers ' feelings in this connection , and since I am elsewhere rather sceptical about appeals to native speakers ' feelings , I had better explain that in this case my evidence comes from the native speakers of English I have taught in practical classes on transcription over many years . |
| 15 | Generous discounts were available : 33 per cent off the market value for tenants of three years ' standing , rising by 1 per cent a year up to a maximum of 50 per cent after a total of twenty years as a tenant . |
| 16 | Flowers such as the ox-eyed daisy , poppies , lords and ladies , stitchwort , speedwell , herb Robert , white yarrow and blackberry toad flax were shown along with pictures of dew-laden spiders ' webs draped on flowers . |
| 17 | They also serve the local community , with exhibitions of local artists ' work and educational music sessions . |
| 18 | First , it was not a strike over wages — although a wage claim was later added to the terms on which the Union was prepared to return to work ; it was about the future of the coalmining industry in Great Britain , and in particular was a protest against a plan for extensive pit closures with consequences for both miners ' jobs and the future of their communities . |
| 19 | The advantage of this approach is that the analyst 's intuitive notions of " what is going on " in the conversation do not occupy a central role , being replaced instead by an analysis of the talk in terms of other participants ' reactions and responses . |
| 20 | Gibbons et al. ( 1978a ) demonstrated that treatment by social workers using a standardized task-centred approach ( Reid and Epstein 1972 ) was more effective in terms of improving patients ' social problems than traditional care recommended by psychiatrists , although only for female patients ( Gibbons 1979 ) . |
| 21 | Does he agree that with the massive increases in salaries for those bodies ' chairmen and the ridiculous spend on advertising that we are witnessing , those companies can well afford to drop the standing charges ? |
| 22 | A central problem remains the small role assigned to administrators in liberal corporatists ' accounts ( Nordlinger , 1981 , pp. 171 — 2 ; Diamant 1981 , p. 120 ) . |
| 23 | An official of the Lithuanian Supreme Council claimed on March 18 that Antas Petrauskas Lithuania 's Soviet-appointed state procurator [ see p. 37361 ] , had been seeking to pursue an investigation against Butkevicius on charges of illegal weapons ' possession . |
| 24 | A strike by a majority of Bulgaria 's 21,000 miners , some of them fasting underground , appeared to have been halted when , on Aug. 22 , the men 's representatives agreed to negotiations after nine days ' action . |
| 25 | The new flexi-age retirement provision is unlikely to help you if you move to a new job , since it only applies to employees of 20 years ' standing . |
| 26 | Protection against unfair dismissal is available only to employees with two years ' continuous service ; anyone dismissed before then has no recourse to an industrial tribunal — |
| 27 | At the Lincoln parliament of 1316 , with Lancaster at the head of the council , a campaign in Scotland was planned and the proposal to levy one man from each vill was revived , with the vill responsible for wages for sixty days ' service . |