Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [art] [adj] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After passing the welcome but rather unexpected Sportsman 's Inn , the river is re-crossed at Stone House Bridge , one of the few places on this narrow highway where there is space to park a few cars . |
| 2 | From 1967 to 1975 he was the Ford Foundation 's representative in Nairobi , and was responsible for developing an innovative and highly influential programme to support the process of Africanisation . |
| 3 | The warm reception given to Project 90 , designed by John Heffernan and Ken Greenley , provided positive proof to Ward that he was on the right track in his long-term strategy of building a separate and much stronger image for the Bentley marque . |
| 4 | Others , however , suggested that it was already capable of manufacturing a small and relatively crude nuclear weapon . |
| 5 | It is not simply a matter of firing a dozen or so casters into the swim every few minutes ; it is a case of knowing just when to step up the feed , when to slow it down , and when to cease feeding altogether . |
| 6 | Any mortgage increase undertaken for personal reasons ( for example , to obtain capital , maximise tax allowances ) or purely as a result of purchasing a larger or more desirable property will not qualify for assistance . |
| 7 | The historical period which has seen its political devaluation is one in which political optimism has become unfashionable , which perhaps is one way of explaining the retrospective or merely historicist character of the Situationist exhibition , and the books I have reviewed . |
| 8 | Fresh from the indulgence of driving the fastest and most powerful Jaguar saloon ever built over several hundred kilometres of demanding roads , I was about to set off on a journey that would take me from one end of Europe to the other . |
| 9 | He particularly missed the huge oil portraits which had dignified that impressive Whitehall staircase , intrigued always by the techniques by which artists of varying talents had coped with the challenge of dignifying the ordinary and occasionally unprepossessing features of their sitters by the visual exploitation of magnificent robes and by imposing on their pudgy faces the stern consciousness of imperial power . |
| 10 | One is the difficulty of establishing a viable and nationally recognised definition of physical abuse . |
| 11 | Such widespread ignorance is not difficult to explain , since during the middle decades of the sixteenth century there was an acute shortage of ministers to undertake the uphill task of disseminating the new and intellectually demanding beliefs . |
| 12 | Indeed , we trust that all contributions will be judged not as predictions , but rather as means of analysing a complex and unpredictably changing sphere of social life . |
| 13 | As a means , therefore , of getting a firmer and more detailed grip on the kind of holism which Althusser and his followers have espoused , I shall begin by outlining the theory of capitalist states that Poulantzas has developed . |
| 14 | A further day is proposed on the subject of teaching the elderly and/or physically disabled . |
| 15 | This later recommendation surprised many who had expected a liberal/academic working party of ‘ the great and the good ’ to turn their backs on the idea of retaining a paternalistic and arguably outmoded system of adult censorship . |
| 16 | Bull has put in place some restrictions on which employees can accept the offer , in order to avoid the risk of losing the youngest and most talented staff , a problem experienced at other manufacturers such as IBM Corp . |
| 17 | Voting is not just a matter of knowing how to put a cross on a piece of paper , nor of having a rough or even quite refined view of the policies of the major political parties . |
| 18 | Now that the transition into planets is well-established , we suspect Scott McNealy is wearying of playing the dual and sometimes conflicting roles of CEO of parent company Sun Microsystems Inc and president of the company 's systems planet SMCC , going to both sets of meetings and dealing with other planets as an equal who 's also their boss . |
| 19 | Now that the transition into a string of planets is well-established , we suspect Scott McNealy is wearying of playing the dual and sometimes conflicting roles of chief executive of parent company Sun Microsystems Inc and president of the company 's systems planet Sun Microsystems Computer Corp , having to go to both sets of meetings and deal with other planets as an equal who is also their boss , and he could well be on the look-out for a president for the hardware unit ; some say he 's being urged to split the company up even further by some of his lieutenants . |
| 20 | Meanwhile , Jodhi May , in her first American celluloid outing , makes a good stab of portraying the frail but ultimately doomed Alice Munro , one of the daughters of Fort William Henry 's Scottish commander Colonel Munro who the mighty Magua , the wronged Huron war chief , has vowed to destroy . |
| 21 | Yoga also highlights the need for investigating the preventive as well as the curative effects of complementary therapies . |
| 22 | The coordinating nurse on each shift ‘ liaises ’ with the admissions office regarding bed availability , and will frequently act as a ‘ disturbance handler ’ and ‘ spokesperson ’ for the ward — with the aid of an established ward standard — if the total patient dependency score and staff skill mix ratio is not compatible with maintaining a high or even safe level of patient care . |
| 23 | As with most items that come as a ‘ set ’ , value increases considerably for having every one and more so for them being in fine condition . |
| 24 | but I , he says he did n't , I mean , since she 's had the chop , but between having the first and then having the twins , the second , she went back to work then at the Building Society , so she 's got a cheaper mortgage , so why did n't they pay some off then ? |
| 25 | But common sense , coupled with the prospect of the time and paperwork involved in interviewing the hundred or so people who 'd been through the Cookery and Refreshment Tent during the past few hours finally defeated his hope for personal glory through brilliant deduction . |
| 26 | While the Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) decision R v Sanyo Electrical Manufacturing ( UK ) Ltd , is a case which is of interest in its own right , its real significance is that it is yet more evidence of an increasing awareness by the courts of the crucial role they have to play in securing a healthier and safer working environment by ensuring that infractions of health and safety , and related legislation , are properly penalised . |
| 27 | Discussions of how the relative strength of States should be evaluated were common , but none of their authors succeeded in finding a clear or universally applicable solution to the problem . |
| 28 | By contrast a strong sense of duty may present a moral dilemma in undertaking caring , for by itself it is a cheerless framework for entering a close and inevitably intimate relationship . |
| 29 | Critics and the viewing public were quite accustomed to seeing the nude and even courtisanes in pictures . |
| 30 | Of the nursery , the location of which is being kept secret , Mr Wood said : ‘ We are geared to taking the injured and now have veterinary backing . ’ |