Example sentences of "[art] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the first level was concerned with the stamping out of political regionalism and other local attitudes that limited central authority . |
| 2 | Glen Lyons , consultant trichologist at the Philip Kingsley Clinic , says : ‘ In the last five years I 've noticed a dramatic increase in the number of women suffering from hair and scalp conditions , particularly the speeding up of genetic hair loss . |
| 3 | For example , with the creation of hospital trusts , with the opting out of schools , with the contracting out of local government services . |
| 4 | In part , these demand changes reflect broader issues regarding the contracting out of local authority services . |
| 5 | The paper included plans to privatize British Rail and London buses , to increase competition for the Post Office , to expedite the contracting out of local authority services to the private sector , and to shorten waiting times for hospital admissions . |
| 6 | This takes two forms : the contracting out of clinical work to private hospitals and competitive tendering for the provision of non-medical services such as cleaning , catering and laundry services . |
| 7 | He noted that return on individual lots would obviously be better for vendors at 9% than Christie 's current 15%-10% but that the levelling off to one figure meant that Christie 's will look more competitive overall whenever they enter the market . |
| 8 | Erm and erm I do n't think that on the to go on about affordable housing as I did this morning , I do n't think that in fact the affordable housing targets which the different authorities have and although I 've only quoted four authorities I think , I think the other ones will be very much the same . |
| 9 | Although the using up of old stock may be one reason for this practice , watchcase-makers were probably also reluctant to use Britannia silver because it is a softer alloy than sterling . |
| 10 | In the last few years these problems have also been intensified by the housing changes described in chapter 7 , namely the accelerated contraction of the private-rented sector , the winding up of New Town Development Corporations and other official overspill schemes , the cutback in Treasury funds for new public-sector house-building in general , and the sale of council houses to tenants with ‘ Right To Buy ’ discounts ( Brittan , 1986 ) . |
| 11 | Ozone is itself a form of greenhouse gas — helping to retain the sun 's reflected heat in the atmosphere - , and its destruction may be allowing more heat to escape than was hitherto thought , compensating for the increased heat retention caused by the build up of atmospheric carbon dioxide and other " greenhouse gases " . |
| 12 | The build up of cytosolic calcium inhibits further release through its inhibitory effect on the release channel and the cytosolic calcium is removed by being pumped back into the stores or out of the cell ( Fig. 4 d ) . |
| 13 | Of course , there is nothing to guarantee that the authorities will stick by the same decision rules : they could become so agitated by public concern over the build up of inflationary pressure that they could jettison their employment objective and opt for contractionary demand management policies . |
| 14 | The speed at which these pulses returned told environmental experts at the town hall about the build up of dangerous exhaust fumes on High Row . |
| 15 | ‘ Generating electricity causes serious environmental damage by contributing to acid rain , to the build up of radioactive waste and to the threat of global climate change . |
| 16 | Leaving gaps in the base of the wall near ground level will prevent the build up of excessive water in the soil behind . |
| 17 | The account in Table 2.3 of the build up of independent study across the Course would be an example of a course-wide policy which is permissive progressively permeating the Course as a whole . |
| 18 | The cleaning kit will also remove the build up of magnetic oxide which collects on the head . |
| 19 | A similarly timid attitude had to be taken with regard to strikes by ASLEF , the train-drivers ' union , and the bailing out of British Rail . |
| 20 | The bailing out of weaker building societies must come to an end . |
| 21 | The picking out in black paint of the window surrounds and pediment was also instigated by the Georgian rector , and is very much in the Welsh tradition . |
| 22 | It is the pouring in of new wine , but the bottles must also be new or they will burst , and this is exactly what Mr. Alexander 's treatment does . |
| 23 | Does the growing up on fragile ice create , if you like , metaphorical value in your cancer work ? |
| 24 | This in turn explains why the infinitive can evoke both the wide range of all possible realizers ( as in To visit the poor is a Christian obligation ) and the narrowing down of this range to one particular spatial support ( for instance , to the speaker as in Oh to be in England … ) . |
| 25 | Studies on the impacts of the reform of corporation tax and the phasing out of accelerated depreciation allowance on UK investment have been undertaken by Sumner ( 1988 ) and Devereux ( 1989 ) . |
| 26 | Although nobody really argues about what needs to be achieved , there are disagreements about how the phasing out of mental handicap hospitals should proceed . |
| 27 | In September 1988 the situation worsened with the phasing out of free school meals for 500,000 children whose parents were in receipt of family credit . |
| 28 | ‘ The updated video will have new sections on the terminal 's safe system of work , the COSHH ( Control of Substances Hazardous to Health ) regulations and on the use of fire extinguishers , following the phasing out of portable Halon extinguishers on site . |
| 29 | Thirdly , it is the intention of AIB Bank Management to introduce a reduction in Staff Costs by the elimination of special payments , by the reduction of London and Large Town Allowances , by the reduction of the standard of flights home and the phasing out of Overseas Allowance . |
| 30 | The change was widely reported as bringing into question the government 's commitment to the phasing out of nuclear energy by 2010 , as approved in a 1980 referendum [ see pp. 30335 ; 30994 ; 34831 ] . |