Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [noun] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scouts led war-parties over great distances to the camps of their enemies . |
| 2 | Foreigners , which pay less for labour and in many cases make components of equal quality , are winning business away from German firms . |
| 3 | Most will have a manual personnel records system of some sort . |
| 4 | FEES , CHARGES AND OTHER INCOME : Your authorities raise income by imposing fees or charges for the use of their services and receive other income such as interest on investments . |
| 5 | The researchers made recordings of black adolescents in five different situations , in an attempt to control the variables of race of interlocutor , gender and formality/informality . |
| 6 | When , for instance , one official has to prepare proposals to harmonise VAT on second-hand goods ( which includes works of art ) he is likely to have little idea of the workings of an auction house . |
| 7 | As northern cities became symbols for industrial collapse and unemployment , so symbolic solutions had to be proffered . |
| 8 | In the case of dangerous goods , there are complicated and frequently changing regulations on classification , labelling and packing , but the rewards make expansion into this specialist area of operation extremely worthwhile . |
| 9 | We 're not short , this side of the Atlantic , on reasons to hurl disdain in these kids ' direction . |
| 10 | Other literacies make use of different convention and may , for instance , without any loss of clarity for those who know the rules , not mark sentence boundaries at all . |
| 11 | Initial training was always provided on a one-to-one basis because workers were recruited at different times to perform tasks of varying types . |
| 12 | The discount houses borrow funds from commercial banks , accepting houses , overseas and other banks and from industrial and commercial companies . |
| 13 | The traction combination with an HST power car converted to a driving trailer and only seven HST coaches made mincemeat of conventional timings . |
| 14 | It is generally assumed that ASL is historically linked to the French Sign Language of the early 19th century , researchers seeing evidence of cognate signs in French Sign Language and ASL ( fig. 8.1 ) . |
| 15 | However , the couple 's plans to remain resident for some time to come seem confirmed . |
| 16 | The Government has shied away from forcing unions to discipline members who take part in unofficial action , and has put proposals to curb strikes in essential services on the back burner . |
| 17 | These Acts make provision for two types of surrogacy , the first by a regent , the second by counsellors of state . |
| 18 | Even if the plant is a free-standing subsidiary , within-group pricing policies make determination of real outputs difficult . |
| 19 | Many of these discrete estates made use of extensive areas of distant or upland resources of pasture or woodland . |
| 20 | These Regulations are designed to ensure that employers introduce arrangements for effective management of health and safety in which employees and safety representatives will have to play their part . ’ |
| 21 | All branches of the armed services at various times made appointments of official War Artists , who were commissioned to paint battle scenes or portraits for the armed services . |
| 22 | The confusing rules prohibiting charging for educational provision ( including anything provided as part of the National Curriculum ) and examination entry ( see Appendix to this chapter ) , and the requirement that a course of study leading to a qualification authenticated by an outside body be approved by the Secretary of State or a designated body , have imposed further constraints on what may be offered . |
| 23 | There are rules prohibiting sale of alcoholic drinks ti , or for , young people under 18 years of age , but different rules apply to the sale of beer , cider , etc , to accompany a meal for a young person aged 16 or 17 . |
| 24 | From time to time the authorities got wind of these breaches of regulations and punished clubs , but they did not regularly inspect the books and revelations of extra payments tended to emerge as a result of other inquiries . |
| 25 | Activities to support chemistry at this level will be strengthened and the Society will seek active involvement in the development of general national vocational qualifications at this level . |
| 26 | This problem , associated with attempts to ascribe probabilities to scientific laws and theories in the light of given evidence , has given rise to a detailed technical research programme that has been tenaciously pursued and developed by inductivists over the last few decades . |
| 27 | It is often the proper job of authorities to issue directives for this purpose . |
| 28 | In response to the failure of a number of attempts to provide foundations for certain knowledge of empirical facts , many epistemologists have tried to defend various forms of fallibilism . |
| 29 | Will the Minister use his powers to enable local authorities to provide houses for homeless people , whether through local authorities or housing associations , jobs for redundant construction workers , and new business contracts for the building companies which are going bankrupt ? |
| 30 | It permitted , but did not , as Wilson had intended , require local authorities to provide meals for needy schoolchildren . |