Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [conj] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In 1983 the Soviet media cited a New York Times report that in the absence of an agreement with the United States on the bases Greek officials were prepared simply to liquidate them and were ‘ seriously considering taking up a position of neutrality similar , for example , to that adhered to by Sweden ’ .
2 The experts say that for a woman over about 40 , SERPS is definitely going to be better , and if she has been paying into a contracted out PP scheme up to that time , she should change over then .
3 Candidates say that on the doorstep , education questions concern mainly national policies .
4 They tend to advertise in the appropriate specialist hobbies press and through the medium of direct mail .
5 Similar considerations show that inside the horizon a separation in radial coordinate only has become time-like .
6 If however doubts exist as to the application of the compulsory provisions , it is clearly wise to apply for registration ex abundante cautela. ( e ) HM Land Registry fees The registration or modification of a restriction ( see p121 ) will incur a fee of £40 ( Land Registration Fees Order 1992 ( SI No 2089 ) ) although no fee is payable if the application is accompanied by an application upon which a scale fee is payable .
7 All three Evangelists agree that in the case of Jesus it said ‘ the King of the Jews ’ .
8 The guidelines envisage that over the period to 2011 the proportion of aggregates supply met from primary land-based sources in the region will decline from 85% to just over 20% .
9 Greater emphasis should also have been placed on the economic context in which disputes occur and on the state of political consensus — primarily , whether the trade unions are accepted in a ‘ partnership ’ role with the state , or are defined as problematic to its objectives ( Ragin et al , 1982:243 ) .
10 The fundamental design concept of a microcomputer is that it should provide real computing power to tackle the same kinds of task that larger computers handle but in a machine which is almost as easy to use as a calculator and typewriter .
11 ( 2 ) The authorities show that in a number of situations the ex turpi causa defence will prima facie succeed .
12 Countries vary as to the proportion of the farm labour force taken up by the peasantry .
13 The optimists feel that in the absence of war Russia would have continued on the road to progressive modernisation .
14 In addition , models differ as to the nature of the specialization which they postulate to occur for the two hemispheres .
15 Officials say that as a result of Mr Hindmarsh 's letter , bosses in the Darlington area which stretches to Middlesbrough , Hawes , Spennymoor and Northallerton , will preside over a service which will diminish in quality .
16 Order twen er , rule twenty , eight , four provides that when a party is entitled to costs , and that of course is the case of the plaintiffs , a , fails without good reason to commence or conduct proceedings for the taxation of those costs in accordance with this order or any direction or b , delays lodging a bill of costs for taxation , the taxing office may one , disallow already part of the costs of taxation that he would otherwise would warn about the party and two , after taking into account all the circumstances , including any prejudice suffered by any other party as result of such failure or delay as the case maybe , and any additional interest payable under section seventeen of the judgements act because of the failure or delay , allow the party so entitled less than the amount he would otherwise have allowed on taxation of the bill are wholly disallowed the costs , his provision for an appeal to allow to the judge and chambers and that is the way the matter is coming before
17 Despite this , Marxism continues to grow as a major intellectual force in Western societies , Marxist-inspired political organisations flourish and throughout the world more and more governments fall to communism .
18 What actually happens depends to some extent on the strategies that classes pursue and on the unity with which they organise themselves and seize opportunities to strengthen their positions .
19 Christians believe that through the death of Jesus a new relationship is made between God and his people , called the covenant .
20 Many observers believe that by the time he steps down in Brussels , at the end of 1992 , most small Irish farmers will have accepted his pension plan and he can return as the hero of rural Ireland .
21 Thus an opportunity had to be missed by the Library Association to assert its outright rejection of library censorship , using one of the few pieces of legislation that ensure that libraries exist and in a manner free from censorship .
22 In the first of these a group of libraries cooperate because of a factor or factors which they hold in common — usually their subject field or their geographical location .
23 The trade-off possibilities worsen because to the left of people 's expectations about inflation are falsified with the actual rate exceeding the expected rate .
24 Newquay and Ilfracombe are each about an hours drive and worth a visit .
25 The model of the Bibliothèque de France still involves a building at which material is accessible , but the developments of networks mean that in the future this will no longer be necessary .
26 Where the Auditors and Purchaser 's Accountants disagree as to the valuation of an item and , where the disputed element of the valuation is less than [ £1,000 ] for an individual item , or the aggregate value of all disputed elements of valuation within the stock and work in progress are less than [ £10,000 ] both parties shall agree to accept the Auditors ' valuation .
27 Where the Auditors and Purchaser 's Accountants disagree as to the valuation of an item and , where the disputed element of the valuation is less than £1,000 for an individual item , or the aggregate value of all disputed elements of valuation within fixed assets are less than £3,000 both parties shall agree to accept the Auditors ' valuation .
28 A number of issues arose that emphasised the difficulties that safety committees encounter because of the absence of trade union representation .
29 Comparisons with previous surveys show that despite a blip in 1988 this industry has shown steady growth over the last five years and is now firmly established as Scotland 's third most important sector in terms of exports .
30 Using the same analysis as Government statisticians , the figures show that over the period 1979 to 1988 , real disposable incomes rose by over 30 per cent .
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