Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the years of their operations , however , they were frequently referred to as Lestai ( Brigands ) or as Sicarii ( Daggermen ) , the name deriving from the sica , a small curved dagger especially favoured by the Zealots for political assassinations . |
| 2 | The princess was warmly applauded by the scientists for her speech . |
| 3 | The North Station cars were greatly missed by the locals for whom they offered a quick journey to the Station and Town Centre , when they were withdrawn in 1963 . |
| 4 | In 1984 , the first of eight massive plumes were detected by the NOAA over Novaya Zemlya , the Arctic island long used by the Russians for nuclear weapons tests . |
| 5 | The latest addition is a room devoted to Princess Isabel , daughter of Pedro II , who is fondly remembered by the Brazilians for her part in abolishing slavery . |
| 6 | ( It may have been simple retaliation — he had been mildly reprimanded by the guardians for allowing an unqualified assistant to attend a midwifery case as his deputy earlier that year , and had been instructed to provide the name of a legally qualified locum . ) |
| 7 | I can only emphasise the point that Her Royal Highness has already made on the requirements for us to have a much larger membership to allow us to speak with strong voice in the many debates we find ourselves involved on behalf of our sport whether it be windsurfers , dinghies , offshore sailing craft , motor cruisers , powerboat racing , anything that virtually goes on the water we look after . |
| 8 | THE BOOM in colourful , vigorous Impressionist-style paintings which , with some astute promotion by auctioneers , has already rippled through the markets for the Scottish colourists , Italian , Scandinavian and Irish art , now has a chance to affect Belgian art , at Christie 's on Thursday . |
| 9 | That project was finally put into the proposals for this financial year , only to be clobbered by the moratorium on capital expenditure . |
| 10 | ‘ Let us be done with the arguments of participant observation versus interviewing — as we have largely dispensed with the arguments for psychology versus sociology — and get on with the business of attacking our problems with the widest array of conceptual and methodological tools that we possess and they demand ’ . |
| 11 | They are all linked with parts of educational activity which fall within a typical institutional plan and are now largely covered in the requirements for the publication of comparative information laid down in the Education ( Schools ) Act 1992 . |
| 12 | Such designations may be comprehensive in that the key villages are usually designated as the loci for growth in employment , services and housing . |
| 13 | Jonadab always relied on the leaves for treating any horse which developed an infection or chill in the bladder . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , The Fellow was yesterday included among the entries for both the Whitbread Gold Cup and the Jameson Irish Grand National . |
| 15 | We were then both at a very comfortable period of life , and I do n't know why no one has ever prayed to the gods for perpetual middle age . |
| 16 | The papers of counsel acting for the plaintiffs in a pending action in the Commercial Court were mistakenly sent to the solicitors for the other side . |
| 17 | Also owned by The Boats for the Handicapped Association and available on the Basingstoke Canal is a special twin hull single or double seat rowing skiff , and a special stable canoe . |
| 18 | This is most clearly seen in the provisions for the protection of the civilian population , in Part IV of the First Protocol . |
| 19 | Mention is also made of the implications for personal or commercial insurance in Guideline 2 , The Law . |
| 20 | Accusations were also made against the police for active complicity in crime , but proof was difficult to come by . |
| 21 | That , thought Mr Holt , was that — but Mrs Holt had other ideas and some time later applied through the courts for alimony . |
| 22 | The importance of the head count element in the property poll tax is most clearly shown in the proposals for the discounts . |
| 23 | Examples of the influence of the liquid — or solvent — on the solubility of a particular gas are clearly shown by the values for the solubility of oxygen in table 6.2 . |
| 24 | These priorities are also reflected in the prescriptions for teacher education laid down with an increasing degree of firmness from the centre . |
| 25 | The BAF secretary , David Bedford , and treasurer John Lister — both seeking re-election — were also rapped over the knuckles for their part in a vote of no confidence delivered against Jones . |
| 26 | There was in his view no evidence to show that the documents were reasonably required by the administrators for the discharge of their duties . |
| 27 | Another organisation , ‘ Rock Against Terror ’ emerged from a nighttime incident in which musicians from two groups in Moscow were roughly treated by the police for singing songs loudly in the streets . |
| 28 | There has been a wealth of studies on the use of the traditional catalogue , over 50 in as many years , yet in spite of the evidence it would appear that little is really known about the users for whom it was intended . |
| 29 | His earlier refusal to play the party game had led the political establishment to ignore him , and their view was now reinforced by the problems for public order brought about by Mosley 's street-corner politics . |
| 30 | Orkney wives were generally much happier outside than inside and this was well illustrated in the figures for taking over the paperwork ( 7% ) and those for attending sick stock ( 32% ) . |