Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kierkegaard thus rejects decisively and with withering scorn all attempts to present Christian faith in terms of Idealism or moral values , of historical influence and historical study , or of belonging to an established Christian church . |
| 2 | The major loss was through transfer out as fifteen people were relocated or moved abroad on promotion or on changing to a new firm . |
| 3 | This amendment should ensure that there is a majority of elected members serving on the police authority , either by retaining the present two-thirds requirements , or by providing for a simple majority and they give two main reasons . |
| 4 | It may suit one of the parties at the time of the reference to exploit the uncertainty created by poor drafting , either by delaying matters by a construction summons ( see 8.17.7 ) or by insisting on a particular definition of the issue which is to that party 's advantage . |
| 5 | The land speculator operates in two different ways , either using entrepreneurial initiative , negotiating time and ability but relatively little capital ; or by investing on a long-term basis with the ultimate possibility of substantial capital growth . |
| 6 | It concentrated on the curriculum and organization of Inner London secondary schools and focused on those pupils who were underachieving , took few or no public examinations and showed their dissatisfaction with school by absenting themselves or by behaving in an uncooperative manner ( ILEA 1984 ) . |
| 7 | Other fabrics should be closely woven , firm and colourfast , and must be stiffened either with an aerosol spray applied to both sides of the fabric , or by dipping into a liquid stiffening solution . |
| 8 | These needs are met by obtaining a particular resource or by responding to a particular environmental or bodily stimulus . |
| 9 | Clearly , you can not inherit a taste for it by coming from a separatist family , nor by living in a separatist neighbourhood . |
| 10 | They expound their policy of minimal state interference to find the ‘ least detrimental available alternative ’ — one in which child placement and procedure for child placement ‘ maximises , in accord with the child 's sense of time , the child 's opportunity for being wanted and for maintaining on a continuous , unconditional and permanent basis , a relationship with at least one adult who is or will become the child 's psychological parent ’ ( Goldstein et al. , 1979 , p. 189 ) . |
| 11 | In 1981 , at the 150th anniversary meeting in York of the British Association for the Advancement of Science , the University of York conferred its degree of doctor on J. G. Crowther ‘ For creating the profession of scientific correspondent , for scholarly contributions to the history of science and to the social aspects of science , and for acting as a healthy irritant to the scientific establishment for 60 years . ’ |
| 12 | From Morvich , where we suspended our journey south on page 93 , the old road turns south to join the A.87 coming over the causeway on Loch Duich and after passing through a huge cutting arrives at Shiel Bridge , a pleasant wooded oasis sheltered by high mountains . |
| 13 | It is not difficult to tell from casual chat at court who does what and after dealing with a few claims you soon get to know who is on the other side acting for the insurance companies . |
| 14 | The voyage took eight months , and after stopping for a short time in Malaysia , we arrived in the Gulf of Tongking . |
| 15 | Lawrence is far happier at wheeling and dealing on the transfer market than Jack Charlton and after managing on a mean budget with Charlton Athletic it must be a joy to him to have money to spend . |
| 16 | He started going to ‘ Aid Spain ’ meetings and after listening to a medical student who had returned from the country he decided to help in the most direct way . |
| 17 | It is hoped that the professor will play a leading part in creating and maintaining contacts with other departments of Classical Art and Archaeology both in the UK and abroad ; in organising visits to Oxford by overseas scholars ; in forwarding attempts to maintain and revive classical teaching in schools and universities ; and in communicating to a wider public the results and importance of Classical Archaeology . |
| 18 | It is one of the remarkable features of the Bible that it contains enough to occupy the greatest intellects for a lifetime , and yet the simplest soul can read and understand , and in reading with an obedient heart find God himself . |
| 19 | The foreign oil producers were slow in supplying oil , and there were delays in loading and off-loading it ( and in waiting for a full ship-load ) . |
| 20 | The Centre is also engaged in research training ( supervising graduate research and providing some undergraduate teaching ) , in organising conferences and seminars ; in publishing both substantial pieces of original research on socio-legal topics and other socio-legal materials , such as bibliographies ) ; in providing an institutional locus for visiting scholars from elsewhere in Britain and from overseas , and in responding to a growing demand for advice and information about socio-legal studies in a variety of ways . |
| 21 | This section will look at how this teacher involvement can be achieved , both in general terms and by looking at a specific example in detail . |
| 22 | We can begin to clean up our act by eating whole , fresh food and by working for a high-quality , environmentally benign food supply ’ . |
| 23 | He picked it up crossly , but after listening for a few moments , his expression softened and he nodded twice . |
| 24 | So his lack of faith was not a matter of failing to straddle an impossible credibility gap , but of baulking at a simple step of trust on the evidence of inescapable reasons . |
| 25 | But in moving to a second order analysis they looked at the relations between groups of signs in discursive systems . |
| 26 | This should n't be less than 225mm , but before deciding on a firm measurement , the same calculation should be applied to the vertical measurement , between the highest and lowest points . |
| 27 | That applies not only to a decision but to appearing under an appellate process . |
| 28 | In past meetings between these sides , the top British goalscorer in 1991 and ‘ 92 , Scott Gough , has grabbed more of the attention , but since flopping in a brief spell at Chelmsford , his form has slipped considerably . |
| 29 | But by focusing on a particular selection of empirical evidence , the book seems to shift the blame from the poor and the underclass to women and to their lack of available , acceptable marriage partners . |
| 30 | Such activities need to be researched for accuracy but by focusing on a different type of outcome greater enthusiasm can be engendered . |