Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no significant correlation between rates of change of bone density at the two sites , or between the rates of change and the initial bone density either in the radius or spine . |
| 2 | Therewas no significant correlation between the baseline values of bone mineral content/bone width or bone mineral density and the subsequent changes in bone mineral or between the rates of change of spinal and radial bone mineral density . |
| 3 | That which was sufficient for the needs of the people was permitted , but innovation for its own sake , or for the purposes of profit , was contrary to the law . |
| 4 | The project aims to investigate the design of ‘ automatic ’ foreign-language dictionaries for visual look-up or for the purposes of machine aided translation ; to analyse the linguistic strategies needed for this and to study the operationalisation and computerisation of such methods . |
| 5 | There are also changes to COSHH Regulation 4 and Schedule 2 , the main effect of which is that the use of benzene is prohibited except in industrial processes or for the purposes of research , development and analysis . |
| 6 | More pressingly , it depends on how much one knows or cares about the detail of Irish nationalist politics or about the practicalities of occultism . |
| 7 | The leaves of trees , grasses , and plant roots return direct to the soil or through the guts of grazing or browsing animals . |
| 8 | ‘ We die , as your hours do , and dry away like to the summer rain , or as the pearls of morning 's dew , ne'er to be found again . ’ |
| 9 | He describes as ‘ ominous ’ any ‘ suggestion that , out of ‘ respect ’ for the law we should refrain from any forthright criticism either of particular laws , or of the institutions of law enforcement or the governmental process by which the laws are made . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Where a mercantile agent is , with the consent of the owner , in possession of goods or of the documents of title to goods , any sale , pledge or other disposition of the goods , made by him when acting in the ordinary course of business of a mercantile agent , shall , subject to the provisions of this Act be as valid as if he were expressly authorised by the owner of the goods to make the same ; provided that the person taking under the disposition takes in good faith , and has not at the time of the disposition notice that the person making the disposition has not authority to make the same . ’ |
| 11 | It was held that all the requirements of section 2 of the Factors Act were complied with including the requirement that the mercantile agent be in possession of goods or of the documents of title with the consent of ‘ the owner . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Where a person , having sold goods , continues , or is , in possession of the goods or of the documents of title to the goods , the delivery or transfer by that person , or by a mercantile agent acting for him , of the goods or documents of title under any sale , pledge , or other disposition thereof , or under any agreement for sale , pledge or other disposition thereof , to any person receiving the same in good faith and without notice of the previous sale , shall have the same effect as if the person making the delivery or transfer were expressly authorised by the owner of the goods to make the same . ’ |
| 13 | I do not intend here to give any details of the substances present , or of the kinds of reaction which occur . |
| 14 | It said : ‘ Any publication of research material , or of the results of research , or of matters arising from such material or results , is subject to the prior consent of the Secretary of State , which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld . ’ |
| 15 | The approach was reactive and piecemeal , with little appreciation of traffic now as a system or of the relationships between land use and traffic generation . |
| 16 | They can drive us into the arms of God , or into the clutches of evil . |
| 17 | Affiliated and party organisations entitled to appoint delegates to the General Committee and the Executive Committee of this party , may nominate an individual member of the Labour Party who is not disqualified under the constitution of the Labour Party , or under the decisions of party conference as a parliamentary candidate . |
| 18 | In passages which resonate with the spirit of Bagehot , ‘ a man of genius ’ , Dicey argues that the ‘ rule of a party can not be permanently identified with the authority of the nation or with the dictates of patriotism ’ and that ‘ while popular government may be under wise leadership a good machine for simply destroying existing evils , it may turn out a very poor instrument for the construction of new institutions or the realisation of new ideals ’ The limitations in practice of his belief in ‘ democracy tempered by snobbishness ’ are finally conceded : |
| 19 | Significantly higher concentrations of laminin were found in patients whose alcohol intake was higher than 100 g/day compared with those with a lower intake ( p=0.03 ) , although there was no significant correlation between laminin concentrations and the amount ingested or with the years of ingestion . |
| 20 | Families in the rural areas or in the countries of emigration may provide financial assistance for some of their unmarried males to travel many hundreds of miles to seek employment . |
| 21 | Possibly de Moivre was one of Bayes 's teachers , so that Bayes may have learned of the problem directly from him , although he may equally have encountered it first in his writings or in the Observations on Man , His Frame , His Duty , And His Expectations ( 1749 ) by David Hartley [ q.v . ] . |
| 22 | The following is an example of a suitable clause : It is hereby agreed that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Articles of Association the investor shall be entitled at any time after Completion to transfer all or any part of the investor 's shares to another investor or investors approved by the Managers ( such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed ) to the intent and effect that any such investors shall be entitled to the benefit of all such provisions of this Agreement and Articles of Association as the investor shall require and the Managers and the Company shall do or procure to be done ( insofar as it lies within their respective powers ) all such matters and things , including the execution of all such documents as shall be necessary or which the Investors shall reasonably require for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of this clause . |
| 23 | The material , long hidden in KGB files or in the memories of intelligence operatives , is up for grabs as ageing ex-KGB agents come in from the cold to trade in their undercover pasts for over-the-counter assets . |
| 24 | Whatever novelists may believe about the universe , they do not demand of their readers a formal belief in God or the Devil , or in the forces of history , and the tolerances they expect are wide . |
| 25 | Although the emphasis gradually changes , as the child gets older , from learning the language system to using language as a resource to learn about other things , there is no reason to believe that there is an abrupt change at the point of entry to school in the learning strategies that the child employs , or in the characteristics of adult behaviour that provide the most help . |
| 26 | Pupils may eat and drink in the Refectory , or in the classrooms by arrangement with members of staff . |
| 27 | It is estimated that there are around 9,000 women who work on the streets or in the bars of Olongapo as prostitutes or ’ hospitality workers ’ . |
| 28 | Some thinkers have placed the emphasis rather upon intellectual and cultural influences , or upon the processes of industrialization and modernization . |
| 29 | It was in thinly populated regions at or beyond the frontiers of settlement overseas , where shifting bodies of labourers were required , that such groups of genuinely unattached and floating individuals made their presence felt as a group , or were at least more ‘ visible ’ . |
| 30 | ( 6 ) In this section — " disposition " has the same meaning as in the Law of Property Act 1925 ; " interest in land " means any estate , interest or charge in or over land or in or over the proceeds of sale of land . |