Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 : |
| 32 | It is a truism to say that we have not yet come to terms with it , or with the changes in relationships it has brought . |
| 33 | Were it not better done as other use to sport with Amaryllis in the shade , or with the tangles of Nayera 's hair . ’ |
| 34 | Faced now with an AOC budget for 1993 of £24 million — a cumulative increase in charges of nearly twenty per cent per annum — we can see no relationship between this figure and the rate of inflation over the ten year period , or with the numbers of operators ( 21 in 1983 , 246 currently ) or aircraft involved ’ . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | A general name for the familiar demon or mischievous spirit who dwells in private houses or in the chinks of trees . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | But even without looking he 'd known that her clothes — all her dresses and her coats and her cardigans and her shoes were no longer in her wardrobe or in the chests of drawers she shared with his father in their bedroom . |
| 39 | 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 . ] . |
| 40 | Six men had bled to death there in the snow or in the arms of friends and relatives as they carried them home . |
| 41 | Many of the social workers ' functions require them to act as controlling agents , or in the interests of children against irresponsible or cruel parents , or to safeguard the community against a dangerous or disruptive mentally ill person . |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | There has been no change , for example , in the management of Iraq ( Mr Hussein hangs infuriatingly on ) or in the dogmas of Iran ( it still sees confounding the West as its sacred duty ) . |
| 44 | There are special arrangements for people living in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland or in the Isles of Scilly . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | And so they do , on the shelves of libraries , or in the pages of textbooks . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | The most conspicuous financial gains by English combatants were made in the earlier phase of the Anglo-French wars or in the wars with Scotland — the esquire John Coupland , who captured David 11 of Scotland in 1346 , received lands worth £500 a year and the status of banneret , and many in the English army at Poitiers in 1356 received rich rewards ( 88 , p.30 ) . |
| 49 | In films such as My Beautiful Launderette , Passion of Remembrance , and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid , or in the paintings of Sonia Boyce and others which formed part of The Other Story exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in 1989 , complex intersections of sexuality , ethnicity and class are imaginatively constructed through representations which break decisively with the framework of positive and negative images . |
| 50 | Multiculturalism , as expressed in the Swann Report or in the writings of Jeffcoate , James , Lynch and Parekh , is based on the premise that the key issue facing schools is how to create tolerance for black minorities and their cultures in a white nation now characterized by cultural diversity or cultural pluralism . |
| 51 | Already 24 of the 64 units are let or in the hands of solicitors and another 22 have attracted specific applications . |
| 52 | A much larger number helped at home or in the homes of neighbours and kin : ‘ At one school , where only twelve are returned as regular wage-earners , ‘ nearly all ’ are said to be employed … |
| 53 | In the open sea , Joseph Ritter — always there beneath the text or in the shadows of Boswell 's narrative — mystifyingly lost Johnson 's spurs overboard . |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | Because it is on that occasion that you will already have , and will on your final visit , have made up your mind as to the nature of the northern part of the village of Skelton , the nature of the land immediately surrounding it , whether it be a paddock , or a small field , whether it be more associated in the minds of some with the open country , or in the minds of others with the village . |
| 56 | Editing of cartographic data files is necessary because of errors or deficiencies in input or in the results of data processing . |
| 57 | Pupils may eat and drink in the Refectory , or in the classrooms by arrangement with members of staff . |
| 58 | 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 ’ . |
| 59 | Yet even as an ardent Darwinian , keen to prove by minute observation how seeds were adapted to travel on wind , water or in the maws of animals , he continues to write like an angel and to soar like a philosopher . |
| 60 | Some thinkers have placed the emphasis rather upon intellectual and cultural influences , or upon the processes of industrialization and modernization . |