Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [prep] [art] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The above information on turnover , profit and net assets may be omitted if in the directors ' opinion its disclosure would be prejudicial to the interests of the company . |
| 2 | The above information on turnover and profit may be omitted if in the directors ' opinion its disclosure would be prejudicial to the interests of the company . |
| 3 | Mr de Soto 's early association with Mr Vargas ' alliance , the Democratic Front , has cooled because of the economist 's suspicion that the novelist is being compromised by his allies . |
| 4 | It is quite often the case that the person making the arrangements has not had to do this job before and so relies heavily on what he remembers from other funerals he has attended and on the undertaker 's advice . |
| 5 | That philosophy requires tests that have not been done before in the US , and that may never have been done but for the consortium 's help . |
| 6 | Their tissues showed changes due to cancerous destruction , and contained substantial amounts of radioactive material , evidently absorbed because of the girls ' practice of licking the tips of their paint brushes to achieve a finer point . |
| 7 | In 1989 more than 25,000 divorce decrees were made because of the husband 's adultery , 18,000 because of the wife 's . |
| 8 | Give time , cobalt users could develop ways to recycle cobalt from superalloy scrap ( little of this is done because of the industry 's strict purity specifications ) . |
| 9 | Facilities for yachts are limited and in the country 's current economic turmoil visiting yachtsmen would be wise to stock up with adequate fuel and provisions to last the duration of their visit . |
| 10 | The idea was so daft she would have laughed except for the Captain 's searing glance , which rested for no more than a second on her before returning to burn into Midnight as he breathed : |
| 11 | Research on encounters between police and public has shown that from the public 's view even the crime-fighters need communication skills ( Dix and Layzell 1983 ; Southgate and Ekblom 1984 , 1986 ; Sykes and Brent 1983 ) , although these abilities are all too often absent . |
| 12 | This is because it does not depend on the source from which the language as an object is drawn but on the learners ' engagement with it . |
| 13 | The crisis has occurred because of the Government 's policy — which , whether or not it was deliberate , has been disastrous , as my hon. Friend the Member for Wakefield ( Mr. Hinchliffe ) said . |
| 14 | It was announced in Bucharest on Sept. 30 that a US$300,000,000 World Bank loan to Romania had been postponed because of the miners ' riots . |
| 15 | The models are , uncharacteristically , giving their services free of charge to directors George Michael and Thierry Mugler , although filming had to be postponed because of the models ' hectic schedules . |
| 16 | This clause might well be interpreted as excluding the manufacturer 's liability to the wholesaler under the implied terms as to merchantable quality and fitness for purpose . |
| 17 | In the absence of clear words , however , it will not be interpreted as excluding the manufacturer 's liability to the wholesaler for negligence ( i.e. under the principle in Donoghue v. Stevenson , see paragraph 9–04 above ) . |
| 18 | The original charge was of sending a fake bomb with intent , but the charge was amended because of the man 's mental state . |
| 19 | The support was given because of the EEC 's desire to obtain some sort of self-sufficiency in uranium supplies . |
| 20 | It was rumoured that as the monarch 's virility grew less reliable he developed a habit of taking substantial quantities of aphrodisiacs . |
| 21 | In the usual way the ratio will largely if not wholly be determined in advance of preparation of the firm 's accounts , though , if desired , to follow a modern practice of American origin , final determination of each partner 's share could be agreed to be deferred until after the year 's profits have been ascertained and the performance of each partner assessed in that context : in the interim , permitted drawings would be based on past performance . |
| 22 | Knighton suggests that she too came close to being condemned to death , but was spared because of the king 's natural tenderness towards his mother . |
| 23 | ‘ The stories were only generated because of the couple 's behaviour towards each other . |
| 24 | Ramsey pointed this out to Macmillan in the famous telephone conversation and was overruled because of the Queen 's movements . |
| 25 | Clomipramine , which may seem to be indicated because of the patient 's obsessional symptomatology , sometimes causes severe nausea or intractable constipation . |
| 26 | ( 3 ) The registrar shall , on being satisfied as to the applicant 's title , enter the applicant as proprietor either with absolute , good leasehold , qualified , or possessory title as the case may require … |
| 27 | The rain had ceased and behind the wherry 's mast was a splendid yellow and grey sky . |
| 28 | After that they ignored the war and its grisly aftermath and talked about nothing very important : new books , the latest films that had been shown in London since Julia had left and about the BBC 's new Third Programme . |
| 29 | Analysts said the Panamanian Government would make every effort to ensure that supplies are continued because of the country 's reliance on oil revenues . |
| 30 | How far children take it , and especially the language they use and the sophistication with which they employ concepts , will obviously vary enormously , but none should be excluded because of a teacher 's prior decision that they are not capable . |