Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Thompson , the hooker , was sin-binned for 10 minutes for a foul in a tackle on Platt , Wakefield were never troubled and two minutes after he departed Wilson dribbled past a swarm of defenders to score by the posts . |
| 2 | The touchdown came with only one second left when Michael Haynes jumped among a crowd of defenders to catch for the victory . |
| 3 | It is true that , for a variety of reasons to do with the structure of wage bargaining in Britain , Keynes did not consider it very likely that money wages would fall , even in the presence of substantial unemployment . |
| 4 | Under this scheme we have arranged for a firm of Solicitors to deal with the remortgage legal work for just £175 ( excluding Land Registry fee ) . |
| 5 | The Law Society and the BSI are drawing up plans which would allow firms of solicitors to apply for a kitemark . |
| 6 | In such circumstances LIFESPAN RDBI will make a number of attempts to write to the error log . |
| 7 | And the other thing to say to from me is yes , we would love a multiplicity of views to go to the District Health Authority , I and my predecessor Betty Stanford , who were District Council Members on that health authority , we were there and able to listen to and able to contribute to the debate , the Government White Paper has taken us off , so that is not a good start in terms of how you involve the city and the district with the policy decisions of the health authority . |
| 8 | In four out of the five authorities studied in depth by the research team , ‘ the provision of a statement appeared in the majority of cases to coincide with a decision to transfer a child to a special school ’ . |
| 9 | Once you have found the blockage ( see opposite ) , you will need a drain clearing set ( this can be hired ) consisting of rods which are screwed together with a choice of accessories to fit on the end . |
| 10 | The trustee was later one of a handful of shareholders to vote against the re-election of Sir John Hoskyns to the board . |
| 11 | Farmers , too , need to understand more about the social impulses which prompt an increasing number of urbanites to look to the countryside for relaxation and enjoyment . |
| 12 | The test requires the child to select one of a pair of pictures to go with a stimulus sentence . |
| 13 | It was in any case too late for the League of Nations to move against the Nazis since they were in power as a result of legal democratic electoral procedures . |
| 14 | The Inland Revenue is valuing thousands of homes to prepare for the council tax … due to replace the controversial poll tax in 1993 . |
| 15 | When he was king he was normally accompanied by the clerks of the royal chapel so he had plenty of opportunities to indulge in the pleasures of ritual . |
| 16 | Modules under development at this stage will provide a wide range of opportunities to specialise in the Sciences and to develop further vocational competences . |
| 17 | There is nothing more baffling in cricket than the continuing reluctance of umpires to move for the adoption of TV assistance for narrow run-out and stumping decisions . |
| 18 | Inevitably this assault had to mean trouble for some of their own folk , since they must drive through the outer ring of Scots to get at the enemy — the cost which had caused Ramsay momentarily to hesitate . |
| 19 | I began 1982 with a series of visits to look at the issues which were facing the health service . |
| 20 | There is a similar wide variety in the scale of teaching and learning equipment provided , which can be explained by a number of factors : the financial provision made to schools by central or local authorities , the type and efficiency of supply and distribution mechanism ( bureaucratic centralised distribution systems seem universally inefficient ) , differences in attitudes and capabilities of communities to help in the provision of services or equipment to schools or individual children , the initiative and morale of teachers , the richness or poverty of the school environment . |
| 21 | But police here say they 've had growing problems in regulating the tide and have even ordered groups of refugees to return to the border post to allow time to clear bottlenecks further down the five hundred mile route to the Red Sea port of Aqaba . |
| 22 | Amplified by the vitrodur soundboards of the city , the crackle of fire and drumbeat of explosions rolled closer — impelling a flux of refugees to eddy towards the troopers and the seeming sanctuary of the palace region beyond . |
| 23 | There was a flurry of imports to follow in the years to come . |
| 24 | The first , and most general , is the willingness of companies to pay over the odds when they acquire other companies . |
| 25 | My solution is to have a range of bottles to cope with every occasion . |
| 26 | The first prizewinner will also receive £250 worth of vouchers to spend at a range of top high-street stores ; the 12 second prizewinners get £80 worth of vouchers . |
| 27 | SOME shock results on the first day of the French Olympic classes regatta at Hyeres yesterday showed that there could still be plenty of surprises to come in the race for British team selection . |
| 28 | The official travel agency Cedok can provide lists of places to stay throughout the country . |
| 29 | ‘ If you needed to see me — for any particular reason — there are thousands of places to meet in the City . |
| 30 | The failure of ants to come to the rescue of an infested colleague may be the result of the mite successfully mimicking the smell of an ant larva . |