Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sentencing Tucker , 29 , yesterday assistant recorder Timothy Workman said : ‘ I accept you have sincerely held views about animal rights but those views can never justify the actions you took . ’ |
| 2 | Short of a series of studies which is designed directly to compare regional patterns , holding other variables constant , we can not be certain that any observed variations can be attributed to , say , people 's views about family responsibilities being different in the north-east of England from the prevailing norms in the south-west . |
| 3 | Charlie , Avant-Garde stylist of the Year , holds very strong views about client relations and they are like music to the ear . |
| 4 | There are also vacancies for computer technicians , secretaries , and mechanics . |
| 5 | One organisation , which faced a marked seasonal demand for its output and made substantial hirings once a year , reserved its temporary vacancies for school leavers . |
| 6 | Thank you for your enquiry regarding vacancies for Enforcement Officers within this Department . |
| 7 | ‘ But I still used to pose on the bike for publicity purposes , ’ she 'd say archly over her tea and Eccles cakes , ‘ until the varicose veins started to show through me silver tights and Flaherty said I 'd better call it a day and let them find themselves another pin-up girl . ’ |
| 8 | This question is of such fundamental importance because , if answered in the negative , copyright protection for computer programs would be considerably weakened . |
| 9 | In some respects , the decision strengthens copyright protection for computer programs . |
| 10 | US District Court Judge William Hoeveler , who presided over the arraignment proceedings , entered a not-guilty plea on the prisoner 's behalf on the 12-count indictment which charged Noriega with having used his position as Commander of the Panamanian Defence Forces to provide protection for drug traffickers and to allow a cocaine-manufacturing laboratory to be established in Panama . |
| 11 | The US has strengthened protection for sea turtles by requiring shrimp fishermen to ensure that the turtles do not become trapped in their nets . |
| 12 | Among its aims are the maintenance of a job register and establishment of some sort of financial protection for member pilots who become unemployed or who are otherwise subject to hardship . |
| 13 | There is at present no effective form of protection for landscape parks . |
| 14 | Dr Cunningham told the press conference : ‘ There is virtually no protection for water consumers in these proposals at all . ’ |
| 15 | If conservationists manage to save the leopard , bobcat and alerce , they may lose some of the battles that will be fought over dozens of other issues including proposals to increase protection for hair seals and whales , to decrease protection for Nile and saltwater crocodiles , and to weaken controls in the trade in ivory and sea turtles . |
| 16 | The contents of shareholder agreements may provide important protection for minority investors . |
| 17 | Respectable workers were rewarded with the vote , and in 1868 the Royal Commission on Trade Unions recommended the extension of legal protection for trade unions , which was achieved in the Trade Union Act of 1871 which for the first time gave legal protection to Trade Union funds and the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1875 which legalized peaceful picketing . |
| 18 | British conservationists are now campaigning for changes in planning law in order to increase protection for wildlife sites . |
| 19 | These include : , an end to unconditional price support schemes and the production of unnecessary agricultural surpluses ; , a shift away from high-input farming , dependent on large amounts of fertilizers , pesticides and other chemicals , towards more extensive , low-input and organic agriculture ; , strengthened protection for wildlife habitats ; , the improvement of farm animal welfare standards ; , a ban on the patenting of genetic material . |
| 20 | Protection for pension funds . |
| 21 | This ranges from remote repeater stations for telecommunications to solar-powered cathodic protection for oil pipelines . |
| 22 | He says there will I hope be improved protection for side impacts . |
| 23 | " Social and economic rights : freedom of movement and residence irrespective of engagement in economic activity ; equality of opportunity and of treatment for all Community citizens ; joint protection for Community citizens outside the Community 's borders . |
| 24 | If , however you are going to help her to seek a grant for home improvements , a visit to the local authority environmental health department can be useful , as you and she can receive there an explanation of all the different forms which may need to be completed , and your queries can be answered . |
| 25 | Lorne Boswell , Scottish secretary of the actors ' union , Equity , said there was alarm at the low levels of grant for theatre companies . |
| 26 | Rates of grant for development plans and other investments were , until December 1984 greater in the UK than in France ( a maximum of 34% seemingly in French LFAs compared with 70% in the UK ) . |
| 27 | However , as the project came to a close the total budget provided in the grant for support workers began to dwindle and the development officers were instructed to make careful calculations of their expenditure in order not to exceed the total available . |
| 28 | Therefore it is difficult to know how much money is being provided , and whether a regional authority is using the money allocated for transport in the block grant for transport matters . |
| 29 | They will eliminate the grant for safety representatives ' training by nineteen ninety five , how will any of this improve health and safety at the workplace ? |
| 30 | The world knows Danny Baker as Dunny Bayker , old , unfashionable rent-a-gob Cockney git on radio and television , current holder of the Radio Personality Of The Year award and the man daft enough to present The Game , a football series composed entirely of contests between pub sides on East London 's Hackney Marshes . |