Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun sg] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trust at this stage had not one penny to its name but the Historic Buildings Council came forward with a ninety per cent grant for emergency works . |
| 2 | Their discussion of preparation for work recognises that in the economic conditions of the early 1980s ( which were evident in 1977 ) , there is a need to prepare for unemployment . |
| 3 | Preparation for retirement remains one of our least developed life stages . |
| 4 | Langland 's imaginative perception of Will 's growth from experiencing this tension as destructive to a state where he sees it as the opportunity for love parallels the written witness of the mystics . |
| 5 | It may be you see that the manufacturing flavour of the past two years was to do with the pre er Common Market period getting inside the European Union ring fence with the manufacturing plant and there is speculation as to whether that will now change that the Common Market is now established and that that window of opportunity for manufacturing has tended to recede suggesting that it may be erm administrative er er services service sector that erm these international companies would now want inside the Union . |
| 6 | The opportunity for confusion arises from the use of the word ‘ appropriates ’ in a clearly unilateral sense followed by the word ‘ appropriation ’ ( describing what the appropriator has unilaterally done ) hypothetically linked to the idea of consent . |
| 7 | When I first started to explore Scotland by train , there were long spacious carriages , first and second class , with a restaurant and buffet , a guard 's van where bikes could be carried free of charge , and a service that transported you to the Highlands through snow drifts that would bury a car . |
| 8 | In contrast to the ‘ Spanish Inquisition ’ method , a prior decision on priorities and cuts will have been made before the hectic bargaining about detail begins . |
| 9 | The last of the standard forms produced by the JCT is the Fixed Fee Form of Prime Cost Contract for Building Works , 1967 edition . |
| 10 | The House of Lords rejected this view in Photo Productions Ltd v Securicor Transport Ltd [ 1980 ] AC 827 : termination of a contract for breach operates prospectively , not retrospectively . |
| 11 | At that point the cost has been counted , a shoulder has been put to the yoke , a hand to the plough , and a contract for discipleship has been signed . |
| 12 | The Council reiterates its previously expressed view that the existing system of local government in Scotland should be retained , that a convincing case for change remains to be made and that the cost , confusion and disruption involved in the proposed reorganisation is not justified . |
| 13 | The doubts that now exist over costings will be seized upon by opponents of reform who continue to argue that the case for change has not been made . |
| 14 | Presumably the case for streaming gets stronger as you go higher up in a school ? |
| 15 | Presumably the case for streaming gets stronger as you get higher up into a school ? |
| 16 | The case for foot rests on the presumed equivalence of contrast between foot and query , in 17 : |
| 17 | The principled case for privacy needs to be made . |
| 18 | It is instructive to look at some particular examples , because they show that the simple economic case for pricing turns out to be only part of the story . |
| 19 | In order to make the best of a case at this stage most claimants will need advice and assistance because preparing a case for appeal involves three tasks : establishing the facts of the case , understanding the applicable legal rules and integrating facts and law in a well-constructed argument which includes meeting the reasons put forward by the adjudication officer for denying the claim . |
| 20 | Their case for arboreality rests largely on Lucy 's long , curved and heavily muscled hands and feet which suggest grasping . |
| 21 | The provision for expenditure reflects the amounts expected to be paid during the financial year . |
| 22 | It also introduces the concept of parental responsibility , amends the law of guardianship and makes provision for welfare reports in proceedings under the Act . |
| 23 | It 's it 's also the main area of housing demand , it 's also the main area where employers want to locate around around North Yorkshire , and I think most importantly , if its development needs are not met , these can wo n't be satisfactorily diverted elsewhere , they will continue unresolved which would be continual pressure on the edge of the urban area , and on on the greenbelt , and if that holds the effect would of course be that the tight greenbelt would mean that economic growth in the county would be frustrated , because York is the main centre where employment growth is concentrated , and I would think , I would consider that that solution of a tight greenbelt plus not making sufficient provision for development needs elsewhere in York would be contrary to P P G three paragraph three , which I 'm sure you 're aware of . |
| 24 | The provision for abandonment represents the accumulated amount of the Group 's share of abandonment cost of £58 million [ 1991 £45 million ] for all North Sea fields in which the Group has an interest and which are currently in production , £1 million [ 1991 £nil ] for similar costs in Nova Scotia , and £nil [ 1991 £1 million ] in Australia . |
| 25 | Part 2 may have been concerned with the kinetics of the reactions between hydrogen isotopes under the conditions attainable . |
| 26 | Ironically , the best hope for change lies in the failure of so many new drugs to make the grade . |
| 27 | Perhaps the best hope for progress lies in the many examples of good practice that already exist and which the Act simply reflects and builds on . |
| 28 | Given the lack of development in many rural areas it is not surprising that the dependency of rural workers on agriculture for employment has remained , nor that so many school-leavers take a job on the land even though they have no intention of remaining there if the choice to leave should present itself . |
| 29 | Future Plans for Road Works |
| 30 | That plea for assistance has been answered by two keen runners , Hilda Mills and Roseanne Partridge , from The Body Shop in Lewisham . |