Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [prep] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the course of a Second Reading Debate on the contentious Courts and Legal Services Bill in December 1989 , Lord Hailsham spoke scathingly about the fact that the bulk of the proposals arose from within the Government machine , so disregarding ‘ almost every principle of the methodology … which ought to be followed in law reform ’ . |
| 2 | The other half was the requirement that the cargo be delivered only to the lawful holder of an original in the set of three bills that Savary referred to as a ‘ triplet . ’ |
| 3 | The report of the Committee is set out in document T referred to on the agenda . |
| 4 | Also in the list and discussed below are : Alex Comfort and Dr Martin Cole in the area of sex education , John Calder the publisher , John Trevelyan the erstwhile film censor , Roy Jenkins , Labour Home Secretary in the 1960s , as well as John Mortimer , the barrister , novelist and playwright , and what Mrs Whitehouse referred to as his ‘ travelling circus of expert witnesses ’ who were regularly in court to defend publications charged under the Obscene Publications Act . |
| 5 | The report of the Committee is set out in committee document N referred to on the agenda . |
| 6 | The Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris ) , which Watkins referred to as ‘ The Tree of the Ancient Track ’ , meets several of these criteria . |
| 7 | Three Burgundians therefore met three Scots in a tournament at Stirling presided over by James II , which began with all the appropriate pomp and ceremony , and then acquired all the merits of a punch-up , which the Burgundians duly won three-nil . |
| 8 | In the final analysis , collective security was founded on what Nizan referred to as the Soviet formula of " treaties accessible to everyone " , not on the Hitlerian formula of " treaties accessible to a few at the exclusion of everyone else " , Nizan ceaselessly denounced all attempts to reduce international diplomacy to what he disparagingly termed " private agreements between gang leaders " . |
| 9 | The least successful schools were those which implemented the minimum programme asked for by GIST : administration of questionnaires to children , allowing women visitors into the school and piloting , more or less reluctantly , teaching materials devised by the team . |
| 10 | Another group of plants adopting a similar strategy to the cycads arose at about the same time . |
| 11 | Only late in his life did he undertake an analysis of the economic basis of imperialism , and even then he brought together a number of particular observations rather than formulating a specific alternative to the Marxist theory , such as Schumpeter produced at about the same time . |
| 12 | Once David got off off the wall |
| 13 | I 'm up to my ears in work here , not least amongst my worries being a meeting at three of Headquarters staff at SHAEF presided over by General Eisenhower himself . ’ |
| 14 | On average , the loss ranged from between eight and 15 per cent between November and February according to the study , the most comprehensive ever undertaken , with monitoring from ships , aircraft , rockets and ground stations . |
| 15 | Thus s27 of the Partnership Act states : ( 1 ) Where a partnership entered into for a fixed term is continued after the term has expired , and without any express new agreement , the rights and duties of the partners remain the same as they were at the expiration of the term , so far as is consistent with the incidents of a partnership at will . |
| 16 | Barrington 's words erupted from behind the court like venom . |
| 17 | Hector rose from under the desk and limped after her . |
| 18 | ( c ) forthwith of any of the occurrences referred to in Rule 9(2) or where a condition referred to in Rule 9(1) ceases to be satisfied . |
| 19 | The report of the Committee is set out in committee document M referred to on the agenda . |
| 20 | What I was trying to say that the for the fire fighter decision about was very boo 'd upon to the professional advice of our Chief Fire Officers and they have a good for eighteen months of how we are doing this fire fighting in Hertfordshire . |
| 21 | This screening came at about midnight , after a traditional Elizabethan dinner and free drinks , with an 8.30am departure due the following day . |
| 22 | THE couch cavorted upon by Joanne Whalley-Kilmer in her portrayal of Christine Keeler in the film Scandal and the pulpit used by Peter Sellers in the film Heavens Above are among the items to be sold in an auction of stock from the country 's largest supplier of theatrical and television props . |
| 23 | For Rick , the motivation to change his classroom practice came from within himself , whereas for Betty the pressures were primarily external . |
| 24 | A series of whoops came from round the pit , followed by a shout and a gabble of voices . |
| 25 | A cough came from behind them , |
| 26 | And er a car came by at that moment . |
| 27 | ‘ One of those signals came from about where the Trapper 's house was . |
| 28 | It was very nearly totally dark in the roof space ; only a little light came from behind him , through the cupboard from the dome of the observatory . |
| 29 | The newly risen semi-literacy in England means that it is likely that those who read the book after seeing the film will not be able to find the works of Donne and other classic authors alluded to in the book in their local libraries . |
| 30 | Only the clock tower on the stables showed from behind the trees . |