Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also encouraged them to resist any change whatever in local institutions or in elections for community representation , except with the specific approval of the Jordanian government and the PLO itself . |
| 2 | Some credits are earmarked by federal policy for particular industries or purposes ( e.g. for agriculture or for exports ) , but the rest of the permitted amount of credit has to be allocated by ad hoc decisions . |
| 3 | Comparison of the results of the two groups shown in Fig. 5.7 also allows us to reject an explanation in terms of changes in associability or in terms of the transfer of some specific response that directly modifies test performance . |
| 4 | whether nation be understood as a people marked off from others by blood relationship and habit of unity or by peculiarities of language , the most sure and positive sign and essence of a nation in divine and human law … or whether nation be understood as it should be , as a territory equal to that of the French nation |
| 5 | The average business traveller , who does n't pay his own bills or make his own booking , will plump for that option in preference to a detour down a country lane or through suburbs in search of some unknown quantity which might turn out to be a gem . |
| 6 | In common with several other well-known giants such as the giant hogweed , I. magnifica is native to the Caucasus mountains of the Russian republic of Georgia , where it is commonly seen in damp meadows and by streams , often on the margins of woodland or in glades . |
| 7 | This might be for disciplinary reasons or for redundancies arising from , perhaps , reduced staffing needs or curricular changes . |
| 8 | In the second phase , small studies will be undertaken in a number of local authorities to assess the extent to which socio-economic factors account for variations in the rates of children in care in ‘ similar ’ authorities or for patterns of care that are at marked variance with national trends . |
| 9 | All the Government data are based on ‘ averages ’ , which do not give an accurate picture of the effects of a poll tax , either on local authorities or on individuals within those local authorities . |
| 10 | It must be designed for use in conjunction with a file containing an up-to-date collection of PPGs , MPGs and circulars , so that it can help quickly identify relevant policy statements for use in the preparation of responses to local planning authorities or in statements to public inquiries . |
| 11 | First , it is obviously impractical to solve the problems of war-torn African states or of conflicts in countries such as Sri Lanka by moving their populations to western Europe . |
| 12 | Like Aconite it is suited to plethoric , vigorous , healthy constitutions , robust children and babies when the complaints come on suddenly and with great violence , then subsides just as suddenly ; a short , sharp course — Not to be used in prolonged , continuous or recurrent states or in complaints which come on gradually . |
| 13 | But not all admitted claims were to be met , even where loss of development value was caused by refusal of planning permission or by conditions attached to a permission . |
| 14 | Expenditure programmes may be executed by the Department of Defense , by the State Highways Board or by agencies such as the Office of Economic Opportunity or the National Institutes of Health . |
| 15 | Ghana cocoa farmers used to get just 7% of the price of their crop : the rest went to the cocoa marketing board or in taxes . |
| 16 | Evidence of speed at the time of the offence can be established from the length of skid marks , the severity of any impact damage or from witnesses etc . |
| 17 | While most of his contemporaries in the conservation world sit behind desks or on committees , Watson and friends race ‘ kamikaze ’ inflatable dinghies in front of Soviet and Japanese whalers ' harpoons or handcuff themselves to the seal hunters ' vessels . |
| 18 | The former is used widely in complex projects in the construction and manufacturing industries ; the latter tends to be used in complex , one-off projects or in projects where time or cost are critical . |
| 19 | He either under acts or over acts does n't he ? |
| 20 | The survival of H. contortus infection on tropical pastures is variable depending on the climate and degree of shade , but the infective larvae are relatively resistant to desiccation and some may survive for 1-3 months on pasture or in faeces . |
| 21 | At stations all was noise : bells ringing ; people clamouring to get on and off ; men walking up and down beside the train shouting mysterious cries , selling food and cigarettes from trays around their necks or from baskets on their heads . |
| 22 | Yeah , that was like me , I mean like I 'd , I was n't bad like , cos all the time I was just wearing like polo necks or like shirts with high collars and stuff cos it was n't actually on my neck it was just like on my , this one . |
| 23 | A network is a number of computers and/or other electronic devices connected by cable or by telecommunications via a telephone line . |
| 24 | Teachers within each school should be trained to make their own formal reports on their pupils , and these should form the basis of selection , whether by employers or by universities and polytechnics . |
| 25 | Firstly , their income is less likely than the rest of the population to come from earnings from employment ; and more likely to be derived from pensions from the state or from past employers or from savings . |
| 26 | Furthermore , all of them , despite on occasions entering states of manifest psychosis , remained sufficiently fluent to articulate their experiences , either in their fiction or in records of their lives , or both . |
| 27 | Or who have gone to other humans to get help either for their own kind or for others with whom they are associated , human or otherwise . |
| 28 | They might be printed in pairs or in patterns which repeat . |
| 29 | Shareholder consents can be particularly difficult and time-consuming to obtain if some of the shares are held in a trust either for the families of other shareholders or for employees or as part of the company 's pension fund . |
| 30 | The neighbourhood police also provide extra manpower for the Community Relations Unit at special events in youth clubs or at camps . |