Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One general index calculated from death and population information is the crude death rate . |
| 2 | These are not competing principles of equal weight : the values listed in Article 10(2) are simply " a number of exceptions which must be strictly interpreted " . |
| 3 | my skin painted for war-dancing : |
| 4 | How do we account for the minimal pairs given in Chapter 9 ? |
| 5 | Only the weather was ominous — the usual generous gestures of support received from congregation and friends were heartwarming . |
| 6 | A HILARIOUS , misunderstood and grossly-inflated gangster morality play filled with blood , guns and mountains of nose candy . |
| 7 | Our Royal menu consisted of : breakfast , one pot of wish-wash called ‘ tea ’ ; lunch , a pot of dry vegetables boiled in water , one pot of vermicelli boiled in water . |
| 8 | THE third round draw for the Schweppes Cup has resulted in a number of very interesting pairings with the NCU clubs favoured by home draws in the battle of the big guns . |
| 9 | Thrift disguised as Reason speciously suggests than an excess of Fluid Foundation on one 's face , unlike a poisoned sausage , will cause no harm . |
| 10 | For example , neo-Marxist analyses of bureaucracy and the division of labour have converged on the accounts given by elite theorists ( Parkin , 1979 ) ; and post-Althusserian and post-Gramscian Marxism is indistinguishable from pluralism except in its vocabulary ( Laclau and Mouffe , 1985 ) . |
| 11 | Any decision given on review attracts a further right of appeal just like the original decision . |
| 12 | An optimum path can be selected and other activities adjusted to phase in with those on this ‘ critical path ’ . |
| 13 | Anticipation of Cabinet resistance does prevent Mrs Thatcher from establishing ministerial groups skewed in favour of policies she might favour but which will not run in full Cabinet . |
| 14 | Robert Stewart , 28 , of Skipton Green , Low Fell , Gateshead had denied the charge at Newcastle Crown Court , saying he had bought the car just three weeks before being stopped by police and the 351 squares of the drug hidden in fog lamp covers must have been left there by the previous owner . |
| 15 | Naval rating dismissed for drug abuse |
| 16 | The entire family is understandably shocked and hurt and the father , red-faced with rage , scrapes back his chair and despite his wife 's restraining hand , strides towards the couple , napkin tucked in collar . |
| 17 | Economic development also receives extensive coverage , with the various plans to develop the extensive natural resources in a region of extreme environmental difficulty treated in detail , as are also the resulting environmental and socio-economic difficulties . |
| 18 | Had the advance been sustained , perhaps Catalonia would have fallen quickly ; instead Franco — possibly , in the tense international atmosphere of mid-1938 , fearing actual French intervention were he to approach the French frontier — turned south towards Valencia , only to find his offensive halted by Republican resistance . |
| 19 | One sergeant-major , three sergeants , two corporals and four privates then had their citations read out , each one named and his acts of heroism recalled in turn . |
| 20 | Table 4.6 gives the results of NPV analysis at 6 per cent applied to the investments listed in Table 4.3 . |
| 21 | Table 4.6 gives the results of NPV analysis at 6 per cent applied to the investments listed in Table 4.3 . |
| 22 | The clary listed in seed catalogues is S. horminum , an annual with large bracts , petal-like , purple , rose-pink , white or blue . |
| 23 | In the light of this , it examines trade-union policies and strategies formulated towards training and retraining programmes . |
| 24 | Sadly , the notes referred to money and medicines that had been sent by the family but not received in the prison . |
| 25 | He kept the sack hidden behind hay bales in his Uncle Will 's barn and passed his evening in Mother Russell 's alehouse figuring out how best to spend it . |
| 26 | The reasons given for involvement follow a clear pattern : ‘ mobilise the masses around precise objectives ’ , ‘ unifying the country ’ , ‘ to help educate the masses and rally support for the government ’ , 'to mobilise the people behind the president and party' , and so on . |
| 27 | The proportion of students decreased and the proportion who cited ill health increased with age , and there were significant sex differences in the reasons given for unemployment — more women than men were not in paid employment because of either ill health or homemaking ( table III ) . |
| 28 | Stress , illness , poor morale , family commitments , back injuries sustained at work and the need to prevent cross infection with patients are the reasons given for absence . |
| 29 | Steward cites the medical reasons given for rescue team callouts by friends of youngsters who have collapsed in the hills . |
| 30 | Indeed one of the reasons given in Ridge v. Baldwin by Lord Reid for the demise of natural justice was the misunderstanding over the scope of certiorari . |