Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Routine control visits by VAT inspectors frequently raise queries on businesses ' VAT returns . |
| 2 | Managing director of the family-run firm , Owen Patterson , said : ‘ We are looking at rationalising the workforce but it is not fair to talk about numbers until we have completed discussions with unions . |
| 3 | Undergraduates were also given groups of consonants and asked to recall as many as possible in their correct position after various time delays . |
| 4 | It has been suggested that the Soviet political process produces tendencies for problems to be faced too late and for decision-makers then to push too fast and too far paying little heed to the impact of their decisions in other realms . |
| 5 | In general , the courts are concerned to enforce contracts between businessmen , especially executed agreements even where the uncertain terms may be meaningless ( Nicolene Ltd v Simmonds [ 1953 ] 1 QB 543 ) . |
| 6 | Thames Water has promised to continue discussions with objectors over the next two to three years before applying for planning permission . |
| 7 | We have heard cases of players being offered £5,000 to change clubs . |
| 8 | During the year , a new brochure was distributed to increase awareness in the project and to encourage companies to support Clubs with materials , trainers , visits and funding . |
| 9 | It is essential that the flora writers themselves should make contacts with GIS users to assess the possibilities of these systems for their own work . |
| 10 | This is to be contrasted with the flexible Capital Gains Tax rules for partnerships outlined in Statement of Practice D12 of as amended on . |
| 11 | So erm what I 'm trying to say here then is that the federal government is important , the federal government tries wherever possible to guide states into , into good practice and it offers rewards to states to comply with , with federal er guidelines so that , you know , if you want federal aid for er a particular project you have to , if you accept federal money , you have to ensure that you meet certain standards or certain conditions , but a very convenient way of enforcing civil rights er policies . |
| 12 | The Nuffield hospital says sessions on the scanner are allocated first according to urgency , and then according to who 's placed contracts for scans with the hospital . |
| 13 | Student Enterprise projects are also being funded , allowing groups of students to develop their own projects which develop these essential skills . |
| 14 | Using groups of objects |
| 15 | The research will be conducted using groups of schoolchildren drawn from minority and majority language communities . |
| 16 | Zenith employs an ex-programmer of Acme who is familiar with the program ; this person writes a program for Zenith using copies of listings and flowcharts that he retained . |
| 17 | The talks were due to include discussions of measures to reduce tension between the two states and to promote bilateral exchanges . |
| 18 | There is nothing to be gained by attempting to force parents into accepting definitions of problems which they do not recognise as important or relevant , despite what you as a professional may think . |
| 19 | Harry and Judy will collect guests from the station ( there is also an excellent local taxi service ) and will advise on places to visit and lend maps to walkers . |
| 20 | Now , drawing graphs of functions . |
| 21 | Erm and then if you go onto drawing graphs from equations okay so skip that bit and just have a look at page sixty eight . |
| 22 | They were rocket propelled bombs with wings that enabled them to be launched and to fly in a straight line until the rocket fuel was used up , then to fall on the unfortunate people and buildings below . |
| 23 | And opens mussels , and croaks scraps of songs |
| 24 | they just scoop it in a bag and there 's loads in it , probably make loads of dumplings with it it 's got the flour and suet with it , you just mix it up |
| 25 | Above them loomed densely clad peaks of mountains , often as not shrouded by swift-moving cloud . |
| 26 | At the age of sixty-eight Ingres made copies of masterpieces . |
| 27 | Most of the Elizabethan and Jacobean amateurs who collected his music made copies of parts or all of it , and Byrd himself selected it for his first ( 1589 ) book of cantiones sacrae , along with pieces of the stature of ‘ Ne irascaris ’ , ‘ Tristitia et anxietas ’ , ‘ O quam gloriosum ’ and ‘ Vigilate ’ . |
| 28 | Meryl , above , who revealed her singing talents in Postcards From The Edge , will play the role made famous by Gloria Swanson in the 1950 film . |
| 29 | Used to accommodate maps into books . |
| 30 | Palace officials stressed there was no mystery behind her absence from either event but royal watchers were struck by the fact she chose to cancel plans for engagements at which she has an almost ever-present record . |