Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Art critics are being blamed for vandalising cast iron sculptures which have been likened to ice-cream cones or seashells . |
| 2 | Knowing what the Bushmen knew then — that the NEA was unpopular with conservative legislators and already the target of fundamentalist Christians for subsidising offensive art — they can hardly have seen this as a plum they could hand to a big contributor or a rising political star or , indeed , to anybody aiming to leave town alive . |
| 3 | They are used in learning vocabulary as well as for mastering grammatical structure . |
| 4 | If nothing else , leadership is about building this basis ( Bartolme , 1989 ) . |
| 5 | Peter Mandelson , Patricia Hewitt and a number of other Fabian commentators could have behaved more courteously by addressing the Liberal Democrats by their full name instead of calling them Liberals ; Tony Blair could have had the courage to name them at all , instead of subsuming them into a vague phrase about building common cause with other parties ‘ around the world ’ . |
| 6 | Subsequent chapters of this book will provide us with plenty of reasons for doubting that claim . |
| 7 | There are grounds for doubting this opinion . |
| 8 | And if demand was substantially reduced then the urgency for bringing new power stations on stream could equally diminish . |
| 9 | The Panel is proving its worth as a forum for the discussion of new procedures and for bringing practical information to the attention of Lending Services . |
| 10 | We are for bringing outside analysis to departments along with the office of the Minister for the Civil Service and the Treasury . |
| 11 | Initially the stated aim had been to promote economic and cultural co-operation , but the revolutionary developments in Eastern Europe since 1989 had added a new dimension , the grouping coming to be viewed as a vehicle for bringing emergent east European democracies into the Western fold . |
| 12 | Pros for bringing Rubber Girl — |
| 13 | Here you will carry out all of the tasks you have been trained for including general ship 's duties . |
| 14 | The awards are made annually to choirs , choral , orchestral and concert societies who have shown enterprise in plans for including contemporary music in their programmes . |
| 15 | It may be possible to devise a system for including greater objectivity into descriptions , and Dr Peacock has been very helpful in laying down guidelines , which it is hoped will be published before long , but this is only a step in the right direction towards a fuller understanding of manufacturing processes , marketing and distribution , and the size and historical development of each industry . |
| 16 | My only reason for including this story is to record the short but pithy comment of Canada 's leading humorist who , when we had paused to take in the scene , turned to me and said , ‘ I do n't think it 's a bit funny ! ’ |
| 17 | Patients were evaluated according to endoscopic result , early and late functional success , necessity for repeat endoscopic treatment , and dose rate of laser energy required to control intraluminal tumour ( averaged laser energy per month ) . |
| 18 | ( Notice here that the ‘ causal relation ’ between the events is artificially contrived , and indeed the only basis for attributing causal status to the events is their temporal relation . ) |
| 19 | By the 1970s , critics claimed that government had become ‘ overloaded ’ with responsibilities and popular expectations — such as maintaining full employment or delivering rising living standards . |
| 20 | Doone stopped reading and remarked , ‘ You do n't say anything about sharpening old bicycle frames and railings . ’ |
| 21 | The sagittal plane is the most helpful for imaging spinal pathology , supplemented by axial images of the area of abnormality or suspected pathology . |
| 22 | The annual costs estimate includes £155 million for a ‘ strengthening of management at all levels , ’ £10.5 million to pay members of health authorities , £15.6 million for administering general practitioner budgets , and £3.3 million for computers to monitor drugs spending . |
| 23 | So well no yeah , is it worth seeing this guy ? |
| 24 | In announcing yesterday that its Automated Pit Trading system will start on 30 November , the London International Financial Futures Exchange inserted the final element in a cautious but promising strategy for intergrating electronic trading and open outcry , and setting the pace for exchange reform in London . |
| 25 | For sharpening ordinary iron jumpers the next month he was paid 3/ per 20 doz. for 117 doz . |
| 26 | CIC is already one of the world leaders in pen operating systems , having produced PenDOS , an environment specifically designed for use not only in developing totally new pen based applications , but also for transforming existing mouse driven DOS and Windows applications so that they can become ‘ pen aware ’ . |
| 27 | Theoretical methods for transforming total intensity anomalies to vector-field anomalies have been studied . |
| 28 | This view , it appears , is too simple-minded : a baby does not become a different kind of adult for being bottle-rather than breast-fed , for being weaned early rather than late , for encountering one kind of attitude rather than another at some particular time . |
| 29 | Synod will divulge a degree of flex no , quite seriously , a degree of flexibility and we 're grateful both to Eileen and er , to John for allowing that degree of flexibility to take place . |
| 30 | Scottish Widows was punished for allowing greedy insurance brokers to sell unnecessary insurance to customers so that they could pocket huge commissions . |