Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But if you really want to rub a Mac user up the wrong way , hit them will the argument that now Quark is available for the PC , the only real reason for using a Mac has disappeared . |
| 32 | Tax avoidance The court may refuse to approve the scheme if its principal purpose is to avoid tax or stamp duty , but not usually where there are other justifiable reasons for using a scheme of arrangement . |
| 33 | The routine for using a punchcard is the same whatever stitch you 're knitting . |
| 34 | Sarah Bell , of Gordon Crescent , Richmond , and Malcolm Green , of Finghall , near Leyburn , were each fined £100 and ordered to pay £20 costs by Leyburn magistrates yesterday for using a TV set without a licence . |
| 35 | Such strings can easily be found by search programming , and the rapidity of such searching is one of the major justifications for using a computer for storing data . |
| 36 | Donations in August 1810 included £8 from Mr. Simms , manager of a touring theatre company then in Bedford , and £2.10s.0d. from John Miller Esq. , ‘ being his half ( as informer ) of a penalty levied on S. Peacock for using a greyhound ’ . |
| 37 | My first concept , particularly for using a driver , is of a three horse race . |
| 38 | I detest the architect Francisco Rodríguez Partearroyo who became famous for using a pick-axe to create two recesses in the Casón del Buen Retiro to make room for the ‘ Guernica ’ carnival to burst into life . |
| 39 | Post Office spokesman David Ormiston said last night : ‘ She has been summonsed to appear before Horseferry Road magistrates for using a television set at home without a licence . |
| 40 | Because the Z88 's files are held in RAM , the time penalty for using a data file is minimal . |
| 41 | It may report an update to software or inform users of specific procedures for using a piece of software . |
| 42 | One of the reasons for using a recognition task was that it seemed less likely than the first study which used a recall test to be biased by the fact that subjects were aware that the study was concerned with risk . |
| 43 | They imposed the overtime ban last week after two nurses were sacked for using a pig 's head to terrify patients . |
| 44 | Motorists were also criticised for using a carphone while driving , driving with one hand , bad lane discipline and being inconsiderate to pedestrians . |
| 45 | There are two techniques for using a wind generator or a solar panel . |
| 46 | A McDONALD 'S manageress was led weeping to jail yesterday for using a bomb hoax to empty a rival restaurant . |
| 47 | There is , of course , a considerable difference between enjoying a passion for fashion and being a spendaholic . |
| 48 | Their method has been designed for recovering a GEM from water — not easy because any bacteria in it are much less abundant than , say in soil . |
| 49 | I went to Grenoble and discovered they had a small project on the outskirts , which had been a piece of wasteland ; they ploughed it all down , replanned it , had a complete new housing estate , hotel , the lot , in less than five years , where the City Council would be thinking about which bit of land to use , what to put there , how to do it , and ten years later they might think about producing a plan , and ten years after that ( that 's twenty years on ) something would appear . |
| 50 | No Jan , I understand some information published from the company Double Day Research Association , erm including a leaflet and erm if you recall chair , we were asked about producing a leaflet for some time ago . |
| 51 | We suggested in the last chapter that in some situations you might think about producing a lecture on video instead of recording it as it happens . |
| 52 | ‘ You can count me in , ’ said Merryfield , who made no bones about enjoying a drink . |
| 53 | According to a new book called PubWatching , there 's nothing uniquely human about enjoying a drop of alcohol . |
| 54 | The crucial importance of the stabilising influence of Rirette in Nizan 's personal development can not be overstated , and there are certainly grounds for drawing a parallel between , on the one hand , the blossoming at a distance of Nizan 's love and affection for Rirette , with the consequent calming of personal anxieties , and on the other , the burgeoning at a distance of his hatred and hostility for those political , social and cultural forces in French society which he considered to have led him to the brink of suicide and despair . |
| 55 | The reason for drawing a distinction between Francis and Findlay though both had been held incommunicado in breach of PACE was that Francis , unlike Findlay , had been able to see his solicitor for half an hour before signing the notes . |
| 56 | To my mind the acquiring and delivering of the wrappers was certainly part of the consideration in these cases , and I see no good reason for drawing a distinction between these and other cases . |
| 57 | we we 've got ta construct a land reform document . |
| 58 | it does n't say about contacting a solicitor , but er , er each er purchaser had a solicitor appointed and further information was provided to that solicitor |
| 59 | They learn the difference between drawing a line in relationships which defines who can be involved in what , and the kind of rejection which requires a relationship to end . |
| 60 | It would probably proceed as follows : from A , go to all the openings you can see ; from each of those openings , go to any further openings you can see ; by continuing this procedure , generate the tree of Figure 10 ; report the shortest sequence starting at A and ending at E. The reason for preferring a computer program to a verbal account ( for example , the one just given ) , is that , when writing a program , you are forced to say exactly what you mean ; if the program works , you know that there are no hidden difficulties with your explanation . |