Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The livret does not say whether the oboes in the first entrée are the same performers as the harmonie rustique that accompanies the récit , but for reasons having to do with economy of personnel and continuity in the staging , it seems likely that they were . |
| 2 | The four system units will be organised around products — mainframe computers , mid-range , self-service terminal systems and application software , and is intended significantly to cut the time it takes for products to get to market — the aim is to cut in half the time it takes to develop products and bring them to the market . |
| 3 | Strangely inferior , somehow , for Churchill to have placed so much trust in . |
| 4 | His quest for glory has caused him to stretch his energies to the absolute limit . |
| 5 | Now he acknowledged to himself that his admiration for Sarah had caused him to overlook young Martha 's attractions . |
| 6 | The stress on choice between covers as well as between titles tends to reinforce the ‘ end of ideology ’ thesis which underpinned the selection , for instance , of The Independent as a fitting title for a ‘ mould-breaking ’ , ‘ tycoon-proof ’ paper of the 90s . |
| 7 | A genre that had grown out of the need for sensationalism did seem to be striking chords at a time of economic insecurity when cities seemed places of dislocation and when , if nothing else , there was a curiosity about how law-breakers operated . |
| 8 | Though the numbers affected are small colonoscopic biopsy and histological examination for dysplasia seems to hold no advantage over routine clinical management . |
| 9 | In passing I have reflected its natural selection and our God had not created the fruit fly , it would have been necessary for biologists to have invented it . |
| 10 | be it nineteen eighty five or nineteen eighty six , it may not matter , did you know previous to that in February nineteen eighty seven , he as chairman had given instructions that this brochure should be withdrawn , did you know that ? |
| 11 | It is sufficient for present purposed to note one such justification , the incentive-residual rights theory . |
| 12 | The white official parliamentary opposition Conservative Party leader , Andries Treurnicht , said in a strongly worded statement that de Klerk 's plans for change had plunged whites into " a struggle for our freedom " to defend " our people 's claim to its own country and right to self-government " . |
| 13 | Firstly , the endorsement of penal as distinct from prison reform implied that the target for change had shifted from the prison to the criminal justice process as a whole . |
| 14 | The last proposal for change had come from France on the grounds of weather being better later in the season but it was decided then to leave fixtures in their present slots from January-March . |
| 15 | The adoption of the programme for change served to accelerate and deepen contacts with the West . |
| 16 | As in many other African countries , pressure for change continued to mount [ see below ] . |
| 17 | In East Germany , the pressure for change continued to build , with about 10,000 demonstrators in Leipzig demanding reforms . |
| 18 | For years , people have been calling for sixth form studies to be broadened and updated , but now the pressures for change have become urgent . |
| 19 | Not surprisingly , therefore , constitutional authorities eager for change have pondered long and hard , not so much on how to introduce a Bill of Rights or a restraining written constitution ( that , after all , could be effected by a simple Commons majority backed by the usual formality of assent by Crown and Lords ) but on how to ensure that such a new settlement sticks and lies safe beyond the repealing vote of yet another simple Commons majority . |
| 20 | Dr. Tomlin has written a letter to Mr Gorbachev explaining about his hunger strike , and asking for support to help make him a Czech national again . |
| 21 | Inflation here has been rampant , the charge for admission having increased sixty-fold since I was a lad . |
| 22 | The security market line is usually stated in terms of rates of return but , as discussed in Section 7.1 , the notion of a rate of return for futures has proved problematic . |
| 23 | At the end of World War II , GCHQ , as GCCS had become , moved from its wartime headquarters at Bletchley Park , north of London , to Cheltenham , where it swiftly sprawled over two large sites — Oakley and Benhall . |
| 24 | The latter piece of legislation , the so-called Wagner Act , further established penalties for employers seeking to prevent unions from organising freely and set up a new federal agency , the National Labor Relations Board ( NLRB ) to ensure its provisions were enforced ( Wallace et al. , 1988 ) . |
| 25 | A plea for employers to consider hiring disabled staff — and capitalising on the wide range of Government help to assist placements — was made yesterday by the Scottish industry minister , Allan Stewart . |
| 26 | And , attempts to encourage greater accountability and competition between authorities have tended to flounder because it has been accompanied by a higher degree of centralization and control and a wider gap between the possibilities of locally generated finance and overall levels of spending . |
| 27 | I suppose if we look at British history there was a period in the last century and earlier where we did a pretty good job of conquering people , but we do n't feel too badly about that , but we feel pretty indignant about Germany trying to take a bit more territory at various points . |
| 28 | — THE organisers of National Music Day are looking for clubs to help make the occasion a big success . |
| 29 | These bodies regarded the cultural form as part of a commercialized industry and were unwilling to provide grants for activities designed to make a profit . |
| 30 | The climatic perturbations known as alminio seemed to occur every two to ten years . |