Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [n mass] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is searching for the salmon 's loom . |
| 2 | The poisonous effects of pollution from farm chemicals is blamed for the species ' demise . |
| 3 | Now for the sheep 's eyes . |
| 4 | Using spare fondant or royal icing , coloured green and yellow as appropriate , mould or pipe daisies on to the grass and for the sheep 's mouth . |
| 5 | You said thank you very much for the duck 's egg . |
| 6 | Robin liked the idea of a planted tank , for the fish 's benefit , the natural look and the educational aspect . |
| 7 | During night missions inside Iraq , the laser shines from the belly of the bomber , and is kept on target by the pilot or the weapons officer , with the help of electronics that compensate for the aircraft 's movements . |
| 8 | For the fluke 's genes it is very different . |
| 9 | But the reason for the cod 's decline is fiercely debated , with the Canadian and European fishing industry 's blaming each other , and some arguing that the end of the seal hunt has contributed to the problem . |
| 10 | People who cause trouble are constantly under medication ( more for the staff 's sake than the residents ' , so it seemed to me . |
| 11 | The US Federal Trade Commission is reviewing a new staff report on the anti-trust allegations against Microsoft Corp , but a decision on the matter probably is still weeks away , lawyers familiar with the case told the Wall Street Journal : with a two-to-two vote in February , the commission did n't accept staff recommendations to seek an injunction preventing the company from using its market power to engage in allegedly unfair competitive practices ; after the tied vote , the commissioners asked for more information in an effort to resolve the deadlock ; the status report , which was delivered to commissioners last week , provides additional support for the staff 's call for action . |
| 12 | He caught up with her on the far side of the teahouse , in an area that was roped off for the staff 's use only . |
| 13 | There , he 'd worked for the Corps ' news service , been wounded , gone home to study journalism at college and ended up with the Associated Press . |
| 14 | Educational note for the new , easy-to-pass-Tory-GCSE 's : All these flags contain one or more of the following colours : green , red , black and yellow — green for the land , black for the people , yellow for the sun and red for the people 's blood . |
| 15 | This makes it harder for the people 's movement to make headway . |
| 16 | On the contrary , May Day in 1990 and Revolution Day in 1989 and 1990 were , for the first time since the early 1920s , occasions for protest , for the people 's indictment of their rulers . |
| 17 | The case for the people 's front was argued out in existing organizations — local Peace Councils or Aid for Spain Committees , trade unions , the Co-operative Party , the LNU . |
| 18 | The power of Labour in the War Cabinet helped to channel the energies of radical activists into support for the People 's War . |
| 19 | ‘ We are sure this is another of the Rafsanjani regime 's terrorist acts , ’ said a spokesman for the People 's Mujahideen in London , referring to Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani . |
| 20 | ‘ PNP Rule ’ says a Kingston wall , a graffito ad for the People 's National Party . |
| 21 | The mechanisms by which political elites can be held responsive to majority views in systems of representative government were further explored in Joseph Schumpeter 's Capitalism , Socialism and Democracy ( 1944 ) , which defined democracy as ‘ an institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions in which individuals acquire the power to decide by means of a competitive struggle for the people 's vote ’ . |
| 22 | The two radio networks operated from within the country 's war zones , providing a voice for the people 's struggle against oppression . |
| 23 | But , as 1992 approaches , and with the violence associated with the game so closely tied up with the image of England 's fans , it is the challenge of European integration which must provide new directions for the people 's game . |
| 24 | In a recent article in the Irish Times , referring to the ‘ job creation ’ units set up by the Catholic Church , the paper hailed the clergy with the headline , ‘ Priests take on Provos for the People 's hearts ’ . |
| 25 | That institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions in which individuals acquire the power to decide by means of a competitive struggle for the people 's vote . |
| 26 | The price of bread is rising , and so is the price of meat — all commodities which are necessary for the people 's welfare " . |
| 27 | Thus we arrive , via the epithet ‘ Democracy is the rule of the politician ’ to a complete formal definition : ‘ The democratic method is that institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions in which individuals acquire the power to decide by means of a competitive struggle for the people 's vote ’ . |
| 28 | 21 ) who explicitly rejected the ‘ classical doctrine ’ of democracy , according to which it embodies distinctive ideals concerning participation in political life and the relationship between political leaders and the people , and replaced it by another theory of democracy as ‘ competition for political leadership ’ : ‘ the democratic method is that institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions in which individuals acquire the power to decide by means of a competitive struggle for the people 's vote ’ ( p. 269 ) . |
| 29 | Accounts receivable manager Gail , carried the name plaque for the People 's Republic of China during a parade in front of 40,000 spectators . |
| 30 | The July 29 elections were preceded by a number of primary elections held on July 22 , reducing to 800 ( from over 2,400 ) the number of candidates for the People 's Great Hural . |