Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [vb -s] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Public support for Sarah has now vanished . |
| 2 | You could be forgiven for thinking at first that Quick Help for WordPerfect has very few advantages over the help already supplied with WordPerfect . |
| 3 | That entity must be based on consensus and it must be one to which the British people will willingly belong because they appreciate the advantages to which the hon. Member for Chichester has already referred . |
| 4 | The strain of looking after Becky has also taken its toll . |
| 5 | LABOUR has set up a confidential hotline for NHS whistleblowers so that staff who want to raise concerns about standards of care can do so in confidence . |
| 6 | The first meeting of the Academic Board of the Technical College took place in April 1966 , and considered a proposal to develop courses for CNAA awards as soon as possible , given that Plymouth was already doing so . |
| 7 | Regarding international aid , we might want to observe that the International Fund for Ireland has only recently produced a ‘ disadvantaged areas initiative ’ . |
| 8 | The hon. Member for Blackburn produces wholly fictitious figures which compare the new building costs for new schools or for the conversion of schools to CTCs over a period of three years with the capital expenditure borrowing guidelines for 14 authorities in one year . |
| 9 | For instance , Peter Schmeichel 's rainbow-like shirt which he wears for Denmark costs around £35 , and the slightly less garish one he models for Manchester United the same amount . |
| 10 | However , the Historic Buildings Council for Scotland has increasingly been able to give some very substantial grants towards churches , ensuring that churches faced with closure because of a repairs crisis have been able to continue in use . |
| 11 | The Secretary of State for Scotland has also powers under section 6A of the building ( Scotland ) Act 1970 to ‘ call in ’ applications for warrant . |
| 12 | The US market for OSI has clearly proved a dud , being limited in the main to government contracts . |
| 13 | The Forest of Dean has long been used as a dustbin . |
| 14 | celebrating a big win already is local greyhound trainer Tony Meek … the Forest of Dean has never enjoyed such sporting triumph … on Saturday Tony 's dog Ringa Hustle won the big race of the year … the Greyhound Derby … and that 's where we start our roundup |
| 15 | The city of Padua has also taken in hand its rich holdings of ceramics . |
| 16 | F. The steel industry of Sheffield exists today mainly because of the skills of the workers . |
| 17 | THE United States invasion of Panama has instantly diverted global attention from Eastern Europe to Latin America . |
| 18 | One species of Gastrotheca produces about 200 young at a time . |
| 19 | Sigma Electronic Systems of Sussex has already introduced a series of terminals that conform to GKS . |
| 20 | ( When this portrait is removed , apparently , which it was once , early in this century , the ghost of Webb gallops noisily up and down the stairs . ) |
| 21 | The picture of Mitch shows just his bare head and shoulders in close-up . |
| 22 | Among their other talismans is a little Buddha to which the Buddhist Society of Great Britain have apparently taken exception , although the Cross of Lourdes has only attracted five letters of complaint to the magazine since it first was advertised nine months ago . |
| 23 | True , it was a televised match and some might suggest that his media advisers were earning their keep , but a prime minister who endures 90 minutes of Chelsea has surely earned the benefit of the doubt . |
| 24 | It follows that each element of Q[x] has infinitely many associates . |
| 25 | This resembles the account by O'Connor ( 1984 ) of state expenditures , but Of Fe goes further by considering the role of the state in relation to crisis management . |
| 26 | The Port of Larne handles almost 100 per cent of Northern Ireland 's tourist car and sea passenger traffic and 75 per cent of roll on/roll off freight . |
| 27 | ‘ The Port of Larne has always been in the forefront of development and modernisation . |
| 28 | Regardless of its limitations , the system of Paracelsus seems more satisfactory than the highly regarded but crude reductionist models that came into vogue in later generations . |
| 29 | The Battle of Jutland has often been judged a ‘ draw ’ ; but in warfare there is really no such thing . |
| 30 | The Republic of Indonesia comprises mainly some 13,700 islands known until 1949 as the Netherlands East Indies ; since 1976 it has also included East Timor ( when the latter was effectively annexed as the 27th Indonesian province after the withdrawal in 1975 of Portuguese troops , although this act has never been officially recognized by the UN ) . |