Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hitler had stood for resistance to a cancer spreading across Europe . |
| 2 | Hence , in the mouths of conservative lawyers , we catch an appeal to the radical doctrine of the sovereignty of the nation ; it alone could provide a theoretical basis for resistance to a French king whose claim was legally established by the formal abdication of both Ferdinand VII and his father . |
| 3 | Horses often display these signs when asked to perform a difficult movement , and will be marked down for resistance in a dressage test . |
| 4 | SIR , — Dr Jha and colleagues ( May 1 , p 1116 ) report antibodies against human papillomavirus ( HPV ) 16 E7 peptide ( originally reported by Mueller et al ) among women who had been diagnosed with cervical carcinoma on average 4 years before being contacted for donation of a serum sample . |
| 5 | Four other cases , brought on Sept. 10 and 12 , involved the improper grant of a contract to oversee a power scheme , the export of Pakistani cotton at below market rates , the sale of property in Islamabad worth £150,000,000 for a mere £500,000 to a foreign company managed by associates of her husband , Asif Ali Zardari , and the improper granting of permits to a close relation and to a friend enabling them to distribute liquified gas . |
| 6 | Although you are all for outings with a pack , you will have to be content with your lot for now . |
| 7 | It is looking for products with a worldwide sales potential of $30m to $100m in three to five years . |
| 8 | It takes genius to go from playful thoughts about beetles to a deep understanding of the Universe . |
| 9 | He 'd travelled half round the world , seen and done things she could only guess at , while she 'd never been further than Kingswood when she 'd been taken to be viewed as apprentice to a nailmaker . |
| 10 | On the basis of its fauna , the area in question might qualify for protection as a nature reserve , if not for designation as a site of special scientific interest . |
| 11 | An enzyme starter culture is added to the milk at 1.1°C ( 30°F ) and stirred for 5min with a curd fork . |
| 12 | records of students qualifying for award of a certificate , diploma or record of achievement . |
| 13 | Later , play-group and school greatly extend the range of influences , especially through exposure to a wide range of planned and spontaneous social interactions with peers . |
| 14 | Examples of works which fall into this category are : documents produced using a word processing system ; CAD ( computer aided designs ) such as plans for a house or a new car body panel ; music written using a program designed to assist with the composition of the music ( as opposed to a program designed to write music ) ; and an accounts report produced using a spreadsheet program . |
| 15 | They were confident that it was possible to make general statements about improvements across a year group , despite individual differences . |
| 16 | In gold shops they also burn off mercury on a huge scale . |
| 17 | The weapons , including rifles , hand grenades , limpet mines and ammunition , had been seized in Manzini during investigations into a bank robbery . |
| 18 | Photogravure was much in use during the Photo-Secession period in the early years of the 20th century — a time of intense seriousness about photography as a vehicle of genuine graphic art and of intense interest in Japanese aesthetics . |
| 19 | Inspection of a copy of the syllabus for Salters ' A-level chemistry ( obtainable from the Oxford and Cambridge Examinations Board ) will demonstrate how appropriate the course is as preparation for a chemistry degree . |
| 20 | Kevin Sheedy is the only other member of the Newcastle team with experience of third-class English League football ; he played for Hereford as a 17-year-old before joining Liverpool . |
| 21 | Readability researchers often emphasise that it is not possible to use a formula to assess difficulty at the individual sentence level ; a formula or graph can only make predictions about difficulty at a global level . |
| 22 | ‘ Would you give this man a job as chairman of a bank ? |
| 23 | One had served as chairman of a local Soviet through these years , with a canny transformation into starosta ( village elder ) when the White Army appeared briefly . |
| 24 | He took a 40 per cent pay cut , swapped the corporate splendour for a mushroom-coloured Portakabin by the Thames , and installed himself as chairman of a company which makes candles . |
| 25 | ( Gqozo had taken power in Ciskei as chairman of a Military Council in March 1990 — see p. 37305 . |
| 26 | He holds a number of directorships , is a member of learned institutes , an author , is a recipient of many awards and honours and hold many offices , including some as chairman in a wide range of organisations , including some in the voluntary sector and many concerned with education and training . |
| 27 | Beneath this an equally twinkling canopy overhung a pavement inlaid with tiles of lilies and acanthus leaves leading through swing-doors to a foyer rich in crimson carpet , mahogany , plump banquettes , frames of photographs of the cast in this or other productions , a Box Office within whose highly carved confines the Box Office manager or his assistant lurked like priests in the confessional receiving through the pinched grill the whispered wishes of communicants . |
| 28 | We have chosen the South Face , for we fear the Normal Route will no longer do for our insatiable appetites , but as we gain the foot of the face the snow worsens desperately and Enrique if obliged to wade through powder to a dubious perch on the lip of the bergschrund . |
| 29 | Editor STEVE WINDSOR continues his series for beginners with a look at filtration . |
| 30 | There is even a copy of the program Chaos , which has been written for beginners as a heuristic aid for designing organic synthesis . |