Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or he may know exactly what he 's doing — and be doing it for reasons his companions know nothing of , his meaning anything but benevolent . |
| 2 | Against the bombs they wore steel helmets for protection which Tom recalls had holes drilled round the rim . |
| 3 | It also reflects the bold decision taken by my right hon. Friend the Member for Blaby ( Mr. Lawson ) to cut corporation tax and liberate a range of resources for investments which companies would choose for themselves rather than being pointed in a certain direction by the distorting effect of allowances . |
| 4 | A willingness to stand up and promote his trade with gusto typifies Mr Smythe 's approach to his job as chairman his Association . |
| 5 | She played him a song about whisky her Auntie Muriel had taught her , on Integrity 2 . |
| 6 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what studies have been undertaken with regard to transfer of the avionic repair department from RAF Carlisle to RAF Sealand . |
| 7 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress he has made in making available a pool of British-registered merchant ships for emergency defence use . |
| 8 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made by his Department to prevent bullying in the services ; and how much money has been spent in dealing with this matter since June 1988 . |
| 9 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress he is making towards restoring a flying role for squadrons of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force . |
| 10 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps are being taken to encourage competitive tendering for military research and development . |
| 11 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received about the future strength of the Territorial Army in Scotland . |
| 12 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information he has on the number of jobs in the north-west region of England which are related to defence requirements . |
| 13 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what offer of assistance he has given to the member states of the former Soviet Union to assist in establishing defence hot-lines . |
| 14 | Similarly , trade unions are thought of as institutions whose objectives and practices are fundamentally opposed to the public interest . |
| 15 | For generations my family have been staunch Conservatives , but I am afraid my immediate family will no longer support a Government which cares little about animal welfare . |
| 16 | However , if the PRO is arranging feature coverage or if it is known that they will be available for photography their PR lives will be extended . |
| 17 | Ford is also now rating its suppliers on other things , for instance their R&D ability . |
| 18 | Before putting themselves forward for selection , potential candidates and their families need to be aware of the foreign country 's environment — for instance its language(s) , climate and culture , its housing and education facilities , what security is like , and where they will be living and working . |
| 19 | Cyrene , like Syracuse , was culturally cosmopolitan , so that for instance its art owes a clear debt to Athens , witness the bronze head from the mid-fifth century , in the style of Phidias ( Chamoux , Cyrene , plate xxiv , 3–4 ) ; it was multi-racial , so that the sixth-century reformer Demonax allowed one tribe for the native ‘ dwellers round about ’ , as well as one for the old Greek settlers and one for new arrivals ( Hdt. iv.161 , cp. 159.4 ) . |
| 20 | Aspectual differences have to do with the temporal distribution of an event , for instance its completion or non-completion , continuation , or momentariness . |
| 21 | Other things we can observe carefully , and then draw , such as a child , how his limbs grow , or his head , to look and see where for instance his eyes come in relation to the top of his head and the bottom of his chin . |
| 22 | Take for instance our approach to transport . |
| 23 | grant him every advantage which we can conceive a white to possess over the native ; concede that in the struggle for existence his chance of a long life will be much superior to that of the native chiefs ; yet from all these admissions , there does not follow the conclusion that , after a limited or unlimited number of generations , the inhabitants of the island will be white . |
| 24 | The differences between disciplines which Taylor refers to are compounded by differences between sectors , institutions and even departments . |
| 25 | These Directives could have a profound effect upon the value for money which insurance companies and pension providers can offer their customers , throughout Europe , in the years ahead . |
| 26 | To their credit the Stirling pack roused themselves to greater efforts , but after four pushover attempts by them had been repulsed , Heriot 's countered and it was Stoddart who ran through some weak tackling and put Henry Murray in for try which Lawrie converted . |
| 27 | He claims he paid the top Tory official £40,000 to secure the prestigious Queens Award for Exports which Levitt is now accused of having obtained by deception . |
| 28 | Sorry , you did that , right , well think back to what you said about future what Freud said the future . |
| 29 | It most often relates to commercial matters and the solicitor is engaged in bridging cultures and resolving conflicting laws of different countries to produce cohesive and sound agreements for clients whose interests are multi-jurisdictional . |
| 30 | 6.4 There are times when physical restraint will be necessary for clients whose behaviour is a danger to themselves or to others . |