Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No respite for leftist cows IT IS not just the peasants who are revolting in Romania — the few remaining kulaks are also playing up . |
| 2 | For function roses you 're okay but er a lot of things real go to erm , a place , well it , it 's . |
| 3 | A further issue raised in these comparisons is that the A-level points scores of students entering universities is on average considerably higher than that of students entering polytechnics ; Boumer and Hamed report that in 1983 the average A-level scores for CNM graduates was 5.4 while for university graduates it was 9.5 . |
| 4 | FACED with the task of selecting suitable books for physics students we were pleased to see the presence of several texts that enhance the physics literature at the undergraduate level . |
| 5 | Diane Blakemore for instance uses she and her to mean any person , male or female : |
| 6 | For assessment purposes it is clearly important that independent abilities should not be grouped under the same target . |
| 7 | When dealing with a claim for freezer contents it is worthwhile considering the capacity of the freezer in relation to the size of the claim . |
| 8 | For research purposes it is best to leave thin sections uncovered , as they may then be subjected to a variety of treatments including staining , etching , cathodoluminescence and microprobe work . |
| 9 | The sails are currently standing up very well with no evidence of delamination , despite being used by as many as 30 different boats in up to 27 knots apparent wind ( purely for research purposes you will understand — not recommended for normal Sigma racing ) . |
| 10 | Of public concern in the past about football crowds he said : ‘ With the best will in the world , the centre of the town was affected every time there was a major home game at Airdrie , attracting a large travelling support . |
| 11 | When the newspapers and television hold forth about football hooligans it is usually to members of groups like this that they are referring . |
| 12 | When I heard from Liz that your boss was starting to talk about wedding bells I swiftly moved all my operations back to London . ’ |
| 13 | As there is no school for Tibthorpe children they had to walk to nearby Kirkburn , but today the school bus provides a more convenient form of transport . |
| 14 | Colleagues , can I extend a very warm welcome to a number of special guests who are attending conference Ryan , head of the international department of and John , U S Embassy 's councillor for labour affairs I 'm not sure exactly where our colleagues are yes John |
| 15 | After council meetings they adjourned to a local pub for a refreshing drink paid for out of their own pockets . |
| 16 | Bill went broke after bingeing on booze early in his TV career and after tax bills he ended up with all his worldly goods in four packing cases . |
| 17 | However , after attention lapses he can retain his insights into another person , and use them in choices of means , without abandoning his long-term egoistic ends for the altruistic goals to which he briefly felt himself drawn ; he can therefore claim to have obeyed ‘ Be aware ’ without ceasing to be an egoist . |
| 18 | After toothache liqueurs I thunder home and abandon the Fiasco in the middle of the street . |
| 19 | Meanwhile if anyone can send me a set of rules for fantasy games they are involved in or know about , I will take them into consideration . |
| 20 | I think for home games it has to be 4–4-2 . |
| 21 | They tend to be inspired by many of the ideas for home projects they see , but they lack confidence . |
| 22 | When I am painting summer scenes I use the eggshell , and for winter scenes I use the warm cream . |
| 23 | Almost three in four stated that for work purposes they bought good quality clothing to last , but almost half also said that they had completely ruined an item of clothing during working hours . |
| 24 | But I was talking to a Prof up there the other day , the actual A level , do you know , it 's pathetic really , I mean when you 're talking about law degrees you want about threes A's at A and now even accepting C's A , A level C's for engineering itself ! |
| 25 | As an ecumenical exercise the weekend was a failure ; as a marathon of movement and music for Medau enthusiasts it was one of the most enjoyable occasions ever , thanks chiefly to Margaret 's own tremendous flow of energy , her inspired teaching and her musical inventiveness . |
| 26 | Lotus Script , the next generation programming toolkit for spreadsheet users it also has features to edit scripts and attach them to the menu , buttons , or presentation objects , such as bars in charts Lotus Dialog Editor for creating custom user interfaces to Lotus Script programs and Application Programming Interface ( API ) toolkit support in every package Improv also features calls to external programs ; build and include personal custom functions . |
| 27 | I understand there are problems er but as a general principle it does seem to me that it 's something that needs to be looked at and the minister has said that a lot of these matters will be dealt with by a statement of practice and er he was asked by the honourable gentleman , the member for South Hams I think , er er er what the status of er these people were . |
| 28 | Though they serve as parent representatives they are unlikely to be representative parents typical of the average parent at the school so they need to be encouraged to become involved in as many of the schools activities as possible , not only to gauge parental feelings and attitudes but energetically to engage in identifying ways of improving the school 's performance . |
| 29 | Through telephone enquiries he discovered that there were plenty of Carrows and Tremaynes in the county and not a few who were ex-directory . |
| 30 | Marriage had effectively put paid to her career as an actress , and between household tasks she busied herself penning articles protesting at the pressures on people like her to cook beautiful meals and write novels like Margaret Drabble . |