Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before leaving a cowed Scotland , Edward rode about demanding oaths of submission from all the magnates in the land . |
| 2 | THREE Glasgow men jailed last week for four years for bringing hashish into Spain have been released because of the time they spent awaiting trial , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 3 | PRINCESS Anne must take much of the credit for bringing royalty into the 20th Century . |
| 4 | We will not for the moment consider the suitability of the procedures for bringing complaints of breach of duty to court , though the existence of well-informed plaintiffs with standing and motivation to sue is clearly an essential part of any system of control that is ultimately dependent on judicial sanctions . |
| 5 | The SFO has earned its reputation for bringing cases to trial with glacial slowness . |
| 6 | John Allen was respected by leaders in all walks of drama education and theatre and consequently was able to give a great deal of energy to getting opposing groups to talk to each other , so that , for instance , in 1970 , he was responsible for bringing teacher-trainers in drama and drama advisers together at a conference in Exeter . |
| 7 | In Southampton in the 1450s , when there was considerable bitterness in civic politics over the attitude to be taken to aliens , whether they should be welcomed for bringing wealth to the town , or attacked as intruders , marriage could lead a man to switch his allegiance from one group to another . |
| 8 | It can be seen that the central position of the MTFS is the ‘ monetarist view ’ of inflation that controlling the rate of growth of the money supply is a necessary and sufficient condition for bringing inflation under control over the medium term , covering a period of 3–4 years . |
| 9 | Janet was a pupil of the well-respected Professor Charcot ( 1825–1893 ) , who was responsible for founding the Salpêtrière School of Hypnotism in France and for bringing credibility to the subject . |
| 10 | The only requirement for bringing software under LIFESPAN control is that each source file ( except for those in the FOREIGN-SET ) must contain a module header . |
| 11 | They will tell him the rules for bringing motions before the council , for moving amendments , for raising questions , for length of speeches , rights of reply and the like . |
| 12 | She now remembered how she had criticized her mother for bringing babies into the world without being able to look after them . |
| 13 | Convey my thanks to Dame Sybil and Master Thomas and my apologies for bringing trouble upon them . ’ |
| 14 | In order to encourage the internal generation a ideas , senior management must provide a clear mechanism for bringing ideas to their attention . |
| 15 | Although these methods offer an effective means of using documentary source material in the classroom , there are strong arguments for bringing pupils into contact with original documents at some stage in their school career . |
| 16 | HOWARD WILKINSON last night slammed Third Division Barnet for bringing football into disrepute as Barry Fry was sacked again — this time for real . |
| 17 | LEEDS boss Howard Wilkinson last night slammed Third Division Barnet for bringing football into disrepute as Barry Fry was sacked again — this time for real . |
| 18 | It was the most important of these groupings as it was directly responsible for bringing NIGRA to Derry for the 5 October 1968 march and thus was the catalyst which turned the civil rights movement into a mass campaign . |
| 19 | You might be tempted to attribute it to lowish wage rates ( at the Brasserie ? ) , but a good answer would produce figures to justify this assertion ( you know both the staffing structure and the total wage bill for 1983 , at least , so you could work out the average gross wage per annum and relate it to what you knew about catering wages for the period ) . |
| 20 | ‘ Not all companies , ’ it said , ‘ have the stomach for including goodwill in their losses-on-disposal calculations . ’ |
| 21 | However , there is also a case for including acts of gross indecency performed on or with girls of 18 years and below who may still be at school and dependent on their parents , since such acts too may be highly damaging . |
| 22 | This ignorance among the general public is one good reason for including knowledge about language in the English curriculum . |
| 23 | The booklet was criticised during its draft stages for including details of accommodation such a long distance away . |
| 24 | The booklet was criticised during its draft stages for including details of accommodation such a long distance away . |
| 25 | This fashion for including rugs in paintings was translated into religious works : Nicholas di Buonaccorsa , Ghirlandaio , Carpaccio and many others depicted the Virgin sitting on a throne with an oriental rug spread out on the floor or steps in front of her . |
| 26 | At a conference at Oxford in December 1989 , Professor Randolph Quirk , the famous linguist , attacked me fiercely for including material like this , which could be easily misrepresented by the press . |
| 27 | The reason for including R in the picture is that , at least in all existing organisms , successful recombination requires the presence of enzymes , which in turn must be coded for by genes ; it is such a gene that is symbolized by R. The symbol r in Figure 5 represents a gene which is ineffective in bringing about recombination . |
| 28 | That did not suit Bonaparte 's desire for order and was inconvenient to his need for conscripting recruits to his army . |
| 29 | In fact only a few of Scotland 's great views are included but many well known ones elsewhere are covered such as Cat Bells and Snowdon , plus a few less familiar ones such as Mow Cop on the edge of the Cheshire Hills and Bennachie in Aberdeenshire . |
| 30 | But it should be clear that while one or two methods may be the most important for attributing coins to a mint or dating them , almost any other consideration can be important , depending on its relevance or on the accidents of survival . |