Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun pl] of " in BNC.

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1 ( a ) Return along Church Way to High Street and take path opposite and slightly to right through gates of Manor Farm .
2 Born and brought up in the area , unlike other members of the group who had lived locally for Periods of one to seven years .
3 Er check locally for claims of environmentally or sustainable tropical hardwood it 's not really , I mean I do look when I go to all these D I Y places to see what they 've got .
4 And when he made history , he did so by speaking , mostly for members of his own line and for close collaterals .
5 Six weeks ago , life was going swimmingly for holders of BM Group .
6 The practising teacher or school librarian does not have time to go leisurely through pages of details which are poorly printed on A4 which are folded and tucked in an envelope with a disk .
7 We looked at each other wide-eyed , confused by an alien etiquette , and for a moment I was lost somewhere between memories of Samaná and Graham Greeneland .
8 As expected , I found Prince Charles very easy to talk with and we had quite an informal chat , mostly about boats of course , before I stepped backwards along the red carpet with my medal pinned on .
9 More than 100 people were thought to have been killed in faction fighting in Natal and in townships around Johannesburg during March , mostly between supporters of the ANC and of Inkatha but also involving the security forces .
10 He has to decide whether he should stay on pending a full trial of the bitter dispute between the two men , who stood side-by-side as saviours of the financially troubled club in 1991 .
11 It is clear to all that precious blood has been shed foolishly or even criminally for purposes of prestige alone .
12 There are also records of fights between individual spectators and more rarely between groups of spectators .
13 A sterling crisis in 1976 brought in the IMF , effectively as overseers of the economy .
14 This is an important area of work , and is increasing our knowledge of how to screen disaster survivors more effectively for indications of future psychiatric morbidity .
15 Scott does not see strata as consisting of individuals , nor does he see them simply as positions generated by the economic system , but rather as groups of inter-marrying and inter-connected families .
16 There was cake , satisfying and fruity , and he sat on the edge of the chesterfield in Isobel 's sitting-room and ate it appreciatively between gulps of strong , sweet tea from one of her best bone china teacups .
17 THE BRITISH government is looking eagerly for signs of economic recovery but is may not have noticed that the quickest way of discerning increased industrial activity is not to look at it , but to listen .
18 The Chinese people watched eagerly for signs of what developments were to take place in China 's political life .
19 The two-litre engine in the Volcane develops 123bhp at 5750rpm and 130lb ft at 2750rpm , enough for claims of 125mph and 8.4secs to 60mph .
20 The ESRC has given Mr Masoud Yazdani of Exeter University a grant to produce a set if AI tools which will be easy enough for teachers of modern languages to construct their own language teaching aids without needing a great deal of expertise in computer programming .
21 Copper was found in Crete itself , especially in the Asterousi mountains bordering the Mesara plain , and some may have come from Chrysokamino , near the coast east of Pachyammos , but the demand for metal artefacts is likely to have been high enough for imports of copper to be necessary .
22 We found that some last only 10 to 30 years and that 's not enough for archives of historical material .
23 Its 512Kb of display memory is enough for resolutions of 800 by 600 in 16 colours , but a bit light if you want a resolution of 1,024 by 768 .
24 In other words , it is not enough for designers of information products to recognise the benefits of those products .
25 Our circulation had risen to 30,000 , enough for economies of scale in printing to become effective .
26 Theories which aim to explain social phenomena do so through methods of investigation and interpretation which strive for internal consistency , comprehensiveness , and conceptual clarity .
27 His Platonism meant that relationships were ideal patterns , not to be taken literally as lines of descent .
28 So much for hopes of a clean election campaign .
29 Pupils with little or no sight need the opportunity to explore the classroom , not only for reasons of access and safety but also to find out where the key activities take place and where the objects needed for their work and play are kept .
30 Because they arrive with an expectation of moving on within a few years they refrain — ; if only for reasons of emotional self-defence — from putting down ‘ roots ’ and involving themselves too closely in village affairs .
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