Example sentences of "[ex0] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There became room for younger , different , mainly nonconformist leaders to assert themselves , not necessarily by parliamentary means . |
| 2 | The Mutawas , clothed in self-righteousness , were there to bear witness to the appropriate punishment . |
| 3 | A site was sought for a garage , but before the matter could be taken further , there came news of a possible change in control of the company and things were left in abeyance for the time being . |
| 4 | Sir Daniel Fleming was certainly interested in the formerly productive mines in his fells around Coniston , but it is not until 1658 is there further note of mines and then not for copper viz : |
| 5 | Down the mountainside above the city at dawn on 10 November — almost 17 months to the day since the civil war had begun — there filed column after column of Syrian tanks , artillery and troop transporters at least 20 miles of them , clogging the valleys with clouds of blue exhaust fumes . |
| 6 | ‘ The historical resistance of the expectations gap , ’ it says , ‘ points to something more than just an ‘ ignorance' ’ gap and suggests there exists scope for the profession to respond more actively to the views and demands of those relying on the audit function . ’ |
| 7 | There followed discussion of current government funding policies in West Belfast which were perceived as deliberately channelling funds through church organisations for political and security reasons . |
| 8 | There followed correspondence between Mrs Kemp 's lawyer and Orkney Islands Council 's Director of Administration and Legal Services , Rowan McCallum . |
| 9 | In February 1156 he met Louis VII on the border between Normandy and France and there did homage for Normandy , Anjou and Aquitaine . |
| 10 | His co-star , actress Audrey Jenkinson , apprentice jockey Mo in the series , was there to say goodbye to her favourite horse , and to ensure he would go to a good home . |
| 11 | However , there remains concern at the pace of change . |
| 12 | He believes that at below 2400 points the downside of a hung parliament is limited and that there remains upside in the chance that the Conservatives ‘ could still sneak in ’ . |
| 13 | There remains truth in the adage , ’ The devil makes work for idle hands ’ ; and I assert that lack of hope is the greatest recruiting officer for all criminal activity . |
| 14 | There remains room for development . |
| 15 | However it is recognized that decisions by overseas students to accept or reject offers are influenced by a more complex set of factors than for home students , and there remains uncertainty over the appropriate offer ratios to be applied . |
| 16 | There is wide agreement that the recent forest damage can predominantly be ascribed to atmospheric pollution even if there remains uncertainty concerning which pollutants are to blame at which locations and what the response mechanisms are for triggering damage , as well as over how the contributing natural stress factors should be weighted ( Hinrichsen , 1986 ) . |
| 17 | Despite radical revision of the complaints procedures , there remains dissatisfaction about the handling of complaints similar to those concerning police complaints procedures considered earlier in this book ( Newbold and Zellick , 1987 ) . |
| 18 | There remained doubt about the length of the exclusion , but it would certainly go past the next election and so allow a Unionist government to make it permanent . |
| 19 | Yet there remained room for further definition of boundaries in matrimonial , moral and testamentary suits , and the very specific terms of the writ left , by implication , other areas open to royal poaching later . |
| 20 | But such support was qualified since there remained ambiguity over whether the Black Sea and Soviet naval forces in those waters should be included within the ambit of the Soviet proposal for the Mediterranean . |