Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suggesting that ‘ the end product of basic research is an increase in knowledge ’ in applied research he suggested it was first a product , e.g. an antibiotic , an artificial hand , a drought-resistant variety of wheat ; then a process , e.g. for the manufacture of an antibiotic , or for removing nitrogen oxides from exhaust gas ; then a method of operation , e.g. to prevent collisions in the English Channel , to speed up the delivery of letters , or to give advice , sometimes in the discharge of a statutory obligation ( the emphasis is mine ) . |
| 2 | But in three short years the following essential features of creative sound were worked out for the first time : cut-and-splice sound editing ; dubbing mute shots ( i.e. providing library sounds for completely silent bits of film ) ; quiet cameras ; ‘ talkback ’ and other intercom systems ; ‘ boom ’ microphones ( so the mike could be placed over the actor 's head and moved as necessary ) ; equalization ; track-bouncing ; replacement of dialogue ( including alternative languages ) ; filtering ( for removing traffic noise , wind noise , or for simulating telephone conversations ) ; busbars for routing controlled amounts of foldback or reverberation ; three-track recording ( music , effects , and dialogue , any of which could be changed as necessary ) ; automatic volume limiters ; and synchronous playback ( for dance or mimed shots ) . |
| 3 | Under the law , there is no truancy if a child has the school 's permission to be absent or if his/her absence from school is occasioned by : sickness of the child ( not of his/her parent ) ; or unavoidable cause affecting the child and generally involving an emergency ; or a day of religious observance ; or ‘ the school … is not within walking distance … and no suitable arrangements have been made by the LEA for ( the child 's ) transport … or for boarding accommodation ’ . |
| 4 | A person who was prosecuted for organising a public assembly contrary to section 14(4) or for taking part in such a gathering or inciting another to do so , would be able to argue that what he was involved in was not an unlawful assembly within the definition . |
| 5 | This knot is great for tying baggage taps or for attaching string to a ring or post . |
| 6 | VISCOUNT CAVE L.C. : No doubt there is an absolute unconditional obligation binding the police authorities to take all steps which appear to them to be necessary for keeping the peace , for preventing crime , or for protecting property from criminal injury ; and the public , who pay for this protection through the rates and taxes , can not lawfully be called upon to make a further payment for that which is their right … |
| 7 | ‘ All costs charges and expenses incurred hereunder by the bank or by the receiver in perfecting or otherwise in connection with this security or in respect of the property hereby charged including ( without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing ) all costs of all proceedings for the enforcement of the security hereby constituted or for obtaining payment of the moneys hereby secured or arising out of or in connection with the acts authorised by clause 7 hereof ( whether or not such costs charges and expenses and moneys or part thereof would be allowable on a party and party or solicitor and own client taxation by this court ) shall be recoverable from the companies as a debt … and shall be charged on the premises comprised herein … |
| 8 | This is not an argument for dismantling or privatizing the welfare state , or for reducing benefit levels . |
| 9 | A new minister with an overall responsibility for the health and personal social services within the Department of Health and Social Security , or for education , or for housing policy ( together with local government in general ) within the Department of the Environment will find an ‘ established ’ relationship between the department and local government or the health service with certain key characteristics . |
| 10 | This was to the advantage of the young radicals ; like the leftists in the NILP , they were not hampered by tradition and did not have to placate their seniors before or after embracing heresy . |
| 11 | Never apply a depilatory cream to inflamed or broken skin , or shortly before or after using soap , deodorant or a perfumed product . |
| 12 | Similarly , do not have a hot bath after a heavy meal or after drinking alcohol — the same thing could happen . |
| 13 | The breach of duty consists not of allowing the conflict of interest to arise because that is often outside the control of the director , but of the director 's preferring his own personal interests to those of persons for whom he acts as fiduciary , or of taking advantage of such a position . |
| 14 | In short , ILEA , no doubt like the vast majority of LEAs , had some sensible ideas about a broad and balanced curriculum , but delegated the responsibility to schools and had developed no systematic means of monitoring school curriculum policies and practice or of taking action where schools deviate from the LEA approach to the curriculum . |
| 15 | Volcanic bombs can be composed of either lava , or of preexisting rock which has become incorporated into the magma in the neck of a volcano . |
| 16 | For instance , winking groups with other ways of warning or of doubting or of sharing complicity , depending on a context which is a matter not of physical description but of the form of social intercourse . |
| 17 | The task is not one of excusing behaviour or of attributing condemnation to it — only one of rendering it explicable in terms of a revealed social order . |
| 18 | We did not think of going to live abroad or of buying property outside Palestine . |
| 19 | Soviet officials saw little hope either of establishing formal political ties or of promoting revolution in countries forced to live within the shadow of the United States and its 1823 Monroe Doctrine . |
| 20 | There is no question of selling the properties or of forcing involvement of local people ’ . |
| 21 | In May Justice Minister Kinkel announced that priority was to be given to the rehabilitation and compensation of victims of the SED regime , ahead of pursuing those accused of committing crimes or of assessing compensation claims of those who had been dispossessed of property by the regime . |
| 22 | I have stressed that there is no disagreement between the Government and the Opposition about the importance of reducing tobacco consumption or of reducing access to tobacco , especially among children , as a contributor to that objective . |
| 23 | Much of his Taxi Driver , he says , arose from his belief that movies are a ‘ kind of dream state , or like taking dope ’ . |
| 24 | It may be for this reason that governments committed to full employment are likely to allow the money supply to rise when faced with excessive wage claims or with rising import prices in the economy . |
| 25 | It described them as aligned with Singh or with acting party president and former Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai . |
| 26 | It is a zone concerned entirely with rasping meat from bones or with cleaning fur . |
| 27 | Cook for approximately 10 to 15 minutes longer or until setting point is reached . |
| 28 | Immediately before school entry ( provided at least three years have elapsed from the third and last dose of the primary course ) and between 15–19 years or before leaving school are the times for boosters . |
| 29 | Of the company 's 900 staff only 60 are engaged in manufacturing , or in overseeing manufacturing suppliers . |
| 30 | This can be difficult to organize and may not be of great use to the teacher either in planning lessons or in providing feedback for diagnostic purposes . |