Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | SPONSOR for a Curry Ball ? |
| 32 | It is found along with fossils of planktonic organisms and it is possible to explain the change in growth between coil and trumpet as a change that happened when the larval shell settled on the bottom . |
| 33 | He viewed the establishment of mutual recognition and trust as a prerequisite for the future prosperity of the region and was largely responsible for its realisation with the creation of the non-Islamic Republic of Indonesia . |
| 34 | They emerge and merge , co-operate and co-ordinate for a while , but they have a relatively short active lifetime . |
| 35 | In a way , black sportsmen in Britain are responding to what they perceive as a challenge . |
| 36 | Eyes front for a feast of steam ! |
| 37 | Bit too complicated I fear for a terrace chant … still — I like it ! ! |
| 38 | Rub through a hair sieve and use a very little vegetable greening to make it a pretty colour . |
| 39 | ‘ You mean for a holiday ? ’ |
| 40 | I mean for a while I think it was maybe my glasses , but these are just new |
| 41 | ‘ You mean for a consultation about Edwin 's health ? ’ |
| 42 | For , ‘ trust between a company and its external auditors is very important and interposing another committee between them will only make the relationship fraught ’ . |
| 43 | Cannon , after a miss , hit and lay for a single at the fourth and then they stole two at the fifth where Muirhead just failed by a fraction with a raised take out . |
| 44 | I lay for a while simply wrestling with the enormity of it . |
| 45 | They lay for a while catching their breath , then returned to Nettles . |
| 46 | Karelius awoke that morning at half-past six , and lay for a while thinking about Fräulein Müller . |
| 47 | They lay for a while , their hands lightly clasped , each deeply engrossed in their own thoughts . |
| 48 | I lay for a while waiting for the chateau to fall silent again before drifting into a demon-filled sleep of black war horses rearing above me , men flying through the night air , and those dreadful corpses laid out so tidily , so neatly , in that beautiful London garden . |
| 49 | Surrounded by ‘ government furniture of polished yellow wood ’ , he proffers blandishing diminutives ; Mow about a spot of open window ? ’ ( okoshechko ) he asks the ready fainter . |
| 50 | But as a general principle the right of animals to be animals , to live in their space on God 's good earth , is a moral principle I commend as a rule of thumb . |
| 51 | The theory which I commend as a guide to the fruitful development of international law in the control of force may be called ‘ ethical ’ or perhaps ‘ functional positivism ’ . |
| 52 | On appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeal his conviction was quashed on the ground that the finding of guilt by the justices supported a plea of autrefois convict as a bar to his trial on indictment . |
| 53 | In general terms , developmentalists take the view that it should be possible to examine the ways in which infants and young children interact with the physical world and with other people and to determine how they change as a result . |
| 54 | Staff need , however , to strike a delicate balance between giving optimistic support and encouragement on the one hand and accepting on the other that some individuals do not wish to , or can not , change as a result of disability and may need to be helped , therefore , to cope with permanent social impairments and distressing symptoms . |
| 55 | Though parts were altered in the seventeenth century , the Tudor Great Hall , entrance court and river façade remain as a tribute to Cardinal Wolsey 's foresight and taste . |
| 56 | Iosif 's tomb in The Kremlin Wall may be hard to find , but the camps remain as a headstone in perpetuity to his memory . |
| 57 | And England 's private schools , whose pupils account for a quarter of sixth-formers and of A-level passes , know that parents will pay for the prospect of a smooth path to university . |
| 58 | With other foreigners they account for a quarter of trading . |
| 59 | Although there are over 20 million individual shareholders in Japan they only account for a quarter of the total shares held . |
| 60 | Since local authorities account for a quarter of all public expenditure , central government must control their spending . |