Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter has been with BP for over 20 years , the last 5½ at Sullom Voe , latterly as production superintendent at the terminal . |
| 2 | The thin towers are n't covered with silver , they 're made of metal : they were rockets , once , presumably for emergency launching of satellites — perhaps even for defence . |
| 3 | It is not encouraging to learn that Saudi Arabia and other states in the region are in the market for additions to their present arsenals of weaponry , seeking in particular equipment used successfully during Desert Storm like the F-15 Eagle fighter , the M1 battle tank and the Rockeye cluster bomb . |
| 4 | The Pools had closed down and Eileen and Joe were unemployed but Littlewood 's had made arrangements for their staff to sign on for unemployment pay at the Edge Lane office . |
| 5 | I found myself opening the batting and going on as change bowler with my medium pace . |
| 6 | So I took on as yard took on as yard foreman on the following Monday . |
| 7 | The appointment also says much about quango politics in Conservative Wales . |
| 8 | These are quite separate issues , and although it may be administratively convenient for the inspector to designate the interest on the MIRAS loan only as tax deductible for 1990/91 because the original loan was £30,000 , he is quite wrong . |
| 9 | The N2 is routed to bypass west of Luzern , run along through canton Unterwalden on the south side of the lake , passing under the Seelisberg in a 9km ( 5½ mile ) tunnel , and beyond Fluelen running parallel with the old Gotthard road ( and rail ) up the valley of the river Reuss . |
| 10 | What is now worrying us extremely about Local Government in Britain , in any Labour Authority , which is spreading now like a cancer in , that officers are not trusted now to even take the sick list of decisions so there has to be another sub-committee . |
| 11 | What is now worrying us extremely about Local Government in Britain , in any Labour Authority , which is spreading now like a cancer in , that officers are not trusted now to even take the sick list of decisions so there has to be another sub-committee . |
| 12 | North London 's status is now under threat after failing to travel to Leicester , as they have to reapply for League membership after finishing in the bottom four places of the division . |
| 13 | On April 5 Hans Eichel was sworn in as Minister President at the head of a SPD-Green coalition in Hesse [ for January 1991 Land election see p. 37966 ] . |
| 14 | On May 21 Rudolf Scharping ( SPD ) was sworn in as Minister President of an SPD-FDP " red-yellow " coalition in the Rhineland-Palatinate following the CDU 's election defeat there in April [ see pp. 38155-56 ] . |
| 15 | Pawar was eventually sworn in as Defence Minister on June 26 after being replaced the previous day as Chief Minister of Maharashtra by Sudhakarrao Naik . |
| 16 | Vince Luck was brought in as finance director from Northern Foods . |
| 17 | Tanzania 's President Ali Hassan Mwinyi was elected on Aug. 16 as chair of the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi ( CCM ) party , with 1,846 out of 1,851 votes cast , in succession to the " elder statesman " leader Julius Nyerere , who had held on to the party chairmanship for five years since stepping down as state President in 1985 . |
| 18 | In a controversial decision on Feb. 23 , Elisabeth Kopp , who had stepped down as Justice Minister in January 1989 [ see p. 36473 ] , was acquitted by the criminal law division of Federal Supreme Court ( Bundesstrafgericht ) on charges of violating professional secrecy . |
| 19 | President Arístides Maria Pereira announced at an extraordinary congress of the PAICV on July 26 , 1990 , that he was stepping down as party leader as a first step towards the ending of one-party rule , declaring that the President had to be above party politics . |
| 20 | He was plainly suffering because he had denied Sheila her chance of university but he could not have acted in any other way , perhaps through race fear of the poorhouse or plain temperament . |
| 21 | The plight of the poor was ameliorated by the slowing down of population growth during the second half of the seventeenth century and by simultaneous improvements in agricultural production techniques and employment opportunities offered by rural industries . |
| 22 | And finally , people er were subject to various forms of forced labour , most obviously of course conscription into the armed forces but other kinds of forced labour as well repairing the irrigation streams , digging dykes and , and so on and so forth . |
| 23 | Geac Computer Corp Ltd has reported a third quarter net loss equivalent to $5.6m after an exceptional charge of $8.6m for buying in of software research by the library automation business , against a profit last time of $2.9m , on turnover that rose 31.7% to $22.3m ; net loss for the nine months was $241,000 against a profit last time of $5.1m , on turnover that rose 17.9% at $58.7m . |
| 24 | I wanted to show her why hospitals like Barts are crucial as providers not only of specialist care of the rare and the bizarre , but also superlative care of the plain and usual , with a quality of nursing that surpasses the ‘ barely adequate ’ striven for by the NHS executive . |
| 25 | Media organizations , eager to disseminate stories with maximum speed on the basis of initial reports , ran a particular risk not only of news management by those giving their briefings , but also of giving prominence to " news " which later proved incorrect . |
| 26 | Prepare the containers by filling loosely to the brim with peat compost , press it down gently with finger pressure around the rim of the tray to ensure there are no air pockets and roughly level it again , then press it down to make a firm , level surface about ½ in ( 12mm ) below the rim . |
| 27 | We are assuming a start in autumn 1990 , especially with student recruitment in mind , though obviously 1989 would be better if everything could be ready . |
| 28 | Erm so , so I mean and then , you know , he describes various examples where you know if you get hit by your best mate you basically , you know , instead of telling him to F off you say down with imperialism type of thing . |
| 29 | Dai and Meirion were two other company stalwarts who regularly pitched in with building work in their spare time , or else organized a shift system with the other printers , almost all of whom were happy to volunteer for manual labour . |
| 30 | Last season Lotto weighed in with club sponsorship with the Blues but from next season they will supply kits , boots and footballs as well . |