Example sentences of "[adv] [art] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | If Paul were to challenge successfully the adherents of Tammuz , Jesus would have to be able to match the older god , miracle for miracle . |
2 | Even if the catechisms of ‘ correct thought ’ are updated and find new roots , and old upbeat endings are set to more popular and contemporary tunes , they will not be able to generate the more intricate models or maps which are required to confront successfully the types of racism which are evidenced by our two transcripts . |
3 | So it happened that both Polybius and Posidonius were involved in exploring the lands of the West , and more conspicuously the lands of France and Spain — with the consequences which I hope to illustrate in my next lecture . |
4 | Statesmen were rarely the tools of business in this period ; sometimes they made businessmen do their work for them and they were alive to the possibility of political influence being spread through such economic channels as chartered companies . |
5 | The object of the book is not to analyse but to report , which is why it is predominantly the words of others taken from the radio series that I produced , In Other Words — David Bowie , a series that was narrated by Angie , David 's former wife . |
6 | Always check the service history , as a diesel car 's fuel pump is a piece of complicated mechanics which will not suffer gladly the attentions of DIY servicers . |
7 | And presumably the competencies of careers officers are in the part two |
8 | Slowly the lines of pain smoothed from the old face , and Mrs Richards managed to open her eyes . |
9 | Plato gave an account of how aristocratic government declines , while the Islamic political philosopher Ibn Khaldun analysed empirically the cycles of decay and renewal amongst the political elites of Northern Africa in the fourteenth century ( Lacoste , 1984 ) . |
10 | The aim of this research is to investigate empirically the variations in Britain 's strike activity over time and the variations between Britain and other EEC countries in the post-war period . |
11 | The nested technique is often helpful , and eventually the products of polymerase chain reactions may even be analysed by Southern blotting to gain further absolute sensitivity . |
12 | We would string together about seven or eight passes , then go backwards for a bit , then sideways , and then eventually the likes of McAllister , Speed , or Dorigo would get fed up , boot the ball in the box for either a ) an easy catch to the goalie , or b ) for Deane to flick it on to an easy catch for the goalie . |
13 | But it will defend equally vigorously the rights of women who choose to look after their children full-time . |
14 | But attribution could only be meaningful if trade union representatives on company boards everywhere and always accepted wholeheartedly the duties of ownership along with the rights , so changing the role of the unions fundamentally and abandoning any pretence to industrial democracy . |
15 | Congress alone has the power to decide whether the present laws can or can not be amended so as to carry out more effectively the objects of law . |
16 | Most importantly the heads of terms must state that they are 'subject to contract " . |
17 | In such fields a double need arises : to harmonise licensing requirements for companies intending to carry on the activities in question , and to establish essential standards for the prudential supervision of companies providing financial services . |
18 | How then , did these early , isolated molecules , take on the trappings of life ? |
19 | This means that we can pass on the benefits to policy holders such as yourself by either reducing the policy charges or indeed er increasing the bonuses wherever possible . |
20 | This is the heart of the notion of the inner city ; at the very moment that policy draws the boundaries of the inner city a place takes on the qualities of coherence that it does not possess , embodies all the contradictions that are part of the original concept . |
21 | If I had the courage to grow out my hair and take on the streets without frill or face paint , bangles or heels and all such accessories of fear and vanity , then I would be seen far less and see much more . |
22 | The following survey was taken on the streets of Bradford . |
23 | You might get through a few months , gross good luck see you to a year , but from then on the odds against survival lengthened considerably . |
24 | Hanging on the hours like heliotropes |
25 | Trainer Henry Cecil , however , was satisfied enough to let All At Sea take on the likes of Arazi and Ireland 's Brief Truce . |
26 | NCUBE TAKES ON THE TERAFLOPPERS WITH ORACLE-RUNNING 65,384-PROCESSOR NCUBE 3 FOR 1994 |
27 | Does he not realise that many Members on both sides of the House and many staff who work here have to eat morning , noon and night in those cafeterias , and that there is a desperate need to take on the services of people who are qualified and at the forefront of their field in this subject ? |
28 | To help publicise the launch of the airline , Branson had taken on the services of Tony Brainsby , a man whose hyperventilated style of press-arousal on behalf of such clients as Paul McCartney had made him a small legend in the pop world . |
29 | Miss Reid was a fully qualified nurse , and when , some months later , the post of superintendent-nurse at St. Peter 's Hospital became vacant , the new Mrs. Chaplin took on the duties in addition to those of matron . |
30 | Each year a celebrity is chosen to switch on the Illuminations in Talbot Square , followed for many years by a tour of the Lights by tram . |