Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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31 You can use coloured dividers to classify them into subjects .
32 Bratby had obtained permission to paint in the roof area of the Victoria and Albert Museum and there Minton visited him for tutorials .
33 I 'm not naive , I know others will make more be back with more bids because he 's such a top -class goal scorer , ’ says the manager , who has just signed a contract keeping him at Hillsborough for the same time as Hirst .
34 In addition , local boroughs and health authorities fund us through grants and service contracts .
35 Many of Richard Gough 's contemporaries provided him with information about a wide range of cousins and about ancestors going back several generations .
36 Wishes provide us with motivation and strategy , for without the greed of a wish we would never get started .
37 Competitors were housed in the Belfry Hotel within the grounds and one frustrated writer described it as fortress Belfry .
38 Polls had until recently shown support for Mr Patten but now a majority wants him to back down .
39 If superiors involve them in decision-making , they are more likely to be management-minded .
40 But when the RSPCA found him in January , he was in a starved condition , his ribs and hip bones showing through , and his back legs hardly able to support him .
41 It comes complete with all fittings for usual tap-threads , and all you will need is a wrench to tighten it in position to comply with the law — incidentally , a fine of up to £400 can be imposed for non-compliance with the law !
42 It comes complete with all fittings for usual tap-threads , and all you need is a wrench to tighten it in position .
43 When nest building , he will return to his nest with bits of weed to cement it into place , even when the diver is only a few inches away .
44 This lesson had been reinforced as far as the railways were concerned each spring from 1918 to 1920 , when urgent orders went out from the highest level to rehabilitate them in order to cope with the influx of vital foodstuffs and fuel to the towns .
45 Foley regarded him through clouds of aromatic smoke .
46 ‘ Cyclists in bus lanes may also cause delay to buses , although banning cyclists places them in danger if they are required to ride in the main carriageway , with buses passing on their nearside . ’
47 Stuart Harper ( Points of View , 6 February ) welcomes the Government 's decision to provide him with data on examination results so that he can use it to make decisions on schools in ‘ the Government 's market-place for education . ’
48 His GP referred him to hospital for a whole series of treatments , but nothing worked .
49 Although the first step can be steroid injections , my GP referred me for surgery at Wanstead Hospital , south London .
50 This was at a time when the principle of vaccination had still not been universally accepted , although the Vaccination Act of 1840 had enabled the guardians to provide it for paupers .
51 The first two hours knock us into shape , however , as we battle with the boulder-strewn approach to Condoriri .
52 When Kendall left , Colin Harvey moved him to right-back after a season .
53 But he had blocked all her attempts to anoint him with love and sympathy .
54 Towards the end , Horthy tried to extricate the country from the impending shambles , but the Germans occupied it in March 1944 and , in any case , the Allies were no longer sympathetic .
55 Earlier attempts to retrieve it by means of an elaborate mechanical arm had failed .
56 One reason why the shift in emphasis to the broader question of determinism is less helpful than it at first appears is that ‘ the problem of determinism ’ itself lacks a clear formulation , and the difficulty of saying exactly what it consists in is reflected in attempts to relate it to holism .
57 The Germans evacuated him to Athens then to Salonika .
58 Then Robert Altman cast him as Vincent Van Gogh in Vincent And Theo .
59 ‘ The authorities traced you to Frankfurt , sir , ’ interjected Adam .
60 When Oliver Cromwell died in September 1658 , his son , Richard succeeded him as Protector .
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