Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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31 Are there reasons for giving an affirmative answer to it to be found in what Wittgenstein says ?
32 It may of course turn out that there are after all good independent reasons for respecting the intuitive judgements which come from long experience .
33 Students with religious or other reasons for following a special diet are strongly advised to apply for one of the self-catering accommodation options .
34 To examine the reasons for studying a particular subject .
35 In particular , it is important that the reasons for continuing a difficult diet ( which includes expensive phenylalanine free protein substitute and other special food products , biochemical monitoring , and experienced dietetic advice ) are clearly understood in terms of the neurological risks to the patient .
36 My Lords , I have come to the conclusion that , as a matter of law , there are sound reasons for making a limited modification to the existing rule ( subject to strict safeguards ) unless there are constitutional or practical reasons which outweigh them .
37 Since we are going to discover other reasons for rejecting the tripartite definition , we have no reason to pursue this point here .
38 This simplifying assumption may turn out to be incorrect — future psycholinguistic research may provide evidence that different lexicons are involved in the perception and production of language , or that different lexicons are involved in the processing of spoken and written language — but at present there are no good reasons for rejecting the simplifying assumption of a single mental lexicon .
39 However , Lib Dem borough councillor Bob Russell emphasised the ‘ common sense ’ reasons for having a single Colchester MP .
40 But when the volume was first published it appeared only as an expensive hardback and the opportunity for exploring an important range of writing was restricted to specialists and students willing to pass around a library copy .
41 My tapestries and books were turning into pitch-thick smoke , and the heat , from which I had hitherto been protected , it seems , by the initial surge of adrenalin through my body , now made it plain that this was the last window of opportunity for effecting a dignified , if empty-handed , exit .
42 A seminar series would allow students to present reflections on their own experience , and provide an opportunity for integrating the theological and development issues .
43 We believe that it is a missed opportunity for tackling the deep-seated causes of crime .
44 The application does nothing to retain the existing trees on the site , it was a , it is , a mature garden with some mature trees , and all those trees are to be removed , it certainly does n't do anything to retain the rural character of the na of the village , and certainly does n't enhance the character of the adjoining small er rural cottages , i in fact it would be , it could be argued that it damages the rural environment , because the development is such that it is more suited for an urban development , almost a city centre , because the comment has been made that there is only about a metre between the dwellings and indeed there is only a metre between the dwellings and the adjoining boundaries , surely there is a need for screening , it is in a in a very very prominent position , it can be seen clearly as you enter the village from the Farnsfield area , the present proposal does n't provide sufficient room for screening , and and like the screen which is adjacent to this building , which are set well back from the road , and provide an opportunity for screening the single access to the site and the fact that the frontage to these two properties is completely taken up with garaging and with vehicle access does n't even provide an opportunity to screen .
45 The contract for building the new car went to East Lancashire Coachbuilders of Blackburn , who also built Blackpool 's Atlantean buses .
46 " The Meeting considering that the old channel at the end of the Iron Bridge continues to annoy the Traveller … contract for Erecting a sufficient Causway over the said old channel . "
47 A £20 million contract for running a new social security computer centre has been awarded to a non-union , American-based company without any other bids being invited .
48 The purpose of this paper is to put forward a case for developing the online catalogue 's potential as an interactive retrieval tool for the library user .
49 Second , part and parcel of the internal debates about the constitution of the Labour Party are larger debates about the limits and problems of the British constitution and these spill over into a case for reconstructing the British constitution itself in order to fashion a different kind of democracy and a third road to socialism .
50 There is , therefore , a strong case for bringing an open mind to the richness of the subject .
51 Can we conclude that despite our reservations about Hick 's presupposition that all religions believe in the same God , there is a case for seeing a common theistic structure among many of the world 's religious traditions ( or at least those that have any idea of God at all ) ?
52 The Opposition may not like it , but does my right hon. Friend believe that there is a case for allowing a small part of parliamentary time for the Leader of the Opposition to be questioned ?
53 The American administration turned down this offer for fear of weakening the case for constructing the new Diego Garcia base .
54 He said there was clearly a case for considering a new body whose sole responsibility would be banking supervision .
55 This being so , there is a case for casting a backward glance at attitudes of men and women of an earlier generation , whose lives had a limited span — like ours .
56 First , there may be a case for shifting the evidential burden of establishing consent on to the shoulders of the defence in certain cases , such as where there is evidence of injury inflicted by the defendant , where weapons are used or where sexual intercourse takes place in the context of the commission of another grave offence .
57 But when it comes to the Social Charter there may well be a case for slowing the grandiose Delors ideas .
58 At local level the survey 's findings have been used as part of the Lingdale Revitalisation Project , to argue the case for converting the old village primary school into homes .
59 The case for using a Central Authority as a transmitting agency rests on the argument that the familiarity of its officers with the system of the Convention and with the practice of other countries would ensure that requests which it prepared or approved for transmission were in order and so would be handled expeditiously and without any need to refer a request back for clarification .
60 Crystal ( 1984 ) makes a strong case for providing a detailed transcription of the language of all those who are candidates for assessment .
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