Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , the increasing use of urban development corporations ind Whitehall grants in inner cities would further undermine local authorities . |
| 2 | It may be argued by analogy that , given the importance under the CPA 1987 placed upon accurate instructions , this should permeate to cases where the buyer sues for economic loss under , for example , s14 of SGA 1979 . |
| 3 | While a Hague Rules inspired bill of lading can be challenged by an issuing bank on the basis that Article 3(3) of the Hague Rules defers to municipal law for unlisted requirements , decisional law does not reveal any such challenge . |
| 4 | And at floor level the Revue sits on four skid feet . |
| 5 | White cutaway-collar broadcloth shirt ( Ben Sherman made these ) Club , regimental , etc. striped tie with stick-pin ; grey flannel parallels with normal size turnups , black toe-capped Oxfords . |
| 6 | How else can you claim the insurance cover the certificate offers on all defects which occur in the first two years , and structural defects up to ten years ? |
| 7 | Male differs from male Sparrowhawk ( p. 75 ) in streaked underparts , and from Hobby in pale thighs , bar at tip of tail , and no moustache or white cheeks . |
| 8 | Male differs from other harriers in its largely brown plumage , grey only on wings and tail ; nearer to female in size than other harriers . |
| 9 | Male differs from both sexes of Baillon 's Crake in its olive-brown upperparts , unstreaked wing coverts , unbarred flanks . |
| 10 | The reader begins by being faintly amused at their sheer improbability ; but after a time the response turns into pained embarrassment . |
| 11 | In the case of RNA polymerase III from mammalian cells three protein fractions were separated by chromatography on phosphocellulose and termed TFIIIA , B and C according to their consecutive elution points from this ion exchanger ( 1 ) . |
| 12 | They tended to locate component supplies in lower-income countries to create two-way trade with Japan ; they did not replace the trade in finished products ( Kojima , 1978 ) .6 The Japanese moves can not be explained in the defensive product-cycle terms ; they were offensive in the sense that they were designed to establish positions that permitted new world-scale advantages to be created by subsequent expansion . |
| 13 | Today the obviously ancient framework sits alongside modern additions and reconstructions . |
| 14 | Hastings claimed all the Lions points with six penalties , equalling the record for a Lion set by Tony Ward in South Africa in 1980 . |
| 15 | Hastings claimed all the Lions points with six penalties , equalling the record for a Lion set by Tony Ward in South Africa in 1980 . |
| 16 | The information recorded on the birth certificate refers to one point in time — when the child 's birth was registered — whereas the information reported at interview refers to a period of employment of three months or longer , at any time from three years before the child 's birth up until diagnosis . |
| 17 | The arm-chair socialists were too engrossed in scoring advantage points over each other and so paid no attention to the bell-ringer . |
| 18 | As the Dragon , signifying ‘ the being who excels in intelligence ’ , breathes ‘ fire ’ , the destructive action of snake venom resembles that of the all-devouring fire , and the snake belongs to those beings which are believed to possess to a high degree that magical energy which is indicated by the Sanskrit word ‘ Tajas ’ , meaning heat or fire . |
| 19 | At the top-end are two new VAXes which are upgradable to the Alpha RISC via board swaps from next year . |
| 20 | Although we could not determine the sensitivity of thyroglobulin , the specificity of about 100% agrees with previous results . |
| 21 | Wouters refers to this process as ‘ informalisation ’ . |
| 22 | Lawson insists on high interest rates |
| 23 | The Australian Government met the British request by sending the Royal Australian Air Force 's Dakota transports of 38 Squadron to Malaya , deploying in May 1950 . |
| 24 | When those hopes are dashed so soon , not only by a cruel foreign king , but by God 's own people , then the story turns to bleak tragedy , and becomes unbearable . |
| 25 | The Chinese want to put pressure on Vietnam , and Peking has made clear that it will continue sending arms until the Vietnamese-installed government of Hun Sen agrees to some form of power-sharing that includes the Khmer Rouge . |
| 26 | Within this novelettish framework the play veers from loopy comedy to serious moralising , from sub-Wildean epigrams ( some of them quite funny ) to horticultural symbolism . |
| 27 | Each hair goes through distinct stages of growth . |
| 28 | In chapter 27 , when Jacob steals his blessing , the writer goes to great lengths , as we have indicated already , to evoke our sympathy for Esau , and to help us share his anguish . |
| 29 | But the government of Shamir insists on Israeli soldiers , at great risk , policing the area and protecting the Jewish settlers there — fanatical characters who , according to the soldiers , do not work . |
| 30 | When an elastic wave is obliquely incident at a fluid-solid interface , the refracted wave splits into two components : dilatational and transverse . |