Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there are a few well worn examples which have clearly seen action although not for law and order . |
| 2 | ‘ In a year which has seen more investment than ever in drama on S4C , it is wonderful not only to have audience acclaim in Wales but critical acclaim of professional peers in the RTS. ’ he said . |
| 3 | Such changes would be likely to increase the incidence of some of these conditions , as well as of births to women who do not report , or even discover , their unwanted pregnancies until late in gestation ( see Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 1984 ) . |
| 4 | In January 1966 the Six agreed in Luxembourg to the retention , in practice if not in theory , of unanimity in the Council of Ministers , as well as informally accepting that Commission activism should be limited . |
| 5 | We mere peasant members are asked , in practice if not in theory , merely to murmur reverentially a few names of a few decent people into a few of the proper ears , who will then look after everything for us . |
| 6 | Most of these constant offenders started down the path of crime while still of school age . |
| 7 | One of them was Guardsman Johnny Cooper who had managed to join the Scots Guards while still under age and who was very impressed by his commanding officer : ‘ he was different from the officers I had come into contact with up to that time . |
| 8 | In this spirit I joined the Abortion Law Reform Association while still at school ; this was just before the passage of the 1967 Abortion Act . |
| 9 | Indeed through the second method ( but not the first ) we might come to some decision about the responsibilities of the group or institution while still in doubt ( or disagreeing among ourselves ) about the consequent liabilities or responsibilities of the relevant individuals . |
| 10 | The maximum demanded stepping rate to which the motor can respond without loss of steps when initially at rest is known as the " starting rate " or the " pull-in rate " . |
| 11 | Keeping braillers , typewriters and even magnifiers in their cases , or at least under covers when not in use , helps to maintain them in good condition , since dust and grime can cause damaged surfaces . |
| 12 | I know , but I 've also got to do the tea as well for granddad and daddy and Phillip . |
| 13 | Police are targetting known thieves with a special burglary squad to catch the culprits , some of whom are still breaking into homes when out on bail . |
| 14 | It is a telling commentary upon parliament but even more so upon the church 's limited political potency : at that stage , the clergy needed the support not just of the commons but of the peers as well in order to defend effectively their privileges and franchises ; repeal was effected in the council and chiefly through the agency of the lords ; when the prelates contemplated a riposte in convocation they were instantly quelled by writs of prohibition . |
| 15 | and see they come okay , because you need to do the drawing as well to sort of get you used |
| 16 | They resented the way in which the Chancellor interfered — in effect though not in theory — with their judgements , by prohibiting the man who was successful at Common Law from putting them into force . |
| 17 | Far be it for me to say that this is the sort of budget that conservatives ought to applaud because it is after all , a budget that is guided by a feeling that councils should provide services and they should orientate their services to the least communities , to be guided by equal opportunities and by egalitarians and that 's what this group has always stood for , this is the budget that we present tonight and I would hope that it would get a far better and far larger measure of support than perhaps of course been the case in the past . |
| 18 | It is one of the ways in which we ensure that , so far as possible , people are better off in work than out of work . |
| 19 | Square-plan kilns were not used in the South until shortly before World War I. The kilns had brick walls ; inside , at ground level , there was an open brick box to contain the fire , the draught being controlled by the entrance door . |
| 20 | VX147 was later loaned to Lettice Curtis to take part in the Grosvenor Challenge Trophy air race , held in August 1949 at Birmingham 's Elmdon Airport , before being further loaned to BEA for a series of trials while still in service colours . |
| 21 | The Great Man had risen late , attended to his correspondence while still in bed , lunched and dined extravagantly well ( which she certainly did not ) and stayed up half the night , much to the chagrin of his generals . |
| 22 | Thus , when we see an increase in the numbers , it is difficult to know what it means , Social research other than the obvious fact that more children live at home while legally in care . |
| 23 | The camouflage not only works well among trees , scrub or rocks , but also hides its wearer as efficiently by night as it does by day . |
| 24 | The NCC has identified this habitat as urgently in need of protection since only about 3% remains . |
| 25 | This regards the child as not in need of socialization or control , but basically er , good in its own right . |
| 26 | ( 1986 ) , from the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development , showed that members of the cohort of London youth being studied were more likely to commit offences when out of work than when employed . |
| 27 | It , it , it just went on for a lit a short time afterwards but er , but when the war ended course things , some things changed pretty rapidly as you can appreciate but , but by this time I , I was working for Ellwells then on long distance transport and we used to have to go and fetch tractors or bulldozers that had got armour plating on from Dagenham docks and bring them up here and start selling them to civic contractors and the , the Americans were selling a lot of equipment as well at end of the war , and I saw money made overnight like , people were buying the lorries and putting them on the road you know for work and transport firms and all that and they were getting some of them for next to nothing |
| 28 | The literature concerning professional — managerial relationships is reasonably clear in overall direction if not in degree . |
| 29 | A former goalkeeper on the books of Huddersfield Town and Halifax Town , he refereed at local level until just before Christmas and was also an active umpire . |
| 30 | The activists ' message scrawled on a wall near the ground is some way removed from the burning passions normally aroused by football , while the T-shirts are more machismo than menace , and pop songs peppered with heavy breathing are apparently in vogue if not in keeping with pre-match entertainment . |