Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Women recognize that some of their tears are tears of weakness , and these are the tears which come as an alternative to rage and anger or as a way of coping with their feelings of powerlessness .
2 Old finishes can be removed with a blow-lamp , hot air stripper , by sanding or with a solvent paint and the varnish remover .
3 So NEVER SQUEEZE ROUND THE BARRIERS IF THEY ARE CLOSED , and DO N'T CROSS IF THE WARNING LIGHTS ARE ON , whether you are walking or on a bike .
4 The added advantage for parents is that they can listen to audio tapes in the car on their way to work or as a background while they are busy doing other things around the house .
5 In October 1991 it was disclosed that as a result of the Ministry of Defence ( MoD ) Options for Change report , Kemble and Hullavington would close .
6 Critics of the JCT point to these compromises and suggest that as a result either the client or the contractor is at a disadvantage .
7 Robin adds that as a boy he saw both the Graf Zeppelin and R–101 , obviously an enthusiast from an early age .
8 Did you know that as a member of Convocation you may borrow books from the Clifford Whitworth University Library and have access to the Library 's collections ?
9 The problem of the prophecies was solved albeit in a way he had scarce expected .
10 Investors are reminded that as a consequence of the general nature of the investments held and of possible exchange and interest rate fluctuations , the value of their shares and the yield from them may go down as well as up and that past performance is no guide to the future .
11 In one sense , the Nonjurors were Jacobites by definition , since they refused to accept that as a result of the Revolution William and Mary were now rightful and lawful rulers instead of James .
12 B may refuse to accept that as a repudiation by S. In that case B will be able to sue for damages for non-delivery if on December 1 S does not deliver .
13 And the main thrust of our campaign was to try and get the D , to get the D H S S to accept that as an entity , as a tower block , was hard to heat , so that the tenants would automatically get it .
14 and then when it 's got that and it 's got end on the bottom here , at the end of the stopping zone , you 've got to know that on a motorway
15 Therefore you will need to rewrite that in a way which mean something to modern erm , readers .
16 He 'd buy that from a cobbler 's shop , from a shoe repairer 's shop .
17 You 'll have a chance to come back on whether we have got the wrong impression on that , I mean I recall Mr Heselton 's quite clearly , but let me pursue that at a stage further if if we take that as our impression of what you have said collectively , and you are asked to make provision for nine thousand seven hundred dwellings , again collectively in the Greater York area , and I 'm addressing this question to the districts , what provision would you make in your districts of your district figure in the Greater York area ?
18 If the Secretary of State does not recognise that as an example of two-tier lists , what will he recognise as such ?
19 The author recalls an able Treasury minister who , after resignation , became a convinced and cogent parliamentary reformer , explaining that as a minister he had had no time to work out this aspect of policy and therefore , since the Treasury was opposed to more specialist committees of the House of Commons , he used the brief they provided and he had been a formidable opponent of these reforms at the Cabinet Committee level .
20 I expect that for an ornithologist death ceases to be terrible once sight and hearing begin to go .
21 Phizacklea and Miles show some sensitivity to the contradictory nature of working-class consciousness and emphasize that in a number of workers high levels of class consciousness nevertheless coexisted with considerable hostility towards local blacks .
22 A PART FROM a few dedicated individuals who preferred to do it the ‘ hard way ’ ( we 'll discuss that in a moment ) , the flying of a model helicopter upside down became possible with the introduction of the ‘ invert switch ’ .
23 I realise that to a man like you this situation is probably an open invitation to a spot of casual sex , even if generally you do n't fancy redheads , as you so gallantly pointed out when we first met … ’
24 The experts say that for a woman over about 40 , SERPS is definitely going to be better , and if she has been paying into a contracted out PP scheme up to that time , she should change over then .
25 Cider sales are up seven percent this year … and the makers say that despite a bumper crop , they need all the fruit they can get .
26 Analysts say that as a result , the company 's financial room for manoeuvre is becoming limited .
27 Officials say that as a result of Mr Hindmarsh 's letter , bosses in the Darlington area which stretches to Middlesbrough , Hawes , Spennymoor and Northallerton , will preside over a service which will diminish in quality .
28 And I say that in a right of some statistics that appear in today 's agenda .
29 Q. In a previous reply to a question on Red-bellied Piranhas , you say that in a 4′ tank this species should reach its maximum length of 12″ .
30 ‘ I never doubted that for a moment , ’ he replied in an extremely charming , yet at the same time insolent , tone .
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