Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The affinity of NCp7 for DNAs representing proviral DNA sequences was examined by determining its ability to protect the DNA from restriction nuclease digestion . |
| 2 | Outside people talk about prisoners missing physical sex and the need for conjugal visits as if they were just animals who needed relief from tension . |
| 3 | Some of the more important suggestions for change include new committee structures to allow qualified civilian staff to have information and knowledge to question military assumptions ; new congressional committees to review the need for new weapons systems ; laws to force people to disclose any bureaucratic and financial interests when dealing with the military and to stop Pentagon officials taking top jobs with defence contractors : and , budgeting systems which would ask for every existing military programme to be fundamentally reappraised every year ( zero-based budgeting ) . |
| 4 | Growing concern about passive smoking and recent signals from organisations like the Health and Safety Executive and Lothian Health Board have pointed the way for employers to take positive action to protect non-smokers whilst at work in enclosed areas . |
| 5 | They have also found themselves agreeing to the introduction of temporary workers in return for employers granting increased job security for the majority of the labour force . |
| 6 | Equally , MDC 's strategy for Vauxhall reflects Eldonian community proposals for an extensive mixed tenure housing development . |
| 7 | Sir — Mr. Edminson 's letter ‘ Equal Play , Equal Pay ’ in the November 1990 issue airs the possibility that one way for clubs to find extra subscription income would be to increase the ladies ' subscriptions , or , in his words , to ask them ‘ to make a more equitable contribution to their golf club 's finances ’ because of their increased activity . |
| 8 | We 're also engaged with the European Community in discussion over a bid for funding to develop social work , child protection and alternatives to institutional care and to other child care systems within Romania . |
| 9 | The numerous customers who have banked with Holt 's or Drummonds for generations include high ranking military , aristocracy , West End clubs , institutions and societies , many of which opened accounts with Drummonds when it was founded in 1717 . |
| 10 | So far DGXI has mainly supported studies , seminars and networks between cities to explore urban management problems . |
| 11 | Our factsheet Will Making for Homeowners gives additional information , but there is no substitute for a solicitor 's reassurance on matters such as this . |
| 12 | In the long term , electronic scanning and linking to an image database could provide a secure back-up to the herbarium collection , a means of transmitting images to other institutions , and a method for collaborative working between institutions using real-time computer conferencing . |
| 13 | Scotland eventually benefited greatly from Union with England in 1707 , but in the heyday of nineteenth-century expansion large parts of the western and northern periphery of Britain remained bitterly poor : the clearance of people to make way for sheep caused large-scale migration from the highlands and islands of Scotland , and a large part of the population of Ireland was forced to emigrate through the scarcity of food . |
| 14 | Although its therapeutic use is limited by its effects on calcium metabolism , analogues such as calcipotriol produce little hypercalcaemia . |
| 15 | The intention of the environmentalists who had campaigned for the referendums was to make it necessary for parliament to pass new legislation , since this would give them the opportunity to press their demands for much stricter controls . |
| 16 | AT&T said its decision follows British Telecom North America 's request to the US Federal Communications Commission for permission to offer international service between the US and several other countries , including the UK . |
| 17 | Ever hopeful , Ameritech Corp , Chicago yesterday proceeded with its plan and filed with the US Federal Communications Commission for permission to offer long-distance telephone service and cable television in return for surrendering its local telephone exchange monopoly . |
| 18 | C&A has applied to Darlington Borough Council for permission to build new roof windows and a fire escape doorway at the Cornmill Centre . |
| 19 | There is no doubt that enormous changes have occurred in the social and cultural values of the western world , for instance emphasising individual freedom and material well-being . |
| 20 | However , in a high risk situation , for instance involving industrial property or property at the higher end of the market , a disclaimer might be reasonable . |
| 21 | Chimpanzees for instance have enormous canine teeth , but the males have them and not the females , so the idea here is that normally a big canine tooth , a sexually dimorphic canine tooth is probably related to inter-male conflict , rather than to killing and , and whether , how that affects your er what you say about the spacing I 'm not sure , but certainly it would be a safe erm generalization to say normally big canines are an aspect of sexual dimorphism and in mammals are very common . |
| 22 | This suggests a possible molecular basis for the association of HLA-B53 with resistance to severe malaria , and identify LSA-1 as an important antigen for attempts to induce CTL-mediated immunity to this infectious disease . |
| 23 | Similarly , at interest rates below Oi l , the excess demand for money exerts upward pressure on interest rates . |
| 24 | Erm here 's a launch pad er for Patrick to earn substantial money , there are five companies there , ignoring the er area health authority er arena because we have n't got that up here , er which company do you think or which environment do you think you 'd be most comfortable in ? |
| 25 | It is estimated that there are 7,000 inmates in Britain 's prisons requiring specific help for mental disorder , and while it is possible for prisoners to receive psychiatric treatment from visiting consultants while in prison , facilities on the whole are poor and the environment is far from conducive to improving a person 's mental state . |
| 26 | In his statement on 23 July 1987 , Mr. Douglas Hurd therefore announced that for prisoners serving discretionary life sentences ( Hansard , Sixth Series , vol. 120 , p. 746 , col. 348 ) : |
| 27 | If he is bound by the judicial view in relation to the date of the first review for prisoners serving discretionary life sentences , he is also so bound in relation to those serving mandatory life sentences . |
| 28 | For my part , I think it is clear that the court in Ex parte Handscomb , 86 Cr.App.R. 59 did decide what Mr. Douglas Hurd understood it decided , namely , that in setting the tariff for prisoners serving discretionary life sentences , the Secretary of State is obliged to adopt the judicial view . |
| 29 | He also said that for prisoners serving mandatory life sentences for murder ( Hansard , Sixth Series , vol. 120 , p. 747 , col. 349 ) : |
| 30 | This is achieved through special offences and through rules invalidating apparent consent given by those under 16 , and it is supported by the Tyrrell rule against convicting a participant who falls within the class protected by the offence concerned . |