Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We take it as obviously inadequate merely to assert that fundamental syntax is semantic ; nor shall we believe that we have described ( let alone explained ) the meaning of a syntactic construction by simply giving it a name , such as attribution or predicative adjunction . |
| 2 | By 1917 Crawford was in camp , and so available to play for Wellington when interprovincial cricket began again . |
| 3 | They seem to creep up on us gradually for reasons that medical science is only now beginning to understand . |
| 4 | If , through self-awareness and conscious effort , you can get more frequently into an I 'm OK — You 're OK position , you are , in effect , inviting other people to adopt an I 'm OK — You 're OK stance also . |
| 5 | It is suggested that views diverge on the central question of the rights of parents to custody and control of their children in relation to the right of the state ( acting through courts and social work agencies ) to intervene in the parent-child relationship , to remove children from their parents , to allocate their care and control to other parties , and to determine their subsequent upbringing . |
| 6 | Electronic filing would require very large storage capacities for maps and technical drawings . |
| 7 | It has a network architecture for high-performance and referential integrity , but also allows purely relational systems to be built where required . |
| 8 | Implantation of the mouse embryo presents a serious obstacle to the analysis of tissue diversification during gastrulation and early organogenesis . |
| 9 | Bourgeois Europe was or grew full of more or less informal systems for protection or mutual advancement , old-boy networks , or mafias ( ‘ friends of friends ’ ) , among which those arising from common attendance at the same educational institutions were naturally very important , especially the institutions of higher learning , which produced national rather than merely local linkages . |
| 10 | The shin and instep pads are worn for protection when free sparring , and in competition . |
| 11 | Yet in spite of her unusual ideas about Germans and other foreigners , Dot felt that Mrs Hollidaye was a reliable person . |
| 12 | In each case an interview with an establishment manager responsible for personnel and industrial relations will be sought , to be followed up by interviews with managers at one or more higher levels in the enterprise identified as being important in terms of personnel and industrial relations by the establishment respondent . |
| 13 | In Britain a party 's first-category candidates somehow find themselves adopted for seats they are all but certain to win , second-category candidates for marginals and third-category candidates for seats they have no hope of winning . |
| 14 | In considering pre-litigation inquiries , therefore , a few points about liability and contributory negligence should be remembered . |
| 15 | The nature and shape of the course will often be affected by those who plan and teach it , the nature of and changes in the student intake , and any indirect consumers ( such as employers or professional bodies ) it may have . |
| 16 | The film is about hour and five minutes . |
| 17 | The film is about hour and five minutes . |
| 18 | The relation between archbishop and prime minister became at times very uneasy . |
| 19 | Bethan Roberts sailed through adolescence and early adulthood with hardly a blemish to her name . |
| 20 | In the hands of a writer as skilled in her craft as Nadine Gordimer , with her ability to shape a character and her eye for detail , the tracing of a girl 's development through adolescence and early adulthood might be enough of a story in itself . |
| 21 | An obvious way to examine whether marking to the market in the presence of stochastic interest rates leads to a difference between futures and forward prices , is to compare actual futures and forward prices for the same asset . |
| 22 | A study of the MMI by Chang , Loo and Chang ( 1990 ) analysed the difference between futures and forward prices using a test which differs from those proposed by Cox , Ingersoll and Ross ( 1981 ) . |
| 23 | ( See Chapter 2 for a list of differences between futures and forward markets . ) |
| 24 | However , the system of floating exchange rates was thought at the time to be a temporary feature of the international monetary system : it was hoped that a new framework would be found for a return to some kind of adjustable peg in which the burden of adjustment was clearly defined , both for deficit and surplus countries , and in which reserve assets were not based primarily on one currency . |
| 25 | Modern oils , such as teak and Danish oils , dry in 4–6 hours and usually contain tung oil , which has far better water resistance and durability than linseed oil . |
| 26 | On a rather higher level , one or two monthly magazines such as Vogue and Good Housekeeping can do a good merchandising job in department stores . |
| 27 | The Ministry of Defence has put out to civilian tender elementary flying training for RAF and Royal Navy . |
| 28 | FEELING sorry for poor old George ‘ Punchy ’ Walker , so brutally deprived of his role as chairman and chief exec of Brent Walker by the rest of the board ? |
| 29 | Almost three years after his appointment as chairman and chief executive , Sir Kit McMahon has still not solved any of Midland 's three core problems : a big third-world-debt portfolio , high costs , and low-yielding assets . |
| 30 | NAZMU Virani is to step down as chairman and chief executive of Control Securities , after his arrest last Tuesday on charges connected with the failed Bank of Credit & Commerce International . |