Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] the [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this first of two chapters about mastering the pronunciation we will deal with the suprasegmental features ( affecting more than one sound or segment ( or intonation , tone , rhythm , stress and syllable patterns . |
| 2 | One way of viewing the significance of psychoanalytic theories is to conceptualize the unconscious as productive of irrationalities and resistances which simultaneously organize and subvert the operations of conscious subjectivity ( Craib , 1989 ) ; hence their relevance for transforming the rationalism which underlies the pedagogies of both multiculturalist and antiracist educational practices . |
| 3 | So if you 're not too much of a purist about completing the circuit you 'd most probably be best off finishing in Windermere — I 've outlined how to adapt the main route to do this — or in Troutbeck village where the low level route finishes . |
| 4 | I 'm just askin' for to go the way you 're goin' to ; |
| 5 | It is worth reminding the House what the Bill , if enacted in its present form , would involve : the loss of 83 homes , the displacement of 326 residents , the demolition of four listed buildings , the destruction of well over 10 acres of property in two conservation areas , the destruction of a two-acre inner-city nature reserve of great value to the local community , the loss of 168 workplaces providing 1,620 jobs , the loss of 58 shops , 38 of which provide key services to local people , the diversion of a major traffic artery for a period of three years , a doubling of the number of rail passengers and a doubling of the number of cars and taxis coming to King 's Cross and St. Pancras during the morning peak hour . |
| 6 | This line of thinking is adopted by the Netherlands Association for Protecting the Pedestrian which contends that ‘ children are not pocket-sized adults ’ , citing the various ways in which children interpret traffic signs . |
| 7 | However , the courts have developed rules for resolving the conflict which strike a reasonable balance between the interests of employee and employer alike . |
| 8 | Although it has recently become fashionable to subject judges to ( usually ill-informed ) public criticism , even in Parliament , and although it is no longer unknown for demands for the removal of judges to be voiced in the House of Commons ( as when Sir John Donaldson incurred opprobrium as President of the National Industrial Relations Court for applying the law which Parliament itself had passed ) Parliament has still , in modern times , to remove a judge in this manner . |
| 9 | It is also worth checking the text itself as the change of display may have forced some unexpected re-composition . |
| 10 | Quite how a man who could not bear to hurt a living thing after seeing the damage his childhood air-rifle did to a starling could serve as defence secretary is something of an enigma . |
| 11 | ‘ After seeing the exercise I have no doubts . |
| 12 | ‘ After seeing the PM you took a long leave and then came back . |
| 13 | After correcting the posture we will find that movements become easier and we will sense a lightness that has not been present since childhood . |
| 14 | After replacing the 'phone I waited for the tingling to stop then looked at my watch . |
| 15 | After replacing the receiver she sat down on the edge of the coffee table and smiled to herself . |
| 16 | After replacing the receiver I must have said aloud , ‘ Bloody bureaucratic bullies , ’ because I heard , over the racket the dogs were making , David 's voice . |
| 17 | After turning the Disc you have a tighter fit , but not necessarily a better one . |
| 18 | They cut and stripped the turf away in small neat squares and then after measuring the ground they slowly and laboriously began to dig . |
| 19 | ‘ After flying the plane I have a lot of respect for the guys , who at 20 years of age and with only a limited number of flight hours in a T-6 , soloed in this plane . ’ |
| 20 | After buying the house she had spent hours just walking through it , seeing in her mind 's eye just how it would all look eventually — but turning those dreams into reality was sheer hard graft , and she was n't halfway through yet . |
| 21 | It 's kind of ridiculous that I have to backtrack after doing the performance I did in King Of Comedy , but it 's a very mercurial business . |
| 22 | And after giving the horse its freedom — perhaps a cruel act in this severe winter — she dragged Scathach 's body through the empty corridors to the room where Harry 's pistol marked the place of his final departure . |
| 23 | After joining the Branch he became qualified on Boeing 707s and later on Concorde . |
| 24 | In any case it seemed at this point that the war might be lost , and only a month after finishing the poem he was expressing to Martin Browne grave misgivings about the worth and value of his poetic activities , which often appeared to be futile . |
| 25 | And Mr Peter Sandall , a Wiltshire police spokesman , said : ‘ After examining the evidence we must consider the possibility that the injuries to Mr Jowett could have been caused accidentally . ’ |
| 26 | The first voice made a request for permission to use the campsite area for a group of boys during the next school break , and after stopping the machine she made a note of the name and address to which she would send confirmation . |
| 27 | After arresting the launch we took off six illegal immigrants and proceeded to Ramsgate together with Spring Flight . |
| 28 | After hearing the crap you just come out with , I 'm inclined to agree with him . ’ |
| 29 | After entering the basin she had to negotiate the lock , a narrow channel which connected the basin to the dock proper . |
| 30 | Shortly after reading the play she paid a visit to the poet . |