Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] and [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people have assisted in producing this report but we would especially like to thank Dave Maley of Falls Community Council for typesetting and designing the report . |
| 2 | Crossing the head of the ravine , he headed on up the meadow keeping within the treeline for protection and using the flashlight . |
| 3 | The convention , drawn up in 1971 , requires signatories to list wetland sites for protection and notify the Ramsar bureau of any possible changes that could affect the sites ' ecosystems . |
| 4 | She fumbled for change and pressed the button for black coffee . |
| 5 | The British electorate — we have rolled forward to Friday — has opted for change and made a job of it , sweeping the Natural Law Party into power . |
| 6 | The most ministers can do is to argue the case for change and enable the changes to be made . |
| 7 | Where some have attempted to ignore international structural changes , others , perhaps grudgingly , have accepted the need for change and grasped the nettle of internal adjustment . |
| 8 | Birches Green Infant School in Birmingham approached the undertaker and betting office for support and received a bottle of whisky and some new ties for their efforts . |
| 9 | He let go of the door he was clutching for support and tested the muscles in his legs . |
| 10 | Three years ago Darlington Health Authority entered into a commitment with the Leukaemia Unit Fund that if we raised the £250,000 required for building and equipping a new unit they would provide the necessary staff and resources . |
| 11 | ADVANCES in microelectronics are making it possible for countries to switch to a military strategy that is purely for defence and has no offensive capability — if they want to . |
| 12 | Caledor reorganises the High Elf army for defence and begins the building of the Gateway fortresses in the northern passes . |
| 13 | Important characteristics of expert systems are that they provide advice in problem-solving based on the knowledge of experts , facilitate learning through experience and allow the use of natural language processing . |
| 14 | Those unions are also responsible for funding and implementing the decisions of that conference . |
| 15 | For variety and to make a longer walk you can try the three circular walks which leave the towpath at various points . |
| 16 | This apparently unexceptional contention is of central importance in the development of elitist theory , since Pareto uses it , in effect , both to attempt to provide a firm empirical and scientific basis for elitism and to explain the predominance of elites . |
| 17 | The word ‘ cataract ’ comes from the Latin word for waterfall and describes the appearance of the eye when the lens becomes cloudy and opaque . |
| 18 | I 've just put my house on the market in York I 've chosen the if erm that 's that 's you know the whole taking the whole scene into consideration , but if I was in Bournemouth for instance and buying a house in York and I said I phone three or four estates agents and said , Look please send me information through the post . |
| 19 | Send them to the right person at the right address for payment and include the following information : |
| 20 | A tutor from the centre where the applicant has applied to study , will act as mentor and advise/assist the applicant as necessary in completing the form and preparing a supportive portfolio of documentary evidence . |
| 21 | In any case , she tires of their constant need for milk and leaves the earth , only returning with the necessary food to feed them . |
| 22 | In 1612 the ambassador in Paris took the desperate step of writing directly to James I to ask for money and persuaded the duc de Bouillon , one of the greatest French nobles , to back his request . |
| 23 | Significant powers are being delegated to schools and colleges and there is a general belief in the need to switch the day-to-day management of educational resources from county hall to the institutions and their governing bodies to achieve better value for money and sharpen the focus for accountability . |
| 24 | I hope and believe that the local government commission will serve a real purpose in bringing forward reform which is now overdue , which is in line with Conservative party policies , and which will deliver value for money and improve the quality of services — the hallmarks of good Conservative control . |
| 25 | This is a completely new way of funding the universities , and although we think at Birmingham that we can give good value for money and provide a good education at a fair price , this is new territory for us and there could be some surprises on the way . |
| 26 | Rover claim their cars are good value for money and have the option of being run on diesel , the cheaper alternative to petrol . |
| 27 | Some countries choose to import food items that they could easily grow for themselves because they find it commercially advantageous to grow industrial raw materials for export and to import the food they need , which tends to be less costly relative to their exports . |
| 28 | The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland , upholding the trial judge 's decision , ordered that TBL be joined as defendant and dismissed the action on the ground that clause 3 of the agreement constituted an attempt to fetter TBL 's statutory power to increase its capital and was therefore invalid . |
| 29 | Students should fill out applications forms , visit the work place for interview and experience the interview itself just as if there were a real job . |
| 30 | … because the economic situation is now more serious than at any time over the last 25 years , the Government decided that resources must be released for investment and improving the balance of payments … |