Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spokesmen for the insurance companies seeking to justify this practice have wheeled out a few explanations which include ‘ the client understood that by settling for a poor return on death his ultimate retirement fund would be higher . ’ |
| 2 | She was accepted for the Winter Gardens show , immediately struck up a great friendship with Edith Whalley and they became inseparable . |
| 3 | Security officials concede the enormity of their task as there are around 4,000 militants in the Valley trained in the use of arms and explosives by Pakistan while another 3,000 are waiting for the winter snows to melt so they can cross over into India from Pakistan . |
| 4 | A substantial amount of prospecting may have been undertaken in some of the areas , but not necessarily for the deposit styles mentioned above . |
| 5 | The plan to abandon reprocessing for the oxide fuels used in PWRs , such as the CEGB wants to build at Sizewell , is backed by Britain 's biggest engineering firm , GEC . |
| 6 | Reservoir rocks for the coalification gases deriving from the Westphalian are mainly sandstones of the Rotliegend ( Lower Permian ) . |
| 7 | However , to reduce the scope for dispute , it is preferable for the contract documents to refer expressly to the terms in the catalogue and incorporate them by reference . |
| 8 | Because they obtain their energy from above , and because water behaves the way it does , there is a tendency for the ocean zones to remain distinct : dark , cold , often almost static waters below ; warm waters floating above . |
| 9 | It is common for the installation instructions to ask the licensed user to make a copy of the program first and use this as the working copy , placing the original disks in a safe place in case the working disks become damaged or corrupted in some way . |
| 10 | If you break down on a motorway , do not leave your car , just wait for the motorway patrols to find you . |
| 11 | It is for the discount houses to tell the Bank the rate at which they wish to sell — the Bank may accept or decline the offers . |
| 12 | Nor did it , for the patrol men knew her , and her stirrup light was in order . |
| 13 | Stories were told of whole communities sitting down and wailing the old tune whilst waiting for the slave masters to arrive and incarcerate their bodies and souls . |
| 14 | International : A candidate for the slaughter Democrats doubt that Clinton can live up to presidential ideal |
| 15 | A spokesman for the rally organisers said : ‘ There is no statistical or experimental proof that the power of a motorcycle is related to the likelihood of the motorcyclist being injured . |
| 16 | Over here , there have been calls for the Guardian Angels to set up a chapter of Pink Angels . |
| 17 | It took about half an hour for the wave riders to travel from Minsterworth to Gloucester . |
| 18 | Time for the Ravager Marines to equip and load virus bombs … warp-time versus galactic time … |
| 19 | Most papers did not mind , however , for the government restrictions kept their paper and printing costs low and enabled them to make good profits from the big demand for advertising space . |
| 20 | Applications using a mix of interfaces must be rewritten to native NT — those relying on Dynamically Linked Libraries written for the 16-bit Windows interface will have to be converted to the Win32 API to be ported . |
| 21 | It took just over an hour for the emergency services to release Lewis . |
| 22 | As the UN concludes , this is outdated , for the service multinationals bring in the ‘ soft technology ’ and skills required to run an efficient business . |
| 23 | The development plans submitted by the local planning authorities for the Home Counties provide for a green belt , some 7 to 10 miles deep , all around the built-up area of Greater London . |
| 24 | Absolutely right , and Lindsay said the same , you know , because there is sufficient time for the tour operators to get their act together now and promote the holidays , and given the British tradition , you know , we they will take their holiday , I 'm pretty sure . |
| 25 | He provides the feast for rejoicing , as well as the fine clothes for the banquet guests to sit before him . |
| 26 | In the War , distribution expenditure had been running at only a fifth of the prewar level , and the plans prepared by the undertakings for the Electricity Commissioners show they expected to continue to spend more than half of all their capital on developing distribution , as they had in the 1930s . |
| 27 | A spokesman for the electricity generators said today : ‘ There is no evidence that the release into the atmosphere of coal dust from rail wagons will be in quantities which are harmful . |
| 28 | A spokesman for the electricity generators said today : ‘ There is no evidence that the release into the atmosphere of coal dust from rail wagons will be in quantities which are harmful . |
| 29 | For the MOH personnel providing the information , they are often a waste of time . |
| 30 | Group 3 , 105 men of Troops 5 and 6 under 3 Commando 's second-in-command Major Jack Churchill , were waiting for the Maaloy batteries to open up as the craft ran towards the beach . |