Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 Nor did it , for the patrol men knew her , and her stirrup light was in order .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 These changes in assessment procedures had evident consequences for the teaching methods adopted .
7 The line-up for the Pipeline Masters had been posted .
8 But the German jury responsible for selecting its nation 's entries for the Academy Awards caused a rumpus by declining to submit it for nomination .
9 ( 9 ) If the consideration is to include a cash underwritten alternative , it may be necessary for the consideration shares agreed to be purchased from accepting shareholders by underwriters to be the subject of an offer to the bidder 's shareholders on a pre-emptive basis .
10 Indeed , hydroxyl radical scavening is an unlikely mode of action in vivo for most drugs because the drugs are never present in tissues at sufficiently high concentrations to compete with biological molecules for the hydroxyl radicals generated in vivo .
11 My dad blames my mum for the way things turned out for me .
12 was full of praise for the way employees continued to make top quality product right to the end .
13 As Jeffrey Weeks has pointed out , for Ellis and his fellow socialist Edward Carpenter , sexual equality was above all an ethical concern , involving equal recognition for the work women did as wives and mothers .
14 McAvennie 's penchant for the pectoral glands began in earnest when he joined West Ham .
15 As discussions proceeded , the sale of the land became tied to the payment of Hamilton 's pension , for the Charity Commissioners decided that if the land could be sold for a chief rent of £58 10 0d [ £4 per cent of its market value ] , then the pension could be £125 — but £50 of that would have to come from the salary of the new Headmaster !
16 Next thing the cop parade and th they 're for the cop cops did n't do anything .
17 Preliminary results for the Senate elections indicated that Collor was expected to command more than 55 per cent of the upper house .
18 Marian knew he meant the rascals , and for a day or two she wondered if he were right , for the smoke trails disappeared .
19 The Disabled Persons Act 1986 enshrined the new principles , though without providing funds for the advocacy arrangements desired .
20 Users of league tables should compare their own setting with that for the source studies included .
21 The powers of the Federal government inevitably increased as it became the chief customer for the war materials poured out by industry .
22 The last diesel loco D6898 for the fact fans rumbled out on April 28 1964 .
23 A spokesman for the sheriff officers said the sale had not been cancelled .
24 To be eligible for the study women had to be white , British , married , aged 25–39 years , and to have been taking oral contraceptives for at least five months , or using a diaphragm or intrauterine device for at least five months without previous exposure to oral contraceptives .
25 A report from the Advisory Board for the Research Councils argued that next year 's budget was ‘ substantially less than the sums needed to sustain the health of the UK science base ’ .
26 The Advisory Board for the Research Councils acknowledged the need for a boost to clinical research , but rejected the Medical Research Council 's proposals for a new centre linking basic laboratory research to clinical research in a hospital setting and postgraduate education .
27 Left During the year members of NERC Council and the Advisory Board for the Research Councils visited BGS at Keyworth , and also toured the campus .
28 During the struggle police said Annie Murphy injured her foot , although she later refused medical treatment .
29 On the contrary , the high levels of crime recorded during the war years had been maintained , and in several categories increased .
30 Nevertheless those who frequented Soho during the war years found its post-war existence disappointing .
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