Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This assertion was grounded on results of several studies , including one based upon the 25 WFS countries mentioned above and which reported that if all mothers had seven or more years of schooling , other things being equal ( that is , all mothers ' offspring would have the same conditions concerning survival as those observed for the educated mothers ' newborn babies ) , infant mortality would fall by 41 per cent and death rates of children aged 1–4 by 60 per cent ( Trussell and Pebley , 1984 , p.21 ) . |
| 2 | The 1989 defence budget called for 1.7 per cent growth in spending to 11.75 billion lei ( approximately £500 million — Britain 's defence budget in the same period was £19.2 billion ) , but this is insufficient for the armed forces ' perceived needs . |
| 3 | Did the timeless beauty of the Fowey River provide the inspiration for the immortal children 's classic , ‘ The Wind in the Willows ’ ? |
| 4 | As for the internal auditors ' role , ‘ they 're not expected to do a full statutory audit but a great deal of the detailed work which , carried out on a continuous basis , would greatly increase the probability of detecting fraud . ’ |
| 5 | Polls show a surge in support to 12 per cent for the left-wing Workers ' Party ( PT ) , whose candidate , Luis Inacio ‘ Lula ’ da Silva , could supplant the main social democratic contender , Leonel Brizola , and emerge as Mr Collor 's rival in the run-off . |
| 6 | A week after the meeting , Cobh , Midleton and Passage West , three towns around the Harbour , expressed support for the Ringaskiddy residents ' campaign and urged An Taisce to review its support for Raybestos 's use of asbestos . |
| 7 | As a Catholic , he wanted revenge for the Catholic Basques ' " betrayal " of the Nationalist cause . |
| 8 | I got involved with agencies who specialise in placing children who were difficult to place , be it handicapped , black or of the wrong age , and that led to my doing a lot of work taking photographs for a magazine published by the British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering and various publicity and public relations work for the Catholic Children 's Society . |
| 9 | The 26-year-old Manchester United defender is a strong candidate for the Professional Footballers ' Association Player of the Year Trophy . |
| 10 | When visiting a church on the south coast , I saw the following notice for the Young Wives ' Social Evening : ‘ If your husband has nothing on , bring him along to join in the fun ! ’ |
| 11 | Reg is keen to organise other fund-raising events for the Handicapped Children 's Mobility Trust . |
| 12 | Vicki is also favourite for the undefended girls ' 1618 years 100m butterfly title . |
| 13 | They have features , particularly chaotic polymorphisms , similar to those seen for the spatial Prisoners ' Dilemma . |
| 14 | On Saturday May 22 , at 7.30pm the Ulster Hall is the venue for the annual Orchestras ' Concert . |
| 15 | A record number of Guinness pensioners turned out for the annual pensioners ' party at Park Royal this month — almost 1,000 descended on the brewery grounds to remenisce about their lives in the brewery . |
| 16 | There was the Trojan war , in which thousands perished over the indiscretions of Helen and Paris , who — give or take a sun-lounger — could have passed for the ancient Greeks ' answer to Fergie and John Bryan . |
| 17 | His wife might even be sparing a thought for the murdered women 's families , never guessing that the man she was married to had been the perpetrator . |
| 18 | THE CHOICE of the ‘ capital ’ of Cornwall 's one-time china clay industry as the venue for the Liberal Democrats ' penultimate and most glitzy election rally last night was no accident . |
| 19 | The amateurs from head office took to the boards on May 11–13 for the Black Friars ' latest production . |
| 20 | And that does include that paper does include er a schedule er of work trips into er York er for the various wards erm around York . |
| 21 | Elizabeth Wolstenholme-Elmy , for example , was associated with the suffrage movement , Butler 's campaign against the CD Acts , and the campaign for the Married Women 's Property Acts , while Millicent Fawcett , though withholding public support for Butler because she feared it would bring the suffrage movement into disrepute , in fact wholeheartedly approved of her work . |
| 22 | Tickets for the game — Rangers ' allocation will roughly match their share for the European Champions ' League tie with FC Brugge in Belgium three days earlier — will go on sale on Saturday . |
| 23 | Ian Rowlands has been named in the Welsh under-18s team for the European boys ' team championships taking place in Denmark from July 8–11 . |
| 24 | A new European initiative to push the future direction of operating systems is set to be announced today , with the announcement of ‘ Ouverture ’ — a 14 million ECU ( around $17.5m ) project supported by the Commission for the European Communities ' Esprit programme . |
| 25 | For Belgium to qualify for the European Communities ' final stage of economic and monetary union [ see p. 38658 ] , the budget deficit would have to be reduced from the current 6.4 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) to 3 per cent by 1996 . |
| 26 | The next year she was selected with Doris Rhodes for the European women 's team championships , held in Venice . |
| 27 | Welsh open stroke play champion Macara is the only northerner in Wales ' six-man squad for the European men 's team championships in Czechoslovakia from July 1–4 , although Wrexham 's Matthew Ellis is also named in the squad as a non-travelling reserve . |
| 28 | Not only that , but on hatching , the young cuckoo throws out the host species ' own eggs or young so that it has no competition for the foster parents ' time and attention . |
| 29 | That made it a perfect victim for the advance loans ' fraud . |
| 30 | That compares with the figures you 'll see for the inner routes erm which are higher er because of the er greater transfer of traffic from existing roads . |