Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] and [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bush characterized the action as having no military advantage for the Iraqis and as providing further evidence of Saddam Hussein 's ability to " amaze " and " outrage " international opinion . |
| 2 | He was always one for the girls and as soon as he was a bit older , instead of the dogs he always seemed to have besotted females hanging round him . |
| 3 | The manufacturers defend the practice saying that the rabbits are anesthetized for the shootings and that ‘ they are raised specifically for this purpose ’ . |
| 4 | In the same year Peter Chambers , at West Midlands College , from amidst the ‘ encircling gloom ’ of the colleges of education , and recognizing the CNAA 's own ‘ in-built conservative practices ’ , felt that ‘ the overall impact of the CNAA has been beneficial for the colleges and that its commitment to innovation is a major factor in curriculum innovation within the colleges of education . |
| 5 | We need pairs for the canoes and if you 're a no-show we have a disappointed guest . |
| 6 | Now , you 've got to get down to the real nitty gritty : how will the stage look , what about the sound system , who presses what buttons for the audio-visuals and when … ? |
| 7 | Raven Thomson was deemed not to be insulting when he said at Bethnal Green in March 1937 that he had the utmost contempt for the Jews and that they were ‘ the most miserable type of humanity , ’ but an Inspector Jones was overruled when he reported that Mick Clarke had used no inflammatory language at the same venue in June 1937 , when other police shorthand notes stated that Clarke had called the Jews ‘ greasy Scum ’ and ‘ the lice of the earth ’ . |
| 8 | Litter from battery hen farms is unsuitable for the plants and though turkey litter was tried last Christmas it proved much less successful than the chicken fuel . |
| 9 | boundary changes that we would like to have the full panoply of o o of inquiry a as the honourable gentleman knows , the the timetable was short here and what we had to do was to follow the model , er that had been provided by the last Labour government in seventy eight when it had a similarly tight timetable , took a similarly er er period , similarly short period of time er for the reviews and where erm the normal enquiries had to be dispensed with . |
| 10 | I 've known when they used to deal with the flake , what they call the Flake Mill , that 's er down at erm Eagle Mill down near the lock gates when they were making this here which were like corn flakes for the , for the animals and and they were dropped like this , be nice and warm and |
| 11 | The Employment Appeal Tribunal considered that there was a potentially fair reason for the dismissals and that the employer had in fact handled the matter fairly , adding : |
| 12 | I remember excusing this by saying that I was waiting for the police and that nothing should be touched until they had come . |
| 13 | Speaking at the opening of the conference , Wang Fang , State Councillor and head of the NNCC , said that China 's drug problem had re-emerged during the mid-1980s and that the situation was the grimmest since the 1950s . |
| 14 | But last night Taylor said : ‘ Our case was that the video showed evidence of contact between the players and that the referee was not in a good position to judge . ’ |
| 15 | He notes that successful collusion requires communication between the firms and that this is made much easier if they are able to exchange information about prices , outputs , and costs . |
| 16 | Her eyes were as blue as the patch of bright sky which had suddenly emerged from between the clouds and when she looked at him he was sure there was invitation in their depths . |
| 17 | ‘ One member of my crew was hit between the legs and although he got ashore and was able to walk he was a very worried man until the M.O . |
| 18 | However , where more than one person ( eg a merchant bank and a stockbroker ) agrees to act as the agent of a party to the takeover and his associates for the purpose of making disclosure , particular care must be taken to ensure that the responsibility for disclosure is agreed between the parties and that it is neither overlooked nor duplicated . |
| 19 | We 're not bothered about the valencies and whether it 'll be two C As with one C O three or two C O threes with one C A or how the e But it 'll be something like that . |
| 20 | Mr Hull made it clear that he did not know very much about the paintings and that he was not an expert in them . |
| 21 | Police constables , station sergeants , inspectors and some higher ranks are all being asked to take part in the review , while the public in selected towns are to be asked questions about the police and whether the people 's needs are being met . |
| 22 | All are subject to fierce statistical debates about the methods and whether the results can be extended to a national scale . |
| 23 | He used to telephone often enough , fretting about the arrangements and whether Edwin would get time off to drive him there . |
| 24 | We talk about the butterflies and that that 's to do with this this effect of the the adrenalin in the system . |
| 25 | And in the Slovenský Raj the paths go through the steams and when you get to a waterfall , ladders have been built to take you to the top . |
| 26 | Some of them were kept really busy just er looking after the brakes and and they they had to er check the er the erm hooks . |
| 27 | Indeed , there are many people for whom the knowledge that the earliest Anglo-Saxons came immediately after the Romans and before the Vikings would be a revelation . |
| 28 | The trouble is that no-one appears to know what will happen after the Olympics and whether if by then the United Nations ' blacklist will preclude British members of the Tour from competing in certain countries . |
| 29 | Considerable effort goes into the organisation of the operations and if things go wrong it is n't their fault . |
| 30 | Different types of information can be obtained depending upon the age of the embryos and whether they are disaggregated before or after staining . |