Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 The most difficult requisite to produce was ‘ Conscience ’ for the struggles for political liberty had always been in the name of ‘ Rights ’ , and in this conflict , ‘ the other side of the civic relation naturally fell out of sight ’ .
2 These segments were then checked against the reference database for possible identification checking both letter and letter string patterns .
3 He may be willing to use his new powers as executive president to brush aside resistance .
4 But it is arguable that the soundness of statements about wider matters such as authorial style relies ultimately on the statements we can make about particular texts .
5 This demand for authorial absence ran deeper still .
6 And with St E 's wholesome regard for strong melodies evidenced again by the next single ‘ Speedwell ’ can this really only be a one-night stand ?
7 The use of brute force for righteous ends appeals strongly to rap 's adolescent male following , of course .
8 I hope that he can accept comment from a colleague who through professional conscience has already lost many thousands of pounds since the imposition of the new general practice contract .
9 There is an inherent danger in all this for our clothing industry which is that , unless manufacturers wake up , there will continue to be far more opportunity for European merchandise to come here , and little for ours to get elsewhere .
10 It was over 150 years ago that he saw the need for working men to have somewhere to meet in their spare time , to talk and relax .
11 The public debate about political priorities focuses far too much on what we can do for today 's consumption and far too little about what we invest in the future .
12 His lack of humbug about political balance has always made him more honest than all the employees of BBC Current Affairs awaiting with glee the Kinnock years .
13 This is similar to the rate for normal mucosa obtained here , but with more interindividual variation .
14 Orders for durable goods fell unexpectedly in March , somewhat damping the new enthusiasm , but the financial markets seem convinced that the recovery , albeit a slow one , is about to start .
15 Horses need plenty of fresh air , reasonably high roofs for stable air to get away and space to live in !
16 We recognise the contribution to excellence which the best of these schools make , and the right of those who wish to pay for private education to do so , but this should not be subsidised from public resources .
17 Therefore public transport policy for rural areas requires very careful evaluation , not only in terms of economic viability but also in terms of the social impact of reducing services .
18 Since the Town and Country Planning Act of 1947 the granting of planning permission for rural housing has arguably been concerned with the visual quality of the countryside rather than with alleviating problems of housing need .
19 In defence of his claim that there was ‘ no evidence to suggest that people are prepared to abandon their traditional party allegiances ’ , Stott pointed out that in two recent elections , candidates supported by the Campaign for Labour Representation polled badly :
20 Opportunities for oral reading arise naturally in the course of the day ; for instance , in the activity of group prediction amongst a small group , each with a copy of the same book .
21 Four intensive treatments from the Poly Kur Intensive Hair-Repair Treatment range — our tester said the one for dry hair worked so well that her hair went from sow 's ear to silk purse , and felt in much better condition immediately ( £3.45 each , from major Boots ' branches ) .
22 In this respect , therefore , the outer-city studies lay the basis for the arguments about weak ties put forward in J. Milroy and L. Milroy ( 1985b ) and further discussed in later chapters .
23 The effect of high interest rates and a ‘ petro-pound ’ was to strengthen sterling ; the consequences were for exports to sag and for inflationary pressure to increase rather than diminish .
24 Many women who moved into occasional prostitution through economic necessity had probably already had previous sexual experience , and for many the distinction between occasional sex with a young wooer and clandestine prostitution may have remained fluid .
25 The capacity to monitor UOS pressure for prolonged periods has only recently been developed .
26 So , for budding Howard soundalikes everywhere , here 's Rowland 's gear rundown for I 'm Never Gon na Die Again …
27 Nor were they the same top three from one decade to the next : groups such as Kemsley disappeared , and the market share of a survivor such as Associated Newspapers fluctuated quite widely .
28 Some of those arguing for mixed-ability teaching did so on the narrowest professional grounds that it would improve teaching and learning , obliging teachers to treat pupils as individuals each proceeding at a different pace and in a different manner .
29 Kaysen has pointed out that : ‘ [ d ] ecisions as to the technical areas which will be systematically explored by research and development divisions and decisions as to what scientific and technical novelties will be translated into new products and processes and tried out for economic viability have very deep effects .
30 Addressing the meeting , Prime Minister Aleksander Meksi referred to " a powerful 12-month package of stabilization measures " , recently agreed with the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) , which had estimated that an additional US$162,000,000 was needed to support the balance of payments until June 1993 [ for economic situation see also pp. 38878 ; 38971 ] .
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