Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | You do n't have to be regular cyclist to enjoy a cycling holiday in Holland as the safe , segregated cycle lanes have special traffic lights and signposts for cyclists making it a relaxing and enjoyable pastime for people of all ages ; families , couples , or groups of friends . |
2 | As the aim of many of the BES assured tenancy companies is eventually to obtain value by selling or redeveloping the properties when they are vacant , it would be useful for shareholders to know what the market value is with vacant possession , even if the present value with tenants in possession is also shown as a note . |
3 | But what has outraged all of us is the spectacle of attempts to make you the scapegoat for failures of the criminal justice system , the cause of which , however defined , lay outside your control or responsibility . ’ |
4 | Naturally the quality of the objects is not entirely consistent ( some of the prints seem pretty standard , for example ) , but the sheer range of artists makes it an impressive resource . |
5 | It is not unusual to be in this position , and it may be that there is an accepted procedure to follow in the eventuality of employers making you an offer . |
6 | The capacity and speed of optoelectronics make it an ideal means for simplifying switching and routing with optical networking a possibility for perhaps 10 years time — a prospect that researchers from University College are currently co-researching with British Telecommunications Plc in Harlow . |
7 | The Syrian foreign minister who , after meeting Douglas Hurd , evoked the Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916 in which the British and the French secretly carved up the Middle East between them ( later using the League of Nations to give them the so-called Mandates as a cover ) , was not making some arcane and irrelevant allusion . |
8 | Against Fareham the juniors trailed 2-1 at half-time , but a change of tactics brought them a 6-2 win . |
9 | The small square of shops reminds me a lot of Belfast 's battle-scarred Divis Flats — the shop windows are permanently barricaded , many flats boarded up and the walls covered in spray can slogans . |
10 | The letters of Abbot Lupus of Ferrières allow us a glimpse of his contradictory attitudes to involvement in state affairs . |
11 | Young people differ in their interests and aptitudes , and we need a range of schools to offer them the best opportunities . |
12 | Arnold was of Tom Arnold 's circus , and his post as the vice-chairman of the party in charge of candidates made him a target of all those who were eager to stand for Parliament . |
13 | And the recently discovered structure of atoms gave them the idea that they could make helium out of hydrogen . |
14 | Reuters news agency , quoting Chinese sources , reported on Feb. 6 that a group of workers calling themselves the China Free Union Preparatory Committee had posted out 2,000 copies of their anti-government manifesto for the organization , modelled on Poland 's Solidarity . |
15 | The process is rooted in what has happened already , in the past ; the Boo– of Changes allows you the luxury of seeing how the process will continue in a hypothetical future — in this case , if you shoot Auntie Flo . ’ |
16 | My twin sister is a nurse and I suppose all the blood and thunder of things took me a different way . |
17 | A press of bodies developed which the guard were unable or unwilling to clear . |
18 | At either end of the village two long avenues of trees gave it a friendly air . |
19 | To belong to the Communion of Saints gives us a sense of deep communion . |
20 | This is another point at which philosophical treatments of indexicals offer us no help . |
21 | A lot of girls compromised themselves a great deal more than I did . ’ |
22 | At least , they were trying to surround it , but you 'd need an awful lot of humans to surround something the size of the Ship . |
23 | Millions of tourists visit it every year . |
24 | ‘ Lots of guys find it a turn-on to watch two women making love . ’ |
25 | But hard as John Meaney tried he found it an uphill struggle against Hughes , who was firing on all cylinders , and his great ‘ cool ’ blessed with a wide repertoire of shots saw him a worthy winner 4–0 from seven frames . |
26 | Buckley says she has never been aware of a problem of discrimination in the company , at least in a corporate sense , ‘ but I think a lot of men found it a problem ’ . |
27 | A number of factors make it a complex task to estimate the degree of success in twenty-five years . |
28 | A police force is selecting new recruits with the help of videos showing them the kind of incidents they might have to tackle . |
29 | A police force is selecting new recruits with the help of videos showing them the kind of incidents they might have to tackle . |
30 | The charge was reasonable enough — a few pence per bird — and with a community in which many families kept hens or whose menfolk were able to buy them direct from the country farmer Rev. Levitt 's qualification as a slaughterer of fowls brought him a regular , if modest , bonus on his salary . |