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

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1 The affinity of NCp7 for DNAs representing proviral DNA sequences was examined by determining its ability to protect the DNA from restriction nuclease digestion .
2 Outside people talk about prisoners missing physical sex and the need for conjugal visits as if they were just animals who needed relief from tension .
3 Growing concern about passive smoking and recent signals from organisations like the Health and Safety Executive and Lothian Health Board have pointed the way for employers to take positive action to protect non-smokers whilst at work in enclosed areas .
4 They have also found themselves agreeing to the introduction of temporary workers in return for employers granting increased job security for the majority of the labour force .
5 In the past Linfield have declined to take a case to the independent tribunal for they felt it was more appropriate for clubs to settle any dispute between themselves .
6 Sir — Mr. Edminson 's letter ‘ Equal Play , Equal Pay ’ in the November 1990 issue airs the possibility that one way for clubs to find extra subscription income would be to increase the ladies ' subscriptions , or , in his words , to ask them ‘ to make a more equitable contribution to their golf club 's finances ’ because of their increased activity .
7 Possible mathematical experiences are given for activities involving each item .
8 The numerous customers who have banked with Holt 's or Drummonds for generations include high ranking military , aristocracy , West End clubs , institutions and societies , many of which opened accounts with Drummonds when it was founded in 1717 .
9 So far DGXI has mainly supported studies , seminars and networks between cities to explore urban management problems .
10 Our factsheet Will Making for Homeowners gives additional information , but there is no substitute for a solicitor 's reassurance on matters such as this .
11 In most Health Authority areas , increased employment of nurses was offset by reductions in the use of ancillary manual staff , even prior to the government 's imposed requirement for Authorities to put this work out to tender .
12 In the long term , electronic scanning and linking to an image database could provide a secure back-up to the herbarium collection , a means of transmitting images to other institutions , and a method for collaborative working between institutions using real-time computer conferencing .
13 Twenty will be shortlisted to submit detailed plans for projects to start next year and each will receive £7.5m a year for five years .
14 This suggests a possible molecular basis for the association of HLA-B53 with resistance to severe malaria , and identify LSA-1 as an important antigen for attempts to induce CTL-mediated immunity to this infectious disease .
15 It is estimated that there are 7,000 inmates in Britain 's prisons requiring specific help for mental disorder , and while it is possible for prisoners to receive psychiatric treatment from visiting consultants while in prison , facilities on the whole are poor and the environment is far from conducive to improving a person 's mental state .
16 In his statement on 23 July 1987 , Mr. Douglas Hurd therefore announced that for prisoners serving discretionary life sentences ( Hansard , Sixth Series , vol. 120 , p. 746 , col. 348 ) :
17 If he is bound by the judicial view in relation to the date of the first review for prisoners serving discretionary life sentences , he is also so bound in relation to those serving mandatory life sentences .
18 For my part , I think it is clear that the court in Ex parte Handscomb , 86 Cr.App.R. 59 did decide what Mr. Douglas Hurd understood it decided , namely , that in setting the tariff for prisoners serving discretionary life sentences , the Secretary of State is obliged to adopt the judicial view .
19 He also said that for prisoners serving mandatory life sentences for murder ( Hansard , Sixth Series , vol. 120 , p. 747 , col. 349 ) :
20 This is achieved through special offences and through rules invalidating apparent consent given by those under 16 , and it is supported by the Tyrrell rule against convicting a participant who falls within the class protected by the offence concerned .
21 As we said earlier , the Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley faced demonstrators angry about plans to close another hospital in the region .
22 One highly visible example of this work is ‘ AEA in Orthopaedics ’ , the point of contact for clients to gain easy access to our comprehensive range of services relating to the design , testing and manufacture of orthopaedic implants , which already has contracts with the Department of Health and all major orthopaedic implant manufacturers .
23 Engineers should take the initiative and look for opportunities to encourage greater awareness of risk issues within their organisation .
24 NatWest Securities recommends that investors with underweight positions look for opportunities to buy marketable investment trusts with overseas weightings .
25 Recent publications included support material for schools delivering National Certificate Modules .
26 A further unforeseen difficulty for schools doing any kind of agricultural work has been the widespread drought of the mid-1980s , which is still affecting some parts of the country .
27 Nevertheless , the view that the arts can , and should , be assessed is one that has begun to receive widespread support , with the authors of the Gulbenkian Report stating quite unequivocally the need for schools to provide basic information to parents and employers about :
28 So it 's very very easy in that context for adults to exploit children 's compliance and er it 's easy for kids to be able to not refuse adults ' advances and I suppose that 's why there 's this business about erm y'know it 's it 's not possible for kids to give informed consent to sex .
29 These cases about valuers bear some analogy with cases on domestic tribunals , except of course that there need not be a hearing .
30 The comparison between these groups amounts to a comparison between subjects given acquired distinctiveness training and controls given a form of acquired equivalence training and confirms the result found elsewhere .
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