Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [adv] [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The request for missionaries initially meant church planters .
2 On May 8 at least two students died in hospital after police reportedly opened fire on demonstrators .
3 The German gunners reply crashing in a couple of minutes later caused pat and I to get on the floor fast .
4 A number of these had been involved in a similar coup attempt in July 1989 when a smaller group of rebels briefly gained control of the radio station .
5 Rather , town planning became involved in other environmental and social concerns almost by chance , though its claim for a comprehensive , synoptic view of things perhaps made expansionism inevitable .
6 This is shown most clearly by those instances in which a lesion of the right hemisphere has re-instated an aphasia produced earlier by left sided brain damage ( Nielsen , 1946 ) or when amytal injection into the right carotid artery has disrupted the speech of patients previously rendered aphasic by left hemisphere damage ( Kinsbourne , 1971 ) .
7 As Davis has pointed out , the Supreme Court has in a number of decisions simply substituted judgment without reference to the reasonableness or rational basis test .
8 Joachim 's idea of a completely unworldly religious order nearly found expression in the confraternity that began to form around the followers of St Francis of Assisi shortly after Joachim 's death , but the main body of Franciscans soon made concessions to the demands of everyday life .
9 The topology is that of an immunoglobulin variable ( V ) domain with two β- sheets of strands conventionally labelled DEB and AGFCC'C ( Fig.3 a ) .
10 The fact is that , had this marriage of friends not taken place , Granada would have sought to abduct Tyne Tees once restrictions were lifted in 1994 .
11 Its pay has always compared poorly with that of other white-collar occupations , but the social standing of teachers traditionally offered compensation .
12 A number of lawyers also expressed admiration for the English system 's much stricter overall timetable for disclosing claims , defences and witnesses to the other side .
13 Concomitant administration of prostaglandins partially alleviated cyclosporin A induced nephrotoxicity .
14 His personal attention — ‘ rain , snow or frost never kept him in ’ — and his scrupulousness in the matter of estimates gradually secured country house clients , but his expertise as a house planner took time to develop .
15 Both combinations of drugs significantly reduced blood pressure compared with diuretic alone ( p<0.05 ) .
16 A similar sequence of events bad taken place at the castle of Mauvezin in Bigorre and a charge that the lieutenant had far exceeded the limits of his jurisdiction was made .
17 He was in command when the treachery of Guy Burgess and Donald McLean , George Blake and Kim Philby was uncovered , scandals which for years seriously damaged Britain 's relations with the American CIA .
18 The integration of the specialist colleges of art into larger institutions like polytechnics also aroused apprehensions which added fuel to the flames .
19 The variations in fortunes thus produced saw changes in the county 's position relative to the rest of England over long periods ; more immediately , there was often a considerable contrast between wealth and poverty in different parts of the area .
20 Acid hypersecretion found in a subgroup of alcoholic patients in these studies also occurred in dogs chronically given alcohol .
21 Many widows , however , did carry on their husbands ' trade , even in occupations usually considered male .
22 Apart from Women apparently attended funerals in .
23 The allegations suggesting regular armed combat among Hooligans usually mentioned pistols or ‘ toy pistols ’ .
24 I had dis-ease , manifest by cancer , but my mind , my attitudes , my lack of love for myself and for others all needed attention .
25 Adding this to the second suggestion , it follows that the change of context produced by introducing reinforcers in the conditioning stage will have little effect on subjects given pre-exposure to the context but will limit the degree to which latent inhibition is shown by subjects not given pre-exposure .
26 Five out of six mixers seized by officers seriously failed safety tests .
27 More workers were twining vines of ivy around pillars newly painted orange , while an elderly woman was strewing the floor with French chalk so that the dancing shoes would not slip on the polished parquet .
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