Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [noun pl] [coord] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This being said , and allowing for the fact that much which was viewed as sexually deviant a generation ago is now viewed tolerantly if not taken for granted , a few words may be said about some practices or groups of practices which are generally recognised as deviant from either the normal object , the normal aim or the normal focal issues of sexuality . |
| 2 | Produce likely to go off , such as some fruits and vegetables , are destroyed . |
| 3 | This subject has been debated many times over many years and , after much deliberation , it was felt less confusing to say ‘ Basket Only ’ rather than stipulate a specific number of items [ at least for the majority of our stores ] as this tended to cause confrontations between some cashiers and customers as to the quantity of items in the basket . |
| 4 | If you are unsure of which style of lettering to choose for an initial design , look through some magazines or books for inspiration , or browse through a catalogue of dry transfer lettering until you had a typeface you like . |
| 5 | Within a few days they were ready to invite Poole to a dinner of roast pork and potatoes — cooked in the baker 's oven because the cottage had none that could be used — and at the end of January a letter to John Prior Estlin described with quiet enthusiasm the clear brook which ran before the cottage door , a pretty garden — ‘ large enough to find us vegetables and employment ’ — and an orchard lying beyond which was about to become home for some ducks and geese , as well as two pigs . |
| 6 | We marvelled again at the scenery of West Spitsbergen , its sharply tipped mountains of dark rock , the glacier-filled valleys between and the tiny strips of life-giving vegetation which made it possible for some birds and animals to exist . |
| 7 | If you are sending photographs abroad for some friends or relatives , then why not send some local flowers , or some from your garden , as a reminder not only of your family but also of your home or country . |
| 8 | A small party for some friends and relatives , and I wondered if you would n't mind giving Betty a hand with the arrangements . ’ |
| 9 | This evolution may itself have the potential to alter Britain 's geography , through providing built-in advantages for some occupations and places and relative disadvantages for others . |
| 10 | For most point to point is a good day out … an afternoon of country sport … the competition is keen … the racing hard and winning isn ’ t the be all and end all … for some horses and riders though this game is the first hurdle … a fence they have to jump to make the big time |
| 11 | For some farmers and landowners the major impact of the newcomers has therefore been political rather than social , for their arrival in the village has ensured that landownership is no longer the automatic passport to the political domination of the countryside that it was once considered to be . |
| 12 | IN A GRIM YEAR for the motor business , one of the few bright spots for some manufacturers and dealers has been the buoyancy of diesel cars . |
| 13 | Accurate drawing was required for some constructions and teachers were asked to supply rulers , protractors and compasses . |
| 14 | It 's claimed that for some men and women it 's like a drug they ca n't do without — and they end up like any other addict , ruining their lives , desperate for the next ‘ fix ’ . |
| 15 | What you should recognize is that it is a warning sign that you have been doing too much , and that you need to get away from the patient , at least for short periods in the day , if not for some days or weeks . |
| 16 | Sir Patrick Mayhew must have been hoping for some winners and losers , as he considers how to kick-start his talks process . |
| 17 | Following ‘ detox ’ , most people can be helped as day attenders at a special centre but some benefit from getting right away from their old life by entering a residential unit for some weeks or months . |
| 18 | Love has inspired more mystical utterances than any other human emotions ; for some saints and mystics , it has been almost the whole of religion . |
| 19 | For some policemen and women , their family is very important indeed , and , as a later chapter on stress demonstrates , the family can function as a tension release mechanism and an escape from police work , so that ordinary policemen and women tend to protect this preserve from infringement by outsiders , whether social researchers , senior police managers , the IRA , or the public . |
| 20 | For some congregations and occasions an informal , relaxed language is appropriate , whilst others will require one which has more formality and dignity . |
| 21 | Drugs charities have warned catching up may come too late for some clients and hostels . |
| 22 | But for some rebels and waverers they will become ‘ redundant ’ to the party organisation . |
| 23 | Erm the third one is we 've got a small amount of money out of , think again it 's out of TEED and , but it 's N Y T E C have got hold of it and it 's to do with further development of the Careers Service Tech Partnership , but it 's only a few thousand , it 's a very small n amount compared , I mean the bid that we 've put in for this Standards and Indicators is more like sort of thirty thousand . |
| 24 | ‘ A small minority of Members of Parliament after these weeks and months of debate have still been unable to tell us what they want , where they want to lead this country and who is going with them . ’ |
| 25 | " Slips " can occur at any time in recovery , even after many years or decades and can be much more distressing than the simple term implies . |
| 26 | For after all children and adults do not participate in exactly the same social relations . |
| 27 | After more days and nights than he cared to remember , he was perched on a ledge , perhaps halfway up , unable to move up or down . |
| 28 | After several twists and tilts , the sediment is not only disturbed and encouraged to leave the sides of the bottle , but the bottle finally achieves a fully inverted position ready for dégorgement . |
| 29 | As a good honours graduate , you will provide research assistance in the purification and characterisation of proteins as targets for chemotherapeutic agents , and assess interactions between such proteins and inhibitors . |
| 30 | The project will investigate how information about such expectations and values could usefully be made available . |