Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cool thing would be , during the three-day end of year exams , when you 're allowed to do them at home , to be seen drinking the Students ’ Union or in a pub around here , being terribly laid back while everyone else was hunched over their desks in their rooms . ’ |
| 2 | On 19 October 1988 , the then Home Secretary , Douglas Hurd , issued notices to the Independent Broadcasting Authority ( IBA ) and BBC , requiring them , under the Broadcasting Act 1981 , to refrain from broadcasting any words spoken on behalf of , or in support of , a ‘ proscribed organisation ’ , excluding anything said in the course of parliamentary proceedings , or in the run up to a parliamentary , European parliamentary or local election . |
| 3 | But it is unlikely to happen at the hustings or in the run up to the election . |
| 4 | Place in a cold frame or on a windowsill out of direct sunlight , where they will soon root at this time of year . |
| 5 | It is easy to feel stifled with the massive tower blocks and hordes of people , and a trip up the hills behind the city or on a boat out into the South China Sea helps give a better perspective of the place . |
| 6 | ‘ On the way up to Luxor or on the way back ? ’ |
| 7 | If donations were taken at a service , they were left at the door either on the way in or on the way out . |
| 8 | That was not unusual on the Monday after a tournament , so I decided to drive to his house in Clapham in the hope that I might intercept him either on the way in from a long lunch or on the way out for a pre-prandial drink . |
| 9 | Or you could buy dresses , one or two dresses that were all complete except for the seam down at the back and the seams under the arms . |
| 10 | The experts say that for a woman over about 40 , SERPS is definitely going to be better , and if she has been paying into a contracted out PP scheme up to that time , she should change over then . |
| 11 | In its interim report for the first half of 1992 , the European packaging manufacturer has included the gross preference share dividends on the UK redeemable preference shares in finance charges , rather than as a distribution out of the net profits after tax and minority interests . |
| 12 | All shell suits are cotton lined , except from the knee down where the nylon replaces the cotton for ease when slipping over shoes . |
| 13 | Ordinary women seemed to know instinctively that from the hip down ( and especially from behind ) culottes produced an unflattering outline , the mini won hands down . |
| 14 | A Labour Party survey found that in the year up to August 1987 the price of a school meal in primary schools had risen at twice the rate of inflation , and this had resulted in a reduction in the number of children taking school meals . |
| 15 | Without wanting to appear cynical , it 's pretty safe to say that in the run up to elections , one expects the odd vote-catching ruse from politicians . |
| 16 | Would my honourable friend be able to explain why it was that in the run up to negotiations with respect to the question of increase in the number of seats er , the German government made it quite clear that they were not interested or did n't want to have the additional number of seats and then subsequently , for reasons that have never been fully explained , we then found that er they had an additional eighteen . |
| 17 | Sir Anthony goes on : ‘ The information I have been given by the joint liquidators of BCGM [ the British fund ] and BCI [ in Gibraltar ] indicates that in the period up to December 1984 there had been frequent movements of money or securities between the United Kingdom funds and the Jersey funds and , most important of all , that at December 1984 the gilt-edged securities and cash held for the Jersey funds were at least some £3.65 million less than the funds ’ obligations to investors . |
| 18 | In the government 's eyes , local government is run from the top down , rather than from the ground up . |
| 19 | ‘ Except on the way back . |
| 20 | I do n't like heroes , so I was pleased to find that on the way up to Gorffwysfa Norman fussed and worried as anyone might when faced with the return to climbing after a long break . |
| 21 | Yeah but apparently apparently that were n't hi his Am that was his American car that nearly hit them but th Brian had sold that to a bloke down in down your mum 's road . |
| 22 | And the performance , both at this branch and as a spin off , our city centre branch in Street , which has benefited from us being here , and the contacts we m we 've made while been here . |
| 23 | And as the lady down here said , if the ladies do n't like it , switch it off ! |
| 24 | Yes , he asked about the schools in the parish as well , and about the situation in and . |
| 25 | Waves formed by these northeast winds are responsible for the marked angle at the far point and for the building up of the recurved end so that it faces north-east . |
| 26 | On Dec. 5 the Arab League Council , after meeting in Cairo , issued a statement expressing " solidarity " with Libya , and calling for the avoidance of any military or economic action against Libya and for the setting up of a joint Arab League-UN committee " to study all the documents connected with the incident " . |
| 27 | After the first landing and during the taxi back to the take-off point the thief would be dropped off . |
| 28 | They were both aware of the tense vibrations between them , and during the journey back to Tewkesbury both seemed determined to keep the conversation light and easy . |
| 29 | I was visiting Cobham with a friend and after a look around we called into the Ship public house for refreshment . |
| 30 | And on this particular occasion this feller ( if you go along the Low Road and up Fishpond Lane , there 's a farm up there : this feller came from that farm ) and after a setting in at The Case is Altered he died going up Fishpond Lane . |