Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the reasons for that is that one of the skills of the advocate is to learn to be concise and to get over the message very quickly , and that 's one of the reasons for giving you a short period of time . |
| 2 | Trustingly she slipped a small hand into one of his , and she would have gone with him anywhere , but he detached her fingers after giving them a reassuring squeeze . |
| 3 | The thoroughness of its marketing approach placed it so far ahead of its short-leet rivals — Scottish Amicable and Britannia Life — that the judges had no doubts about awarding it the top accolade in the category for Large Service companies . |
| 4 | Many thanks for sending me a copy of Sheila Ryle 's reply to my letter of MKM February 92 . |
| 5 | Anyway , as I have been given more recognition and opportunity to draw to my strengths under your editorship , I would like to express my appreciation and thanks for giving me a ‘ go ’ . |
| 6 | Other people , more strong-minded than me , use the reverse tactics of promising themselves a reward when they have done something difficult . |
| 7 | if the Yanks of left it a bit later they 'd of missed all the action |
| 8 | Jefferson 's purpose in the First Amendment was to stop all future American lawmakers from making it a crime for people to criticise their own government . |
| 9 | The clarinets qua clarinets are not heard , but they certainly improve the tone of the high trumpets by giving it a rounder , smoother , and more effortless quality . |
| 10 | The court will not , however , read an ambiguity into clear words by giving them a strained or tortured meaning . |
| 11 | If you are able to send a total of £35 or more we will show our thanks by sending you a free copy of ‘ How to be Green ’ . |
| 12 | In fact , the whole vexed question of Guy Sterne , her mixed-up feelings about him , and his true motives for offering her the design job , occupied her mind throughout her journey . |
| 13 | Lastly , I would like to thank my parents for making me the Judaeo-Christian hybrid that I am ; and my husband Timothy Boon for his support and ( not always welcome ) criticism . |
| 14 | Dealers have talked their companies ' financial administrators into giving them an advance , then have left . |
| 15 | And he must be mad to want to shunt him into the sidings before throwing him an England shirt again . |
| 16 | That did n't stop the enthusiastic chaps from giving them a sneak preview of three tracks hot off the tapes , so to speak . |
| 17 | He brought undue pressure to bear on his parents by giving them an entirely misleading account of the documents . |
| 18 | Mr Clarke and Mr Hunt told MPs the decision to break the law by dispensing with a 90-day consultation period was taken because of ‘ special circumstances ’ and in order to help the miners by giving them the best redundancy terms . |
| 19 | For six years up to the war , they had raised millions to help their German cousins and had absorbed over 60,000 refugees , not all of them living off charity by any means , but with the great majority owing thanks to Jewish organisations for giving them a new start . |
| 20 | CELTIC boss Liam Brady has offered Derry boy Nigel Melly a one year extension to his contract — just weeks after showing him the door . |
| 21 | Firstly , may I thank Mr Bence and the editors for allowing me a few lines in which to formally meet you all . |
| 22 | He leaves the questions of defining what a group is , and of how it acquires the capacity for influencing the mental life of the individual , until later . |
| 23 | The court gave effect to this clause , stating that the parties should have considered the potential difficulties of using what the court called " a single alternative dispute resolution process " for all disputes under the contract before making their contract . |
| 24 | That hand of mine wo n't go the right shape although I 've tried , I knew it would deform joints and so I put all my efforts into spreading them the opposite way , but I have n't won on that one , can you see ? |
| 25 | There would also be related difficulties in quantifying what the company had lost as a result of board passivity . |
| 26 | This implication will be made upon the basis that Parliament is not to be presumed to take away parties ' rights without giving them an opportunity of being heard in their interest . |
| 27 | He went on to criticize the Holy Office for acting as judge and jury when it condemned theologians without giving them an opportunity to know what they were accused of , or of responding . |
| 28 | Louis and his great men deliberated , and decided : at the summer assembly in July , the Ordinatio Imperii accommodated Lothar 's ambitions by giving him the title of co-emperor forthwith and promising him the whole of Francia on his father 's demise . |
| 29 | Cope argued for a new theology in which the Creator has delegated His power to living things by giving them the ability to shape the future through their purposeful response to the environment . |
| 30 | FRANCE pursues a single-minded policy to promote families by giving them a large tax deduction for each child , in addition to an allowance for mothers who stay at home . |