Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Try to capture the architectural shape of the lecture Think of your notes as a skeleton or outline of the lecture you 'll give to your fellow students who are absent . |
| 2 | There were location notes for a film and sheets about the physical appearance of the characters and the sort of actors who might play them , these surrounded by doodles , mazes and uninspired drawings of faces . |
| 3 | It recommended that the preliminary hearing be abolished , that the district judge be required to conduct the hearing on an interventionist basis , that he or she be required to give reasons for a decision and explain the rules of law and that specific guidance should be provided on the expenses recoverable for small claims . |
| 4 | The reasons for a separation and its temporary nature can be explained to a ten-year-old child , so that anxiety can again be minimised . |
| 5 | There are a variety of reasons for a belief that structural adjustments to the EC budget are not over . |
| 6 | In our first example you are guided by the ideas of " political pressure " or " economic " reasons as a cause and emphasis is given to the latter . |
| 7 | This was identified by Wheeler from Greek parallels as an abaton where the devotees retired for the ‘ holy sleep ’ after the long and elaborate healing rituals in the temple . |
| 8 | He shall stay under the chains for a night and a day , and when he wakes he shall remember nothing else . ’ |
| 9 | Now if you two charming ladies , and Herbert here , can persuade your betters to free you from the chains for an hour or two , we 're as good as on our way ! ’ |
| 10 | Each morning after the bathroom run , the three of us were let off the chains for an hour or so to exercise . |
| 11 | However , it was the local authority 's plan that there should be a period of assessment of the relationship between L. and her mother , the mother 's skills as a parent and her willingness to respond to counselling , and that a programme of rehabilitation should be entered into . |
| 12 | At the same time , in contrast to earlier eras , the housework is more likely to be carried out in isolation , without reference to others or without any external standard of comparison from which she might derive status or recognition for her particular skills as a cook or a housewife . |
| 13 | His first book , If this is a man , about his months in Auschwitz , and its sequel , The Truce , were hard to fault , and the successive publications of his middle age have been greeted by an admiration responsive both to his skills as a writer and to his character as a man.i In October 1985 , however , the chauvinistic American Jewish magazine Commentary did succeed in performing the outlandish act of disparaging Levi and his books . |
| 14 | The neo-Georgian building pays testament to the company 's undoubted skills as a design and build outfit . |
| 15 | You acquire a wide range of skills as an actuary and continue to learn throughout your professional life . |
| 16 | Langdon 's maps , drawn of estates in about fifteen counties , are distinctive and their embellishments with Elizabethan strapwork ornamentation show his skills as an artist and draughtsman . |
| 17 | Many schemes allow you to swap existing investments for a PEP but you should be wary of the costs and charges . |
| 18 | Having advised restraint by the Labour Party , I was angered , and indeed horrified , by the announcement that the government had asked Lord Denning to conduct his now infamous one-man inquiry into the matter , with terms of reference so loose that he regarded himself as charged to examine everyone 's activities through a microscope and to denounce anyone where there was a whisper of suspected immorality , let alone convincing proof . |
| 19 | Neglecting the input current of the operational amplifier in the circuit of figure 10.11(b) compared with the current through resistance R This time , if and for the sinusoidal component of highest frequency present in the equation reduces to Clearly the circuit of figure 10.1 l(b) acts as a differentiator when , which condition is much more easily satisfied than the condition for the corresponding passive circuit of figure 4.11(a) to act as a differentiator . |
| 20 | The CNAA , in its desire to ensure that the courses which it validates are of a sufficiently high standard , has necessarily concerned itself with the resources and ethos of institutions as a whole and has not hesitated to pass judgment on them , going , some would argue , beyond the responsibilities laid upon it by its Royal Charter . |
| 21 | Chris Jury , who had masterminded the whole thing and was entirely responsible for what was happening on stage , was taking some musicians through a soundcheck and , like Gina , was completely absorbed in what he was doing . |
| 22 | It provides the stock of examples and analogies which politicians can plunder to justify policies for a novel and complex situation . |
| 23 | Frustrations will cloud your horizons for a time but you will shake them off and emerge well pleased with your efforts . |
| 24 | His arrogance , his pompous manner , and the way he trades on his friendship with Major has offended colleagues perhaps jealous of his natural talents as a Commons and Whitehall performer . |
| 25 | Hoccleve should apply to prince Henry for patronage and protection , using his talents as a scribe and making a translation on the duties of a prince . |
| 26 | Kylie has never disguised her contempt at being sniped at by critics who dismiss her talents as an actress and as a singer . |
| 27 | Plans for a bungalow and the conversion of an outbuilding to a farm garage on land to the north of Pond House Farm , Hamsterley , have been approved . |
| 28 | PLANS for a hotel and leisure development at Bodelwyddan Castle are moving ahead , but officials face strong opposition to part of the package . |
| 29 | PLANS for a sand and gravel quarry at Capel Bangor , near Aberystwyth , have upset local people . |
| 30 | Talks centred on increasing bilateral trade and plans for a tunnel or bridge link between the two countries . |