Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [prep] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | damage to tyres by application of brakes or by punctures cuts or bursts |
| 2 | In the fourth quarter of 1991 the total amount outstanding on credit agreements with consumers ( broader coverage which includes loans on bank personal accounts , by insurers and by retailers figures for which are only available quarterly ) fell by £0.24bn , compared with an increase of £0.13bn in the previous quarter . |
| 3 | Recent years have seen a multiplication in the number of TV channels and of communications media other than traditional terrestrial television — government pressure on broadcasters is perforce less effective than when there was only one channel . |
| 4 | A diuresis of 10–15 ml/min was induced by progressive water loading , and glomerular filtration rate and effective renal plasma flow were derived , respectively , from the mean clearances of iodothalamate labelled with iodine-125 and hippurate labelled with iodine-131 over six successive 20 minute periods , as published previously ( median variabilities within subjects and between periods 9% and 12% respectively ) . |
| 5 | On the contrary , many in the popular movement believe that Fatah has more interest , as one activist put it , in hospitals than in mobile health clinics , in bureaucracy than in local control , and in co-operation with the economic and political notables than with grass-roots movements . |
| 6 | Balanced Banking is also proving popular with around 50 per cent of the customers joining Balanced opening a new high interest savings accounts , and these accounts show higher average balances than for savings accounts not linked to Balanced Banking . |
| 7 | They employed Christian names rather than titles but their turns of phrase for communication with each other , whether written or spoken , were formal in all cases and on occasions orotund . |
| 8 | Culley had the feeling that Kelso would be better value after hours and off police premises . |
| 9 | Ergonomics seems to flourish equally well in capitalist and socialist/communist systems , ergonomics activity can be sponsored with equal validity by employers organisations and by workers organisations . |
| 10 | Organometallic and inorganic chemists will find the chapters on C-H bond activation by metals and on metals i high oxidation states particularly interesting . |
| 11 | The research aims to describe how police authorities give effect to this duty and to analyse what the consequences of their adopting different strategies — formal consultative committees , public opinion surveys , informal liaison etc — are for the work of police authorities , for policing priorities and for police management practice . |
| 12 | The latter requirement holds no difficulty , rather it is the former requirement which gives rise to difficulties because on occasions odour problems are complex , the source of the odour being difficult to identify , and it is not always possible to know whether or not a particular method of abatement will effect a cure in any given case . |
| 13 | Coun Williams refuses to have any contact with the South Africans although for months President de Klerk has been sitting down with Nelson Mandela and immense steps are in train towards early power sharing . |
| 14 | ‘ Outside broadcasts ’ are reminders that for years TV was a cumbersome medium , happiest in the studio or on set piece occasions such as the Cup Final , which could be planned well in advance . |
| 15 | But , as is common ground , no arrangements as to admissions policy for preserving the character of the school had been made between the governors and the local education authority in accordance with section 6(6) . |
| 16 | It 's not unusual on girls ' weekends or at women workers ' conferences for them to be demonstrative with each other , or with the young women , while we remain caught in the straight-jacket of frigidity while we are in the public eye . |
| 17 | It was certainly cheaper for government to try cases in village tribunals than in police courts . |
| 18 | Some detainees were subjected to severe beatings while in police custody , for example at the Brigade spéciale de recherche ( BSR ) , Special Investigation Brigade , in Bujumbura . |
| 19 | Like income , wealth can affect life chances but to Marxists ownership of the means of production also gives power . |
| 20 | When vaults were used , the square bay pattern was adopted , with one nave bay being equal to two aisle ones as at Worms Cathedral . |
| 21 | They may not deal in equity shares nor in securities convertible into equity shares . |
| 22 | Such Communist opposition that existed , as among the London busmen in the Transport and General Workers , had been marginalized by the post 1926 attempts to remove Communists from trade unions and from trades councils . |