Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pos pn] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've asked for about three hours my contact in Liverpool . |
| 2 | The UN Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) on Nov. 7 extended by two months its programme of emergency relief [ see pp. 38165 ; see also p. 38548 ] . |
| 3 | Determined not to be viewed as another Wang , Groupe Bull SA took the time to clarify to journalists its position regarding IBM and the RS/6000 last week at its Les Clayes-sous-Bois research and development centre in Paris . |
| 4 | To the foral provinces their attachment to Spain was a contract dependent on the maintenance of their liberties and economic advantages : enlightened despotism and liberalism , refusing to accept the contractual status of the foral provinces , were by definition anti-Basque . |
| 5 | Oh I had a huge list of names really you know of erm you know we had quite big meetings where people seem to have come out of their parties their sort of sectarianism really you know which er the left is notorious for if you like if you want to use cliches . |
| 6 | Findings from the present study suggest that once people had become established in the homes their quality of life , in the opinion of their relatives , was similar to that of other people who died and had never been in such homes . |
| 7 | It 's this commitment to tradition which gives our handmade bricks their subtlety of colour , uniqueness of texture and sheer natural versatility . |
| 8 | To some temperaments his state of nature might seem exciting and full of challenge . |
| 9 | However , along with other animals our perception of time changes as we age . |
| 10 | This implies that a share should sell for PE o times its earnings per share if it is fairly priced . |
| 11 | Furthermore , research has shown that antitank helicopters are already very cost-effective ; one helicopter should , in battle , be able to destroy 17 times its value in tanks before being shot down . |
| 12 | For the Transport Accident Commission , one year 's savings from reduced injury claims was many times its outlay of £2.3 million for the campaign . |
| 13 | In both cases their faith in Jesus had produced healing . |
| 14 | An ultimatum issued by Gorbachev and Ryzhkov on April 13 ordered the Lithuanian Supreme Council to rescind within 48 hours its declaration of independence and all laws passed subsequently , or face economic sanctions . |
| 15 | At exactly 2100 hours their time on Tuesdays and Thursdays , the DJ will relay any short coded messages in the dedication for the first record he plays on the ‘ Lovers Overseas ’ programme . |
| 16 | Getting out and about can be hard work in the early months , when babies seem to need three times their weight in accessories . |
| 17 | It disappears without trace on the skin and , because it contains hydrogels , highly absorbent substances which hold 1,000 times their weight in water , it reduces evaporation of moisture from the skin dramatically . |
| 18 | The vehicles … so often the butt of jokes … are going for two or three times their value in Britain . |
| 19 | Heavy runners count as those weighing , in pounds , more than 2.25 times their height in inches ( men ) or two times ( women ) . |
| 20 | Retirement migration is an important component , but except for a few areas its contribution to population growth has been smaller than that of other age groups , not just pre-retirement moves but also those of younger working age and their families ( Warnes and Law , 1984 ) . |
| 21 | It rivals any Disney ride as it rattles through valleys , races round sheer-drop corners and roller-coasts its way from Bastia to Ile Rousse and Calvi . |
| 22 | Like other Third World countries its quest for World Bank-induced export earnings through cash crops has been purchased at a high price with no apparent significant complementarity in food crops . |
| 23 | If we deny these chaps their rights as union members , they 'll leave it , they 'll leave , I would n't blame them . |
| 24 | In such circumstances their use of slang and informal language may make them seem rather stupid in the eyes of others . |
| 25 | Among his other texts his Outlines of Geology ( 1886 ) and his Structural and Field Geology for Students ( 1905 ) both appeared in several editions . |
| 26 | ‘ Unless we move immediately into high growth , high technology areas our standard of living and quality of life will deteriorate and we will degenerate into a Third World nation . |
| 27 | But Sweden has also promised that in 20 years its emissions of carbon dioxide ( CO 2 ) , the main greenhouse gas , will have dropped to 1986 levels . |
| 28 | As ‘ Lilla ’ has been kept in the South of England for many years its trip to Bala gives Northern fans of these locos a chance to see this one of two in British preservation . |
| 29 | But for 40 years her use of electricity to make objects move , speak , walk , spin , shine , click , rotate and perform has given all of these objects a special autonomy . |
| 30 | With pupils in lower secondary years their enjoyment of pretence is not yet impaired by age . |