Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv prt] [prep] [noun] ' " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | to move excess stocks on to retailers ' shelves ; |
| 2 | Prior to the launch of Compaq 's DeskPro/M series he upgraded from 286s to 386SX computers by shuffling the older machines on to secretaries ' desks . |
| 3 | But a Northumbrian Water spokesman said yesterday the confusion had arisen because Middlesbrough Council had chosen not to continue collecting water payments along with tenants ' house rents . |
| 4 | All kinds of hand tools , ranging from picks , mattocks and shovels down to builders ' pointing trowels and even teaspoons and paintbrushes , are used . |
| 5 | Read on to see how well each pair measures up to makers ' claims . |
| 6 | Pace the unjustified slur , naming 10 famous Belgians is easy , even if the Singing Nun , the Mannekin Pis and Hercule Poirot are declared ineligible ( and Jacques Brel counts five of most other countries ' famous people in our book ) — and there could just be another one soon , in the person of Finance Minister Philippe Maystadt , who could become the father of a whole new economics after his proposal that Belgium levy a robot tax on factory machines to get humans back to work : it 's a great idea , and why not take it further and ban construction machinery from the roads to get the shovels back into navvies ' hands — and no doubt computers can be included under the tax , so that in no time , in a dramatic return to Victorian values , while the Belgian economy may not actually start booming , the country will have the world 's biggest quill pen industry . |
| 7 | By September 700 employees out of Chemicals ' 2,300-strong workforce will have completed the two-day EHO course and sat an examination . |