Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The UAE , one of the states indicted by Iraq in 1990 , had previously come in for criticism without any members finding it necessary to resort to violence to obtain redress . |
| 2 | There is good evidence that sediment from these terrains is a component of several sandstones formed from sources in the United Kingdom , although few sandstones are derived solely from the Moine or the Lewisian . |
| 3 | There were about thirty coins arranged in layers on cardboard trays ; each tray was encased in a plastic wallet . |
| 4 | Anticipation of Cabinet resistance does prevent Mrs Thatcher from establishing ministerial groups skewed in favour of policies she might favour but which will not run in full Cabinet . |
| 5 | Fund raising activities undertaken by members of the ‘ Johnson Matthey family ’ have raised over £18,000 in the first six months of the programme . |
| 6 | One is to appraise the overall mix of generic activities undertaken by children during , say , a typical day or week . |
| 7 | Indeed one of the reasons given in Ridge v. Baldwin by Lord Reid for the demise of natural justice was the misunderstanding over the scope of certiorari . |
| 8 | As well as the reasons given in answer to direct questions , the LFS provides information on the importance of a further reason for taking a temporary job — that of being a participant in a special employment programme . |
| 9 | Comfort , spaciousness and equipment levels are amongst the most common reasons given by owners for liking their Clios . |
| 10 | Moreover , the court should not approach decisions and reasons given by committees of laymen expecting the same accuracy in the use of language which a lawyer might be expected to adopt . |
| 11 | For one of the reasons given by people for not complaining is that it is a waste of time to do so . |
| 12 | Yorke found a great similarity of reasons given by staff despite the age/sex/type of schools canvassed . |
| 13 | We compared drop out rates in the two arms of the trials and analysed the main subjective reasons given by patients for discontinuing therapy ( inefficacy and side effects ) when available . |
| 14 | The rich coastal plain continued to provide the base for great estates , ruled by their thegns , some of whom had their possessions ratified by charters like the one just quoted , whose boundaries can often still be traced . |
| 15 | The exhibition includes seven drawings which document recent projects completed by Nash in woods in Finland , France , Poland and other countries . |
| 16 | These entries related to royal debts assigned to Elijah by way of compensation for debts pardoned by the Crown in favour of the abbey of Stratford , and the alterations allegedly had the effect of enriching Elijah at the Crown 's expense . |
| 17 | For example , the spread ratio may be unity , the ratio of the contract values , the ratio of contract values adjusted for responsiveness to the general level of market prices , or the ratio of contract values weighted by some factor such as p . |
| 18 | Forty-five coaches stopped at checkpoints on the A2 in Kent exceeded permitted weight restrictions and passengers were ordered to unload duty-frees before being allowed to continue their journeys . |
| 19 | Vlad , arrested in late December 1989 , was alleged with others to have complied with orders to fire on demonstrators in Bucharest and other cities given by Ceausescu at politburo meetings on Dec. 17 and 22 , 1989 . |
| 20 | She is , of course , renowned for her critical essays punctuated with cusses on the male of the species and does n't spare the blushes or the punches when exposing them to ridicule . |
| 21 | As Anne-marie de Waal Malefijt , from whom I borrow these examples , wickedly observes : ‘ If interpreters from similar cultural backgrounds can not agree upon the meanings of symbols , how different must be the symbolic meanings assigned by people with different cultural experience ! ’ |
| 22 | Their Lordships accepted that there was no general duty to provide reasons but attached a caveat , that if the preponderance of reasons pointed in favour of taking action and the Minister gave no explanation for taking a different course , the court would infer that he had no good reason and that he was misusing his authority . |
| 23 | The hunters received on average about US$5 for each dolphin , and the dolphins were all processed at the nearby factory . |
| 24 | The concept of a profession is , as we have seen , based upon claims to specialised knowledge and skills developed over time through training . |
| 25 | In recognizing that child abuse and child care are not discrete areas we should start from the premise that the understanding and skills developed in relation to child care should inform our approach to child abuse . |
| 26 | The second band , with its very long progression of vibrational peaks , is assigned to both the quartet and doublet states formed by removal of an electron from the π u level , while the third and fourth bands are assigned respectively to the quartet and doublet states formed by removal of an electron from the level ; both levels are expected to be strongly bonding , as suggested by the lower vibration frequencies of the ions . |
| 27 | The second band , with its very long progression of vibrational peaks , is assigned to both the quartet and doublet states formed by removal of an electron from the π u level , while the third and fourth bands are assigned respectively to the quartet and doublet states formed by removal of an electron from the level ; both levels are expected to be strongly bonding , as suggested by the lower vibration frequencies of the ions . |
| 28 | The general 's effective rejection of the peace charter , which has yet to be formally presented by the 31 Christian and 31 Muslim deputies gathered in Taif for the past two weeks , risks plunging Lebanon into a new cycle of the violence from which it temporarily escaped when the Arab League brokered a ceasefire on 23 September . |
| 29 | Many of the later lots , primarily small , personal objects given to Cooper by artists ' were not easy to gauge , though by any standards , the miniscule estimates were ridiculous . |
| 30 | Most of these views were expressed , in less articulate terms , in numerous informal discussions arranged with members of the relevant departments of the council bureaucracy , prior to fieldwork in Shetland . |