Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | There were about thirty coins arranged in layers on cardboard trays ; each tray was encased in a plastic wallet . |
| 3 | Fund raising activities undertaken by members of the ‘ Johnson Matthey family ’ have raised over £18,000 in the first six months of the programme . |
| 4 | One is to appraise the overall mix of generic activities undertaken by children during , say , a typical day or week . |
| 5 | Comfort , spaciousness and equipment levels are amongst the most common reasons given by owners for liking their Clios . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | While other media groups relied on acquisitions for growth , the Tribune Company concentrated on wringing more profits out of existing properties in its newspaper , television and entertainment empire . |
| 13 | And remember that times given for stages in guidebooks and on mountain path signposts are estimates for typical , more lightly equipped walkers . |
| 14 | In the ARPA project , most of the search strategies relied on properties of finite state grammars to limit the search . |
| 15 | It is understood Customs are checking for adverts placed in newspapers by the businessmen to promote their auctions . |
| 16 | This is tackled through the ethical system of values socialised into doctors through the long process of training and , in many countries , by trying to break the link between clinical decision-making and the financial self-interest of the doctor , through third-party payment or salaried service . |
| 17 | The rating system was criticised for being unaccountable — only householders paid rates and , moreover , local authorities relied on grants from central government for the majority of their funds . |
| 18 | The range of activities recommended for programmes of study is drawn up in general terms and , for the most part , gathered in clusters to enable schools to match their particular planned activities to our specifications . |
| 19 | But the whole drift of events was towards a widening and consolidation of the immunities claimed by diplomats in the performance of their duties . |
| 20 | Lissa 's slender fingers curled into fists at her sides . |
| 21 | These are questions which were first posed over fifty years ago , but they have obviously made little lasting impact on a literature where the expenditure flows depicted in elaborations of the model have been the principal focus of attention . |
| 22 | Every Street in the Gallowgate and the Calton had become a parking place for horses , hansom cabs , buses that could well have been the ‘ taxis of Waterloo' if Napoleon had been on our side , broughams with the seats held together by faith and carpet tacks , open coaches decorated with scraps of cloth and coloured paper , growling , fuming motor-cars … the invasion of the East End of Glasgow was total . |
| 23 | Much of it was part of large estates owned by members of the landed aristocracy , who became aware of the potential wealth beneath their holdings . |
| 24 | We have an active social life and often go out to dinners or parties given by couples like ourselves , in their 30s or 40s . |
| 25 | Responding to a campaign by environmental groups , B&Q , a do-it-yourself and gardening chain , has decided on conservation grounds to stop stocking peat cut from bogs designated as sites of special scientific interest ( SSSIs ) . |
| 26 | There are two spacious bedrooms furnished as bed-sitting-rooms with arm-chairs , table and colour TV . |
| 27 | Horses are thought to acquire infection mainly from pastures contaminated by donkeys during the summer months . |
| 28 | Huge blue eyes floated in pools of mascara . |
| 29 | It has a stand of four baluster-style turned legs joined by stretchers in the usual English fashion . |
| 30 | I bent forward to see if I could recognise him — there was something vaguely familiar about him , the voice perhaps — and then he hit me on the side of my head — ’ Poor Miss Watson faltered and her eyes filled with tears at the memory of that vicious blow . |