Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , most contemporary football hooliganism corresponds to the outlawry of time-out forms manifested in fights between opposing fans and creating mayhem during trips abroad . |
| 2 | A vegetable rinse disguised any grey hairs and gave shine to her new style . |
| 3 | Blake was then posted as an MI6 officer to the British Legation in Seoul , Korea where in 1950 he and other members of the legation staff were captured by the North Koreans and held prisoner until the spring of 1953 . |
| 4 | The authorities must see to it that there is a tried and tested method of reading the danger signals and offering counselling to those with access to firearms . |
| 5 | When the new Parish Priest arrives to take up his post he is very quickly introduced to the petty jealousies and gossip mongering of village life . |
| 6 | The special session announced the creation of working groups to overhaul mass organizations and to strengthen participation in the municipal and provincial people 's power system of government ; and it proposed the National Assembly of People 's Power be upgraded to play a more dynamic role in assessing government performance . |
| 7 | Authority The right to control finance , information , people , equipment , materials etc. in organizations and to have access to important decision-making processes . |
| 8 | In the words of others he springs into action as a political firebrand , marching into the coal-owners ' offices and demanding justice for their exploited work-force , only to be told that the coal seams were too meagre and the profit margin too small to provide improvements in safety standards . |
| 9 | The more active occupied some post offices and gave evidence to the House of Commons Select Committee , part of which is reproduced here ( Fleming , 1973 ) . |
| 10 | They followed a linear plan , oriented to the departure platform , and access to the railway line was controlled by the building , which contained the company 's offices and waiting accommodation for the passengers . |
| 11 | ‘ This man ’ — she took John 's arm — ‘ could shut his eyes and walk yard by yard in his mind-down any line he 's built . |
| 12 | She brushed the tears from her eyes and took stock of her position . |
| 13 | And then Caspar , who had been narrowing his eyes and taking stock of everything and everyone , suddenly gripped Fenella 's arm and said , in a voice from which most of the breath had been driven , ‘ Fenella — over there . ’ |
| 14 | Bicker shaded his eyes and peered north with satisfaction . |
| 15 | Puzzled eyes and gawping mouth behind a window like a goldfish . |
| 16 | Clarify your people 's goals and get commitment to them . |
| 17 | ‘ The players here are leaking a few goals and losing faith in themselves but there might not be a lot wrong . |
| 18 | Some Pakistani weavers own their looms and sub-contract work from exporters , while others are directly employed in large manufactories . |
| 19 | Bothwell 's men had to carry their leader back to Hermitage , where he was greeted by the mortifying news that the prisoners had overpowered their guards and taken charge of the castle . |
| 20 | X operating system environment , initially handling development of device drivers and doing certification for European OEM partners — especially for customers of its forthcoming Intel Corp iAPX-86 implementation — such as ICL Plc , Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA and local Dell Computer Corp operations . |
| 21 | There has certainly been central government encouragement : bodies recognized as enterprise agencies are entitled to various tax concessions and become part of a wider national network . |
| 22 | It can either tough it out , claiming virtue in its readiness to take hard decisions in the national interest ; or it can assemble safeguards and concessions and proclaim compassion for the neediest . |
| 23 | You know how superstitious she is , touching wood and not walking under ladders and throwing salt over her shoulder when she 's spilled some . |
| 24 | He hired the exclusive venues for parties and made cash by selling tickets . |
| 25 | A new constitution , permitting the formation of political parties and guaranteeing freedom of speech , was approved in October . |
| 26 | The Society placed the insurance with commercial insurers and received commission for so doing . |
| 27 | One way to avoid selective cover only would be for the government to insist on a compulsory levy on all commercial insurance policies , and this has been suggested by the Association of Insurers and Risk Manager in Industry and Commerce ( AIRMIC ) which represents about 300 UK insurance buyers . |
| 28 | The owner sued the insurers and obtained judgment in the county court for £5,199.30 . |
| 29 | The Thames and Chilterns tourist board had nearly eight hundred members — it 's role to promote attractions and boost tourism in counties including Oxfordshire , Buckinghamshire and Berkshire . |
| 30 | The green men in their cloaks of leaves and branches then discovered them , and came down to the beach and circled Dulé and his companions where they lay prone , and shook their fronds and squatted on their haunches and kicked their legs and tossed their heads and slapped palm to thigh , in order to rally them and send them off again ; pouring spirits and water into their faces to invigorate them , beating out a rhythm with their feet . |