Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1899 , when there was a sharp increase in the number of reported cattle thefts , H. W. Brodhurst , the Government Agent , attributed it to false cases which were instituted because the magistrate was inexperienced : ‘ I therefore attach little importance to this apparent recrudescence of a crime which was once the curse of the Province , but has been little heard of in late years . ’ |
| 2 | It has been loosely referred to as any mode of policing other than the rapid-response crime control type ; an alternative which specifically seeks to make constables part of the community by making them responsible for a geographical area , known as ‘ permanent ’ or ‘ home ’ beats ; a means of developing communication between the police and the local community ; and a process by which responsibility for crime control and prevention is shared with the community , both also known as ‘ community relations ’ ( Weatheritt 1983 : 4–5 ) . |
| 3 | Paper records exist in the various departments , but they tend to be self-monitored , and are rarely referred to by other departments . |
| 4 | UKCCCR guidelines n the handling of animals for laboratory studies were rigorously adhered to throughout these investigations . |
| 5 | While Robson 's view is , today , largely rejected by academic observers , the agency model is still widely adhered to by many practitioners at local level — both councillors and officers — who in the second half of the 1980s see central controls inhibiting their freedom to act in what they regard as the local interest . |
| 6 | Disabled people are widely discriminated against in most types of employment including the health and caring professions . |
| 7 | David Clark 's committee of 25 years ago , irreverently referred to in some quarters as the ‘ Dave Clark Five ’ although it contained 13 people , took as its main brief the worsening financial position of the game consequent upon the postwar trend of falling attendances for first-class matches and declining membership of county clubs . |
| 8 | It 's asking us to save them from being depicted in overexposed snaps , and from being constantly pointed at by male senior citizens . |
| 9 | Even in the nineteenth century the total revenue raised from parents in industrial schools only amounted to between 2.5 and 5 per cent of expenditure , while in the period 1948–69 the parental share of the costs of children in care amounted only to between 4 per cent and 6.5 per cent . |
| 10 | No object of thought that is not capable of being descriptively referred to in such a fashion can be significantly posited as an ontological item existing in the modus " per se " . |
| 11 | The fact , much relied on in some more recent cases in the Ormandy line , that service by mail is not allowed in domestic Japanese cases can not be relevant ; Japan could have objected to Article 10(a) but chose not to do so . |
| 12 | The distinction between human fallibility and the goal of the religious quest is constantly referred to in all religions . |
| 13 | After the exhibition of Canova 's work and related sculpture organised by the Fondazione Memmo at Palazzo Ruspoli in Rome , the nucleus of the show , including ten statues from the Hermitage , has moved to Venice and been greatly added to by further loans . |
| 14 | I could not possibly have been better looked after in any private hospital and my thanks and appreciation go to all those who made my recovery possible . |
| 15 | The species was first successfully introduced to Britain independently in 1861 by John G. Veicht , an Exeter nursery-man , and the Scottish plant collector Robert Fortune and was much sought after by those coveting the rare and the curious . |
| 16 | Entry to this body was much sought after by wealthy young men , because of the prestige it conferred and because it guaranteed proximity to the Emperor . |
| 17 | Consequently graduates from the Department of Hotel and Catering Management are highly sought after in all areas of the industry . |
| 18 | The Iznik pottery from Turkey dating from the fifteenth and sixteenth century explodes with colour on more sophisticated white grounds ; Iznik is now highly sought after by Turkish yuppies and prices run from £2,000 or so to £15,000 . |
| 19 | Steel wool and soap filled pads are useful although much frowned upon by many authorities . |
| 20 | Calculators , on the other hand , are still not entirely approved of by some parents and teachers , even though our experience would suggest that an ability to use a calculator is a far more relevant skill for everyday life than almost any of the pencil-and-paper arithmetic taught in schools . |
| 21 | like most of these these have , erm what I want to know is er why , when I was disposed of as you like as a useless article , why I am suddenly called upon by this government to be one hundred per cent , not fifty per cent responsible , but one hundred per cent responsible , not only for my children which I 'm quite happy to do , but one hundred per cent responsible to keep my wife off of benefit and one hundred per cent responsible if she should ever want one , t for her partner . |
| 22 | This perhaps ties into to that one a bit as well . |
| 23 | I 'm really sorry you could n't move in there tonight , but as usual everything here is delivered in what they charmingly refer to as Eastern Caribbean time — which means late ! ’ |
| 24 | The amount of hot air likely to be generated over the 12 days could trigger off the kind of chain reaction that global warming scientists only refer to in hushed tones . |
| 25 | But in between all these things something happens which is only spoken of in hushed whispers . |
| 26 | Here is one example of what the new crime amounted to : ‘ Suddenly set upon by two men , one of whom seized him by the throat and threw him upon the ground , whilst the other thrust a quantity of mud in his mouth ’ ( The Daily News , 15 December 1862 ) . |
| 27 | The Japanese drift-net fishery for squid alone accounts for between 7000 and 14,000 Dall 's porpoise each year , and there are no reliable estimates for the incidental catch by Taiwanese and Korean drift-netters in the squid , salmon , and tuna/ billfish fisheries . |
| 28 | Section 742 states that an individual shall be deemed to have power to enjoy the income for the purposes of s739 if he comes within one or more of the following heads : ( a ) To enure for benefit The income is in fact so dealt with by any person as to be calculated , at some point of time and whether in the form of income or not , to enure for the benefit of the individual . |
| 29 | Nor is there much to hope for from other domestic buyers . |
| 30 | Thus James Bentham writes of the Fens : ‘ The smallest spots , however , scattered or remote , which first showed themselves above the surrounding waters , were eagerly seized upon by these watchful discoverers , and claimed as part of their allotted reward . ’ |