Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The provision sometimes inserted in a settlement for giving remuneration to a professional man who is one of the trustees is open to considerable objection since it may give him an interest in incurring expense , and will , in any case , tend to make the other trustees leave the management mainly in his hands . |
| 2 | Another possible explanation for the embrace of self-effacement is that it created the opportunity for exercising power without accepting responsibility . |
| 3 | This can provide an opportunity for testing opinion on controversial proposals such as the reprocessing of nuclear fuels at Windscale and the designation of Stansted as the site of the third London airport . |
| 4 | In October , Leech was refused planning permission for housing development to the south-west of Cramlington Village but did not appeal against this decision . |
| 5 | Other things equal , there will be a greater case for taking advantage of the lower average costs of larger communities . |
| 6 | Whether this is seen as a straightforward historical progression from polytheism to monotheism , or whether it is seen more as bringing out ideas implicit in the Jewish religion from the beginning , there is a clear case for identifying Judaism as a monotheistic religion despite its limited recognition of other gods . |
| 7 | The case for placing UNEP in the Third World is plain enough — influence , providing a sense of shaping the decisions — but where can the pay-off be seen in Africa , a hapless continent which does nothing to strengthen UNEP 's authority ? |
| 8 | The government 's case for retaining lead in petrol has been based heavily on the 1981 Lawther report . |
| 9 | One of the main recommendations from the Governors was that governing bodies might wish to present a case for linking participation in regional and national schools . |
| 10 | Since demonstrative pronouns typically involve a gesture , it seems easy to assimilate such acts of reference to general theories of action ; if one can then show that other kinds of referring expression are related to demonstratives , the case for viewing reference in general as a species of action is made plausible . |
| 11 | the continuing need for special provision for teaching English as a second language . |
| 12 | Largely because of the tax gains , but also the increased freedom it gives to the pensioner , many pension schemes have provision for allowing part of the value of the pension to be capitalized on retirement . |
| 13 | Service of documents Lex Service plc v Johns ; CA ( Glidewell , Balcombe LJJ ) ; 22 Aug 1989 The evidence of the defendant that he had not received documents sent by a recorded delivery service and apparently received by some other person was not contrary evidence for the purpose of contradicting the statutory provision for deemed service under s 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 . |
| 14 | But provision for treating dyslexia in Mr Fallon 's own constituency was described by an expert last night as mediocre . |
| 15 | There must of course be provision for retaining information about the interrupted sequence of instructions , so that processing can continue from the point at which the interruption took place . |
| 16 | There is no difficulty about taking tension in a thin membrane , the problem is how to take compression without causing the skin to buckle . |
| 17 | The seller is concerned about being paid and the buyer about getting hold of the goods . |
| 18 | people who discussed politics more during the campaign gave personal conversations a somewhat higher rating for providing information on the issues , but not for other purposes . |
| 19 | Chloe Gunn ( Mrs Blackburn ) in May won a NACF award for promoting art in public buildings . |
| 20 | Yet this would bump up against the western world 's self-serving policy of subsidised farming , which explains a lot of its enthusiasm for shipping grain to Africa . |
| 21 | So far , the Western countries have shown far greater enthusiasm for applying law to international terrorism than for enforcement of the ( IVth ) Geneva Convention . |
| 22 | Secondly , Morgan gives the impression that there was a direct link between reckoning descent in the female line and high status for women . |
| 23 | The excursion as described from Thun via Heiligenschwendi to Merligen above is the most straightforward route for making acquaintance with a most attractive pre-alpine landscape with a very favoured southern exposure . |
| 24 | Topical metronidazole Editor , — I wish to correct Minerva 's mistaken assertion that there is no preparation of topical metronidazole for treating rosacea in Britain . |
| 25 | If , as seems likely , there is considerable public support for ridding petrol of its lead burden , then why not act ? |
| 26 | How this could or should affect the political decision about banning lead in petrol is not a question which I am competent to answer ; it involves too many non-scientific aspects . |
| 27 | They stopped it being watered down and prevented the part about combating discrimination from being taken out . |
| 28 | On the establishment of the Forest Healthcare trust , responsibility for allocating capital to the trust passes from the region to the Department . |
| 29 | What remains true is that the responsibility for accounting standard-setting for companies is clear , as it is for the Government . |
| 30 | This special responsibility for verifying compliance with Community minimum requirements is known as ‘ home country control ’ and will be of increasing practical importance for UK businesses which venture abroad while remaining subject to such home country control . |