Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The use of copper as a protection for the underwater parts of ships ' hulls had been suggested in England as early as 1708 and by the 1770s it had been generally adopted throughout the navy . |
| 2 | And therefore more protection for the middle peasants . |
| 3 | The second approach is unlikely to leave the customer with insufficient protection for the following reasons . |
| 4 | Structural work had to be restricted to ‘ the minimum compatible with the provision of a reasonable standard of protection for the ambulant patients and the staff not required to remain on duty ’ . |
| 5 | The position of the DBMS , acting as a cushion between the logical views of the data structure and the physical schema , is shown in Figure 4.1 . |
| 6 | It seems to me there is no foundation for it whatever ; all that a court of justice can look to is the parliamentary roll ; they see that an Act has passed both Houses of Parliament , and that it has received the royal assent , and no court of justice can inquire into the manner in which it was introduced into Parliament , what was done previously to its being introduced , or what passed in Parliament during the various stages of its progress through both Houses of Parliament . |
| 7 | The coastal province of Friesland , which is in the Netherlands , was the main cradle for the Dutch black-and-whites , along with the provinces of North Holland and South Holland on the opposite shores of the Zuider Zee . |
| 8 | Its answer to the problem is either that it is entitled to more money from central Government , regardless of how much its rate support grant for the social services sector has risen , or that it needs the unfettered right to raise further taxes locally . |
| 9 | This is in preparation for the new Sprinters when they come into service . |
| 10 | All this is very necessary preparation for the major exercises planned for later in the year when they will join with other battalions , Regular and TA , to practise their wartime role . |
| 11 | If she was an innocent abroad , her parents considered that a life cocooned in an all-girls school was hardly adequate preparation for the bright lights of the big city . |
| 12 | Aside from its last-minute agreement with Unix System Labs ( see front ) , SCO was strengthening some other key relationships in preparation for the highly-competitive months ahead for those in the operating system software business . |
| 13 | A preliminary draft of a charter on the environmental rights of developing nations has been issued following the third set of negotiations in preparation for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development ( UNCED ) . |
| 14 | Some specific proposals could be made here , for example ( 1 ) a link between the St Leonard 's cycleway ( see Opportunity No.9 ) and the east end of the Meadows cycle route — eg via a suitably traffic-calmed Montague St. ; ( 2 ) a link from the West end of the Meadows northward to Princes St. A north-south route through the new developments to the west of Lothian Road is not suitable ( for this purpose ) because it would involve too long a deviation and the crossing of major roads . |
| 15 | The formal relationships outlined above need to be complemented by an appreciation of informal linkages , such as the sharing of knowledge and experience through the regional branches of professional associations . |
| 16 | The vague and confused distribution of powers in relation to the curriculum between the various partners — the individual school , the LEA , and central government is noted . |
| 17 | Despite a major stratigraphic gap that includes most of the Jurassic and the Lower Cretaceous , there is little angular discordance between the shaly limestones and shales of the Rhaetic and Lower Lias and the overlying glauconitic sandstones and limestones of the Upper Cretaceous . |
| 18 | So well did Smith and Lamb play during the early overs , talk began of a mid-afternoon declaration to test the Kiwis ' mettle . |
| 19 | The key factor in the overall course of British economic development has been the particular , even unique , class character of British capitalism in the division between industrial and finance capital which has itself entailed a spatial division between the industrial provinces and the metropolitan hub of finance and commerce . |
| 20 | His fingers felt the division between the old floorboards and then the cross-cut which marked the edge of a trapdoor . |
| 21 | And next June is a great opportunity for the Liberal Democrats . |
| 22 | In addition the development of birth-control techniques provided the opportunity for the above changes of attitudes to be encouraged . |
| 23 | The resignation of the Foreign Secretary , Anthony Eden , early in 1938 provided an opportunity for the popular forces to intervene . |
| 24 | There was no sign of life on the deck between the stacked containers . |
| 25 | To many among the intelligentsia , an alliance with the Soviet Union offered the only practical defence for the Western democracies against the rising tide of fascism . |
| 26 | Many perceived the affair as a struggle between the competing claims of parents and teachers over the education of the child . |
| 27 | What was depicted as a struggle between a national proletariat and peasantry , and a national bourgeoisie , was in fact a struggle between the Russian Bolsheviks on the one hand , and Russian and foreign anti-Bolsheviks on the other hand , for the controlling influence over the territory concerned . |
| 28 | The hope was that their public encounter would diffuse tension in the townships and workers ' hostels , which were the fighting grounds in the power struggle between the rival movements . |
| 29 | The manufacturers found themselves ‘ excluded alike from the County Commission of the Peace and the Municipal Corporation ’ , and from ‘ this essentially ‘ caste ’ struggle between the Tory squires and the radical manufacturers ’ ( Webb and Webb 1963:93 ) there emerged not only the widening of the parliamentary franchise but also the pressure for change in the urban areas . |
| 30 | Indicators relating to the struggle between the hardline members of the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) and those in favour of economic liberalization continued to suggest that the latter group was gaining ground . |