Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast the ecological lobby is weak and poorly organised in an area whose people have little romantic attachment to the countryside and see environmental protection as something of a luxury . |
| 2 | A bond began to be formed when they asked Martin to place protection for them on an icy pitch just below the summit . |
| 3 | Like the others Brian remembers minimal preparation and no protection for them during the tests . |
| 4 | Every penny he was paying he was having grant for it from the government Aye . |
| 5 | We understand from the Office of Fair Trading and the Consumer Credit Sub-Committee of the Institute of Trading Standards Administration that — although there is clearly opportunity for it within the close-knit personal relationship between the check trader and the customer — exploitation of customers seems very rare . |
| 6 | This is an opportunity for anyone with an interest in film and television for young people to express their views on the current programmes and films available . |
| 7 | The cast and crew were situated in the picturesque summer tourist trap of St Ives where they virtually took over the comfortable olde-worlde Tregenna Castle Hotel , while Peckinpah rented a small cottage for himself on the moor . |
| 8 | ‘ Siddy 's ’ fiancée , Beth , would cut and set her hair for her in the late ‘ twenties , but by the time the couple married in June , 1930 , Granny was very near the end . |
| 9 | the main explanation why so long to reply is very much geared to the fact that we are in the hands of the Electricity Board for everything below the junction box on the street lighted column , if the bolt is in the cable , or a cable junction or in a circuit we are in the hands in another organization totally , who will have their own timescales and priority to responses . |
| 10 | There is no provision for one in the Bill . |
| 11 | But she did n't find out he had made no provision for her in the event of his death until Elizabeth could no longer withhold her sentiments . |
| 12 | We may never see one another again , but nobody cares , because there 's no provision for it in the rules . |
| 13 | More did not — but included provision for it in the other types of school . |
| 14 | ‘ Britten had written the part for him as the eldest son , Jaffet , which was a treble , ’ said Graham . |
| 15 | A theatrical gentleman approached me after one of the performances , said he was impressed by my singing , and that he could obtain a part for me with the Schikenader Company in Vienna . |
| 16 | He thinks there 's a part for me in the new play at the Queen 's . ’ |
| 17 | The pity of it was that she had n't made a bigger part for herself in the night 's scenario ; she was getting polite nods and hellos from people that she already knew slightly , and curious glances from most of the others . |
| 18 | This depends on the aims of the essay , but it might include : — a judgement about which of the competing arguments you have considered in your essay is correct or most persuasive ; |
| 19 | I do n't like it when presentation screens are multiloaded before each level though — that 's just waste of time , and there 's certainly no excuse for it in a game like Sly Spy . |
| 20 | I later found out that the school had enquired at the house after the girl 's continued absence and been given some plausible excuse for it by the father . |
| 21 | They are equally brief when it comes to the details of Richard 's accession , Mancini in particular treating Gloucester 's actual assumption of the throne as something of a tailpiece to the real story . |
| 22 | They are equally brief when it comes to the details of Richard 's accession , Mancini in particular treating Gloucester 's actual assumption of the throne as something of a tailpiece to the real story . |
| 23 | I think there might be a parcel for you at the door is it ? |
| 24 | driver for me on the phone , so he calls me up , oh we 've got load of them he said |
| 25 | As he peered through the binoculars he felt a tremor of excitement course through him at the prospect of seeing the printed images come to life . |
| 26 | He sat up immediately on his cot , feeling a surge of pleasurable anticipation course through him at the prospect of one more day stalking the great game animals of southern Asia through the beautiful tropical forest where he now felt almost at home . |
| 27 | He then became the resident guitarist at ECM and therefore has played guitar for everyone in the modern movement : for example , Paul Bley , Mike Gibbs , Eberhard Weber , Paul Motian and Jan Gabarek . |
| 28 | According to Hermann , working in the late eleventh century , this happened because Edmund 's popularity was increasing , and this tends to be confirmed by the entry of his feast-day in calendars produced in Winchester and Canterbury at about the same time , and by the inclusion of a special mass for him in a sacramentary probably written in Ely . |
| 29 | He knew that he would be rash to expect everyone to obey him all the time ; he had secured the Moghul throne for himself by the skill with which he had played off his brothers against one another , and he distrusted most of the people around him . |
| 30 | er full courses and I think too people tend to say about that level for something like the accountancy |