Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [prep] [adj] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Something about the tide unleashes upon one the suspicion that Mr Tim is not , himself , as it were , English .
2 Sedimentation goes on all the time , for ever moving from place to place , for ever cannibalising itself .
3 As thoughts turn to booking a place in the holiday sun , Money Guardian looks at both the costs and savings of taking a break .
4 Each time a measurement is made the program checks that a strip around the reference strip has at most a small number of ON pixels in it .
5 The property of a partnership belongs to all the partners in common , since the partnership itself has no legal personality .
6 The mixing of geographical information from different map scales and sources is a key aspect of GIS functionality , but it does raise the question as to what effects the combination of different levels of data uncertainty has on both the output maps and on the data derived from spatial query and analysis .
7 Coun Mrs Harker said : ‘ I would very much like to see more speed limits on all the roads coming into West Auckland .
8 He made it clear that the Employment Secretary , Michael Howard , was not prepared to see Community action in the field of industrial relations and that Community legislation should not push up labour costs in such a way as to reduce the ability of business to compete in world markets .
9 If the roof blows off such a lavatory , of course one will expect to be annoyed .
10 Strategic planning guidance exists in all the metropolitan districts , including Tyne and Wear .
11 The banking department deals with all the other banking business , is classified as part of the banking sector , and falls within the UK monetary sector .
12 It now belongs to Lord Bolton and has a grand little tearoom where I have slaked the dust absorbed on summer cycling trips on many an occasion .
13 The navy 's main force consists of half a dozen inshore patrol craft .
14 The guaranteed two per cent bonus applies on all the interest rate tiers , so small savers are rewarded with the same bonus rate as the bigger savers .
15 The freshening dominates in such a way as to suppress convective water mass formation .
16 The research focuses on both the organisation of individual estates and life in the planting community .
17 The second exception is where an agent receives a commission or discount from a third party and it is the usual practice of the business in which the agent operates for such a commission or discount to be paid .
18 The latest tragedy brings to five the total of fishermen lost from the village in a week .
19 The Economic Advisory Section in the Corporate Planning Department works for all the Post Office Businesses , analysing commercial issues .
20 However , while the journalist , or the politician for that matter , tends only to select things which are in accord with some preconceived view or set of values , sociologists try to go beyond this by using clearly defined theoretical concepts , representative samples and writing research reports in such a way that they can be examined , tested and , perhaps , modified by others .
21 The abduction brings to 19 the number of Westerners missing and believed kidnapped in Lebanon
22 What is a fair procedure in relation to any particular decision depends upon all the circumstances , including the subject matter of the decision , its importance to the person particularly affected and the interests of the public in general .
23 Diffusion of responsibility occurs to such a degree in Japan that outright blame is not easily assigned .
24 The social worker whose aim is to effect change in response to some cry for help , will try to ensure that the change occurs in such a way that it is manageable for the system as a whole .
25 Although concerned to embed his ideas in practices Bourdieu is not himself especially concerned with defining the role of the artefact , but it is clear how his work contributes to such a task .
26 If we do nothing the badger is doomed to suffer , and terrible suffering goes on all the time .
27 While her work has in common a pre-occupation with a place called ‘ home ’ and the notion ‘ family ’ , her photographic construction is quite different .
28 The same issue exists in all the important societies of Europe .
29 Mitchell won numerous prizes including the Grand Prix des Arts of the city of Paris in 1991 , and her work hangs in all the main American collections .
30 The Act applies notwithstanding such a choice of law clause if either ( a ) such clause " appears to the court or arbitrator or arbiter to have been imposed wholly or mainly for the purpose of enabling the party imposing it to evade the operation of " the Act or ( b ) one of the parties when making the contract dealt as a consumer , was habitually resident in the UK and " the essential steps necessary for the making of the contract were taken there " .
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