Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two conferences of the Football Supporters ' Association have called for a re-think , but it seemed we were banging our heads against a brick wall . |
| 2 | Next up , and light years away from the real world , PLANET GONG have survived on an even more meagre diet of dodgy rock ideology and space cadet wizardry , commanded by the absurd Ronald McDonald persona of Daevid Allen — long time centrifugal force in the Land Of Gong . |
| 3 | Virtually none of the people looked at in this demonstration have gone into an informal care setting where they are relying to a large degree on informal caring . |
| 4 | The family of a remand prisoner found hanged in his cell have called for a public inquiry after an inquest reached a suicide verdict . |
| 5 | This and the previous chapter have concentrated on an analysis of some of the major behavioural influences and This and the previous chapter have concentrated on an analysis of some of the major behavioural influences and determinants of individual demand . |
| 6 | This and the previous chapter have concentrated on an analysis of some of the major behavioural influences and This and the previous chapter have concentrated on an analysis of some of the major behavioural influences and determinants of individual demand . |
| 7 | Henry , it transpires , is very much the protege of Jane whose negative experiences of residential living have combined with a complex of personal problems and have generated an anger that she has tempered to a cause . |
| 8 | The difficulties inherent in the ‘ rational ’ approach to public policy-making and administration have led to a renewed interest in ‘ incrementalism ’ in local authorities . |
| 9 | The environmental policies of the Reagan administration have resulted in a resurgence of the American environmental movement — the book explains why in graphic terms . |
| 10 | The club have opted for a left arm spinner Jamie Stewart from Western Australia as their pro . |
| 11 | Hospital nurses opposing a plan to make them wear their own clothes for work have put off a decision to take action in protest . |
| 12 | It is our intention to explore the hypothesis that public perceptions of marriage have shifted from an emphasis on its public/institutional to its private/relational aspects . |
| 13 | It is for just such situations that the army plans and trains , and many years of trial and error have resulted in a hierarchy in which the number of subordinates at most levels is between 3 and 6 . |
| 14 | Some authors writing in this vein have spoken of a fundamental change in international politics resulting from the rise of these ‘ new forces in world politics ’ . |
| 15 | TANGMERE MILITARY AVIATION Museum have embarked on a project to salvage the dismantled and buried remains of a Hawker Hector in West Sussex . |
| 16 | FIFTY-FOUR parishioners from the Shrewsbury Cathedral Parish and diocese have returned from a memorable holiday/pilgrimage to Rome , Assisi and Palazzola . |
| 17 | Both of Ambrose 's ( 1986 ) mechanisms of capital accumulation have operated in a straightforward fashion . |
| 18 | The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council have agreed on a peace plan that could end more than ten years of civil war in Cambodia . |
| 19 | David Newton , head of gilts trading at Barclays de Zoete Wedd , said : ‘ The longer-dated gilts in this sector have suffered as a result of the government 's higher-than-expected borrowing requirement . |
| 20 | Like their colleagues in further education , the 17,000 lecturers in the sector have voted for a marking and exam boycott . |
| 21 | Confronting the fact from the other side is Alex Macdonald , the Airdrie manager whose team seem bent on a place in the Guinness Book of Records with 100 bookings in a season . |
| 22 | In behavioural terms this usually occurs when people participating in the meeting get locked into an information loop . |
| 23 | Staying on the other side of the Atlantic but turning to the Charles Dutoit/Philadelphia Orchestra coupling of Rachmaninov 's Third Symphony and Symphonic Dances , a Decca team have turned in a quite different acoustic balance . |
| 24 | In some cities a relative plethora of doctors and rapid urbanisation have led to a boom in private medical practice , which now provides a substantial amount of curative care for the inhabitants , including the poor ( p 673 ) . |
| 25 | Already television consultants , Judge Marketing have arranged for a special camera to be set up on board British Steel Challenge . |
| 26 | It could very easily be that the accidents of product development and distribution have led to an almost exclusive focus on skin care as the function of cotton wool . |
| 27 | A bus firm 's had to cancel services because its drivers are too ill to work … and Swindon Town have called off a reserve match because they 're down to just 6 fit players . |
| 28 | Swindon Town have gone on a spending spree , in the hope of changing their fortunes in the premier league . |
| 29 | The hurricane , the flood or the tsunami may do more in an hour or a day than the ordinary processes of nature have achieved in a thousand years . |
| 30 | And so sales and profile have dwindled to a fraction of their enormity circa Purple Rain . |