Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pron] [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The character on stage , for reasons which may possibly be explained by the insertion of a line or two into the script , wears a deaf-aid … ’ |
| 2 | For reasons which can only be guessed at he decided to establish himself near Keswick in Cumberland and returned in the following year with Hans Loner , a relative by marriage , and twelve German workers , to set up works and to prospect more fully . |
| 3 | As the months have passed , it his become clear that something like a campaign of disinformation has been waged , for reasons which can still only be guessed at . |
| 4 | Other coins made from the same different die can often be found , thus establishing a chain of die links between objects which might otherwise display no close similarities . |
| 5 | ‘ For income I 'd again select a combination of funds . |
| 6 | As secretary of state for defence you could never have afforded a position like this . |
| 7 | On the other hand it would save us driving 30-odd extra kilometres in the rain , and anyway I said if we get there and there is n't a ferry for hours we can just carry on to Calais . |
| 8 | Critics might say the charters are merely PR exercises for pledges which should already be standard requirements of the health service . |
| 9 | PR exercises for pledges which should already be standard requirements of the health service . |
| 10 | First aid kit — which as climbers you should anyway have . |
| 11 | In their view the Commission were giving Article 100A an unduly wide construction and were using it for proposals which should properly have been based on some alternative Article of the EEC Treaty , such as Article 100 or Article 235 , which required unanimity in the Council . |
| 12 | For instance one can readily see how insects adapt themselves to many environments but the larger the animal the less likely it is to survive if the environment drastically changes . |
| 13 | In a money economy , these problems are considerably reduced : clothes , for example , are exchanged for money which can then be used to purchase food . |
| 14 | as long as you 've got two hands and you can work for money you 'll never bloody win any . |
| 15 | The report made 230 recommendations for action which would radically improve or reduce legal , financial , housing , employment and other problems facing Britain 's one-parent families . |
| 16 | using small spaces between letters and larger spaces between words which can easily be distinguished by the recogniser , the following was often found : |
| 17 | These should include mild and hot peppers ( the jalapeño pepper is not for the faint hearted ) , and tomato sauces for tacos which can also be used for many other dishes . |
| 18 | ‘ You see , McAllister , ’ he said gravely , ‘ were it not for Matey I should never look presentable . |
| 19 | Now he 'll look out for restaurants we can both go to , ’ she explains . |
| 20 | The deeper purpose of his novels was no more than one must expect from any responsible man who draws on his experience and knowledge of the world for readers who will rightly expect both the general and the particular in the fiction . |
| 21 | Montano reacts to this inversion of the truth with the correct response ( assuming it to be true ) which Iago has elicited from him , namely that Othello ought to be told ; at which point Iago demurs , with the pretence of friendship : From that declaration , after the ensuing brawl , Iago has built himself a platform from which he can now act the perfect friend : As we alone know , to get the truth from what Iago says about Cassio one must simply invert everything he says . |
| 22 | The vendor may simply refuse to consider a retention or deferred payment since after completion it will simply not have the facilities to perform any remaining contractual obligations and vicarious performance by the purchaser is not possible or is inappropriate . |
| 23 | After tea we would sometimes walk round their garden , and she gave me tips on gardening which have since stood me in good stead ; and cuttings , which still bring her to my mind . |
| 24 | Would he eventually be ousted by one of them , a toothless lion left to die of starvation while the rest of the herd loped off after game he could no longer compete for ? |
| 25 | So the treatment is double nappy if it 's not a very er serious one or if they notice a click just after delivery they would immediately put the baby in double nappies . |
| 26 | As it had been used after employment it could only have been protected by an express term . |
| 27 | ‘ If the accident had happened after April we would never have been able to afford it , ’ said Elizabeth , who is a part-time school cleaner . |
| 28 | ‘ After chapel we used always to go down there and watch them battle it out , ’ he says . |
| 29 | All six had conquered hardships of their own to help those in need and Celebrities Guild founder Ella Glazer said : ‘ They 're all remarkable people and it 's a pleasure for us to reward them for work which might otherwise go unmarked . ’ |
| 30 | If they remain chronically incapacitated for work they can now claim invalidity benefit at a higher rate . |