Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was more than a legal victory for Taylor when the judge told the skinhead that it was only his brief 's eloquence that had saved him from prison . |
| 2 | With Charles Rennie , the civil engineer , he surveyed the new harbour for Saltcoats and the line for the Glasgow to Ardrossan canal . |
| 3 | The children 's parents help me to put on pantomimes to raise money for outings and the Christmas party . ’ |
| 4 | In view of the plethora of material for debate and the fact that the debate is starting rather late for reasons that the House understands , I think that it will be sensible if I curtail my remarks to some degree . |
| 5 | The UK government opposes minimum standards for products and the labelling scheme is voluntary . |
| 6 | During the work the original opening between Cell-y-bedd and the church was discovered , thus explaining the entry in the Parish records in 1721 ‘ for shutting up Melangell 's door — 9 pence ’ ! |
| 7 | If you leave your home to someone else who later decides to sell it , then he/she may be liable for CGT when the property is sold ( although only on the gain since the date of death ) . |
| 8 | Have you joined the RSPB to learn more about birds and the countryside ? |
| 9 | The asking of that question in 1962 brought problems about teaching and the curriculum into a sharper national focus , and into a context of Government and politics from which they have never since been dislodged . |
| 10 | Dealing takes place between GEMMs and investors in gilt-edged ; between GEMMs themselves , usually but not invariably through one of the three inter-dealer brokers ( IDBs ) ; and between GEMMs and the Bank of England . |
| 11 | The tough world of motor racing finds Cagney competing against his brother for glory and the girl . |
| 12 | The use of a spectacle-case for protection and the habit of keeping the lenses clean helps to ensure that these aids to sight are kept in a usable , effective condition . |
| 13 | The most important are the attractive forces between molecules and the shape , structure and relative molecular mass of these molecules . |
| 14 | Ore was crushed and stamped on the spot , being sent as a concentrate to Cheadle in Staffordshire for reduction and the manufacture of wire , and Dickson says , sheets for coppering the bottoms of ships . |
| 15 | We fear that inadequate time will be available for Personnel if the Head of that sector is also managing campaigns . |
| 16 | I have enclosed a leaflet about CPRW and a copy of the latest edition of our magazine which I hope you find interesting . |
| 17 | Because of the heat all work stopped about lunch-time and the city came to a halt . |
| 18 | But Faldo has reserved his most barbed comments for Alliss and the press , even though the publicity afforded him over the last 16 years has brought a £2 million home and bulging bank account worth more than £10m . |
| 19 | Explain if it would have made any difference if the garage owner had said he would sell the car for £1,000 although no price was displayed . |
| 20 | Durham , received a cheque for £1,000 and a bottle of Champagne . |
| 21 | Yet none of that nonsense about Michelangelo and the stone . |
| 22 | Bills for gambling debts are stuffed beneath an overflowing chamber-pot and the Prince is surrounded by medications for indigestion and the pox . |
| 23 | Right , now , we 've talked about very briefly , touched on the division between university and the city , and obviously the erm differences between the King and Parliament exacerbated what happened in the city . |
| 24 | Other lecturers emphasise the New Testament as literature and the response of the reader . |
| 25 | In their first year , Asian Studies students take two units simultaneously : Japanese for beginners and an introduction to Asian Studies which provides an outline of the history of Asia in the 20th century . |
| 26 | A direct reassignment of national taxes , as in Germany , might do it — but would need a consensus between Whitehall and the town halls that Britain sorely lacks . |
| 27 | The work involved the evaluation of land for the rival purposes of agriculture , housing , air-fields , hydro-electric schemes , etc. , and often resulted in acrimonious tussles between Agriculture and the Home and Health Departments . |
| 28 | When formulating its eventual recommendations , the National Consultative Group will have to take into account two essential differences between agriculture and the rest of British industry : it is for the most part composed of relatively small-scale and highly efficient enterprises employing limited numbers of men and women working in relative isolation from one another ; and , as we have seen , the boundaries between the craftsman and technician in agriculture are shifting and difficult , if not impossible , to define . |
| 29 | Showing visitors the links between agriculture and the landscape has been an important part of the thinking behind each weekend 's programme . |
| 30 | There is a wide consensus among medical educators and students about the need for change and the direction it should take , and there are plenty of examples from Britain and elsewhere that change is possible and can be effective . |