Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [adv] [noun prp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ICI has chosen not to invest in new HCFCs which have a small ozone depletion potential even though these represent a useful interim measure for speeding up CFC phase-out , preferring to concentrate on more lasting solutions . |
| 2 | Mike Galloway joined them later after pulling back Dundee skipper Dodds . |
| 3 | Rudimentary Mafiosi , such as Franco Ambrosio , who was shortly to be a founding member of Jackie Oliver 's and Alan Rees 's Arrows team , an egregious former self-styled gun-runner and mercenary later gaoled for escaping up Holland Park Avenue throwing bags of cocaine out the windows of his car , floated around on the edge of those early South American season-openers , the former offering fantastic deals ( on which he rarely delivered ) and the latter procuring the kind of girls that racing drivers can relax with . |
| 4 | He describes how in the midst of turning around Ebury Press to a £5 million enterprise , she would still wake up early enough to devote the early morning hours and after work to their children , Georgia , four , and Grace , one . |
| 5 | He added he would willingly forego a trip to the United States and play in the Jersey Open with the hope of collecting more Ryder Cup points . |
| 6 | Got conned into going out Saturday night . |
| 7 | Lee was challenged by a powerful conservative faction which threatened him with selecting instead Lin Yang-kan , the populist president of the Judicial Yuan and Gen. Chiang Wei-kuo , Chiang Kai-shek 's only surviving son . |
| 8 | After a shaky start full back Nick Pickering got himself booked after only 42 seconds for chopping down Worrall Sterling Quakers restricted Posh to three first half chances , even though the promotion chasers enjoyed most possession . |
| 9 | Finally , public relations has been looked at in some detail , because this area has expanded most over recent years and its relationship to the selling function is a very direct one as the sales force is increasingly being called upon to carry out PR activity . |
| 10 | She and her husband ran a restaurant for eleven years before opening up Ford Farm in 1973 . |
| 11 | I would have no hesitation in recommending either Puffin Dive School , or the dive sites to anyone . |
| 12 | ‘ This is the first step in sorting out Darlington town centre , we want to go on and sort out the bus chaos , the market square and look at pedestrianising other areas . ’ |
| 13 | Darlington council Leader Coun John Williams has called it ‘ the first step in sorting out Darlington town centre . |
| 14 | British Rail themselves , the guardians of this heritage , gave a blockbusting philistine lead by demolishing the Euston Arch , an act somewhat akin to tearing down Salisbury Cathedral or Windsor Castle . |
| 15 | Nor do these countries object to spending more EC money , which comes mainly from their richer northern neighbours anyway . |
| 16 | New Zealand pulp and paper makers Fletcher Challenge is well on the way to taking over UK Paper after its surprise 375p a share bid . |
| 17 | Ashton 's ordinance for setting up Shrewsbury School is often quoted today for its specification that the building should include " a library and a gallery for the said school , furnished with all manner of books , maps , spheres , instruments of astronomy arid all things appertaining to learning . " |
| 18 | ENynex Corp has extended its status as the biggest cable television operator in the UK by buying out US Cable Corp and Morgan Cable Ltd to take control of the Bury and Rochdale and Oldham and Tameside cable franchises : the New York and New England phone company now holds 19 franchises surviving a potential 2.7m homes and offices , and says it plans to invest over £1,000m in the next six to seven years to provide cable and telephone services ; at present it is providing cable television services to only 35,000 customers and 20,000 telephone lines . |