Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , code switching in such conversations is the norm for British-born speakers in my sample . |
| 2 | In fact , she returned to Kensington Palace for professional treatment for her chronic depression . |
| 3 | If the patient has problems with his employer , he may need to apply for professional help through his social worker . |
| 4 | In Sutcliffe v Thackrah [ 1974 ] AC 727 the House of Lords overruled Chambers v Goldthorpe ( see 14.3.5 ) , and held that an architect certifying payments due to a contractor under a building contract was liable for professional negligence to his client the employer . |
| 5 | The moral panic generated by scroungerphobia represents homeless men as feckless fugitives from their proper role . |
| 6 | ‘ Tuberculosis is contracted through prolonged contact with someone with symptoms of the disease . |
| 7 | Ronnie 's story was splashed over the Sunday papers telling how he had bought the cabinet for fifty pounds from someone who walked into his shop . |
| 8 | As a rule the right is first vested in the author , and continues for fifty years after his death ; but in the case of photographs and gramophone records the original owner of the negative or plate is treated as the author , and the right lasts for fifty years from the time when the negative or plate was made . |
| 9 | He then introduced a new type of 4–4–0 express locomotive , with a leading bogie which gave much smoother and safer negotiation of curved track at speed , and these ran for fifty years from their entry into service in 1876 . |
| 10 | The provisions for capital gains tax relief for entrepreneurs were also amended to extend the relief to gains arising from the sale of quoted shares where the qualifying entrepreneur held them when they were unquoted and allow him or her to claim relief when they receive shares in another company in exchange for unquoted shares in their own . |
| 11 | The evidence is that since the thirties women have begun to stand for political positions in their own right but progress has been slow . |
| 12 | It seems impossible that they could not have known where they were ; they can only have ignored it deliberately , and therefore perhaps for political reasons of their own . |
| 13 | On the other hand , he must have been a disappointment to his dynastically inclined father and mother since he never showed any aspirations for political office despite their encouragement . |
| 14 | This amounts to a quest for possible ways in which Tit for Tat individuals might happen to cluster together in sufficient numbers that they can all benefit at the banker 's expense . |
| 15 | The group is still looking for possible partners for its optronics operations , though it insists that so far there have only been talks , not negotiations . |
| 16 | The group is still looking for possible partners for its optronics operations , though it insists that so far there have only been talks , not negotiations . |
| 17 | It was winter wonderland around St. Alban 's College when more than 80 keen enthusiasts arrived clad in warm woolies and boots for the Annual Hertfordshire Day Rally organised by Doreen Copas in February and guest teachers Vanessa Forbes and Chris Markham had risen very early to allow for possible hazards along their respective snowy cross-country journeys . |
| 18 | AI also obtained detailed information about specific incidents in which the army or gendarmerie killed unarmed civilians , including the extrajudicial execution by soldiers of 11 workers at a Roman Catholic seminary in Bujumbura . |
| 19 | He left to ‘ join the real world ’ at Plessey , as executive assistant to its managing director , Michael Clark . |
| 20 | There is often a stark contrast between private space for which tenants have responsibility for upkeep and the public space which are the council 's responsibility . |
| 21 | Get to know more about Norman Croucher for yourself . |
| 22 | ‘ I had an awful dream about that galley of ours . |
| 23 | Tess , when you told me about that child of ours , my feelings for you became strong again . |
| 24 | er full courses and I think too people tend to say about that level for something like the accountancy |
| 25 | But erm , course , we er you did n't er think about that part of it then like , you know . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , you 're always worrying about that sister of yours . |
| 27 | We thought about that friend of yours who 's in textiles . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm worried about that wife of his . |
| 29 | About that proposition of yours … |
| 30 | ‘ Why are you so defensive about that side of your life ? ’ she cut in , a perverse urge to torment him rising in response to the warning note in his voice and the rejection hardening his face . |