Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [verb] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike Scotland , where incest was punishable by death up to 1887 , or several American states , England had no civil law on incest in the nineteenth century , although the Matrimonial Causes Act of 1857 did include incestuous adultery as grounds for divorce . |
| 2 | Of course a scheme like this does incur considerable costs , but it will be for the benefit of the town and help to preserve a record of a popular part of Bishop 's Castle 's history , while we still have people who remember ‘ our ’ railway and travelled on it . |
| 3 | But the two communications from " Ella , typelifter " in 1886 do sound authentic and throw a little light on what women may have thought about the central issues here : their being employed as cheap labour and the question of skill . |
| 4 | The NEB was created by the government in 1975 to help restructure British industry by selective intervention , particularly in areas of high unemployment . |
| 5 | MINTEC was established in 1964 to help revitalise British industry through the application of technology . |
| 6 | Hotels in particular do require special attention . |
| 7 | Turning to company data , the fact that five leading US investment banks had post tax returns on average equity of 26% in 1982 does suggest high profitability ( Table 5.11 ) . |