Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The agreement was prompted by the visit of a G-7 delegation to Moscow on Oct. 26-28 , which had threatened that republics ' attempts to divide up the Soviet Union 's estimated $60,000 million debt between them would threaten further Western financial aid . |
| 2 | A resumé by Secretary General Ian Martin of the momentous world events that have occurred during the past five years set the work of AI in context and also set the scene for the working parties , which between them would report back to the plenary with recommendations that would change the AI mandate dramatically . |
| 3 | Since many associates who were not blood relations often assumed the surname but between them could muster only a limited number of Christian names , confusion was avoided by the bestowal of what we might call a nickname , or what has been more justly described as a ‘ toname ’ . |
| 4 | Certainly , this broader remit seems eminently sensible , partly because the existence of strict demarcation lines between advanced and non-advanced further education is harmful to both and partly because the distinction between them will become more blurred as and when the provision of recurrent and continuing education is expanded . |
| 5 | Similar impressions seem to arise from sentences such as I may leave tomorrow and I can finish it next week . |
| 6 | We have few secondary schools such as I used to teach in nowadays . |
| 7 | Erm the it was about I should imagine well guess , three years old back then . |
| 8 | ‘ If that 's all you 're worried about I can explain simply enough . ’ |
| 9 | It is only fair that tourism should not , like ivy , choke the Alps , since if the ‘ product ’ is not looked after it may slip well past its ‘ sell-by date ’ . |
| 10 | From our very earliest days the sort of pattern of attachment we form with our parents or those that look after us will influence how we feel about any relationship later in life . |
| 11 | Investors , some of whom might have earlier come out with a fortune were suddenly losing . |
| 12 | from this point on , Spencer Stuart became a genuinely international firm owned by its own consultants ( none of whom may hold more than 2% of the stock ) and managed by a Chairman and a Chief Executive , each of whom is elected to the position for a defined period . |
| 13 | In its standard form , the Prisoners ' Dilemma is a game played by two players , each of whom may choose either to cooperate , C , or defect , D , in any one encounter . |
| 14 | Performing King Lear in the round meant making eye-contact with members of the audience , some of whom may have really been embroiled in mayhem the actors were merely playing at . |
| 15 | He left open the possibility that Girobank , recently privatised , could be made responsible for collecting repayments and chasing defaulters , the number of whom could rise significantly above the Government 's current estimates . |
| 16 | This unquestioning acceptance of the established conditions of work is a form of indoctrination ( even if unintended ) of the students , many of whom will end up in jobs where wages are variable and income uncertain . |
| 17 | Following its retreat from direct sales in Europe back in August ( UX No 396 ) , Solbourne is in the process of appointing European country managers who will report direct to Neil McNeill , director of international operations and a European manager who has yet to be appointed , both of whom will operate out of Longmont . |
| 18 | The question may have niggled at the 7,776 advertising talents who entered their work for the prestigious Design & Art Direction Awards , some of whom will turn up tonight at a glittering Grosvenor House junket to find out whether they have won one of the silver or gold pencils . |
| 19 | Oh look it 's one of these that 's nice because you can just sort of nothing can come in behind you and that sort of thing . |
| 20 | If there 's insufficient space for the army of fans , many of them might end up on the beaches , which the Italian police have expressly forbidden . |
| 21 | It probably wo n't get us very far , but you never know , one of them might come up with something . ’ |
| 22 | I have passed it round the various organisations within the parish and some of them may reply directly to your office . |
| 23 | Although most of these techniques are expensive and difficult to use , it is possible that at least some of them may become more easily available ; they can be very useful both for discovering in detail how English speakers produce their speech sounds , and for demonstrating to learners of English their pronunciation errors in a way that helps them to correct them . |
| 24 | Under the present definition of such schemes , the beneficiaries of them may include not only present employees of the company concerned , but also employees , or former employees , of it or any company in the same group , and the spouses , widows or widowers , children or step-children under the age of 18 , of any such employees . |
| 25 | Philip hoped he 'd find his dog and the pair of them would clear off . |
| 26 | A gang of them would meet there , graduating from Meccano and toy farms to risqué games of Dare , illicit cigarettes , speculation about sex . |
| 27 | The drinks machine was in the passage leading to the library and sometimes one or other of them would sit down for a break , and she found it a relief to talk to a real human being . |
| 28 | Any one of them would bring in a good profit . |
| 29 | response at our end , and as as I said , I know that person , three particular incidences which were good incidences to report two of them would 've certainly resulted in arrests , and they got an absolutely negative reply . |
| 30 | Every now and then one of them would stand up on the sofa and trample restlessly round like a dog resettling itself into its sleeping place . |