Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what new initiatives he has to further policies of achieving transparency in the world arms trade . |
| 2 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what new initiatives he plans to curtail nuclear weapons proliferation . |
| 3 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representations he has received from farmers about compensation for the effects of low flying on livestock . |
| 4 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representations he has received on the future of the Scottish regiments and battalions ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 5 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representations he has received on low flying ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 6 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what further consultations he has had regarding ’ Options for Change ’ , in the light of the disintegration of the Soviet Union . |
| 7 | For instance one little boy started banging an oven door loudly , something he had not done before , and his grandmother looked at him delightedly saying ‘ Look , Ricky is playing the drums — give us a nice tune ’ . |
| 8 | And when they went out again after lunch his 43-year-old son , also called Peter , aced the 180-yard seventh with a 4 iron . |
| 9 | It is possible to point to landmarks — the moment of ‘ quickening ’ when the mother first feels foetal movements within her ; the moment when the foetus first has potential for independent life — deemed by law to be 24 weeks from gestation ; the moment when the baby has been fully expelled or removed from the mother 's body ; the moment when the baby takes its first breath , with the anatomical changes in circulation that accompany this , and subsequent changes as the baby develops after birth which any parent will recognise . |
| 10 | After coffee our final speaker was Dr Findlater who kept us all enthralled by his expertise and enthusiastic approach to the history of human anatomy . |
| 11 | His success could thus be explicitly attributed to that capacity for influence which British administrators had always claimed to possess , but had not normally had the opportunity of conclusively demonstrating . |
| 12 | The level of support which young people receive from parents and mentors will also have a significant effect upon the process of transition , for it is a stage in which their dependency is visibly apparent . |
| 13 | It was not just that they helped out at the occasional by-election , but that they ‘ pointed to new sources of support whose eventual accommodation , and to new issues whose eventual resolution , would ultimately modify the party itself and help equip it for the challenges of post-war politics ’ . |
| 14 | Social workers — caring workers generally — are " entrusted " with a burden of responsibility which many people would find impossible and most would find repugnant . |
| 15 | Because of this excellence of technique their winning chances increase . |
| 16 | Yes Chair , I think Mr was quoting Michael Portillo was n't he in about the er , when you sell a house you do n't not pay off the mortgage , and of course what most people do is buy another house , sorry who was it ? |
| 17 | Er then to er put er against the background as the District Council last last week were being told our budget will cost us er to er accidents and of course what this exercise would cost us , three hundred and fifty thousand is the amount very close that some of you just want to spend on the doing traffic calming over the next year year . |
| 18 | Erm I have said all erm conservation processes have been out it is know as a sham , because they have their numbers quite determing of course what this intention er that proper consultation so this time round . |
| 19 | Such a tree is called a binary tree , and of course its branching ratio is 2 . |
| 20 | The town is proud of its cultural reputation , it boasts a philharmonic orchestra , a modern dance company , an annual summer music and theatre festival , and of course its medieval tapestries of the Apocalypse . |
| 21 | University Challenge was unique in its content because of its simplicity and of course its omniscient host Bamber Gascoigne who made it unique . |
| 22 | University Challenge was unique in its content because of its simplicity and of course its omniscient host Bamber Gascoigne who made it unique . |
| 23 | The provincial landscape of factions and fractions — localities squalling in impotence , absurdly competing for crumbs of resources , with no incentive to collaborate — is of course its own creation . |
| 24 | Of course their non-pernicious parasitism is far too mild mannered for such a task , but could virulent strains be developed through selective breeding ? |
| 25 | And so they came to a negotiated settlement by which the Soviets agreed to withdraw the missiles and the United States promised that they would not interfere with Castro again , although from that day to this they have maintained of course their economic embargo . |
| 26 | And so they came to a negotiated settlement by which the Soviets agreed to withdraw the missiles and the United States promised that they would not interfere with Castro again , although from that day to this they have maintained of course their economic embargo . |
| 27 | But provenance , as yet , has n't been demanded for ephemera , except of course their immediate origins , the publisher , the manufacturer . |
| 28 | The only antidote to an unbridled proliferation of spurious designators is analysis , and of course we all practice analysis in some form or another , even though not always very radically or systematically . |
| 29 | I suppose I 'm feeling slightly sceptical about the situation , but if you ask me as blankly as that of course my immediate reaction , my old reaction would be ‘ but of course I feel confident about the future of British music ’ , you know , in my more sceptical mood now I still would say ‘ yes ’ , but not quite so enthusiastically as before . |
| 30 | Of course my main concern in the late 1970s was to ensure that aircraft accidents were properly investigated and that sufficient importance was being attached to recommendations for the prevention of more accidents . |