Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And for the biologists again if er if you look at the capillaries in the body , there is no cell in the body requiring a blood supply that is more than one fortieth of a millimetre away from a capillary . |
| 2 | So we can simplify the analysis of relative preferences by focusing on the electorate 's relative preference for the Conservatives rather than Labour , that is on ( C — L ) / ( C+L+A ) . |
| 3 | Men , men , mentioned here by our friend , that Leicestershire has got no business to discuss about fox hunting , we are not elusive , there are other county councils who have banned fox hunting on their land , so do not make this as a sacrosanct and or something that Leicestershire are doing , they are not doing first , there are so many other county councils in this country and for your information , I was listening to radio four few days ago , even in Pakistan , a third world country , is banning hunting in their country , we should be ashamed of ourselves here to discuss , I agree with Councillor when the discussion start and he said move for the ward , because the logical thing was to move for the wards rather than discuss , if we all believe that this is horrible , acrimonious and abhorrent in today 's day and age , as the slavery was abhorred two hundred years ago . |
| 4 | Secondly , there is no reason why the vendor should receive payment from the purchaser for the debtors earlier than the vendor would have received such payment from the debtors themselves . |
| 5 | It is for the linguists rather than the anthropologists to tell us how language originated and how language is generated by human brains . |
| 6 | It 's more pleasant for the diners too if the cooking paraphernalia-dirty pans and plates-can be kept out of sight |
| 7 | I thus set about preparing for the days ahead as , I imagine , a general might prepare for a battle : I devised with utmost care a special staff plan anticipating all sorts of eventualities ; I analysed where our weakest points lay and set about making contingency plans to fall back upon in the event of these points giving way ; I even gave the staff a military-style ‘ pep-talk ’ , impressing upon them that , for all their having to work at an exhausting rate , they could feel great pride in discharging their duties over the days that lay ahead . |
| 8 | Leicestershire had the lowest hours per week for the wives perhaps because family were present on all but two farms . |
| 9 | This can help them overcome their tendency to listen for the words rather than the message . |
| 10 | George has asked if Pat could possibly get teaching or worship tapes for the Christians there as they are very short of any kind of material , especially the Filipinos who can not get anything from home . |
| 11 | They say things are better for the bairns now since they brought the hours down to ten , but some of the pigs get over that . |
| 12 | ‘ I feel sorry for the supporters here because they thought Hirst was going . |
| 13 | However , public opposition from the Roman Catholic Church in particular and objections from Austrian Airlines to transporting the refugees led the government to announce in early December that it would attempt to find jobs for the Romanians rather than deport them . |
| 14 | The bowmen slipped backwards from tree to tree , fitting and shooting as they could , the lancers aimed for the men rather than the horses , and brought down three in the first onslaught . |
| 15 | A criticism of these data was that the groups were not comparable and that this difference could have accounted for the results rather than the effects of therapy . |
| 16 | In March 1991 the European Court obliged the Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo to repay some US$500,000,000 in state loans made during the mid-1980s shortly before it was sold to Fiat . |
| 17 | If the traits of individuals were themselves determined by social groups of one sort or another , they would have to be construed as the playthings rather than the planners of institutions and practices . |
| 18 | One difference is that the worms penetrate between the glands rather than into the glands as in Ostertagia . |
| 19 | However , if each enterprise is a different company , each company being in itself a separate and distinct legal entity and thus taxed separately , the balancing of profit and loss between the enterprises so as to minimize overall tax liability can not be achieved . |
| 20 | She 's been on about the Brownies ever since she was seven , the age at which Granny says girls can join . ’ |
| 21 | tell you about the videos now if you like . |
| 22 | She admits she had been worried about the consequences ever since even though hospital scans seemed to show everything was all right . |
| 23 | Honestly , people talked about the kids today as though they were all Dior models , but they still had spots and puppy-fat just like kids always had , and always would have . |
| 24 | Then go through the replies again if any are marked with a cross , taking whatever action may be appropriate on each ( asking the seller 's conveyancers to provide a copy of a planning consent that your search has revealed , and telling your client that the drainage is combined with that of adjoining properties , or — this merely to pass on interesting information — that the house is in an area designated as one of special natural beauty or historical interest ) . |
| 25 | I read through the papers slowly while Daphne poured herself a sherry . |
| 26 | I mean they they stayed in to you know see the work through the processes rather than it all get ruined , because of course you know they were n't er they were n't great er individual capitalists and er capitalistic companies . |
| 27 | tt put it through the books there as well so |
| 28 | Through the doors even as they began to close . |
| 29 | Would it come through the fields faster than they could run , and hunt them down ? |
| 30 | As a marketing ploy , apparently nothing moves Britain 's top weekly colour mag off the shelves faster than a besotted star mum cradling a baby . |