Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [det] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On telecommunications , Banegas took the opportunity to criticise the government for the little interest it has shown in putting an end to the import of unauthorised pirate telephones , 3m of which are now in Spain . |
| 2 | For the former award he had offered his work under the title ‘ The Sparrows : Thoughts Of A Landsman ’ , which was divided into four parts : |
| 3 | The Board of Trade 's official figure for 1892 was 20,000 and for 1893 , 15,000 but for the latter year it may actually have been less , little more than 12,000 . |
| 4 | Also to you — the readers — for buying my first book , and for the many letters I received , mainly nostalgic . |
| 5 | Jack and I have known God 's strength and grace for the many tasks we have been involved in as Crossroads staff , and for Jack the difference is that we work a six and sometimes seven day week and we 're open for business outside office hours ! |
| 6 | I recommend it not only for its excellent chapter on 17th century siege warfare , but also for the many clues it throws up en passant about where you might begin searching if you know of , or read about , a siege in your locality that is not in the book 's contents list . |
| 7 | In the meantime , let recycled papers be conserved for the many purposes they are more fit for . |
| 8 | Potential and confirmed breeders of tropical fish really should see this one if only for the many tips they 'll acquire . |
| 9 | Thanks also to Lynn Inglis and her team for the many newsletters they produced to such a high standard . |
| 10 | For the few minutes he was trapped there he could feel the pull of the ocean on his legs . |
| 11 | The law demanded that they attend school for the few hours they were not in the theatre , but time spent on education was minimal as the pantomime was so popular that there were matinées most days . |
| 12 | Some people did expect an awful lot from those youngsters for the few shillings they paid them . |
| 13 | She also sewed clothes for toys and puppets , tiny dresses and jackets for anthropomorphic bears and monkeys and robes and mantles in silks and velvets for the few puppets they sold in the shop and gowns and breeches for the tall puppets who performed in the theatre . |
| 14 | ‘ I ca n't say as much for the few farmers I 've met — always with the exception of Mr Jarvis , of course . |
| 15 | Detectives investigating the murder of Glasgow pensioner Agnes Law have revealed that she was killed for the few pounds she had in her house . |
| 16 | Don Cameron was Head of Talks , and I was usually in charge of his visit , which kept me busy for the few days he would be with us , twice a year . |
| 17 | Even when Guy left her for the few seconds it took him to remove his own clothes , his murmured words of love and praise still warmed and reassured her . |
| 18 | Beeney was well positioned for the few shots he had to take . |
| 19 | Still , it was true in the main , so for the few weeks she was to be in Venice she would take the greatest care to have as little to do with him as possible . |
| 20 | For the same reasons we must regret that Posidonius did not try out on Rome that ethnographical style which makes his Celts live for ever — a model to the French nation for any past and future extravagance . |
| 21 | The Sigmar representatives are very influential , and because they cast their votes for the same candidate they wield influence out of proportion to their numbers . |
| 22 | For the same reason they have focused on the groups who seemed most likely to be needy : the working class in the inner city , the isolated and the institutionalized . |
| 23 | For the same reason they understand why Gandalf tells Frodo not to use the Ring ( use always causes addiction ) ; why Sam , Bilbo and Frodo nevertheless survive their use of it ( addiction in early stages is curable ) ; why Boromir succumbs to the Ring without handling it ( use has to be preceded by desire ) ; and why Faramir can shrug it off ( a wise person is capable of stifling the desire to become addicted , though no wisdom will stifle addiction once contracted ) . |
| 24 | For the same reason they have been known to treat surrounding farmland as though it were a vast municipal park across which their dogs can roam or their children can ride their ponies without much thought for the consequences . |
| 25 | ‘ They must have bugged her for the same reason we went to see her : she was somebody unofficial but experienced in underground work — They 'd know they were up against some British group not the CIA . |
| 26 | For the same reason we feel that it is important to determine ICAM-1 expression in tissues and serum samples of patients with colonic cancer , because ICAM-1 expression on melanoma was shown to be an important pathophysiological parameter . |
| 27 | For the same reason it has been successfully refined and modified to accept communism . |
| 28 | For the same reason it is also an effective device for constructing a ‘ common enemy ’ or ‘ system ’ for people to unite against . |
| 29 | For the same reason you should place any edge stitches that are selected back to B position — the selector level will select the pattern of needles in working position , regardless of where they fall on the needlebed . |
| 30 | For the same reason you should not make any comment other than innocuous ones until the microphone has been removed . |