Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is hard to exaggerate the importance of this development , which , for reasons purely of financial accountability , involved the Colonial Office intimately in economic planning for the empire and thus helped to bring to an end the old imperial system in which colonies had puttered along as virtually independent satrapies , with the Colonial Office exercising only a watching brief . |
| 2 | Exact measurement of molecular weight works for molecules up to 10 000 times the mass of the hydrogen atom — among the molecules that have been analysed is the hormone glucagon with a molecular weight of 3482 . |
| 3 | Pro-File compensates automatically at the reduced atmospheric pressure for dives up to 3,500 metres altitude . |
| 4 | We have included some ( very ) basic hints for beginners later in this section and these should be sufficient to get you going . |
| 5 | Stalin had observed , when the treaty between the Soviet Union and Finland was signed , that Russia believed in true equality between states regardless of respective might . |
| 6 | SUITABLE FOR PITCHES DOWN TO 10 DEGREES |
| 7 | If so , describe a range of toys for ages up to twelve . |
| 8 | I would prefer that we accepted that Stella 's original notes defines the responsibility for forms literally for all the time . |
| 9 | It , it , it just went on for a lit a short time afterwards but er , but when the war ended course things , some things changed pretty rapidly as you can appreciate but , but by this time I , I was working for Ellwells then on long distance transport and we used to have to go and fetch tractors or bulldozers that had got armour plating on from Dagenham docks and bring them up here and start selling them to civic contractors and the , the Americans were selling a lot of equipment as well at end of the war , and I saw money made overnight like , people were buying the lorries and putting them on the road you know for work and transport firms and all that and they were getting some of them for next to nothing |
| 10 | Punishment is only one form of reminder , a particularly vigorous one for emergencies usually with strong feelings involved — to get a child back into the groove . |
| 11 | No , no , no , no charge for schools here at all . |
| 12 | A NEW Earlycare calf feed range was launched on June 1 to provide farmers with a choice of feeds for calves up to 12 weeks of age . |
| 13 | Two passages through the reef , both navigable for vessels up to 5,000 tons . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , the West German coalition decided on April 23 to offer the East German government a 1:1 conversion rate for savings up to 4,000 Marks and for wages and pensions ( which latter would also be raised , from less than 50 per cent of wages to the West German level of 70 per cent ) . |
| 15 | Over 50 models , some from the school , and two confined to wheelchairs , enjoyed the experience , showing clothes designed for teenagers through to middle age , and ‘ all at affordable prices , ’ reports 15 year old , Sarita Creese-Smith . |
| 16 | ‘ They went out for walks up to five times a day and he spoiled Champ rotten . |
| 17 | It 's sad to have to be so cynical but if the price of safety is walking around with your eyes lowered and avoiding potentially dangerous situations , such as lifts home with near strangers , it has to be done . |
| 18 | After parts in At Close Range with Sean Penn and Spielberg 's section of Amazing Stories , Kiefer 's big break came with Stand By Me , in which he played ’ an asshole ’ called Ace Merril . |
| 19 | The headstones here were used as models all over central Bohemia . |
| 20 | A perusal of street guides for areas close to active and disused airfields has produced a rich crop of them , ranging from aircraft names to personalities . |
| 21 | Allowing the BBC 's appeal , the Vice-Chancellor , Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson , sitting with Lords Justices Staughton and Beldam , said the 1988 Copyright Act created rights and remedies for broadcasters not against those who received the programmes , but against those who enabled viewers to receive the transmissions and thereby avoid the viewing fee . |
| 22 | To give one obvious example ; for decades earlier in this century the major differences in economic activity between regions in this country were based on sectors of production . |
| 23 | Exponential smoothing would again normally be used for short term forecasting , for periods up to six months ahead . |
| 24 | Those which normally live on the inner part of the reef flat ( see below ) are more resistant to emersion than those normally under vigorous wave action : some species can survive emersion for periods up to three hours . |
| 25 | The warrant can authorise further detention for periods up to 36 hours . |
| 26 | Babies are conceived for a variety of reasons apart from basic urges — some over a wayward partner who shows signs of straying from the fold ; in competition with a sister who has recently conceived or in determination to produce the first grandchild . |
| 27 | Immediately after the war the government mismanaged the discharge of servicemen back into civilian life , and unemployment rose rapidly . |
| 28 | Yet geographical remoteness had earlier assisted the minimizing of contacts even with neighbouring states , and only 150 years ago Japan was one of the most isolated countries in the world . |
| 29 | This research aims to uncover the special role of refugee migrations , ‘ brain drains ’ and international movements of personnel generally in scientific growth , particularly as regards the development of new scientific specialities and disciplines such as theoretical physics , applied mathematics , bio-physics and molecular biology . |
| 30 | What is not perhaps as well understood is the art of keeping a range of invertebrates together without such conflicts . |