Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To some extent , these sectoral preferences are related to ethno-religious lines of demarcation ( Boal and Poole 1976 ) ; certainly it is reasonable to view inner-city communities east and west of the river as each having a higher-status ethnic counterpart . |
| 2 | But for that to happen a Great Russian culture had to be identified and fostered . |
| 3 | A sentence like That 's a dog can be used to express an indefinitely large number of propositions ( every distinct referent for that creates a different proposition ) . |
| 4 | A debate such as this imposes a special obligation on those who take part in it . |
| 5 | The writer who adapted this H.E.Bates piece clearly understood that viewers want to feel cosy , and programmes such as this have a feel-good factor . |
| 6 | In order for this to happen a decentralised partnership between residential workers and social service teams is required , which ensures joint participation and influence in child care decisions . |
| 7 | I ask for this following a serious breach of security at the prison last Friday , when a visitor inside the prison drew a knife and sought to attack another visitor . |
| 8 | And in no time after that built a massive big bungalow for himself . |
| 9 | Well when it comes in from the cow it 's at blood heat , and e you put it through your strainer and then you drain it and er you leave it be and it coagulates , goes consistency of yoghurt , slightly thicker than yoghurt , and after that stood a certain time you apply heat then you warm it up and you stir it , you break up the curd , and the whey gradually rises to the top and your curds settles to the bottom . |
| 10 | Bunker knew instinctively that Clasper could not , and would not , resolve the dispute himself and that the effects of the stoppage would very soon be felt far beyond the confines of United Motors as one supply industry after another experienced a precipitous drop in demand . |
| 11 | The chants were now accompanied by signs as one member after another thrust a right arm in the air to stab a pointing finger at the man on the platform . |
| 12 | He had after all had a good conference . |
| 13 | Bert , who had after all spent a fair bit of time with Jasper , was surprised that a brother had never been mentioned . |
| 14 | It has after all become a commonplace that the creative imagination of the philosopher , mathematician or scientist is not much different from that of a prophet or poet ; what distinguishes him is how he treats his findings in retrospect . |
| 15 | Any prospect of that providing a significant amount of our energy needs ? |
| 16 | two , three of that makes a horrible noise do n't it ? |
| 17 | Below this comes a brief description of the type 's role and its ‘ parentage ’ ( ie Imperial Army or Navy ) and its Allied Code Name ( again , if applicable ) . |
| 18 | A gradient of this produces a net acceleration of the fluid in the same way as a gradient of the viscous stress . |
| 19 | Part of this represented a disquieting pattern which had set in since the 1960s ( see Table 2.3 ) . |
| 20 | All of this forms a central part of Locke 's answer to his initial question about the extent of human knowledge , and whether there is a horizon between what we can and can not know . |
| 21 | However , notions which are the antithesis of this have a strong currency in the arts . |
| 22 | In some of these cases the company may be the market leader , that is to say it has the largest single share of the market and because of this has a major influence on market prices and product design . |
| 23 | In this study , 107 patients ( 95% ) underwent successful clearance of gall bladder stones but seven of these had a residual cystic duct stone , reducing the overall success rate to 89% . |
| 24 | In 12 patients ( 20% ) the serum creatinine concentration did not return to below 300 µmol/l ; one of these had a subsequent deterioration in renal function and two years later had started dialysis . |
| 25 | The last of these poses a special problem , since the terms of Lady Barber 's bequest make it impossible for temporary exhibitions to take place within the building . |
| 26 | These are the traditional ingredients but you will find stories that omit one or more of these to create a new effect or emphasis . |
| 27 | The first of these assumes a direct link between what happens before someone behaves in a certain way and their subsequent actions : |
| 28 | Each of these constitutes a traditional area of policy concern , but with the exception of the New and Expanded Towns programme and half-hearted attempts at assisting labour mobility , successive governments have tended to fight shy of the direct management of migration and population distribution , preferring to use indirect measures affecting the location of jobs and housing . |
| 29 | As many as a third of these received a custodial sentence , but the numbers were too small to detect differences in sentencing patterns . |
| 30 | Some 85 per cent of these use a stiff shaft fitted with clubheads ranging from medium to heavy . |