Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SEP had simply assumed that expenditure on upkeep would more than compensate for any deterioration of its warehouses ’ . |
| 2 | Repeat for each stitch to be embroidered and after last stitch of row , bring needle up through stitch below instead of stitch to left ( Fig. 3 ) . |
| 3 | Innate behaviour repertoires only change through natural selection over successive generations and , although their range of tolerance , their capacities , can be extended , their capability in responding to rapid day to day environmental shifts is clearly limited . |
| 4 | Before doing so , review for non-jurisdictional error of law and for errors of fact must be considered in more detail . |
| 5 | It ignores the obvious discriminations which we make between similar treatment of different species within the animal kingdom . |
| 6 | A study by the OECD tries to forecast what all these extra grey heads mean for public spending in different countries over the next 40 years , assuming that government policies remain unchanged . |
| 7 | Fabia awoke on Friday with a smile on her face , and lay for some while with thoughts of Ven in her head . |
| 8 | I crept in beside him and lay for some time with throbbing head . |
| 9 | Account for each clause of the following newspaper report in terms of the writer 's assumptions of what is given and new information for the reader . |
| 10 | Trees such as poplars , elms , limes and oaks account for much shrinkage in soil and should not be closer to the building than 1.5 times their own height . |
| 11 | In public discussion , however , the idea that genes account for most variation among IQs seems not only controversial but also associated with a few men of allegedly questionable character . |
| 12 | Then simmer for 1 hour until tender . |
| 13 | It follows that I award for this period of care by the plaintiff 's parents the sum of fifteen thousand pounds which equates to an award of three pounds hourly for five thousand hours . |
| 14 | Fold the strip along its length where the corners occur so that you have a sharp , straight crease for each angle of the tin . |
| 15 | Norms develop about internal regulation within the group , about interactions , power , language and discipline . |
| 16 | Chodorow ( 1978 ) and Dinnerstein ( 1976 ) use psychoanalysis to provide a detailed account of how gendered subjectivities develop through unconscious socialization in the nuclear family . |
| 17 | Now , peer through this channel from one end to the other and you will probably see big chunks of fluff that you have missed . |
| 18 | Even if most EC countries qualify for monetary union by 1997 , it is hard to see how the ERM can survive until then . |
| 19 | An attendance rate of 90% , however , does not mean that 10% of pupils are absent : the missing 10% could come from a small minority of pupils with lengthy absences — the same ten pupils absent for the whole week — or from a higher percentage of pupils with brief absences — fifty pupils absent for one day over the course of the week . |
| 20 | The hens that roosted on the rafters would scavenge as usual along the shore , and hunt for dropped oats in the straw and bracken Luch had been gathering from the moor all summer . |
| 21 | Compact , single-member , constituencies ( as opposed to large , multi-member , constituencies ) provide for one representative in a way that is said to facilitate constituent-member contact and the redress of individual grievances . |
| 22 | Thirdly , there are amendments in the name of the Government of the er Noble Earl Lord which are Amendments ten , fifteen and twenty and these provide for greater flexibility in the size of police authorities , again between sixteen and twenty-four members to be determined by the Secretary of State and for the Bill 's existing proposition that er fifty per cent of the members should be er and only fifty per cent of the members , should be from local authorities that er er er er that er of the remainder some should be magistrates and some should be members appointed by the Secretary of State and finally er there is a series of amendments er by the Noble Lord , Lord , Amendment seventeen , eighteen and twenty-two and those provide again with flexibility of size for er police authorities that half of the members should be from local authorities and the other half should be magistrates . |
| 23 | However , the ending of UK exchange controls in 1979 , and government stimulation of a relaxation in trading regulations ( ‘ Big Bang' of 1986 ) helped to secure London 's recognized position , with Tokyo and New York , among the world 's three leading financial centres , which together , with their respective working days , provide for 24-hour activity in world financial markets . |
| 24 | Representative democracy , however , whether at national or local level , must be distinguished from the participatory approaches that provide for direct involvement in the policy-making process ( Pateman 1970 ) . |
| 25 | 1.22 The automatic directions now provide for mandatory disclosure of the substance of expert evidence which is to be relied upon at trial within 10 weeks of close of pleadings . |
| 26 | Sections 6 and 7 of the UCTA override these provisions , and , in effect , provide for mandatory inclusion of such warranties in the contracts covered by these sections , since the easiest way to exclude liability for breach of such warranties is to exclude them altogether from the terms of the contract . |
| 27 | Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language ( TACL ) |
| 28 | At present valuations , the figure being asked is around three times the price valuers working for the county council expect for common land with ancient rights over it … |
| 29 | Now , it is , of course , true that many countries exhibit fearful nationalistic reactions of this kind which appear as violent hostility to minority groups . |
| 30 | Bring to the boil and cook for 1 minute on high heat . |