Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , a machine was then produced by the Peace Corps Gift-In-Kind ( per my solicitation ) and another through Christian Children 's Fund . |
| 2 | If it wins , other non-banks , such as General Motors ' finance arm and the Bell telephone companies , are likely to launch their own Visa cards . |
| 3 | A one-way outsourcing arrangement , such as General Motors ' purchases of cars and components from Daewoo in South Korea , is little more than a sophisticated version of familiar NFI agreements : they offer the supplier the opportunity to gain value-creating activities and obviate the buyer 's need to invest . |
| 4 | Secondly , some variables such as alternative opportunities Β , will affect wages directly because they affect union preferences . |
| 5 | These may include events organised by the school such as regular parents ' evenings , careers evenings , prize-givings , Compact meetings or socials . |
| 6 | But new funds are popping up by the day — from plain-vanilla stock funds , such as National Funds ' National Global Allocation Fund , which boasts the guru-economist Henry Kaufman as its asset allocator , to exotica such as Scudder Stevens & Clark 's Short Term Global Income Fund , which will invest in short-term debt securities . |
| 7 | The company has concocted new gimmicks such as cut-price Mothers ' Day calls or new services such as call-blocking facilities for single women . |
| 8 | If you can imagine at the convention the bias was very much towards preserving states ' independence . |
| 9 | Through co-ordination of international activities , ITS provides an essential link towards achieving consistently high standards for all of United Distillers ' portfolio . |
| 10 | A US State Department official , Charles E. Redman , on March 10 admitted US " concerns about the possible uses of this ( Egyptian ) equipment " , but the Egyptian President , Hosni Mubarak , speaking on the same day at a news conference in Brussels , Belgium , denied that Egypt was building a chemical weapons plant , adding that " we are all against chemical weapons ' . |
| 11 | Has there been a corresponding decrease or , has there been an increase at all in other departments er , due , one presumes through having more information there will be a staffing reduction elsewhere . |
| 12 | Their soft , fleshy , heavy contours — hardly the image of the perceived quintessential woman — were those of professional painters ' models ; what was important for Penn was that they were comfortable with their own bodies and not shy of intimacy with the camera . |
| 13 | Their soft , fleshy , heavy contours — hardly the image of the perceived quintessential woman — were those of professional painters ' models ; what was important for Penn was that they were comfortable with their own bodies and not shy of intimacy with the camera . |
| 14 | Either the afternoons are as endless as those in old folks ' homes , which prompt the matrons to pin up Reality Orientation charts ( ’ When is your birthday ? |
| 15 | Women in social classes IV+V had a 25% greater risk of symptomatic gall bladder disease compared with those in social classes I+II . |
| 16 | But , erm all that time I was running the young wives ' and we used to hold a stall in the garden , at the garden party at the church , and w when you took your takings in , you know th the treasurer would say you know , who are you , you know and I used to say young wives ' and then one day I said well , you know we 're no longer young wives , you know we were getting old and I decided there and then I 'd had enough of young wives ' , you know and er , er because I , I said , I , I was secretary and I 'll close it down it , it erm the young wives ' closed down and er er it , it had actually closed down and this lady was marvellous this secretary of the Guild , who would kno known mother and she was a councillor , she come dashing down , you know you , you , th the young wives ' has closed and you know you 've got excuse . |
| 17 | They include ratios measuring return on investment ( both on ordinary shareholders ' funds and on the total net assets employed ) , margins on sales and measures of stock holdings and trade credit extended . |