Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.

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31 Previous experiments with gene therapy , involving one Italian and two American children , have so far only altered blood cells rather than bone marrow cells and have had to be repeated monthly because of the cells ' limited life span .
32 Webb , 29 , has played for United just once this season — in the UEFA Cup tie against Moscow Torpedo — and that was only because of the foreigners ' rule that restricted Ferguson 's choice .
33 Because of the Allies ' inadequate resources of heavy artillery , he declared , it was impossible
34 Opponents of free banking argue that a lender of last resort ( i.e. a central bank ) is needed , and that inflation would be rampant under free banking because of the banks ' ability to print notes at will .
35 At Edgehill , the science department was divided into biological and environmental sciences , instead of the traditional biology , physics and chemistry ; the head teacher was a conscious advocate of innovation in comprehensive schooling ; in the third school , Meadowvale , the science department had decided to redraft its entire first and second year science curriculum , in part because of the children 's response to the VISTA visits organized by GIST .
36 Because of the caves ' varying depths , 25 minutes decompression was required before removing the two front mounted cylinders , and pushing them ahead through the 16 inch high Cobble Inlet passage .
37 The firm transports livestock to Europe , but because of the drivers ' blockade , a temporary ban has been placed on the export of livestock into France .
38 This area was selected for study because of the authors ' familiarity with it , the adequate rural-urban contrast and the availability of a suitable image .
39 For example , interest on debentures is treated as a cost , so it is deducted from income ( because from the shareholders ' viewpoint it is a cost ) .
40 ‘ Almost like old times , Denis , ’ as a happily departing season-ticket holder remarked to Mr Law of the BBC , while in the directors ' box Mr Boycott , a guest of Brian Clough , was unsure whether to smile for his friend or sigh for his county .
41 SCOTLAND suffered mixed fortunes yesterday with the women 's side romping to a 138-82 win over Ireland in the opening game of the Home International series in Perth , while in the men 's British championships at Swansea , the Scots were left empty-handed .
42 This has to be addressed to the company 's members and to state whether in the auditors ' opinion the annual accounts have been properly prepared in accordance with the Act and , in particular , whether they give a true and fair view .
43 As for the newspapers ' verdict on his conduct , that was never in doubt .
44 As for the investors ' representatives , businessman John Dyer and his committee at BCIG and Antony Gold and David Pine at Alexander Tatham yesterday represented almost the end of a daily nightmare .
45 Set up in 1972 , the NRC is not a permanent body and is only activated in times of crisis — as during the miners ' strike , from which two developments of particular importance emerged .
46 Whereas written language sentences are generally structured in subject-predicate form , in spoken language it is quite common to find what Givo/1n ( 1979b ) calls topic-comment structure , as in the cats + did you let them out .
47 In more recent times the functioning of Swedish industrial relations has been as much , if not more , dependent upon the centralisation of power within the employers ' confederation as upon the unions ' peak organisation .
48 An innkeeper , as we have seen , is under a duty to provide reasonable refreshment if so required and accommodation to a traveller ; hence , the innkeeper has a right of lien over a traveller 's property as well as over a guests ' to ensure that the traveller 's bill is duly paid .
49 As to the defendants ' claim for commission , even if a breach of fiduciary duty by the defendants had been proved , they would not thereby have lost their right to commission unless they had acted dishonestly .
50 Section 7(2) prevents the exclusion of liability as against a consumer for breach of warranties arising by implication of law from the form of the contract as to the goods ' correspondence to description or sample , or their quality or fitness for any particular purpose .
51 It is essential for departments to pull together , talk to each other and be in no doubt as to the others ' requirements .
52 In return for the presence of players at various corporate functions the RFU 's elite sponsors would contribute monies to the development of the game as well as to the players ' pool .
53 But I would suppose that the Home Office has at least some information as to the judges ' tariff , and probably a great deal .
54 As to the kidnappers ' next step , she was confused but pessimistic .
55 This could provide a clue as to the bombers ' whereabouts between 16 September and the bombing , which killed 10 bandsmen .
56 Eliot 's solution of a widespread Christian community hierarchically organized , related both to the state and individual parishes and containing intellectual leaders , owes much to Benda 's notion of clercs , as well as to the anthropologists ' stress on the connection of religion with society .
57 At about the same time , French units made a diversionary landing at Kum Kale on the Asiatic side of the strait to confuse the Turks as to the Allies ' true intentions .
58 The actual formation of gangs depends as much on the splits and alliances made by the gang leaders as on the gangs ' internal dynamics .
59 In such cases the composition of the government will rest as much on negotiations conducted between the parties as on the elections per se .
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