Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] [noun pl] [unc] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a sleepy first half , almost everyone had nodded off , except for Rovers ' Peter Heritage , who nodded the ball on to a greatful Eddie Gormely . |
| 2 | Yet , given their potential influence , few outstanding sportsmen have used their position to challenge the notion of the legitimacy of sport as a way out and a method of social mobility , and few have pointed out that blacks ' continued domination of sport is more a reflection of limitations in other areas of a society permeated with racism than of blacks ' talent . |
| 3 | The Crown 's interest was above all the defence of the land rather than of villagers ' property rights . |
| 4 | Assessment of achievements in English should therefore be primarily concerned with such understanding and skills , rather than with pupils ' knowledge about and competence in using IT and media facilities as such . |
| 5 | Nowhere was this clearer than in moralists ' take-up of scientific logic and a language of rationality . |
| 6 | Another problem with this view of reality is that it is more likely to respond to the respectable face of feminism than to women 's liberation . |
| 7 | ‘ Management ’ remained in place , only now it was responsible to a government-appointed Board of Directors and ultimately to Parliament , rather than to shareholders ' representatives . |
| 8 | Though ostensibly child-centred , it paid rather more attention to teachers and classrooms than to children 's learning . |
| 9 | Theirs is the party of big business , yet the Cabinet , littered with all these people with all their business acumen , is making Britain bankrupt because of Ministers ' desire to shut pits . |
| 10 | At the time it was found that a major drawback in dual-purpose cattle was that they often failed to breed true : the offspring tended towards either the beef or the dairy type of the breed 's dual-purpose spectrum , partly because of breeders ' preferences but partly , it was believed , because the dual-purpose breeds were effectively hybrids : if they had begun to show too great an emphasis on dairy characteristics , extreme beef sires were introduced to draw them back to their dual-purpose role , and likewise extreme dairy sires were used when they became too beefy . |
| 11 | The devil and his spirits are seen as a distortion of the original good creation of God , and though they are allowed to tempt and hurt men because of men 's wickedness ( see , e.g. Jubilees 10:7–11 ) in the last-time they will be bound and punished . |
| 12 | June is apparently the worst month , because of children 's school outings . |
| 13 | For those whose ties are uniplex and ( relatively ) open-ended , these patterns are no longer functional and it is for this reason , and not primarily because of speakers ' desire for ‘ prestige ’ , that they disappear . |
| 14 | people latched onto it as something that was n't a political strike , was n't being led by militants , revolutionaries , what have you , and it was something , it was just for the freedom of the working man if you like , and his standard of living was not gon na suffer because of bosses intransig intransigence I 'll say it right in a while , and what have you . |
| 15 | Two other types of body fall into a final category of partners : counsellors whether in Citizens ' Advice Bureaux or in RELATE ( the earlier Marriage Guidance Council ) are often drawn into school connections — through parents rather than children . |
| 16 | This was a dispute about future technology as much as about women 's labour . |
| 17 | Exhibitions are major arenas for spectators of art , as well as for artists ' struggles to achieve reputations and recognition . |
| 18 | Professional fees may be shared and partnerships entered into with the same categories of persons as under Solicitors ' Practice Rule 7 ( see above ) and also with a lawyer qualified in another jurisdiction . |
| 19 | As with widows ' payment , receipt is dependent on sufficient NI contributions having been paid . |
| 20 | And it 's less an explicit critique of men than a consensus shared between women — they share it as much with their grandmothers as with women 's liberation . |
| 21 | As with men 's share of unpaid household work , indicators such as the ratio of women 's to men 's rates of pay , plotted in figure 10.2 , and women 's share in household earnings , have shown some changes but still display a gulf between the sexes . |
| 22 | When in Colossians 1:9ff Paul prays for Christians he has never met , his first request is that the Spirit would give them understanding of the Lord 's will for their lives ; then , that they should live their lives in accordance with that will by pleasing the Lord in everything ; then , that they should increase in their knowledge of God ; and finally , that they should be strengthened with all might according to the measure of his glorious power which should result for them as it did for Christ , not in arrogance but in patience and longsuffering . |
| 23 | Vehicles that can provide 100 kilometres of driving from 6 litres of fuel are on the market , as well as in manufacturers ' laboratories , but few people buy a car solely because of its fuel economy . |
| 24 | Heseltine 's team , by contrast , was highly skilful , visibly enthusiastic , extremely active and very well informed as to backbenchers ' voting intentions . |