Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chairman , could I just mention to the Committee , on Shropshire child care links , erm , the County Council of course , is also the registration body that erm , registers childminders and day care , and erm , while obviously this is very much to be supported and ties in with Social Services ' own requirements to promote child care , it should not be seen , and we should perhaps , Bruce make a , we can have discussions with , we should be careful to endorse , the giving of this money does n't necessarily imply or endorse the standards of the people on their books , who may be people that the County Council in another arm , are investigating and in some cases , taking action to close down . |
| 2 | She knew Maisie 's mother from the days when she had stood the Wednesday market along with other farmers ' wives , but had never met Len Brayton , the girl 's father . |
| 3 | You may decide to ponder on why sometimes you are the centre of attention and why at others you are an outsider , or how alliances are formed , or why a group works well in one situation and becomes bogged down in other circumstances ' ? |
| 4 | The bad news is revealed partly by the results for the first half year and partly by the company 's prediction that its borrowings will only be down to half shareholders ' funds even at the end-of-year low point after the Christmas rush . |
| 5 | Lord Hartington , the senior steward of the Jockey Club , sounded off about stable lads ' conditions in his speech at last night 's Gimcrack Dinner . |
| 6 | Lord Hartington , the senior steward of the Jockey Club , sounded off about stable lads ' conditions in his speech at last night 's Gimcrack Dinner . |
| 7 | By 1982 , the bank sent him off for four months ' study at Harvard Business School . |
| 8 | I liked to find my own stories — and I was just beginning to place the best of them in national papers when I was whisked off for two years ' National Service . |
| 9 | Liverpool went out in disgrace , Mike Marsh becoming their third player to be sent off in four Cup-Winners ' Cup ties this season as Spartak Moscow won a cold war at Anfield that also produced five bookings . |
| 10 | Unsecured creditors should agree to accept a down payment of around 35p in the pound for money due to them , and to take the balance in redeemable convertible preference shares in Prior Harwin , to be paid off in four years ' time . |
| 11 | In time , beach reconnaissance would become a scientific study of landing areas and their immediate hinterland — the littoral across which Nigel Clogstoun-Willmott 's men would lead raiders and the van of invasions , guiding the landing craft crews with marker canoes and other devices that in part at least made up for these flotillas ' limited experience of coastal navigation . |
| 12 | Land nearby had been bought up for 300 workers ' houses . |
| 13 | The hearty Sydneysider Whitney , 33 on Feb 24 , was called up after 80 minutes ' play , and never looked back after disposing of Srikkanth with his third ball : the remaining wickets tumbled as India 's batting fell apart . |
| 14 | So we actually ended up with two days ' climbing . |
| 15 | I ended up on three years ' probation . |
| 16 | Frequently recurring criticisms of the contracts are that they are of up to nine years ' duration , they contain hidden annual increases , that the costs of settling old agreements are added to the undisclosed capital value of new equipment , and that the total cost of a contract is not disclosed . |
| 17 | One vice-president is accountable for several strategic business units , each with a president who works with critical tasks of up to 7 years ' duration . |
| 18 | After a marathon seven-month trial , Noriega , 54 , the first foreign leader to be convicted in America , faces up to 120 years ' jail . |
| 19 | The new machines will cost only £50 more than current single-speed VHS models and in the long-play mode give up to eight hours ' playing time , instead of the normal maximum of four hours . |
| 20 | At the moment the punishment is up to six months ' imprisonment and/or a £2,000 fine . |
| 21 | Training is based on up to six years ' relevant job experience and includes on average two to three years ' study . |
| 22 | The ruling in Strasbourg yesterday that the complaints are admissible clears the way for a future hearing before the European Court of Human Rights in up to two years ' time . |
| 23 | Sometimes they offer up to two years ' rent free ; in other instances a capital sum changes hands . |
| 24 | Firstly , the training of young people , building upon a Council Decision ( Dec. 1987 ) calling for the setting-up of a system giving all young people the right to up to two years ' basic training . |
| 25 | The relocation allowances package covered such items as : legal expenses ; the cost of a structural survey ; stamp duty ; estate agents ' fees ; removal expenses ; the cost of two visits by the family to view accommodation ( this covered travelling and accommodation costs ) ; and a disturbance allowance of up to two months ' salary . |
| 26 | If a union complains to an industrial tribunal of failure by the employer to consult , the employer may be liable for a compensation award of up to two weeks ' pay per employee affected with a week 's salary being limited to £184 . |
| 27 | It was prompted by nationwide dismay at an announcement that 31 out of 50 pits still operating in the UK were to close and up to 30,000 miners ' jobs would be lost . |
| 28 | A NEW vaccine against the infectious liver disease Hepatitis A , ‘ Havrix ’ , has this week been introduced in the UK : a course of two injections in the arm followed by a booster which could give up to 10 years ' immunity . |
| 29 | Accountants , lawyers and other professionals who engage in such business would face enormous fines and up to 10 years ' imprisonment . |
| 30 | The more liberal law replaced one from 1867 which declared abortion a criminal offence punishable by up to 10 years ' imprisonment . |