Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lent considerable sums to the crown , perhaps as much as £50,000 between 1373 and 1376 . |
| 2 | Over the period 1967-89 , average temperatures in the sea increased by between 0.03 and 0.04 degrees centigrade . |
| 3 | But it ca n't do anything about dry or damaged hair . |
| 4 | Er , we also announced at the same time as the Alton , er , Towers acquisition that Longman had acquired Rank Training for eleven and a half million pounds . |
| 5 | Our papers are currently full of ‘ hard-to-place ’ children in local authority care advertising for foster or adoptive parents . |
| 6 | Probably he resented and resisted the thrust of his father 's ambition for all his sons , but especially for Edwy , the eldest , so obviously gift ed with the academic ability for professional or ‘ establishment ’ success . |
| 7 | There are two established equestrian open learning courses in Great Britain , both for professional or personal advancement . |
| 8 | This applies to all soundtracks whether made for professional or non-profit amateur use even if these are limited to showing in the home . |
| 9 | Was it simply that he wished to remain in Istanbul , and , if so , did he wish to do so for professional or for personal reasons ? |
| 10 | The new chairman of BAIE Scotland , Rosemary Wake , wants members in the region to get to know each other better , for professional as well as social reasons . |
| 11 | Casteleyn adopts a slightly different approach , and discusses induction courses for professional and non-professional staff , on the job training for non-professional staff , further training for non-professional staff , pre-library school trainees , training for newly qualified staff , and continuing professional training . |
| 12 | ‘ Management training for professional and non-professional , advice and help in internal courses ’ . |
| 13 | A relaxing oasis for professional and business men . |
| 14 | The gap between mortality rates for the two groups has in fact widened since the 1930s , when the rates were 10 per cent below the average for professional and managerial workers , and 11 per cent above for unskilled workers . |
| 15 | Such opportunities and experiences offer great scope for professional and personal development . |
| 16 | For example , the interval between marriage and the birth of the first child for professional and managerial families is twice as long as that for the families of unskilled workers . |
| 17 | After 1971 in the USA there was a reduction in demand for professional and managerial workers . |
| 18 | For Moody and Oceanis yachts we pay £120 per day , for Mirage and Cobra yachts £80 per day . |
| 19 | I had admitted defeat on the subject of the links between agricultural and industrial revolution and British Imperialism , and sat down to watch the video . |
| 20 | Implementing a recommendation of a House of Lords Science and Technology Committee ( 1984 ) that more attention should be paid to overlap between agricultural and environmental research , three research councils ( AFRC : ESRC : NERC ) established the Joint Agriculture and the Environment Programme ( JAEP ) . |
| 21 | There were warnings of a potential " scissors crisis " in agriculture , similar to that of the 1920s , in which the disparity between agricultural and industrial products had caused peasants to withhold grain . |
| 22 | But what happened in Jerusalem between 168 and 164 B.C. went beyond the ordinary internal conflicts of the Seleucid state . |
| 23 | One may summarize the conclusions reached with respect to , and within the terms of , the traditional account of the Muftilik as follows : ( a ) that Fahreddin Acemi remained as Mufti , whether in Edirne or Istanbul , until his death , which occurred probably not later than 873/1468 ; ( b ) that he was succeeded by Abdulkerim , who seems likely to have resigned or been removed about 878/1473–4 ; ( c ) that Molla Husrev succeeded to the office about 878/1473–4 and held it until his death in 885/1480–1 ; ( d ) that he was succeeded by Molla Gurani in 885/1480–1 ( but cf. below , pp. 144–6 , 150 ) , who retained the office until his death in 893/1488 ; and ( e ) that Molla Arab succeeded Molla Gurani in that year and remained Mufti until his death in 901/1495–6 . |
| 24 | At times ‘ the Shadow ’ becomes a personification of Sauron , as in Frodo 's remark about mocking and making quoted earlier , at times it seems no more than cloud and mirk , as when the Riders ' hearts ‘ quailed under the shadow ’ . |
| 25 | Table 7.3 is based on his analysis of 29 per cent ( £5 million out of £17 million ) of the traceable capital supplied between 1755 and 1815 . |
| 26 | The framework knitters enjoyed such a time between 1755 and 1785 , continuing to some extent to 1804 , and William Radcliffe described such an age for cotton hand-loom weavers from 1788 to 1803 . |
| 27 | The break-in happened between 6.30 and 10.30pm on Thursday night but so far no witnesses have come forward to give more information about the exact time of the raid . |
| 28 | Will the Minister confirm what my hon. Friend the Member for South Down ( Mr. McGrady ) said , which was that the Housing Executive has lost about £19 million of funding for 1991-92 and that that will have a serious effect on new build ? |
| 29 | Between 1144 and 1154 , as the result of a series of flukes unscrupulously exploited , the position of the Count of Anjou had been transformed . |
| 30 | They can also play off national governments against one another , taking advantage of discrepancies of company law and taxation policy , and governmental competition to attract investment through regional and industrial policy . |