Example sentences of "[noun] [det] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I 'm 63 and for the past six years I have been taking two tablets each day for myxoedema of the thyroid .
2 He called it a down-payment and said there could be a hundred times that sum on offer for the right kind of information about Alan Dysart .
3 Public spending in the USA is higher than in the UK ; the US spends nearly one and a half times that amount in addition on private medical benefits , yet health outcomes in the two countries are broadly comparable .
4 And when we bear in mind Chairman that piece of land in the first instance was given to the Southwell D C by a Southwell resident .
5 Interactivity in an information system gives the user some influence over access to the information and a degree of control over the outcomes of using the system .
6 In all these cases some form of consultation of all interested parties and groups , and mutually acceptable or advantageous adjustment of the competing possibilities in as wide a context as possible is desirable .
7 Twenty miles per hour per second , miles per hour , what 's the change this miles per hour into metres per second .
8 In addition , Pickwick plan to release Kaplan 's Adagietto this autumn as part of a compilation disc featuring all of Mahler 's adagio movements from the nine completed symphonies : the finale of the Third , the third movement of the Fourth , Kaplan 's Adagietto , and the finale of the Ninth .
9 I will then go on to present some examples of language in use in conversation , to show how these attitudes relate to actual practice .
10 From the admittedly fairly simplified drawings on the Cretan seals , it looks as if the Minoans were in fact building this type of vessel by about 1600 BC .
11 When firms were restructured , these links gave the various shareholders some community of interest in the outcome , and in rescuing one another during hard times .
12 When we are children we first experience this use of power by our parents .
13 some houses some houses for sale in your village are n't there ?
14 She to play the part this time of chaperon to her own servant ?
15 Rincewind glanced around quickly , in case some leakage of enchantment from the Magician 's Quarter across the river had momentarily transported them to some other place .
16 My Lords , do you really want to give the politician in Whitehall this sort of power on the overwhelming majority of police authorities in Britain in England and Wales I should say and remember the other provisions of the Bill .
17 Lakoff views this theory as part of an " internally realistic " set of claims about the mind ( Putnam 1978 , 1987 ; Lakoff 1987 ) .
18 Course winner Zalon looks the best bet at Sandown with trainer John Gosden 's horses in top form and there is likely to be some heavy money this morning for Farat in the following race .
19 If not a provisional card another way of permission to be seen properly at meaningful auditions .
20 ‘ There was little snow this year in contrast to last year 's challenge when the entire route was snow-covered , ’ he said .
21 ‘ A burst knee muscle also set me back by about three weeks , ’ he said , adding that the Fiji match would be an ideal opportunity to blood another flanker in front of a home crowd .
22 THE Royal Navy will visit the North-East in force this month as part of its first ‘ Shop Window ’ exercise in over 15 years .
23 PRS are offering Guitarist readers some peace of mind from such potential turmoil in the form of 5 life memberships .
24 She tried to look over her shoulder , to see the face of the driver , to mouth some kind of warning to him but she could see nothing .
25 ‘ Primitive ’ is a vexed term these days in relation to both tribal art and the work of the early modern masters in the West .
26 ‘ ( a ) to produce to the inspectors all … documents of or relating to the company … ( b ) to attend before the inspectors when required to do so , and ( c ) otherwise to give the inspectors all assistance in connection with the investigation which they are reasonably able to give .
27 If the objects of the society are not charitable , the rule against perpetuities ( see p. 42 ) , from which charities , provided that they are to begin within the perpetuity period , are exempt , will make void any gift of property by way of permanent endowment , whether made by will or otherwise ; but there is nothing to prevent gifts or bequests from being made to a non-charitable society in such terms that it can , at any time , dispose of the capital at its pleasure .
28 He comes home late night , one Saturday night , having been working long hours , not having enough sleep , she nags him and Madam he loses his temper with her and Madam , I am sure that you and I in our relationships same sort of stress in a different situation where , where we 've been nagged by our partners and lost our temper and pushed them about , or whatever , and we 'd be very surprised I think to find ourselves in , in my client 's situation had that happened , because what , what happened here Madam was that erm the girlfriend suffered some minor injuries , nothing to worry about really .
29 We decided to schedule an hour and a half each week for work on the additional assessment , and this seems to have been a successful approach .
30 At that time we had a fairly large irregular backyard where my father would chop wood each morning in anticipation of the cold winter to come .
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