Example sentences of "[noun] [det] [noun] in [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ There was little snow this year in contrast to last year 's challenge when the entire route was snow-covered , ’ he said . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Primitive ’ is a vexed term these days in relation to both tribal art and the work of the early modern masters in the West . |
| 5 | ‘ ( 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Erm , I think I answered this question this morning in response to erm Miss Whitaker 's erm er question to me , erm Hambledon 's objection to the principle of a new settlement is based upon , erm , our interpretation of P P G three , we feel that , as I said , it would be disingenuous of us to support the principle at this stage knowing that we were unwilling to accept a new settlement in Hambledon . |
| 8 | The flood rolled boulders many feet in diameter for miles and , subsiding , left river bars now standing as mid-channel hills more than 100 feet high … " |
| 9 | They rely for their existence on franchises awarded by the IBA , and pay a primary rental fee each year in return for the use of the IBA transmitters . |
| 10 | Thirty seven who had not had a hysterectomy were given cyclic progestogen with 150 micrograms of norgestrel for 12 days each month in addition to 0.625 mg of conjugated oestrogen ( Prempak C 0.625 , Wyeth ) . |
| 11 | ABOUT 2,000 young Sunday footballers intend to rally in Dundee City Square this weekend in protest at council plans more than to triple the cost of pitches and dressing rooms . |
| 12 | In an effort to enforce the ban , Taiwan 's Council on Agriculture , responsible for regulating the industry , is chartering three fishing boats this year in co-operation with the US , which is also monitoring the area . |
| 13 | Dost stressed that ‘ so far the Government of the DRA has not received from the EEC or from any other organ any proposal in connection with the so-called ‘ conference on Afghanistan ’ ’ . |
| 14 | If Protestant zealots were only partially successful in their attempt to sweep away the supernatural aura which had surrounded late medieval religion , their efforts to give the common people some grounding in knowledge of the gospels ‘ and a basic understanding of the Reformed theology of grace and salvation also met with only limited success . |
| 15 | There was a full and detailed report put by the Central Executive Committee on that point and , as you are well aware , there are motions for debate this morning in respect of er that particular point . |
| 16 | Similarly , she explains , for the Bororos of Brazil the normal pattern is to refer to a participant by using a noun several times in succession before eventually shifting into a pronominal form . |
| 17 | Some hospitals allow patients to keep their own blood in store several weeks in advance of surgery . |
| 18 | Mr Henry Kissinger has proposed a new East-West deal under which the Russians would give Eastern Europe more freedom in return for a western promise not to make trouble for Russia there . |
| 19 | City had already surged forward and stretched the Quakers ' defence several times in search of an equaliser when Sean McCarthy beat the offside trap to a long through-ball , and was brought crashing down by Mark Prudhoe on the edge of the box . |
| 20 | Now it was possible for a settlor who conveyed land to A to direct him to hold to the use of B ; and then to direct that , on the happening of an event , e.g. B 's marriage , B's use should shift to C. This use in favour of C was a shifting use . |
| 21 | ‘ Jeff told me you promised your parents that you 'd treat them to a holiday this autumn in celebration of their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary — but that now you 're starting to worry about how you 're going to pay for it . |
| 22 | Every extra week of gestation reduced the risk of wheeze most days in childhood by about 10% . |
| 23 | The suggested proviso under clause 9.21 is designed to give the tenant some comfort in respect of paragraph 3.1.1 , which could otherwise be disruptive . |
| 24 | The lawn climbs a slope several yards in front of the summerhouse , and in those days , as today , four flagstones embedded into the grass served as steps by which to negotiate this climb . |