Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [prep] [pron] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The example engagement letter at 1101.2 includes a request for permission for us to inform the auditors of our appointment . |
| 2 | Member states will have two years after adoption in which to implement the Directive . |
| 3 | We took a couple of cops with us to prevent a breach of the peace and I heard one of them saying it was pointless putting rules and regulations on the wall because most of us could n't read ! |
| 4 | The tend to be unappreciative of the farm worker 's skills , not out of malice , but because they simply lack the detailed knowledge of agriculture on which to base a judgement . |
| 5 | Not every Zionist or Palestinian needs to be a fervent believer in this kind of credo for it to have a force and tenacity which can not be ignored . |
| 6 | It was just an adventurous , yet instinctive choice of base from which to plan an international assault . |
| 7 | A formal land drain consists of short clay pipes laid in , and covered with gravel , but for the simple removal of water from a low area of a path , you would only need to dig a trench , and put about 150mm of gravel into it to lead the water away . |
| 8 | Jock has chosen a life of crime within which to fashion a self . |
| 9 | BRITISH construction industry bosses are running out of superlatives with which to describe the slump . |
| 10 | Visiting can play an important part in helping you decide on your choice of university , so we try to provide a number of opportunities for you to visit the University . |
| 11 | Even Ipuky could not arrange for him to see this body , and he no longer had the cachet of officialdom with which to browbeat the embalmer . |
| 12 | Huntsmen rapidly learned this trick and would carry a pair of ringdoves with them to render the karkadann helpless before their attack . |
| 13 | The best way to see the City is from the canals and we have included a ‘ Canal Bus ’ Pass , valid for the whole day around the famous canals ; this pass allows you to get off and on at a selection of stops for you to explore the city . |
| 14 | I had run away from Sir Tom because I needed to find a bedrock of truth on which to build a life . |
| 15 | But even more , the student should come to understand that there are an infinite number of frameworks with which to describe the world ; and that none has any binding claim over the others . |
| 16 | Because of the devolved nature of SCOTVEC 's provision , it is important to make sure that schools and colleges have a local point of contact with whom to discuss the wide range of issues which can arise — like |
| 17 | This work , it is true , was largely conducted in the belief that simply gathering information alone would eventually lead to an understanding of the brain , but the fact remains that we now have an impressive body of evidence against which to evaluate the new theories that are emerging . |
| 18 | Hepworth justified poaching from literature because of ‘ the advantage of a well-made plot , which was not at all easy to come by in original film scenarios ’ , but what this ignores is the responsibility of producers like him to foster the writing skills which would end British cinema 's reliance on the novel or play , and novelistic or theatrical styles of storytelling . |
| 19 | In his pioneering study , Noel Boaden ‘ suggests that activity in any service will depend on the incidence of need for that service , on the disposition of the authority to provide the service and on the availability of resources with which to provide the service ’ ( Boaden 1971:21 ) . |
| 20 | Make up lots of things on which to focus the mind and start the process as soon as you set off , or start , whatever task you are attempting to achieve . |
| 21 | It was out of character for her to show a customer anything less than friendliness , but she was at a loss with this one , completely thrown off balance , and it showed in her abrupt tone . |
| 22 | To date , the USSR has never attacked a stronger opponent , but it is not out of character for her to steal a march on her equals when their guard is down . |
| 23 | A narrow product line is more suited to a longer channel because , along the distribution chain , it can be combined with complementary products of other manufacturers , resulting in a wider range of items with which to interest the customer . |
| 24 | Never mind reverting to the back-foot no-ball law : bowlers , greedy for every millimetre , have plenty of ground upon which to plant the front foot , and have only themselves to blame for being no-balled . |
| 25 | It may help to build a shallow cone of soil around which to spread the root system evenly . |
| 26 | Certainly , that expansion could never have occurred in a society organised into villages of co-operation ; nor would industries run by trade unions as workers ’ co-operatives and organised nationally have provided a basis for it , for the accumulation of capital with which to finance the crucial , secondary stage of the Industrial Revolution : that is , the establishment of a capital goods sector of the economy . |
| 27 | The type is large and readable and there is plenty of space in which to write the answers . |
| 28 | For example , if we have 98 000 positions of storage in which to store the records , from 50 001 to 148 000 , we could carry out the following calculation : The record address is 124 790 . |
| 29 | To be alone is one thing , but to be alone and to have no means at all of shattering the shell of silence around you to summon the comforting sound of a human voice is quite another . |
| 30 | It is my social catalyst , a lump of oil by which to lubricate the scenario that is my home , clamorous , everchanging , unhumble . |