Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [be] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Petipa 's ideas about birds were followed by Ivanov 's Odette in Swan Lake and later in Fokine 's unforgettable The Dying Swan fur Anna Pavlova . |
| 2 | A cheque for £1,000 was presented to Middlesbrough Guide Dogs for the Blind centre manager Brian Lewis , left , by Dr Ian Click , ICI 's Internation Research and technology manager . |
| 3 | This cohesion through antonyms is identified by Halliday and Hasan ( 1976 : 285 ) as one of the main types of lexical cohesion in English . |
| 4 | Learning to value the skills they have developed through running a home and family was just one of thousands of options for change being offered to women at Colchester Town Hall on an Education Day organised as part of this year 's Adult Learners ’ Week . |
| 5 | Only Michels among the classical theorists undertook very systematic research , and even work by post-war writers such as Mills was criticized by pluralists as unsystematic and impressionistic . |
| 6 | Regular visits for employers are arranged in Compacts . |
| 7 | Some examples of the sources of major differences between authorities are given in table 9.2 , which shows the contributions per head of total population from each of the main expenditure headings . |
| 8 | But , then , his entire stock of knowledge about Islam was derived from Morals and Manners in Islam by Dr Marwan Ibrahim Al-Kaysi . |
| 9 | Officials in Brussels claimed Mr MacSharry 's scope for bargaining was undermined by warnings from M Delors that he would not sanction a deal which penalised Europe 's farmers . |
| 10 | Overall , the potential for agriculture is limited by topography , especially slope angles and water availability . |
| 11 | The prize for literature was awarded on Oct. 11 to the Mexican poet , Octavio Paz . |
| 12 | In May 1976 the first exploration licences specifically for uranium were issued to Maugh Ltd , a subsidiary of the French company Minatome , a company which in turn was partly owned by Total , the French state-owned oil company . |
| 13 | Then a basic algorithm for division is shown in Figure 2.4 , again derived from the normal pencil-and paper method . |
| 14 | Attempts to exclude liability for negligence are governed by s. 2 . |
| 15 | The various ideas for progress were discussed by ECSC ministers meeting at Messina in early June . |
| 16 | A cheque for £250 was presented to Yvonne by senior manager Andrew Taylor on behalf of her friends and colleagues . |
| 17 | A horse trailer worth £1,000 was stolen from Station Road , Stokesley . |
| 18 | An Elddis Whirlwind caravan worth £1,000 was stolen from Redwell House Farm , Waskerley , near Consett . |
| 19 | Four batteries worth £225 were stolen from Abrahams Transport , St Helens Auckland , at the weekend . |
| 20 | A third of all prescriptions for cimetidine were given to patients with unproven peptic ulceration , and furthermore , half of these had used the drug for more than five years . |
| 21 | Subject to the necessary agreements being reached in Brussels and Luxembourg , the next call for proposals is expected in May . |
| 22 | The salary of a newspaper 's art critic for instance is fixed by reference to the pay of the theatre critic , political editor and so on . |
| 23 | Stage 1 Generic Sciences modules provide a starting point for those students with little or no science background and will be particularly useful for programmes being developed for adult returners or for those with Standard Grade at Grade 5/6 who wish to continue in science . |
| 24 | Comparisons between groups were made by Student 's t test , or Wilxocon 's matched pairs test . |
| 25 | No changes between groups were seen at day 3 , although levels decreased by about sixfold in all groups between days 3 and 7 ( Fig 7 ) . |
| 26 | During early 1990 $297m worth of securities were stolen from a City messenger and whilst a general alert went out should any unusual presentations for payment be made at maturity to minimise the risk of loss , it is nevertheless true that this kind of occurrence causes a certain difficulty due to the fact that invariably the instruments in question are bearer instruments . |
| 27 | Trainers worth £918 were stolen by thieves who broke through a top floor window from a flat roof into Stead and Simpson 's Thirsk shop . |
| 28 | A version of the quantity theory which concentrates on the factors that determine the demand for money was developed by economists at the University of Cambridge . |
| 29 | He is not impressed by the idea of suggestion as the basis of crowd behaviour , for no explanation is given by simply referring to the suggestibility of people as the reason for crowds being influenced by leaders . |
| 30 | This week a consignment of langoustines , scallop meat and monk fish for Germany was intercepted at Boulogne by French fishermen protesting at cheap imports . |