Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [vb -s] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The defence applies in cases of intentional and negligent infliction of harm , although it operates in different ways .
2 According to an official survey , the income needs in terms of dinars of a family of four in early 1987 varied from 17 per cent above the Yugoslav average in Slovenia to 18 per cent below the average in Kosovo .
3 The Ombudsman operates under Terms of Reference which permit him to deal with :
4 But in a few cases careful evidence must be gathered to show whether the attachment falls within Cox v Harrison at ( B ) 7 above .
5 The change comes as part of a bid by the Bishops of Durham and Jarrow to reduce the number of paid ministers by 36 .
6 In Psalm 51:11 the writer prays to God in penitence ;
7 In I Peter 2 , the writer looks at Jesus from the viewpoint of suffering Christians and says : ‘ Yes , I know all that you are enduring … look at Jesus … follow him . ’
8 The trial opens in Gaza of Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yaseen .
9 The board meets on Thursday for the first time since the row began and Mr Hussey , Mr Birt and Lord Barnett will be asked to explain the situation .
10 The board calls for reforms by the US coast guard , Ocean Drilling and Exploration Company , owner of the rig , and Mobil Oil of Canada , for whom the Ocean Ranger was drilling .
11 The ordinary disciplinary rules and procedures which the Board applies in relation to its employees will apply in relation to you .
12 Given some aspects of what a sentence conveys in a particular context , is that aspect part of what the sentence conveys in virtue of its meaning … or should it be ‘ worked out ’ on the basis of Gricean principles from the rest of the meaning of the sentence and relevant facts of the context of utterance ?
13 In a passive sentence the person or thing affected by the action of the verb occurs as subject of the sentence :
14 If the money falls in law to be repaid , a direct order for its repayment is more appropriate than a declaration that it should repay it or an order setting aside a refusal to be repaid .
15 Hence , local authorities have to deal with a number of different central government departments , but the extent to which this is the case varies from issue to issue .
16 The sado-sexual crime is not described , yet everything in the text points to Mathias as the perpetrator .
17 When arrested , Curtis told the police that he had obtained the mushroom spores for £3 from an American magazine High Times .
18 The ban remains in place on 410 Welsh farms , notably in Snowdonia .
19 This process seems to occur in much the same way as a plan position indicator in a radar system monitors the movement of targets recorded on the radar sets by reference to the stable map of the background locality .
20 The reserve takes in part of the Minsmere levels which were flooded during the Second World War to counter possible invasion .
21 This right does not arise under the SGA where the contract provides for delivery in more than one consignment , since there has been no breach in respect of goods not yet delivered , however reasonable it is for the buyer to fear that there will be in the future .
22 The chairman qualifies for election to the Physical Sciences Board as an official member , and , if elected , is a member of the General Purposes Committee of that board .
23 And these appellations are all to be inferred when the Christian speaks of Jesus as Messiah .
24 Indeed , the conscious mind is not employed when the Christian prays in tongues to the Lord ( I Cor. 14:14 ) .
25 The decision asks for advice from the Arbitration Commission and from Mr. Badinter .
26 Thus if the buyer goes into liquidation before fully paying for the goods , any of the goods which have not been re-sold by the buyer and which remain unmixed will belong to the seller .
27 O If the buyer pays by way of deposit a sum less than 10% of the purchase price then in the event of the seller becoming entitled to forfeit the deposit under the terms hereof the buyer shall forthwith pay to the seller or the seller 's conveyancer a sum equal to the difference between the deposit already paid and 10% of the total purchase price .
28 According to Sweeney , a good fit is defined by the faint ‘ puff ’ made by escaping air as the foot slides into place inside the shoe .
29 But from age 25 onwards the earnings gap between the groups widens in favour of those in the non-manual sector .
30 Then there are the eyeshadow compacts with squares of immaculate , untouched shades — except for one per tray , which has been brushed bare .
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