Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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31 The survey revealed that concentrations of nitrogen dioxide in London , Birmingham , Edinburgh and Cardiff exceeded the EC safety levels of 40 parts per billion .
32 And there would be an outcry because it is now a basic principle of parliamentary democracy that parties of government stand in all constituencies across the state .
33 Chapter 3 described how Skinner attempted to circumvent the thorny problem of mentalistic descriptions of language by insisting that descriptions of language focus on observable language behaviour .
34 There is , however , no way of overcoming the objection that analyses of Seascale data for this period are not amenable to any rigorous statistical evaluation because the area , age group , and types of disease to be studied were selected as a result of the observed clustering of cases .
35 We do know that responses by women members of the Legitimation League were cautious and ambiguous , highlighting the tensions felt by feminists in committing themselves to a libertarian politics .
36 And in the Republic , it is being alleged that imports of building materials from Northern Ireland are threatening hundreds of jobs in the southern border counties .
37 And in the Republic , it is being alleged that imports of building materials from Northern Ireland are threatening hundreds of jobs in the southern border counties .
38 Applicants deluged the NME with calls claiming that promises of replacement tickets for Morrissey 's December 19 shows at The Alexandra Palace had not been met by the organisers .
39 This was expressed in a more rational and less extreme form than in the Britons Society , although individuals like Baron Sydenham of Coombe appeared to be connected with both .
40 As you punctuate , however , remember that departures from convention result in writing which appears incorrect and which can be difficult to understand .
41 He challenged the validity of a search warrant which had been obtained from a sheriff , alleging that statements by inquiry officers about a flickering light being seen at a bedroom window were a blatant and malicious fabrication .
42 It should be noted that counts of breeding pairs of this species must be made early in the year to be accurate .
43 They could eventually contradict the ‘ central dogma ’ that changes in dna flow into the protein molecules they code for , but never the other way round .
44 The relevant date for valuation purposes is the time immediately before the occupier ceases to be in residence , with the inevitable consequence that changes in market conditions between that date and the hearing are inadmissible .
45 But from others , a clear hint that fears of drug abuse at the site were not unwarranted .
46 Although studies of land use like those outlined above provide useful overall data , they only produce a limited picture of what the countryside actually looks like and how it is changing in appearance , and this type of study remains at the heart , if not the mind , of many of even the most socioeconomic quantitative geographers .
47 Although studies of radiation workers in this country show , in fact , that they experience fewer cancer deaths than the general population .
48 The overriding message that emerges from the survey is that accountants in industry share to a considerable degree the City 's view ( as exemplified by the Institutional Shareholders ' Committee ) that reporting companies need to devote more efforts to improving the information provided on the nature of R&D expenditure and , in particular , its contribution to performance .
49 Favoured with the inside story of the Fawaz Younis kidnapping and other government ‘ exclusives ’ , Emerson 's special relationship with Federal law-enforcement agencies was again on display when he quoted unnamed Washington sources to the effect that allegations of DEA involvement in the Lockerbie disaster had been traced to one Lester Knox Coleman , a ‘ disgruntled former DEA confidential informant who was terminated ’ .
50 He described the March 3 attack as an " aberration " , although transcripts of radio conversations between the police officers involved and their control included references to other violent incidents and contained a number of derogatory racial remarks .
51 Reinforcing this pattern may be the fact that girls in class fall into a role they assume to be the natural order , taking second place to boys .
52 Sir , I wholeheartedly agree with Dr Stephen Smith 's comments ( News , July 12 ) on behalf of the NFU that charges for advice services to our hard pressed farmers should be realistic .
53 Some built sturdily of wood and iron , others no more than skins of plastic sheeting over frames of branches , they straggled north over the dunes as far as I could see .
54 Hanna and Kuendiger found that differences in mathematics achievement between countries are much greater than differences between girls and boys .
55 To confirm that differences in treatment duration for individual patients did not affect the analysis , we also compared ulcerative colitis disease activity in the placebo and cyclosporin groups at one year when all patients were still in the study .
56 The importance of the quality of this experience is beginning to emerge from a number of recent studies , which show that differences in language use by adults are significantly associated with variation in their children 's rate of development ( see Wells and Robinson , 1982 , for a review ) .
57 Word of his prowess with the chanthu had spread , Alexei knew , and quarrels were seldom more than exchanges of acid words as a result , because were he to be challenged the choice of weapons would be his .
58 Despite the later announcement , Uniplex managing director Patrick Register claimed that negotiations with Data General on the deal were ‘ more advanced than with IBM , with specific projects planned ’ .
59 Although sections of electricity line near the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales had been undergrounded following a public outcry , there were no plans to do the same where the route skirted the North York Moors National Park .
60 Editor , — As one of the two speakers criticised in Council by Mr John Chawner for saying that schemes for tax relief on child care were non-starters and a waste of health service money perhaps I may be allowed to draw attention to a debate earlier that day .
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