Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whitelaw , concerned as ever to be the mediator , strove to find a middle way between Heseltine and those who did not want a penny extra for the cities for fear of being seen to reward rioters . |
| 2 | Slipstreaming away , waiting for the bits of gristle from the sandwiches . |
| 3 | And consequently , er the blockade did have er did have serious er serious consequences for the imports in relation to food etcetera , that er that were required by the er by the republican government . |
| 4 | Over the centuries all the world 's religions have accumulated vast amounts of scriptures , as generation after generation struggled with the problems of defining an ever-growing variety of gods ; of endeavouring to explain the origins of the earth and the universe , ; of setting out independently the rights and wrongs of almost everything , ; of justifying caste systems and privilege by birth ; of seeking to instil a belief in an afterlife ; of explaining the complexities of simple and compound reincarnation , ; of building an hierarchy , sometimes with well-paid officers , ; of introducing rituals , rules and forms of worship , and combating ever growing scepticism until the whole world and all life would seem to be in existence solely for the purpose of providing space for this monstrous dumping ground for the products of centuries of speculative and ineffective effort . |
| 5 | A new Herriot ( in this case Every Living Thing , published by Michael Joseph ) does not need to be torn to pieces on the book page of the Times , but there was Robert Crampton trying to make a reputation for himself : ‘ James Herriot did for the Yorkshire Dales in the seventies what Peter Mayle did for the hills of Provence in the eighties . |
| 6 | In Devon and Cornwall indeed there seems to have been a long tradition of piratical and privateering activity in addition to legitimate trade , which may well have laid the foundation for the activities of seamen from this part of the country in the Elizabethan age ( 63 , pp.159–60 ) . |
| 7 | There may well have been planning permission for the activities in question in those cases . |
| 8 | They give nothing away , and it 's Jensen in his rock-solid role as ball-winner and organiser who is providing a base for the ones in front of him to play . |
| 9 | It goes on : ’ ( 2 ) The CAP negotiations must build on reasonably broad agreement on the principle of resource withdrawal in the shape of arable set-aside. ( 3 ) The negotiations must also develop constructively the common thread of agreement on the environment , and on the need for permanent measures to compensate for the disadvantages of farming in Less Favoured Areas . |
| 10 | Prices range from around £200 for the 24″ × 20″ × 12″ tank , cabinet and hood to around £800 for a six foot size . |
| 11 | It is common for the articles of association of a company that is a management buy-out vehicle , a joint venture company , or which is owned by multiple shareholders to provide that the sale of the assets and undertaking of the company requires the consent of specified individuals . |
| 12 | At a ceilidh held for the Ukrainians at Seamill on the Monday evening , Pru Williams again excelled herself translating the name of the band , Chanty Dyke , and even managed to explain ‘ Holy Willie 's Prayer ’ as Jimmy Conn recited it . |
| 13 | As there are many persons of distinction in England who are pleased to honour the art of gardening by making it a considerable part of their amusement and have been greatly assisting in the introducing of large numbers of new plants , shrubs and trees into the English gardens and as some of these noble persons have studied the science of botany and are well acquainted with the characters and true names of the plants … their example will render it necessary for the professors of Gardening at least to know the plants they cultivate by their proper titles … |
| 14 | However , the general principle of liability for the acts of others to which my hon. and learned Friend referred is not at all out of line with the Theft Act 1968 . |
| 15 | How should society make plans today for the quantities of goods to be produced and consumed in the future ? |
| 16 | The capital gain or loss calculated for corporation tax purposes on the disposal of property , plant , equipment or other assets is usually measured as the difference between the sale price and the base cost of the asset plus a deduction for indexation ( an allowance given for the effects of inflation during the period of ownership of the asset ) . |
| 17 | This implies that allowance must be made for the effects of changes in volume on price volatility when studying the volatility-maturity relationship . |
| 18 | In the fifties , doctors treated a number of people for the effects of smog in places like London and Birmingham . |
| 19 | The view that a ‘ threshold of effect ’ exists for the effects of phenylketonuria on brain development is based largely on the apparently normal intelligence of subjects with the mildest forms of the disorder ( so called ‘ benign ’ hyperphenylalaninaemia ) , whose plasma phenylalanine concentrations are <1000 µmol/l ( normal 50–120 µmol/l ) and who do not usually receive treatment . |
| 20 | A general information processing approach which appears to account both for the effects of arousal on task performance and the interaction between arousal and retention interval in the memory literature has been proposed by a number of researchers ( e.g. Broadbent , 1971 ; Hockey , 1979 ) . |
| 21 | Provision for the effects of transfers of employees and liabilities in respect of them under the Transfer of Undertakings ( Protection of Employment ) Regulations 1981 and transfers of pension rights . |
| 22 | ( For the rules of inheritance for ascertaining the heir , see pp. 111–13 . ) |
| 23 | A case could be made for a deep psychic need in people the world over for the manifestations of monsters in varying horrific forms . |
| 24 | AMES began to win recognition as an organization , fighting for the interests of women from the exploited classes . |
| 25 | In the publishing world as a whole , periodicals concerned with the family become more and more specialized : quite apart from the dozens of magazines addressed to women generally , we find some catering for the interests of parents in particular , some especially for the ‘ mother to-be ’ , and others for parents of individual age-groups or of children with special characteristics or handicaps . |
| 26 | It 's worse for the lasses with kids at Christmas . |
| 27 | Heavenly Father , we pray for the talks about peace in the Middle East . |
| 28 | They were far enough from the city for the sounds of insurrection to be too faint to disturb anyone but the few scrawny goats which wandered listlessly around their enclosures . |
| 29 | I accept everything that has been said so far , but is it really necessary for the persons in question to be the subject of media coverage ? |
| 30 | However , ‘ crime fighting ’ is not the sole task of the section police in Easton , for the calls for assistance to which they respond vary considerably in nature . |