Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [prep] [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local and regional governments are , potentially , heavy spenders of public funds and complete freedom for them to institute and carry out their own expenditure programmes has come to be regarded in some quarters as subversive of a sufficiently refined power of control over public expenditure overall by central government . |
| 2 | The ability to develop new drugs is now greater than most countries ' ability to pay for them without rationing or screening systems — for example , France controls individual prices and Germany has initiated a reference system which pays a basic price for all drugs in the same category . |
| 3 | This means giving them assistance in their cases , and even ( with the client 's consent ) taking cases for them in court if owing to some clash of appointments they find themselves unable to appear . |
| 4 | As Wordsworth wrote , ‘ Nothing was more difficult for me in childhood than to admit the notion of death as a state applicable to my own being … |
| 5 | If you are to sit opposite me at table and walk through my house , then I prefer you to look your best , which I know will be very good indeed . ’ |
| 6 | He looked up , glanced at the pair of them without recognition and went on his way . |
| 7 | By extrapolating broad social trends such as the long-run shift in industrialised societies from employment in agriculture and manufacturing to employment in service industries he paints his picture of the future where all our material needs are catered for by 10 per cent of the labour force , and the remainder are employed in the service sector , many of them in education and subsidised by the government . |
| 8 | Sir Anthony cried in greeting , at the same time as the Frenchman bowed to each of them in turn and took the empty seat opposite Sir Anthony . |
| 9 | He upended each of them in turn and allowed himself a grim little smile of satisfaction when a squirming scorpion tumbled from one of them . |
| 10 | Those who knew Billy Callender still speak of him with affection and regard all these years later . |
| 11 | ‘ It is my wish that my Clerk Mr. Prince who is well acquainted with my business and affairs and in whom I place great confidence should continue in the management and conduct of the same … to sell and dispose or exchange all or any of my works on Ornithology and specimens of Natural History in the manner I have been accustom to do … to continue or complete as far as practicable the publication of any work or works of mine on Ornithology and to do all other [ illegible ] by issuing a Prospectus advertising the same … to purchase all necessary materials articles and things fit and proper for the carrying on of my business … to borrow for a temporary period any money from my Bankers , Messrs Drummond and Company … and if there by any surplus available for the purpose to invest the same in purchase of Stock … to pay the rent and taxes … make up , adjust and settle all and every or any Accounts … [ and generally ] to do perform and execute all and every or any other acts deeds matters and things whatsoever are necessary to be done in all other my concerns engagements affairs and business whatsoever during my absence from England as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as I myself might or could do if I were personally present and did the same . ’ |
| 12 | Others made use of it for axe or adze blades , among them the Indians of Amazonia , the Haida of Queen Charlotte Island , British Columbia , and the Eskimos of the Kobuk river , Alaska . |
| 13 | of crime relates to property , much of it to burglary and breaking into people 's homes . |
| 14 | " I gave some of it to Eileen and tried to double the rest at roulette . |
| 15 | This is because the Inland Revenue could then argue that Target did not beneficially own the trade at completion of Newco 's acquisition of Target , so as to be able to dispose of it to Newco and fulfil the conditions of s343 . |
| 16 | I think of it with loathing and dread ; have visions of designing the no-need-to-clear-mask and then return to reality . |
| 17 | Now it is giving those of us on earth that spaced out feeling . |
| 18 | Alternatively if you are trying to use an accent because some members of the wedding party speak like that , get one of them to record a short passage for you on tape and play it over until you have perfected their accent . |
| 19 | ‘ However , the next council meeting the IAAF will consider the possibility of commencing proceedings against him for libel and taking further disciplinary action . ’ |
| 20 | He then sold the timber to E. B wrongfully removed some of the timber and E obtained judgment against him for conversion but took no steps to enforce his judgment , because B was insolvent . |
| 21 | Sequoia Systems Inc has reported a first quarter net loss of $3.0m after a charge of $3.3m for the preliminary settlement of the class action suit against it on turnover that slumped 37.9% at $9.6m . |
| 22 | Each criterion will be specific enough for Bill and me to judge performance against it without hesitation and to reach the same conclusion , . |
| 23 | by joining with the skilled workers in agreements linking wages and prices , employers could hope to regulate competitive wage cutting amongst themselves in recession and end costly stoppages as the workers recouped these losses in booms . |
| 24 | The voice that came back to him was unlike hers in tone but matched it in substance , ‘ Where do you think I am ? |
| 25 | Toni , we 'll put like lots of dots and say no comment |
| 26 | When I come back , I 'll tell you , and you can come with me on horseback or go alone on foot — just as you like . ’ |
| 27 | They would say , ‘ Do you want to do this with me at Christmas or do you want to go surfing ? ’ |
| 28 | I took some tapes with me to Saint-Moritz and listened , and thought , my goodness , this is quite wrong . |
| 29 | ‘ How could you say such a thing , ’ he begins , ‘ With me in bits and pacing the streets like a fockin' animal , with no one but the likes of Perry to pour me heart out to ! ’ |
| 30 | I never saw a woman yet you could hold her own with me in talk or love for six minutes together . |