Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [conj] [noun] [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The function of the areas is to achieve more or less complete coverage of popular and standards works for their zone . |
| 2 | Lukic made a couple of brave and decisve dives to feet ( I do n't think he 'd have done that last season ) |
| 3 | The egocentric and performative aspects of mental and speech acts by historical individuals who use such expressions to make statements , ask questions , etc. , naturally enough , often have a direct bearing on the meaning of what is said on a given occasion , and this points to an area of phenomenological problems that needs to be carefully explored if the complexity of the problem of meaning is to be fully understood . |
| 4 | A submarine trench has been postulated to accommodate the thick piles of Manx and Skiddaw slates in north-west England , perhaps superimposed on an earlier Cambrian island arc . |
| 5 | Father Reynard may be a fierce preacher but he is a source of spiritual and material comforts to his parishioners . ’ |
| 6 | The happy medium mean between the extremes of hot and cold furnishes to the chaste and sober eye all that can be wished for . ’ |
| 7 | Following his string of single and album hits in the '70s , a marriage and children , Steve let the '80s slip by . |
| 8 | The USSR devoted more energy and resources to the development of diplomatic and trading ties with these nations than it did to establishing effective operational links with the Communist parties . |
| 9 | Fasciculus , from the Burgess Shales and adjacent localities , is an early ctenophore , but differs from extant and Devonian ctenophores in the number of comb-rows . |
| 10 | The possibilities in using this technology are growing rapidly , not only in terms of face-to-face contact between managers but as pointed out , in academic and training uses with the incorporation of voice and white board electronic screens for demonstration purposes . |
| 11 | At the meeting , which was dominated by exchanges on the conflict in Nagorny-Karabakh [ see pp. 38827-28 ] , the foreign ministers agreed to hold regular joint discussions on political and security concerns in post-Cold-War Europe , on arms control measures , and on the conversion of arms industries to civilian use . |
| 12 | Discussions with civic leaders in Toronto , Pittsburg and Cleveland would hopefully lead to commercial and trade links with those cities , he said . |
| 13 | … American and European societies became increasingly interdependent , by which I mean that complex urban-industrial societies involved individuals in unprecedentedly complex patterns of relations extending beyond personal and community ties to distant bonds no less real because of their obscurity . … |
| 14 | The Kuwait intervention , though important to the Defence policy-makers , was of little consequence to the political departments , whose mandarins were immersed during the first half of 1961 in two major debates : how to handle the Anglo-American special relationship after Kennedy had taken over as US President in January ; and whether or not to put less emphasis on Anglo-American and Commonwealth links by applying belatedly to join the EEC . |
| 15 | Huge parties and rallies — non-alcoholic at the Governor 's request — will be held while giant screens keep supporters outside up-to-date until Clinton appears at 10pm . |
| 16 | Another more elusive contribution by labouring people to the literature of the time can be identified in David Foxon 's English Verse 1701–1750 ; a large number of verses were published pertaining to occupational or craft concerns in the decades before Duck 's appearance . |
| 17 | A joint Italian-Iranian memorandum of understanding signed on Jan. 22 , 1990 , included an agreement by Italy to suspend limitations imposed on financial and capital guarantees for projects and transactions with Iran . |
| 18 | During negotiations between the EC and the Bush administration , it was agreed that the EC aid was offset by US civil aviation spin-offs from development funded primarily for military and space uses by NASA . |
| 19 | We intend to use a good number of the shots for promotional and exhibition uses in the run up to the 1993 Year of Railways . |
| 20 | Seeing this stranger among the gleaners Boaz asks his foreman about Ruth , and she is as we 've mentioned , she , he talks about her diligence , about her respectful ways , about her , her consideration for other and Boaz offers to her , three things , he offers to her guidance he says , do n't go anywhere else , you stay here . |
| 21 | In addition we will use our presence at national and county shows during the summer to sell more tickets . |