Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As with other holders of potential power , the strategies open to presidents are limited through a variety of factors — the president is constrained through his formal constitutional powers , the degree of popularity he enjoys and the limitations imposed by relations with other countries , for example . |
| 2 | Whatever the specific features of the occupations chosen for study , samples tend uniformly to be male , or mostly male : this fact is hidden through the use of titles which purport to be describing work in general and the worker irrespective of gender . |
| 3 | 9.17 Frustration of reinstatement Landlords sometimes include a proviso that the landlord should have the right to terminate the lease in the event of reinstatement being frustrated or delayed as a result of circumstances beyond the landlord 's control . |
| 4 | ‘ But since Sir Charles died , I have heard about a number of things that seem to be supernatural . |
| 5 | He had heard about the lack of hospitals , the lack of schools ; heard that the same conditions exist throughout the Third World . |
| 6 | No , it 's just a general enquiry , really , I I guess erm , erm , you you 've , through you Chairman , I I 've I 've heard about the involvement of officers , but I wonder what extent there is involvement of of of members in the the the process of preparing those reports and presentations of the report , is is there any member comment on that . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , you 've heard about the traces of tranquillisers found in the deceased 's blood ? ’ |
| 8 | Anthropologists and others have produced evidence of the range of languages and institutions within which ‘ scientific progress ’ has been made , as in the mix of mathematics and astrology in ancient Greece ( Goody , 1977 , p. 17 ) , and of geometry and the building of sacred altars in ancient India ( Parry , 1982 , p. 23 ) , while in Europe developments can be traced through a number of traditions , of which the essayist tradition is only one . |
| 9 | Reading schemes have been heavily criticized for a range of reasons . |
| 10 | Derrida has sometimes been criticized for the generality of phrases such as ‘ the history of the West ’ or the claim that his work involves a critique of ‘ Western metaphysics ’ . |
| 11 | If a claim is received for a loss of travellers cheques then the Claimant should be advised to claim from the issuing Bank . |
| 12 | Where , however , the cost of providing a service is balanced or overtopped by amounts received for the service from others to whom it is provided , the man in the street might well , and probably would , say that the provider had incurred no expense in providing the particular benefit under consideration . |
| 13 | An image on a TV screen is not continuously present , but is relayed as a series of stills , twenty-five to a second . |
| 14 | I could come disguised as a priest with sticks of dynamite strapped to my chest and — ’ |
| 15 | Both these mountainside systems had been developed as a response to communities being forced by hostile forces ( the Masai in the case of the waChagga , and the Nguni in the case of the waTengo ) to live in a restricted area . |
| 16 | Merck , the US pharmaceutical company which discovered that this drug — originally developed as a treatment for worms in animals — could have a beneficial effect in humans , has made it available in West Africa free of charge . |
| 17 | Although it was developed as a waterproofer for floors and walls , Ruberoid Synthaprufe can also be used for damp-proofing , basement tanking , damp-protecting reinforced concrete beams , and roof maintenance . |
| 18 | Haloperidol has been implicated as a cause of torsades de pointes and death . |
| 19 | The total area of lesions was calculated as the sum of areas of individual lesion . |
| 20 | The symptom index was calculated as the number of times the symptom occurred when the pH was below four , divided by the total number of times the symptom was reported ; this quotient was then multiplied by 100 to give the percentage of symptoms associated with reflux . |
| 21 | NEONATAL MORTALITY RATE — measures the chance of death during the first month of life ; it is calculated as the number of deaths under 28 days of age ( or under one month ) during a specified time period per 1,000 live births that occurred in the same period . |
| 22 | Death rates were also calculated as the number of deaths per recorded discharge ( case mortality or fatal spell ratio ) . |
| 23 | A variety of difficulties were foreseen about the ability of fundholders to continue making savings . |
| 24 | ( 1 ) Before any third party is registered as the transferee of shares he will be asked to execute a deed of adherence binding him to the terms of the subscription and shareholders ' agreement . |
| 25 | The parent company , as it now exists , was formed through a series of mergers in the late 1960s . |
| 26 | Of particular importance F is the pressure exerted by the gas ( especially CO 2 , SO 2 and water vapour ) which is formed through the release of volatiles and by the conversion of ground water to steam . |
| 27 | Under this scheme we have arranged for a firm of Solicitors to deal with the remortgage legal work for just £175 ( excluding Land Registry fee ) . |
| 28 | For although British Rate and Data ( BRAD for short ) gives information on rates , these are always open to negotiation , and discounts can be arranged for a number of reasons . |
| 29 | If the plant material needs to go in a press , a small one is probably adequate for your needs , and will not be too heavy to carry , and if it should be pressed between the pages of books , then take a supply of blotting paper and telephone directories with you . |
| 30 | Applicants ' ability to benefit is assessed flexibly and credit is given for a variety of qualifications beyond conventional O/GCSE and A level successes . |