Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two forms of pores are recognized , the primary pores , which develop during deposition of the sediment , and secondary pores , which develop after deposition , principally through solution of the rock particles themselves . |
| 2 | I mean for instance on the question of identification after 45 years it 's very difficult , I saw that in the Demianuk trial , to get satisfactory er evidence , but of course er I think British rules of evidence probably would simply mean it was excluded if that was the case , and it was fairly done and the law were n't changed and it was the law as it stands er then I 'd be in favour of it . |
| 3 | Service industries predominate for employment in the island offices , shops , banks , garages etc , as well as the whole infrastructure which is associated with tourism . |
| 4 | Your correspondent could refer back to Northern Echo archives and CSE , but meanwhile he should let the Sydney Harbour Bridge remain as part of the history of the now defunct Dorman Long group and of Middlesbrough . |
| 5 | The National Health Service administrator may be critical of the doctor who is profligate in the use of equipment and resources and at the same time the doctor may resent having to' account for expenditure to the administrator who may lack the medical expertise to understand why such equipment and resources were used . |
| 6 | The clearest sign of puberty is ejaculation or emission , and glandular secretions also account for growth of the penis , growth of hair on the face and body , and the deepening of the voice . |
| 7 | EC finance ministers have agreed that an intermediary in a triangular supply of goods can opt to have its customer in the country of destination account for VAT on the intermediary 's behalf ( p 102 ) . |
| 8 | EC finance ministers have now agreed that an intermediary can opt to have its customer in the country of destination account for VAT on the intermediary 's behalf . |
| 9 | They still often continue , in the capacity of Custos Rotulorum , to be the senior magistrate in the county and usually sit as chairman of the committee which recommends the names of new justices of the peace to the Lord Chancellor , a partial explanation for the dull , middle-class nature of the magistracy . |
| 10 | The other new appointees were : Lee Hyun Woo as Director of the Agency for National Security Planning ; Paik Kwang Hyun as Minister for Home Affairs ; Lee Jung Woo as Minister of Justice ; Lew Hyuck In as Information Minister ; and Kim Dong Ik as First Minister of State for Political Affairs . |
| 11 | One of his first undertakings was to transfer the Tropical African Services Course from the Imperial Institute in South Kensington , ‘ which is not frequented by other students of a kind to make good Administrative officers ’ , to Oxford and Cambridge , where ‘ it would , I am sure , spread interest in our services among other undergraduates of the type we want ’ ; and the great triumph of his career as a bureaucrat was to persuade the Warren Fisher committee , set up in 1927 to examine methods of recruitment into the Colonial Service , that it was unnecessary to look further afield for men ‘ who possess the qualities of mind , character and personality which make for success in the leadership of native … races ’ . |
| 12 | The terms of most commodity futures contracts in London ( eg , those for cocoa , copper and gas oil ) and many financial futures contracts ( eg , those for long gilts and German government bonds ) provide for delivery of the commodity or instrument in a specified month or , in the case of metals , on a specified day . |
| 13 | The significance of proportions was tested using χ 2 test , and the Mantel-Heinzel χ 2 test for significance of the odds ratio was used to compare the effects of alcohol and tobacco consumption . |
| 14 | These rules test for similarity between the word in focus and its neighbours , the highest similarity indicating the correct sense . |
| 15 | Each clinical finding was assessed by χ 2 test for association with the outcomes of hypoxaemia and radiographic pneumonia . |
| 16 | Well you said that er as I recall , that if you had a major proposal say for example within the centre of Easingwold , |
| 17 | They have even given up their company cars and now tout for business in the firm 's delivery van . |
| 18 | Success is when you relax in an armchair on Friday evening , have a drink with your partner and forget about work for the weekend . |
| 19 | I shall refer to those who believe that differences in attainment appear during adolescence as the A group , and those who argue that these differences are evident during ( or at least by the end of ) the primary years as the P group . |
| 20 | ‘ Where goods are sold in market overt , according to the usage of the market , the buyer acquires a good title to the goods , provided he buys them in good faith and without notice of any defect or want of title on the part of the seller . ’ |
| 21 | Also in 1674 Haines published The Prevention of Poverty , or a Discourse of the Causes of the Decay of Trade , Fall of Lands , and Want of Money throughout the Nation , stressing the importance of the balance of trade and advocating a 25 per cent devaluation of shilling coins in order to stimulate domestic manufactures and discourage imports . |
| 22 | In 1529 the reading , purchasing or possessing of proscribed books , attendance at any meeting of heretics , disputing about Holy Scripture , and want of respect for the images of God and the saints were all made crimes for which men were to be beheaded , women buried alive , and relapsed heretics burned . |
| 23 | Second , what appear ex post to the legislators , or electors , to be ‘ mistakes ’ are often associated with taking large risks ; that is , it is usually difficult , if not impossible , to distinguish a ‘ good ’ decision , which in the end turns out to be a failure , from a bad decision . |
| 24 | The implications of this for the relation between how and the infinitive are exactly the same as with need and dare : if the means of realizing the infinitive 's event are not felt to exist , then there is felt to be nothing real occupying the before-position which real means always occupy with respect to the end pursued , and therefore no to preceding the infinitive . |
| 25 | THE Essex boys celebrate with champagne on the balcony after clinching the championship at Chelmsford yesterday |
| 26 | Press into position over the shoulder pads , one half along each one . |
| 27 | Vlok announced on March 11 that the townships of Alexandra , Tembisa , Meadowlands , Diepkloof , Soweto and Dobsonville had been declared unrest areas and place under curfew between the hours of 9.00 p.m. and 4.00 a.m . |
| 28 | Tap into place with the handle of a club hammer |
| 29 | They may stay in bed to all hours , slump in front of the television and expect to be waited on hand , foot and finger . |
| 30 | We find little solace at home but go out again in search of mass entertainment or slump in front of the television , seeking not to think but to forget . |