Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 One general index calculated from death and population information is the crude death rate .
2 Tony and I reckon that when Matt goes to heaven he 'll have his nose in an Ordnance Survey Map and he 'll be saying , " If I remember rightly there should be an old bloke around here with long grey hair and a grey beard and a long white nightie on .
3 In the seventeenth century none of the Russian peasants in any of the regions of mass settlement lived without fear .
4 But parliament is far away , and the border of Wales is very near , and is there a soul in these parts who does not know that smuggling goes on day by day , and that life here would be impossible if it did not ?
5 As the final notes quivered into silence and he left the stage to tumultuous applause , she rose to her feet in spontaneous acclaim for his effort .
6 Send your legal questions to Roger Peters at Hospitality , .
7 There never were 6,000 knights in England ; and it was rare in the twelfth century for more than a thousand knights to gather in answer to a feudal summons .
8 These are not competing principles of equal weight : the values listed in Article 10(2) are simply " a number of exceptions which must be strictly interpreted " .
9 my skin painted for war-dancing :
10 Aurum Software Inc , one of the battery of new companies like ProActive Software Inc and Clarify Inc going after the nascent turnkey customer service management market , picked up $3.75m in first-round financing from venture capitalists Battery Ventures , Vertex Management and Cherry Tree Ventures .
11 How do we account for the minimal pairs given in Chapter 9 ?
12 Another bonus is that it leaves your hair smelling of mint rather than yukky ammonia !
13 Only the weather was ominous — the usual generous gestures of support received from congregation and friends were heartwarming .
14 Since May 1977 Labour no longer had an overall majority in the House of Commons , depending on Liberal or Nationalist support to remain in office .
15 The Labour Party ‘ power hoggers ’ David Marquand refers to will strongly resist this approach , as being marginal to the real issues .
16 Immunohistochemical staining using antiserum reacting against complement factor C3d was used to visualize neuritic plaques .
17 Without prior purchase there was little opportunity to invest in land , except for those " professionals " tapping its rising value indirectly through offering mortgages .
18 A HILARIOUS , misunderstood and grossly-inflated gangster morality play filled with blood , guns and mountains of nose candy .
19 That 's that remains our intention , we would n't want this article fourteen direction to remain in force indefinitely , even though g the G D O said that we can do that .
20 Much of my paltry income goes on rent boys — one of my few weekend leisure activities .
21 He has proposed that the civil list be abolished and that the Royal family live off the proceeds of the crown estate , whose income goes at present direct to the Exchequer .
22 Our Royal menu consisted of : breakfast , one pot of wish-wash called ‘ tea ’ ; lunch , a pot of dry vegetables boiled in water , one pot of vermicelli boiled in water .
23 The gastritis patients were given 50 mL of platelet concentrate at gastroscopy .
24 THE third round draw for the Schweppes Cup has resulted in a number of very interesting pairings with the NCU clubs favoured by home draws in the battle of the big guns .
25 His son Roger de Bavent came into his property in Kent and in the 14th year of the reign was summoned to parliament to sit as Baron .
26 Thrift disguised as Reason speciously suggests than an excess of Fluid Foundation on one 's face , unlike a poisoned sausage , will cause no harm .
27 Minnie had written to her , a short and agonising note , penned with obvious difficulty , and she had replied at length , describing her — horror , Minnie , to hear of these floodings and most of all of the terrible pain which made my own insides contract in sympathy .
28 For example , neo-Marxist analyses of bureaucracy and the division of labour have converged on the accounts given by elite theorists ( Parkin , 1979 ) ; and post-Althusserian and post-Gramscian Marxism is indistinguishable from pluralism except in its vocabulary ( Laclau and Mouffe , 1985 ) .
29 Nao Naomi realizes there 's no point talking about it now , the dye has been cast the decision has been made , the commitment has been entered into , whatever the cost she was going gods way , there was nothing more to be said about it we find that a de a decision made before god and we all make those decisions , means nothing at all unless were determined to carry it through , whatever the cost may be , three women here make their decisions before god , they make their choices , Naomi she chooses to return to Judah once again and enjoy the inheritance god has given her , Auper she chooses to return to her own country and her own god , as far as were concerned that 's the end of the story , but Ruth she chooses , she expresses her faith in the one true god , she turns her back on the old ways and decides to follow gods way , no matter what the cost , she would of said with Joshua , but as for me and my husband were gon na serve god , whatever the cost , I du n no what 'll be and she did n't know what she was letting herself in for , and the , I counted it , although I do n't know what it is , I counted that cost , I 'm willing to pay it and Jesus said that that is the acid test of disciples , said to count the cost and weigh it up and Ruth had done that , then to make their decision and because if we make a decision without counting the cost , without weighing it all up , like Auper you 'll go back , it wo n't last , there is that choice for every one of us day by day , who will we serve , not to be like Joshua , its for us , never for any body else , I will serve the lord because and this is the reason for it , not because you 've done nice things for me , I will be your saviour because he is god , that 's the reason for our serving god , not because he blesses us because he blesses people who do n't serve him , blessing is not exclusive to gods people , blessing , god blesses across the board , god is generous he 's gracious , he causes the rain and the sun to shine on the just and on the unjust , blessing is not the ground for serving god , but because he is god that 's sufficient reason for our committing ourselves to him .
30 In the absence of transactions costs for trading futures and assuming no risk aversion or preference , the current price of a futures contract for delivery at time T in a competitive market will equal today 's expectation of the spot price at time T , that is , F t = E ( S T ) .
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