Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun pl] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From now on the companies on UI 's executive committee , currently home to the likes of Sun Microsystems Inc , NCR Corp , Unisys Corp and ICL plc and some of the Japanese firms , will select the reference technologies for items such as networking , object orientation and multimedia . |
| 2 | ‘ It is our intention to provide a full opportunity for organisations such as your own to contribute at an early draft plan stage before we proceed to the more formal statutory plan stage . ’ |
| 3 | He is concerned about the dissipation of the NCC 's science team , and asks : " What of the UK 's international responsibilities under Conventions such as Ramsar , Bonn and Berne ; or to the EEC for directives such as the Birds Directive and the proposed habitats directive ? |
| 4 | The LDP and science-related ministries and agencies are now trying to ensure that next year 's budget includes provision for items such as a high-capacity national backbone network for linking computers in government institutes and universities . |
| 5 | Other than that , though , it is dependent on other nations either wholly or in part for products such as bauxite , copper , lead , tungsten , tin , nickel , phosphates , potash , rice , corn , cotton , silk , coffee , tobacco , and forestry products , among others . |
| 6 | The complex variations and interactions between factors such as recruitment strategies , size of firm , sector , area and local industry mix introduce a wide range of contingencies into the situation which are further complicated by gender and race . |
| 7 | ( 4 ) Defects in goods or services sold or supplied As with bad debt liability cover is available in the conventional insurance market in policies for areas such as public liability , product liability and professional indemnity . |
| 8 | Mergers between giants such as GE and RCA ( 1985 ) and between Sperry and Burroughs ( 1986 ) inevitably forced smaller competitors also to consider growing by merger ; 1987 duly saw the start of a fresh wave of European electronics mergers . |
| 9 | Schools are allocated funding for resources such as teaching staff , equipment , supplies and services ; staff are hired centrally but selected by heads . |
| 10 | Here Locke draws a parallel between modes such as triangles , and substances such as gold and the Strasburg clock . |
| 11 | Discounting new distillate sales , about two-thirds of Invergordon 's overall output is exported , with one-third going to the home market , where sales grew by 6 per cent as the group consolidated and grew its leading position in own-label Scotch whisky for customers such as Tesco and Safeway . |
| 12 | He maintains that there is a link between characteristics such as extroversion and criminal behaviour . |
| 13 | They can thus be sold just like any other piece of consumer equipment , for instance through stores such as Sears Roebuck or J. C. Penney in the US or W. H. Smith in Britain . |
| 14 | This should not be particularly surprising since the main element has been price support for commodities such as grain and sugar which are produced principally in the more favoured farming areas . |
| 15 | Given this premise , we should not be surprised to find the police are in the forefront of support for proposals such as the introduction of identity cards ; it was not surprising to find the 1988 Superintendents ' Association conference not only supporting this motion , but arguing for the creation of twenty-four hour armed patrols throughout the country and making a plea for a national motorway squad . |
| 16 | As commander of uniform operations department he had responsibility for areas such as traffic , dogs , crime prevention and public relations . |
| 17 | To develop a sense of responsibility for ones own health and wellbeing — including our plant earth |
| 18 | As attorney-general , he visited Belfast monthly and knows the top players in the establishment there , and responsibility for issues such as extradition has brought him into contact with senior figures in the Republic . |
| 19 | Life was not all work and no play for women any more than for men ; even if they had chores to do at home , the women compositors — who almost by definition young and/or unmarried — had the chance to escape duty for pleasure from time to time . |
| 20 | No one sneers about her weakness for shoes these days . |
| 21 | While many of these types of work categories are still very broad , what the tables ( and diagrams ) show clearly is that there is a marked contrast between subjects such as computing and engineering ( civil , electrical/electronic , mechanical ) where one type of work absorbs 70 per cent or more of the graduate output , and subjects such as English , history , biological sciences or social studies where graduates are absorbed into a fairly even plurality of occupations ; with everything in between these two extremes . |
| 22 | We estimated that the consequences of motherhood lowered the pay of employed mothers relative to their childless contemporaries through factors such as lost employment experience , downward occupational mobility and the low rates paid for part-time work . |
| 23 | We are always delighted to arrange private views for societies such as yours , and will do our best to accommodate your requirements . |
| 24 | It would also have helped to eliminate contradictions between authors such as the use of incorrect units . |
| 25 | A special boost for youngsters this year will be the appearance of decathlete Daley Thompson , himself a big tennis fan , who will be on hand to offer advice and training to youngsters in all of the 7 disciplines . |
| 26 | In this country , they hire the electronic noticeboards in post offices for messages such as ‘ Jewish mothers and daughters light your Sabbath candles ! ’ |
| 27 | The problem is compounded further by the fact that software houses are unable to predict what precise configuration is going to be present and so they are forced to provide numerous drivers for peripherals such as displays and printers . |
| 28 | The 30-nation talks in Geneva failed to bridge the gap between countries such as Germany and the Nordic states , which are seeking a 79 per cent cut in emissions by the end of the decade , and those like the UK and France which want a lower level of cuts over a longer period . |
| 29 | Yet so many people fail to see these wider and far more important aspects in their search for minutiae such as the differences between the Midland Railway signal boxes and those of the Great Western . |
| 30 | Do not most of us search for excuses most of the time ? |