Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [coord] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When not debriefing El-Jorr 's subsources and evaluating intelligence data to meet Hurley 's insatiable appetite for maps and quadruplicate reports , Coleman kept track of the other uses to which the pipeline was put . |
| 2 | But your question about ropes and tackle lifting the body is pure nonsense , man ! ’ |
| 3 | The first important step was to separate the purchasing and providing functions and devolve services such as personnel and finance to units . |
| 4 | Port Divers carry out underwater surveys of ports , search ships ' hulls for mines and help Clearance Divers find and dispose of mines ; during the day . |
| 5 | It would have been better for employers and workpeople if they had been in the disciplinary grip of machinery … |
| 6 | The protections and incentives offered by a successful individual voluntary arrangement ( IVA ) , can lead to a larger dividend for creditors and avoid or cancel bankruptcy for a debtor . |
| 7 | A successful voluntary arrangement can lead to a larger dividend for creditors and avoid or cancel bankruptcy for a debtor . |
| 8 | Data files for use by computers might contain data about fonts and help systems , but nothing can be done with that information without the assistance of a program file containing the relevant instructions . |
| 9 | ‘ We might wander about for hours and waste a great deal of time . |
| 10 | He would pray for hours and memorize large sections of the Bible . |
| 11 | I said i can go out and walk the streets for hours and find no one . |
| 12 | But Pappy , who was always so willing to engage with her for hours and talk about school work or play chess , only patted her on the shoulder and fobbed her off with platitudes when the question of her mother came up . |
| 13 | Gary would often go missing for hours or stay out overnight . |
| 14 | In it Timmy would crawl for hours or pull himself up and stand precariously balancing , his napkin invariably falling about his knees . |
| 15 | Now Emperor Clocks gives you the opportunity to own a classic timepiece that will stay in your family for generations and give to your children and your grandchildren the same precious memories . |
| 16 | The dams also render the animals easy prey for hunters and trap them when the water is drained for irrigation . |
| 17 | Some philosophers know a lot about bells and think that everyone who hears ringing noises in their ears must have bats in the belfry . |
| 18 | Much later , bacteriophages were found to transfer genetic information , from one bacterium to another , so they became immensely important tools for geneticists and have played a fundamental role in understanding the functions of deoxyribonucleic acid ( see Chapter 11 ) . |
| 19 | ‘ I pay enough tax on my first job ’ , Mike said , and did n't accept the connection between taxes and help for the unemployed . |
| 20 | To repeat the border ( as illustrated ) knit 2 plain rows in dark colour between repeats and reserve the direction of the motif on each repeat . |
| 21 | POLICE should abandon ‘ fashionable management theories ’ which blur traditional relationships between ranks and return to the hierarchical principles of leadership , a senior officer said yesterday . |
| 22 | The company has developed open systems for resellers and end users since its formation in 1986 . |
| 23 | It starts with about $380m over five years to help national authorities exchange information in areas such as taxes and export controls , says national governments would have to provide at least $6,700m over five years , it said , and wants another $7,900m or so over seven years to help all the Community 's backward regions to build up their telecommunications and computer infrastructures ; it says helpfully that loans will be available from the European Investment Bank to help with the effort . |
| 24 | Overall , the book provides an effective way for researchers and graduate students to gain a foundation in the fascinating concepts of the field . |
| 25 | The completion of this work would increase the convenience of searching the General Catalogue for researchers and save them valuable time , and it would also create savings in time for Library staff . |
| 26 | Dismissing the Pittencrieff bid , Aberdeen 's London-based managing director , David Hooker , said : ‘ We remain convinced that the smaller oil and gas companies should consolidate to add value for shareholders and expect to arrange a meeting with Pittencrieff in the near future . ’ |
| 27 | Then we would visualise an alarm clock with carrots for fingers and imagine that when the alarm goes off it switches on the television set . |
| 28 | For the finance community , what they 've got to do , too , is take a longer term view about projects and give the companies an opportunity to grow and ride the pitfalls and the the peaks and troughs . |
| 29 | v ) Expectations and past experience : there may be a variety of expectations about products and purchase decisions to be found at different places within the buying organisation . |
| 30 | We are always ready to arrange special rates for groups and offer a free place for the organiser with any group of 20 or more . |