Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Your knowledge of organisations can always be improved by visits to see particular processes or operations in action .
2 It is possible that there was a connection between the idea of bird epiphanies and the sacred tree cult ; birds descending from the heavens as messengers or transformations of deities were seen to alight in trees , which conferred sanctity on the trees as the act suggested that the gods themselves had chosen the trees as their shrines .
3 Similarly We , Us , Our can refer to the protagonists in the poems but it can also describe the opinions or reactions of mankind at large ( 59 , 60 , 116 , 118 ) .
4 Under the theme ‘ Marginalisation or contacts across frontiers — the role of independent media ’ , participants passed a resolution to ask the Romanian government to issue provisional licences to community radio stations .
5 ‘ Just keeping a general eye on you , trying to find out if you had any friends or contacts in Venice . ’
6 The questions to be asked in relation to adoptive parents are : first , whether they can successfully parent a child and develop deep attachments to it without a feeling of ‘ entitlement ’ or of being in charge and whilst there are continued visits or contacts by birth parents or birth relatives .
7 He may think in terms of bits of equipment , flows of material , flows of energy or flows of information .
8 The builder also runs the risk of facing contra-charges or requests for daywork payments for standing time , when materials or plant are not available .
9 How you are going to respond to excuses or requests for time extensions or Part payments .
10 Generally a trend of sick leave or requests for transfers by other women who have worked for this person will emerge .
11 These are the four exordia or openings to books one , three , seven and nine .
12 Prima facie their intention was to immobilise the ship and in so doing to interfere with the performance by the owners of their contract or contracts of carriage . ’
13 buying or selling as agent for a client , options , future or contracts for differences unless the transaction is effected with or through and Authorised third party
14 However , it is not clear where on this hypothetical curve normal driving would lie , thus both enhancements or impairments of memory with increasing risk could be explained within this framework .
15 Those who did not inhabit this universe of discourse had less difficulty in accepting possible discontinuities between different movements or forms of racism .
16 Just as different sites or forms of racism have their own conditions of existence and articulation , so they require specific modes of analysis and intervention , each of which has its own criteria of efficacy .
17 Whatever we do with a horse from the beginning of its life will influence the creation of habits or forms of behaviour which it may well keep for the rest of its life .
18 Moral entrepreneurs engage in the process of establishing moral rules by attempting to define certain actions or forms of behaviour as deviant .
19 This is necessary in order to clarify certain observations that some authors have made about the precise aspects or forms of psychosis to which creativity might be especially connected .
20 That is to say , if creativity and psychosis are found to be connected then this is more likely to be revealed , not as a function of the psychotic state itself , but in more subtle ways — for example , through certain modes or forms of thinking and perception which the tendencies to psychosis and creativity might prove to have in common .
21 It encourages pupils to approach them from angles not considered by other subjects or forms of study in the curriculum .
22 Many support groups have sprung up in recent years , at national and local level , to support and advise families of those suffering from specific diseases or forms of disablement .
23 Planning proposals are subject during their life to many checks or forms of appeal .
24 These may take the form of plane and ruled surfaces or surfaces of revolution defined between the boundary entities ; this group of surfaces defines simple geometric forms .
25 Go much more slowly if the road is wet or icy or first drive more slowly at night , remember it can be especially difficult to see pedestrians or cyclists at night and in poor daylight conditions , do not break , sharply , except in an emergency .
26 Beech ( Fagus spp. ) had a similar dampening effect while plantations of oak and conifers together , provided that the blocks or strips of oak are sufficiently large , had a better developed ground flora than that under conifers alone .
27 Lengths of wool or strips of paper are sometimes used to emphasise that the mark represents a height from the floor .
28 Mr Latham said it was an instant decision by the managing director without thought , investigation or discussions with Mrs Taylor before she was dismissed .
29 When an income tax is levied , it will reduce the return or rewards for labour .
30 Without words , children could not use language to convey their intentions or attitudes to others .
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