Example sentences of "[pos pn] [n mass] and [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further analysis of their data and of additional data for the period from 1970 to 1975 showed that , though the vote for the two main parties had declined in the 1960s , major party identification had not : in other words , electors — whatever they may have done in the polling booths — continued to express a sense of affiliation with one of the two main parties . |
| 2 | So you can go ahead with your Malawis , but bear in mind that you 'll need extra tanks for their fry and for the Julie fry ( you need to remove these at about 1″ — carefully and gradually , to avoid parental upsets ) . |
| 3 | Case study material is being gathered principally by interviews with the groups and their staff and with other local agencies . |
| 4 | but that surprised the man in the queue and yet interestingly I think that and she said I was right in my assumption that that is part of the partnership philosophy of John Lewis that they work in partnership with their staff and in partnership with the community and they make their profit which is generated to start through the community which they sell to and therefore they quietly give back without wanting to play their own trumpets and in a sense I think that 's how it should be . |
| 5 | The idea was to leave FRCN with the responsibility for national and international broadcasting : the Nigerian government would speak with one voice to its people and to the outside world . |
| 6 | And Littlewoods must be commended for the way it looks after its staff and for the role it has played as a responsible Liverpool employer . |
| 7 | An ad hoc Committee of the Select Committee carried out an inquiry into Staffing of Community Institutions and produced a report which received little public attention but had considerable long-term influence on the way in which the Community Institutions recruited and transferred its staff and on how the United Kingdom sought to obtain its proper share of senior posts . |
| 8 | By giving through a central fund to which all give according to their means and from which those in need receive , we fulfil our Lord 's precept : Do not let your right hand know what your left is doing . |
| 9 | The painters themselves , despite the highly organized aspect of the demonstration , appear to have been surprised at the sensation caused by their works and at the sudden notoriety which they acquired overnight . |
| 10 | With John going to Wildenrath , Lindsey decided it was as good a time as ever to be converted onto his aircraft and in October John converted Lindsey onto the Corsair , and in doing so , Lindsey went from 230hp in the ‘ Me 108 ’ to 2,400hp in the Corsair , a horsepower-leap that must be the largest anyone flying warbirds has ever done . |
| 11 | His fortunes are those of a solitary who is due to return to his people and to chance it with them in a further foreign place . |
| 12 | He states this quite explicitly in several of his works and in particular in The Origin … |
| 13 | This was a vehicle with all mod cons at the rear of the bus , which I had followed many times and checked on its progress flying over the route ; oddly enough , on my last night in Mespot I was to sleep in the Imperial Airways rest fort at Rutbah Wells , I had refuelled there many times and had wondered with awe at the vast ugly route-flying Imperial aircraft — Handley Page HP42s — and even more so at the passengers who took an even greater interest in our tiny single-engined Wapiti aircraft , and furthermore asked endless questions about our aircraft and of our life in Baghdad . |
| 14 | I am convinced that , for the well-being of our people and for the preservation of the countryside , we have a clear duty to do all we can to prevent the further unrestricted sprawl of the great cities . |
| 15 | In his only digression from prepared remarks , Francisco Rodriguez said : ‘ The government today has had to control a new attempt at subversion frustrated by the will of our people and of our armed forces to wage struggle . ’ |
| 16 | It was unopposed at the third reading in July , though Lord Hinchingbrooke thought it ‘ a State experiment in the life and happiness of our people and in my opinion like all State experiments , it will work havoc , bitterness and grave social damage ’ ( Cullingworth , 1979 , p. 25 ) . |
| 17 | You can cut your payroll without cutting your staff and without cutting their pay . |
| 18 | You are responsible for maximising performance by supporting and developing your people and for carrying out the full range of managerial duties and checks as prescribed . |
| 19 | But you see the point , so in our species and of course in most societies this is true men are breadwinners whether in an agricultural society or an industrial society erm you know one often feels that if you 're the man in the family you earn all the money your wife spends it on most of the time erm it certainly happens to me er |