Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [noun] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions … and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new . |
| 2 | The real power lies with warlords such as Arkan , leader of the battle-hardened ‘ Tigers ’ , who have turned their attentions to northern Bosnia after ‘ liberating ’ towns in Croatia with such ruthless efficiency . |
| 3 | There is also a large and venerable literature on the nature and purposes of higher education , which rings with names such as Newman , Veblen , Ortega y Gasset , and Jaspers [ see Powell 's bibliography ( 1966 , 1971 ) , and there have been many more recent examples but such writing likewise tends to be rather general , and only by extension addresses the question of what is to be taught in curricular terms ; but see Goodlad 1976 ; Barnett 1985 ] . |
| 4 | What counts in cases such as this is ensuring continued pressure and publicity at national level , while also working with a local group , which can keep up pressure on the spot by stirring up the interest of local authorities and the regional branch of the National Trust . |
| 5 | His two-year assignment starts in July this year . |
| 6 | AN AMBITIOUS pedestrian-only scheme starts in Darlington this month . |
| 7 | A resumption of dividend payments looks in store this year and the shares at 37p are attractive . |
| 8 | He has in addition little time for the critical utopianism of Habermas . |
| 9 | He probably has in mind those who campaigned to get the herbicide 245-T banned in Britain and who have attacked the operators of the Pesticides Safety Precautions Scheme for failing to institute a ban . |
| 10 | Even making allowances for these factors , a person might be insulted if the actor makes it plain by his words or conduct that he holds in contempt those ( including the victim ) who do not share his point of view . |
| 11 | Dan Wagoner 's own new work , first staged in Plymouth in October , has a jokey title , Turtles All The Way Down , and has something to do with a Bertrand Russell lecture when it was suggested that the Earth is not round but carried on the back of a giant tortoise which stands on turtles all the way down . |
| 12 | The blue-winged olive nymph lives among weeds such as water crowfoot . |
| 13 | But he also looks at topics such as costing , budgeting , overhead allocation and investment decisions , which give his work a broader scope than most . |
| 14 | The guide , which is entitled Social Message Video Production and Distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa — A Suggested Approach , focuses on issues of production , promotion and distribution , and looks at questions such as language and dubbing problems , the use of indigenous casts and production crews , and transportation of video and film to the region . |
| 15 | This is a very practically-focused course which even looks at areas such as the management of EFL institutions . |
| 16 | I 've seen him looking at you … but he looks at women that way . |
| 17 | One thinks of examples such as " " shorthouse " " ( for shortarse ) or " " naff off " " ( for fuck off ) from post-war British comedy . |
| 18 | if the circumstances of the offence constitute a common law public nuisance the Criminal Law Act 1977 allows for trial either way . |
| 19 | Like other trade unions , the MU negotiates with employers such as TV companies so that when a band appears on ‘ Top of the Pops ’ or ‘ Night Network ’ the members of the band will be paid an MU-negotiated fee . |
| 20 | The report describes in detail each DAC country 's policy and performance for population assistance . |
| 21 | Siddall ( 1982 ) describes in detail several methods of control theory , with examples and implementations in Fortran . |
| 22 | A network of high-speed pan-European rail services could help to reduce road traffic jams within the Continent and ease pollution , he says in a report , Transport in the Nineties , the Shaping of Europe , for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors , which meets in Paris this Thursday and Friday . |
| 23 | International Council of Museum meets in Quebec this September |
| 24 | WWF will be campaigning hard for a total halt to the ivory trade when the organisation responsible for controlling wildlife trade — the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ( CITES ) — meets in Switzerland this month . |
| 25 | What we choose to call this event depends upon factors such as its magnitude : we speak for instance of accidents , emergencies , disasters and catastrophes , each of which carries connotations concerning the scale of the event and each of which will have a set of human and/or environmental consequences . |
| 26 | Indians believe that nothing much happens to bandits any more since so many of them have links with politicians , and some have even become ministers . |
| 27 | I think now of the way the shaggy but emaciated-looking , dull-eyed sheep who wander so wearily about the paths and tracks of the Forest of Dean find their way into the brick bus shelters on nights such as this . |
| 28 | A small group of vaccine researchers came from Wellcome , and the company plans to rehouse these on a university campus where collaboration and access to research equipment will be possible . |
| 29 | She plans to emblazon each badge correctly and hopes one day to have done all of the RAF 's badges , Squadrons , Groups , Wings , Commands , Stations — in all a staggering 2,500 plus ! |
| 30 | A A separate Measure makes financial provision for them , which depends on factors such as age and length of service . |