Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can use the Alexander Technique as a preventative measure : after all , prevention is better than cure . |
| 2 | The book is written specifically for engineers and engineering undergraduates to present this computational technique as a practical tool in engineering , keeping the mathematical content to a minimum . |
| 3 | Such opposition is backed by appeals to protect the small retailer as a unique feature of Japanese culture against an alien Western transplant . |
| 4 | " He used to travel in prahus as a young man , then a guru told him that one day he would die by water . |
| 5 | The mother who speaks with obvious dread about a forthcoming visit to the dentist may be responsible for unintentionally passing on that fear to her child . |
| 6 | A man of action all his life , David went into the Army in the RAMC as a young man and later trained as a State Registered Nurse in a civilian hospital . |
| 7 | This defence of housework is all the more necessary because housework passes unmentioned in the predominant stereotype of the housewife as a leisured homemaker . |
| 8 | If you generally want the views of the public it is no good trying to false those views through a straight jacket of your own to make it what you think there views should be unless of course they go right over the top in which they I do n't think that 's happened so far . . |
| 9 | He said he would be pressing for the expulsion of several members of the local association who had privately aired derogatory views about a black candidate while publicly supporting him . |
| 10 | And anyway I 'm going to leave that on one side now because it 's more erm a problem to reconciling Mill 's views about liberty with his views about a proper government rather than directly about governments , so I 'm just going to note that and move on now . |
| 11 | Even if the typical criminal sanction holds out little hope as a general deterrent , does it act as a specific deterrent ? |
| 12 | Shorty was also a good guide and mentor for a growing lad , as good a father as any man could want . |
| 13 | Details have still to be worked out , but Chez reckons that with the aid of his home computer and his Nintendo Boot Sale Blitz game , he and I can milk off a tidy sum whilst still leaving the club with a small profit . |
| 14 | ‘ START 2 is not going anywhere until START 1 is ratified by everyone and everyone joins the NPT as a non-nuclear state , ’ laments an American official . |
| 15 | With a helping hand from Sister Jacqui Littlewood , he sets off on a ‘ police ’ trolley bike for a minor op . |
| 16 | In international law generally the duty to exhaust domestic remedies is to protect the interests of States but , in the context of the protection of human rights , also because the institutions in Strasbourg regard the development of effective domestic mechanisms for their protection as a necessary concomitant of the international procedures : individuals are required to make use of what the national systems provide before invoking the international jurisdiction . |
| 17 | We owe another debt to the local English citizens who have restored and revitalized this building as a tangible memorial to those men . |
| 18 | The idea is to re-create the building as a 12-bed extension for the neighbouring and packed Stockton mission for the single homeless without losing its historical railway look . |
| 19 | I see the move into the people stage in building as a particular manifestation of the post — industrial culture , into which Western European societies will increasingly move . |
| 20 | Reflecting the great care taken by the architects to conserve and enhance the qualities of this former industrial building as a significant element in the metropolitan riverside scene , the project has received several awards , including a Doe Housing Design Award and a Civic Trust Award , both of which were presented in 1985 . |
| 21 | ‘ I have been at ITN for a long time and come from a traditional news background . |
| 22 | TELEVISION reporter Tim Ewart told last night how he left ITN for a new career at a rival station and then slowly realised it was all a terrible mistake . |
| 23 | The Nature Conservatory Council , who thankfully own Creag Meagaidh , have a couple of suggestions , including it being a monument to a lost lover or an old protection for a rowan tree . |
| 24 | The specific reason for the arrival of 252 Squadron was to provide long-range protection for a fast merchant vessel — the S.S. ‘ Parracombe ’ — on its way from Gibraltar , unescorted , carrying 21 crated Hurricanes and much needed cargo for the island , and also for a convoy of five fast freighters for Alexandria ( ‘ Tiger ’ convoy ) due to pass the island several days hence . |
| 25 | Pauper 's Grave For A Forgotten Genius |
| 26 | Blundell foresees equivalent advantages in transgenic plants for foods , fibres , energy products , pharmaceuticals , organic chemicals and construction materials — in short a return to agriculture as a major source of raw materials . |
| 27 | The NFU survey shows the devastating loss of a total of £6 million to our agriculture as a direct result of the MacSharry proposals . |
| 28 | The first person in Britain to receive a grant for a scientific study of the UFO phenomenon is a sociologist , Shirley Melver of York University . |
| 29 | In 1952 , a year after his one-man show at the Galerie Arnaud , he began to produce his large-scale monochromes , represented here by ‘ Color for a large wall ’ , loaned by the Museum of Modern Art , New York , and ‘ Kite II ’ , now at the Beaubourg . |
| 30 | They can become part of the drama itself — " Keeper of the Keys " , for example ( described in detail below ) can be used as a test of skill , part of the dramatic fiction , as a preparation for a great quest . |