Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Check that the directory exists and has the correct protection for LIFESPAN to access it .
2 His rise through journalism took him from cub reporter on the Stockport Express , to the BBC in Birmingham — and the world .
3 Today provides a more immediate issue- the final opportunity for cricket to show it 's not administered entirely by blithering idiots .
4 It would save the agony of trying to write letters and Tom thought it would be a good opportunity for Willie to meet them .
5 At Lincoln Crown Court today Judge Richard Hutchinson who 'd adjourned the case for reports sentenced him to two consecutive eighteen month prison terms .
6 We have made provision within Strathclyde 's budget for funds to enable it to undertake development of the A77 .
7 The Swede 's cheque for £7,110 enabled him to jump 39 places in the Volvo Order of Merit from 157th place to 118th .
8 Joseph Chamberlain as Chairman of the Local Government Board in 1885 was responsible for the Medical Relief ( Disqualifications Removal ) Act which removed the pauper stigma — disfranchisement — from inmates of Poor Law infirmaries who made no other demands on poor relief and increased both use of the infirmaries by respectable working people and their willingness as ratepayers to finance them .
9 Many public libraries recognize this need and their programmes for schoolchildren reflect it .
10 He then marched up the hall , climbed on to the dais and sat down at the head of the table there , snapping his fingers for Athelstan to join him .
11 Only it 's got this separate bit for trolley loading it 's got written on it .
12 But his enthusiasm for system led him too easily to assume that a native administration duly gazetted was a native administration actually functioning as a responsible organ of local government , and this set a limit to his achievements in reform .
13 While society may have been identifying ‘ old age ’ as a distinct phase of life , it was providing little practical support for individuals experiencing it .
14 His practical genius for ergonomics allowed him to succeed in adapting tasks to suit a disabled workforce .
15 All of them volunteers with nothing but a rudimentary knowledge of psychology and , possibly , their own experience as parents to help them , they grappled with problems that challenged the skills of the best doctors and psychiatrists .
16 Dunlop have been working hard over the winter and Rainey 's lap times during testing proves they 'll be right there . ’
17 Her responsibility for Comfort brought her back to her senses .
18 In contrast neoliberals ' emphasis on individual choice and personal responsibility for health makes them underestimate the importance of environmental factors .
19 That said his fitness has to be 100% for Wilko to play him at all , and he clearly is liable to get himself sent off .
20 She sat there for a long time rocking backwards and forwards and giving herself up to howling , letting her gasps for breath shake her to pieces and leave her shuddering .
21 ‘ After referring appreciatively to the work of the honorary medical staff , Arnold Whitchurch , the chairman , said that until any hospital made arrangements with somebody to take money for work done he was certain the medical staff would continue in their honorary capacity .
22 Freer use of money for recruitment made it easier for kings to recruit armies when and how they wished ; and for knights and nobles to lead their lives according to their own inclinations .
23 and er anyway our Dawn says I 'm not paying all that bloody money for babe to rip it off for when
24 He realised that it had been a while now since he had put himself on the lookout for Medjays shadowing him .
25 He had a passionate concern for the welfare of football in general , and was always on the lookout for ways to make it more efficient , more attractive and more popular , although naturally he wanted Arsenal to be in the forefront .
26 It took only minutes for Lubor to drive her to her hotel , but as she thanked him for lunch and he handed her back her parcel , he replied , ‘ Lunch was a happy time for me also , ’ and did n't waste a moment to enquire , ‘ Shall we have a happy dinner together this evening ? ’
27 It was in the FA Cup 1st Round tie at The Nest against first division opponents Manchester City and it came five minutes after half-time to put us ahead ; we went on to win 2–0 .
28 Three wickets fell , though , in the first half hour after lunch to leave them wobbling at 61 for four .
29 Do you know , my psychiatrist spent hour after hour convincing me that it was all in the mind , that nobody really was out to get me , that the world was n't conspiring against me …
30 The club would only serve soft drinks but Morag Coates of Grange Road Action For Youth said it would have a wine bar-type atmosphere .
  Next page