Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | English Nature have responded by drawing up a lowland peatland policy , which includes commitments : , to oppose new planning applications for peat extraction on Sites of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSI ) ; , to seek protection for SSSI sites which already have planning permission — by purchasing or leasing the site , providing grant aid for conservation management , or liaising with extractors to minimize damage ; , to support the development of alternatives to peat . |
| 2 | ( Henry ) Wooden , his valet for seven years who on his marriage left his service and came to Henley where he worked at the Brewery for 30 years . |
| 3 | With politicians and military leaders the keeping of a diary is not only the gathering of data for a future book but can also be a form of self-defence in preparation for any post-mortems which might be held in the future . |
| 4 | A memorial service is to be held in Swindon for five youngsters who died when a car ploughed into them . |
| 5 | Explain the reasons for any misunderstandings which may have arisen as a result of the management 's proposal . |
| 6 | A female friend of mine used a particularly effective trick for discouraging men who persisted in giving her the eye on trains or buses . |
| 7 | As part of a larger programme into understanding cognitive function through transgenic animals we are characterising transcripts whose expression is restricted to different subregions of the brain . |
| 8 | The conflict between these two views of the arts currently takes the form , in the case of English , of the struggle between those academics who represent the ‘ humanistic ’ Arnoldian tradition , often as interpreted by Leavis ( 1952 ) , and the more recent continental influences , such as structuralism , which emphasize the systemic or formal properties of art-objects ( Welch 1987 ) . |
| 9 | A limitation on the type of condition which can be attached to planning permission for those uses which require a waste disposal licence under s.3 of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 , in order to operate , such as waste incineration plants , is imposed by the Department of Environment Circular , 55/76 , para 43 . |
| 10 | There is no reason why the biology teacher or the RE teacher should be competent to do it : there is a strong case for peripatetic experts who could be shared between groups of schools . |
| 11 | The function of the appointing authority is simply to appoint the expert : they do not supervise the subsequent conduct of the reference , as is the case for some arbitrations which are supervised by arbitration bodies such as the International Chamber of Commerce or the London Court of International Arbitration . |
| 12 | This was the case for occupational areas which span a number of sectors of industry , for example management and supervision , office occupations , information technology and training and developing occupations . |
| 13 | Since the CSA 1985 makes no direct provision for civil remedies we must first look to the common law and then to the recent advent of statute law in the area , as laid down in the Financial Services Act 1986 ( FSA ) by virtue of s.61 and s.62 . |
| 14 | It is , however , in the best interests of the partners if the partnership is commenced in this way , since the document agreed upon by the partners will make provision for most eventualities which may affect the partnership . |
| 15 | Ii is perhaps fair to say that experience of the kind of thinking involved also results in more perceptive provision for those children whose learning difficulties are less pronounced . |
| 16 | Building contractors and employers soon became aware that the contracts into which they had entered no longer made provision for those situations which were beginning to arise : but new standard forms were slow to emerge , and it is only in recent years that these have proliferated . |
| 17 | Amendments made : No. 82 , in page 59 , line 34 , at end insert — ( ) In section 65B ( provision for recorded children who have ceased to be of school age ) after subsection ( 6 ) there shall be inserted the following subsection — ( 6A ) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph ( c ) of subsection ( 6 ) above , the reference in that paragraph to any other body shall include a reference to the board of management of a college of further education ( within the meaning of Part I of the Further and Higher Education ( Scotland ) Act 1992 ) making provision from which , in the opinion of the authority , the child might benefit . |
| 18 | That resistance may also derive strength from a suspicion that improvisation in this context merely exploits our limited knowledge of medieval musical practices in order to establish a creative freedom for modern performers who are denied it in virtually every other kind of ‘ serious ’ music in the Western tradition . |
| 19 | Having enjoyed a remarkable degree of freedom for several years it was now hard to relinquish areas of control . |
| 20 | It turned out that Morais and Bertelson obtained a significant advantage for those stimuli which appeared to come from the right side of space . |
| 21 | He used a tiff with France as an excuse for military preparations he might need in the east . |
| 22 | And we have speeded up the benefits of revaluation for those businesses who gain from it . |
| 23 | These are valid points , but there should be some sympathy for practising librarians who have to develop policy in difficult circumstances . |
| 24 | As for the fans , I can summon up little sympathy for dinner-jacketed men who sit around tables with their belts bulging while boxers spatter their tuxedo with blood as a cabaret act . |
| 25 | Now that the workhouses have gone , the family historian is able to take a more detached view , to reflect on hardships endured and disabilities overcome , to ponder on the changing fortunes of families through the generations , and to feel a deep sympathy for those unfortunates whose lives were marred by remorseless poverty . |
| 26 | there was much less change for separated mothers who grew by 3.0 per cent . |
| 27 | Rightly , few of the hypotheses examined in this book will stand the test of time but it will have achieved its aim if it provides a foothold for fellow students who also appreciate the need to abandon what may glibly be characterised as the ‘ Beowulf and brooches ’ approach . |
| 28 | Recently there have been a number of mergers between these companies which have increased this financial pressure . |
| 29 | Before looking at the idea that the overpricing of underwriting contracts as payment for other services it is worth noting that Marsh observed that ‘ bear ’ markets tended to lead to marginally higher excess returns to underwriters , while no large or small company effects could be discerned . |
| 30 | Pinochet Hiriart stated in his testimony to the committee in mid-January that the money , apparently used to buy out his share in a small bankrupt arms manufacturing company , was in fact a payment for three loans which he had personally secured in Europe for the company . |