Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kohl had always had to cope with the personal problem of appearing lacklustre and undynamic , and in 1988 even close colleagues doubted whether he could remain as Chancellor for long . |
| 2 | Banks and bondholders are being asked to wait for repayment of nearly £1 billion of its £1.2 billion debt . |
| 3 | THOUSANDS of students could have their studies disrupted following the decision by the largest lecturers ' union last night to reject the latest pay offers for staff in further and higher education colleges and polytechnics . |
| 4 | The first of these documents is likely to appear before any published part of the government 's review , and will amount to advice to government on what arrangements the government should make for R&D to best meet national needs Giving ACARD this job as a formal duty is a mark that the Council has established itself as a key body in reviewing and stimulating new industrial technologies . |
| 5 | To reproduce French cooking in England with any success at all it is best , I think , to go for dishes with less resounding reputations and less specialized ingredients . |
| 6 | McHale decided to go for Ironside after both Phil Hughes and Steve Hewitt suffered serious injuries . |
| 7 | The track is generally 3 metres wide allowing for use by both cyclists and pedestrians . |
| 8 | The track is generally 3 metres wide allowing for use by both cyclists and pedestrians . |
| 9 | For example , as Mexico exports more and more live cattle for processing in the United States , the hides and byproducts traditionally used by poor Mexican consumers and artisans are now being re-imported for sale at much higher prices . |
| 10 | Also included in the pack are specimen compensation fund covenants for completion by either a recognised body or an individual solicitor or registered foreign lawyer . |
| 11 | In the 1980–1 session , for example , it was catering for teachers of nearly twenty further education colleges within a radius of 100 miles of the Institute . |
| 12 | The incident delayed the Wardair Airbus on its flight to Toronto by three hours 11 minutes and she asked for compensation of more than £1,500 . |
| 13 | Rubber and plastic boots are intended for use in very wet places but will not allow the feet to breathe . |
| 14 | Capital grants for drainage under both AHDS and AHGS schemes in the LFA should be reduced to 30% of costs in the proposed ‘ mountain zone ’ and ‘ intermediate zone , , and to 22 ½%; of costs ( the level outside the LFA ) in the ‘ marginal zone ’ in order to reduce incentives to drain upland wetlands and species-rich wet pastures/meadows . |
| 15 | Insofar as municipal systems set limits to the use of force and punish at least some of those guilty of crimes of violence it has some success as law and an undisputed claim to be regarded as law for as long as the officials of the system pursue these objectives by taking steps against non-compliance ( Hart , 1961 , pp. 79–88 and 213ff . ) . |
| 16 | Within walking distance of bus services and shopping facilities , the property is ideally placed for access to both the City Centre and the Ring Road . |
| 17 | Africa Confidential of Dec. 20 reported that the " cautious democratization process " initiated by Buyoya " now appears caught between extremists from both the Tutsi and Hutu ethnic groups " . |
| 18 | Each seminar will be staged ( not simultaneously ) at five locations throughout Britain to encourage attendance from as wide a geographical area as possible , and will be designed for groups of about 10 to 15 people to encourage maximum delegate participation . |
| 19 | In 1978 packages were designed for companies with much larger workforces than our own 1,000 plus employees . |
| 20 | Anaglypta SupaDurable is even more hard-wearing , made from a ‘ recipe ’ of wood pulp , cotton , china , clay and side , designed for use in more heavily used areas like hallways . |
| 21 | In retrospect , indeed , the only criticism was to be that the whole Supergrid had not been designed for conversion to even higher voltages . |
| 22 | A list of 1797 provides the information that the 25 per cent of London 's banks who did not act as agent to even one country bank included most of those in the West End but only a few of the older of the Lombard Street group . |
| 23 | I wan na see what they say about Spurs after yesterday . |
| 24 | Last year farmers and herders claimed for losses of more than £650 000 in just three Italian regions — Abruzzo , Latium and the Campania . |
| 25 | Only Carol Jones ' dogged loyalty had staved off creditors for so long . |
| 26 | It can not have done his concentration any good , for after the Greenidge-Haynes partnership and a knock from Richardson wickets fell rapidly , Richards being caught off Malcolm for just one . |
| 27 | By the twentieth century , the hegemony of government in the political process ensured that measures could be carried through Parliament without too much difficulty . |
| 28 | As expected ( UX No 433 ) , Microsoft Corp did n't wait for SunSelect to actually announce its Windows-on-Unix WABI system before taking retaliatory action — see front page . |
| 29 | This limited degree of representation was in an important sense imposed from above , rather than actively won through struggle from below , in the same way that the 1947 Constitution was imposed by the US occupation . |
| 30 | Julio César Turbay Ayala , the president of the Liberal Party ( Partido Liberal — PL ) and President of the Republic in 1978-82 , and Misael Pastrana Borrero , the president of the opposition Social Conservative Party ( Partido Social Conservador — PSC ) , resigned from their posts on Dec. 14 , 1989 , in protest at the indiscipline shown by both parliamentary groups in pressing for referendums on both political reform and on the government 's policy of extraditing drug traffickers to stand trial in the United States . |