Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next move towards national organisation for seamen also arose on the north east coast , though as a result of a very different impetus . |
| 2 | Benefits are withheld for reasons indirectly related at best to the activity in question . |
| 3 | For reasons best known to the fuel companies , the Gulf crisis never turned into an oil crisis , although petrol prices generally leap up and down quicker than a Tory backbencher during a Neil Kinnock speech if a dealer on the Amsterdam spot market so much as sneezes over his computer screen . |
| 4 | For reasons best known to themselves . |
| 5 | People , for reasons best known to themselves , regularly push wardrobes or pull pianos up the motorway that calls itself the tourist path . |
| 6 | Ramprakash , for reasons best known to himself , treated a Cambridge batsman , Marcus Wight , to a stream of verbal abuse and then had a stand-up row with his own captain , John Emburey , which allegedly continued later . |
| 7 | Four years later , like so many of his generation , he was sucked into the tragically wasteful conflict of the First World War , serving — for reasons best known to himself — as a soldier in the Canadian Army . |
| 8 | More irritatingly , for reasons best known to his ego , the last two untitled tracks are situated ten minutes into the abyss after the last listed track of the album . |
| 9 | For reasons best known to himself Halzman , the senior sonar operator , preferred not to discuss it over an open line . |
| 10 | This ex-rugger international has , for reasons best known to himself , tired of rambling on about the oval ball game ; as a consequence he has taken to bespattering the media with stories about his allegedly ‘ sexy ’ life and times in terms which strive risibly to emulate the writings of the greatest rock journalist in the world — just like practically everyone else in the media has been muscling in on my territory in recent times . |
| 11 | Obviously , in both of the instant cases the parties had chosen , for reasons best known to themselves , not to adduce any extra evidence of the sort provided by the tapes . |
| 12 | As you do n't seem to be responding to telegrams for reasons best known to yourself , I am writing to say that I am not coming home immediately . |
| 13 | There seems no point in saying that I love you in spite of everything because that only seems to irritate you for reasons best known to yourself and which you choose neither to explain nor comment on . |
| 14 | For reasons best known to himself Carr kicked the legs from under Murray , leaving referee Brian White with no option but to order him off . |
| 15 | For reasons best known to the RAAF at the time , they started cutting back on pilots and offered his course a transfer to the RAF . |
| 16 | For reasons best known to themselves , they attached great importance to the idiot 's efforts to fill his useless bath ( I think it was B ) and it seemed vital to their purpose that I too become involved with the whole farcical business and , what 's more , come up with some sort of an answer . |
| 17 | If the Dani are being killed simply to make space for settlers from Java then it is appalling , and for reasons previously advanced on behalf of the Ethiopian tribeswoman . |
| 18 | Soil erosion is one of its many contradictions , and for reasons amply discussed in this book , it is one of the most diffuse and complex areas of analysis . |
| 19 | Sweden has gone anti-nuclear in its power-generating policy and consequently vast hydro-power stations have been built in the northern lake areas for reasons better known to themselves , the Swedes made no provision for salmon runs so the huge lakes are now devoid of fish and the Lapps have left . |
| 20 | It seems realistic to expect the auditor to take such information into account in his review of the audit and the person acting as auditor also needs to be aware of other non-audit work on his client that partners in his firm may be doing such as for example tax work and they in turn should consider whether any information that may arise from their work is relevant to the conduct of the audit and where it is , they should also consider whether it is relevant to the duty to report to the regulator , the partner carrying out the audit should also if possible , discuss it with his client . |
| 21 | Holding Seawitch on course with one hand , he pushed the other through hair already rumpled by previous displays of frustration . |
| 22 | These invisible tabs , if not removed , are responsible for text mysteriously jumping to an unexpected position . |
| 23 | The pay range for Lecturers now runs from £12,638 to £31,726 . |
| 24 | The secondment of one member of the English Department , and the appointment of another , was seen by the College as a solution to both problems , which had together created a need for lecturers formally qualified as specialists in the study of English Language . |
| 25 | ‘ The cause of action for negligence only comes into existence when the damage is suffered . |
| 26 | The cause of action for negligence only comes into existence when the damage is suffered . |
| 27 | for which one it shows I 'm afraid , my I ask for er if it 's required certificate for counsel maybe required for taxation later on . |
| 28 | Steel windows are often forgotten when new windows are being considered , but may be the perfect replacement for houses originally built with them . |
| 29 | You could , of course , use a budget drawing package such as Computer Easy Draw for your designing and print a quality laser image with Pizazz Plus . |
| 30 | Gold coin , for instance also occurs in the upper Thames valley and in Suffolk ; crystal balls are also found in Cambridgeshire-Suffolk and the Isle of Wight ; garnet in Kent and Suffolk . |