Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] and [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People relate to the objects in their social world through activities and these activities have meaning for them . |
| 2 | Mr Graham Crowley says the North-East stands out as an area that is creating opportunities for artists and many craft people encouraged to move to the region in readiness for Arts ‘ 96 . |
| 3 | Safety training is also about attitudes and such schemes rarely have the hoped for success because the difficulty and time required are invariably underestimated . |
| 4 | I mean about , what , recently I 've been getting it for ages and this time it was n't there , and I , and I thought to myself dam it I 'm not going |
| 5 | Pick shafts for bats and all men must play in top hats , or be fined a crown ! ’ |
| 6 | Designers ' Saturday has traditionally been used as a launching pad for designs and this year is no exception . |
| 7 | The charity is still in force today , but is used for grants for students and apprentices for books and any equipment they may need to help them in their careers . |
| 8 | In a given product range , experience with the procedure rapidly creates a set of norms for functions and any increase in cost above these is very obvious . |
| 9 | In a given product range , experience with the procedure rapidly creates a set of norms for functions and any increase in cost above these is very obvious . |
| 10 | As regards the contentious issue of " transplant " cars ( Japanese models primarily assembled in the UK and Spain — see p. 36713 for earlier disputes ) the deal expressed the " expectation " that this production would not exceed 1,200,000 vehicles annually by 1999 , although Andriessen stressed that there was " no relation between imports and this number " . |
| 11 | As a member of a police authority , I welcome the fact the Government has withdrawn its earlier ill-judged proposal , that authority Chairman should be appointed by Home Sec by the Home Secretary and that the size of authority should be standardised but the other main thrust of the Government 's proposal remains , namely the balance and composition of authorities and these points are of the gravest constitutional importance . |
| 12 | I 'd got an assortment of sarnies and some cans of Diet Coke and bottles of Perrier at a café behind Liverpool Street and was allowing plenty of time for the traffic to get back into the City . |
| 13 | They might get work in , like construction work and the making of roads and that kind of thing … but how long would that last for and we 'd be left with what , like you do n't know what you would be left with in the end , ’ said Mary Catherine , who concluded ‘ I 'm not one to stop progress by any manner of means but I do n't think gold mining is progress . |
| 14 | Their extra wide tyres cushion you perfectly over the roughest of roads and each bike has easy-to-use gears . |
| 15 | Furthermore , Curzon 's behaviour over the fall of the Coalition was fresh in men 's minds and had made him a lot of enemies and few friends . |
| 16 | It would take a number of sketches and some research should you wish to recreate such a dramatic visual experience . |
| 17 | Every P-40 has a unique set of teeth and those teeth make or break the fearsome look which sets this fighter apart . |
| 18 | Of the three kinds , mountain streams are least productive , with the smallest standing crop of invertebrates and least variety of species . |
| 19 | There are distinctive styles and finishes to suit all types of houses and all budgets — prices range from £5,000–£50,000 . |
| 20 | ‘ You can decide how old you want your furniture to look — the number of worm-holes and that sort of thing ! ’ |
| 21 | Mr Deputy Speaker that 's exactly what the authorities are asked to make sure about and of course they must have sensible plans so that there are always beds and facilities for those who need them , but in a way it 's a success of care in the community that that more elderly people are being looked after in their own homes and so we 've arrested the very rapid growth in permanent residential places which was occurring before the policy was introduced er , as we now see , despite some gloomy forewarning , local authorities have in general managed well in the first year of their responsibilities , they 've examined thousands of cases and many people have been helped to make decisions about their own futures . |
| 22 | Both parties were represented in 48 per cent of cases and neither party in only 17 per cent of hearings . |
| 23 | Certainly the rhetorical approach does not dispute the general theoretical aims of the social representation theorists , especially when they emphasize that social beliefs are rooted in the life of groups and that dialogue is crucial for their creation and maintenance ( Moscovici , 1983 ) . |
| 24 | The Marshal had called back a number of times and each time the woman 's sobs had had a note of triumph in them . |
| 25 | Telling you Christmas dinner 's no picnic for The Lady of the House at the best of times and this year was no exception . |
| 26 | Let me come into the book of Hebrews and those words he uses are actually , to be underlined and emphasized . |
| 27 | As we approach the year 2000 , with an increasingly complex system of higher education , with more students , more kinds of institutions and more kinds of courses , we can not make such assumptions . |
| 28 | To make the garden place a layer of pebbles and some pieces of charcoal in the bottom of the tray . |
| 29 | For all the ingenuity that has been exercised in studying remaining ships and portrayals of ships in the light of expert modern knowledge — in the building and sailing of replicas and all manner of ingenious devices — it still remains true that we are tempted to judge early medieval navigation mainly from a handful of second-hand boats ready for retirement , which were thus thought suitable for burial . |
| 30 | Yet while there is both an actual continuity of forms and this kind of imputed or suggested continuity , it is clear that there are also new social forms and variations of received forms . |