Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the British breeds are considered better for meat quality and taste and also for thrift and adaptability ; they remain in demand as sucklers , whereas the French and other large continental breeds are perhaps better suited as beef sires for commercial crossbreeding in dairy herds . |
| 2 | The failure of the conference underlined the absence of any institutions for co-ordinating policy on the western side of the Atlantic . |
| 3 | Firstly , institutions for long-term care for elderly people in many countries consist of nursing homes and relatively few have the numbers of long-stay hospital beds evident in the United Kingdom . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , there is very often a total absence of any consideration within our residential institutions for sexual needs of those within them ; accompanied by stern suppression of any sexual relationship which may develop . |
| 5 | Gold and silver , once reserved for the service of cults and sovereigns , were displayed as plate by corporations like the City of London , the Inns of Court the City Companies ( fig. 40 ) or the colleges of Oxford or Cambridge and embodied as medals awarded by academies and other institutions for distinguished contributions to many fields of learning and professional activities ( Plate K ) . |
| 6 | Surely there is no convention that judges may adjust their views about legal rights for purely strategic reasons . |
| 7 | He had no such rigid views about any matters of political policy . |
| 8 | She added that Miss Owen had been sacked for asking the elderly residents their views about another member of staff . |
| 9 | Few cases are quite as confusing as the zebra 's stripes , but there is always the chance that in a year or so 's time new information will have been gathered that changes our views about some aspect of animal life . |
| 10 | What are the Borough Council 's views about relative preference to inner and outer ? |
| 11 | Hampshire employers notified county careers offices of 117 job vacancies for young people in the month to March 12th , more than in the previous month when 105 jobs were offered but fewer than in March last year when there were 166 vacancies for young people . |
| 12 | City : Vacancies for top jobs up a third |
| 13 | Britain does not have to rely solely on its own mines for some kinds of metals . |
| 14 | Take any consolidated balance sheet and you will most likely find cross references to notes for all items except cash and minority interests . |
| 15 | His rigorous policy , which would have blocked bank accounts and exchanged old bank notes for new ones at something less than one-to-one , was resisted by a group of ministers led by the Minister of Finance , René Pleven . |
| 16 | The Law Society has issued guidance notes for equal opportunities in solicitors ' firms which reproduce a standard policy for their use which has been drawn up on the basis of recommendations of the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Commission for Racial Equality . |
| 17 | The accented B♭s that occur as pick-up notes for each phrase in bars 2–5 should be played by hooking your r/h thumb under the G string and releasing it so that the string slaps against the fingerboard . |
| 18 | Keep the paperwork and notes for each application in a separate folder or large envelope . |
| 19 | Some amazingly well organised not to mention tight people , take their notes for this meeting on the back of the last meeting 's agenda . |
| 20 | You can classify and index your notes for later use by subject , author or likely use . |
| 21 | The law , now in section 6 of the ERA 1988 , still requires all pupils to take part in an act of collective worship ; however , there may be a single act for all pupils or separate acts for different groups of pupils . |
| 22 | However , the three would-be collaborators for the grand tour each revived one of their ballets for three performances by the Ballet Club at City Hall , Cape Town , in July and August ; this was when Yvonne Blake danced the Scarlet Woman . |
| 23 | So when it becomes clear that a criminal case is not proceeding as anticipated — a trial is not scuppered by lobbing something into the ring — there are discreet discussions between learned friends in chambers , many exchanges of the phrase ‘ I 'm much obliged ’ and finally the jury is summoned back . |
| 24 | The trend now is for UK-based companies to have their European subsidiaries release key personnel for intensive training in English in the UK to help improve their all-round performance once they return home . |
| 25 | THE US is preparing for a showdown with other North and South American countries over plans to launch satellites for beaming TV to roof-top aerials . |
| 26 | One would also expect a difference in attitudes between general managers of state corporations and those of transnationals . |
| 27 | Disciplines , or more accurately , theories belonging to disciplines , constitute their phenomena as selected aspects of the totality of the world . |
| 28 | British Rail North East is also talking to local authorities about other ways of winning more people over to rail travel and reducing road traffic levels at the same time . |
| 29 | Last week , the Chief Executive of the NHS stated that there were already indications from Regional Health Authorities about potential hospitals for ’ opting out . ’ |
| 30 | Rather than speculate on this increase here , the reasons for female involvement in heroin use will be examined more fully in Chapter 4 . |