Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [noun] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Marx 's and Engels 's views about slavery should also be modified in the light of more recent work .
2 They hoped that the division of Palestine into Israeli and Jordanian parts could become permanent and that in time the reasons for war would slowly fade away .
3 Perhaps more important , the point of requiring reasons for refusal would surely be so that — in cases of unfair refusal — these could be used as a basis for putting matters right .
4 Food preferences during pregnancy may also be caused by hormonal influences on the sense of taste .
5 It has always been the intention to advise individuals that this is a Provisional Banding , that they will receive formal notification of their Banding with their Demand in April 1993 and that any enquiries/appeals about Banding can not be dealt with until after 1 April 1993 .
6 To be involved in inservice activities for teachers would therefore exacerbate a tension which DCSLs already feel .
7 Plans for Christmas should surely find room for Wendy Phillips ' bear and Jane Platt 's mouse — see Picture Knitting and Kaleidoscope , but if you have no plans you 'll find inspiration in Masterclass .
8 He went on to warn that next year 's public spending plans for science will only accelerate the decline with dire consequences for Britain 's ability to compete internationally .
9 High inflation rates in the early period of the Wilson government settled it : new primary roads for London could not be afforded .
10 And I also rely on my evidence of of quoting another custodian of Government policy namely the Prime Minister and its current Prime Minister erm who makes the point that proposals for development must not be turned down simply because it is the safest course .
11 During the next seven years , requests for assistance will undoubtably outstrip the resources of international agencies , and UN officials are already taken aback by the response of the Third World .
12 Requests for leave can then be matched with weeks available .
13 Requests for extracts should therefore be addressed to unless the deed has been recorded only recently ( for both Sasine and Books of Council and Session registrations , within the last five months ) .
14 Every farmer knows that engineers may lower the levels of rivers for all they are worth , but that , without a follow-up operation of underdrainage in each saturated field , the real rewards for agriculture will never be harvested .
15 For all that , I conclude that the postulated underlying rules for development may usefully account for some of the variation in human sexual behaviour and possibly even the variation in marriage laws .
16 Special clubs for widows can sometimes be a great help , but not to everyone .
17 Discussions about structures must not be limited to rather arid chicken-and-egg problems .
18 It is recognized that the everyday work of monitoring and negotiating is itself an expression of the agency 's legal mandate , and the legal rules about pollution may occasionally be invoked as part of the process of securing compliance .
19 Brian Leith 's The Descent of Darwin : A Handbook of Doubts About Darwin can hardly be recommended in the same terms .
20 The original regulations of the College stated that candidates for entry must not be under 15 nor over 22 years of age , and that preference would be given to those youths who had received the elements of a good education .
21 Such words between cousins should not have had to be spoken .
22 Such mutual sexual activity in creating relationships between males could also amount to a form of collaborative support in obtaining of harems .
23 Comprehension depends upon rapid work recognition , for if the reader is devoting time and attention to the individual words , then the relationships between words will not be appreciated and the integration of word meanings will not be calculated .
24 Further , because the public interest is the root of corporate legitimacy demands for responsibility need not be confined to the avoidance of obvious forms of social harm , such as might result from pollution , dangerous products , or false advertising , but potentially embrace all exercises of social decision-making power by companies , the manifestations of which were considered earlier .
25 but in a positive way , and those sorts of things will obviously apply whatever group you 're dealing with .
26 Indeed , some sorts of pollution may also for a time evade detection in the laboratory .
27 They renovate and enhance our reactions to life by disrupting established habits of response , and creating in us a state of equilibrium of a kind that other sorts of experience can rarely achieve .
28 A level-top , apart from its looking well , was emphasized for a good economic reason : if the ploughland was level , the drill coulters would bite in at an uniform depth , and sow the seed in the same way ; the ears of corn would then mature at approximately the same time and all the seeds of corn would be approximately the same size .
29 The subtle effects of centuries of propaganda will not be easily overcome , but we could make a start by looking more honestly at the reality of war and stop being blinded by the glamour .
30 Centuries of oppression could not just be wiped out by a legislative dictate .
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