Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even then , there is a good case for bringing it before a court so that each side is heard and specific boundaries are laid down . |
| 2 | There may be a case for replacing her with someone else later , having a series of nurses rather than a permanent one , in case she becomes overemotionally involved . |
| 3 | Does the Chancellor of the Exchequer recall that , in its report on the Budget , the Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee stressed that it was important that the so-called automatic stabilisers should be allowed to operate fully and that there was a case for supplementing them with discretionary increases in public expenditure ? |
| 4 | It follows that we see no case for placing it on the semi-statutory footing proposed by the select committee . |
| 5 | Cunnilingus is a marginal case but since it involves genital contact and may involve a form of penetration , there is a case for placing it within the more serious category . |
| 6 | Indeed , if it is possible to talk of a Keynesian revolution in economic policy , then there is a strong case for placing it in the early 1950s rather than around 1947 . |
| 7 | ‘ For these reasons I think there is a fairly strong case for marketing it as a health product but it will also probably be considered a luxury , ’ Mrs Rowan added . |
| 8 | That is when the strength of his emerging side , and England 's case for making it to the 1994 World Cup finals , will be truly tested . |
| 9 | In the next chapter I shall discuss the Creole of young black Londoners in more detail , and argue the case for treating them as " new dialect learners " rather than " second language learners " . |
| 10 | The poems may almost be considered as examples of literary collaboration , and , though her own attempts at verse were not successful , the originality and freshness of perception in the Journals and her letters make a clear case for assessing her as a ‘ poet ’ in her own right . |
| 11 | The child itself would want to know who its father was , and the fact that I could get no comfort from the circumstances would be no excuse for hiding them from — him , her ? |
| 12 | There is no excuse for inflicting them on your fellow-citizens by saying it is done in a good cause . |
| 13 | ‘ 'T WAS little enough payment for taking me to Winchester . ’ |
| 14 | They they do n't want any further payment for doing it on our behalf do they ? |
| 15 | The British initially negotiated with the Vichy authorities and showed no enthusiasm for replacing them with Free French officials , and in the end made belated concessions to appease Free French sensibilities . |
| 16 | If some of the ideas in this book have been new to you , you may be full of enthusiasm for putting them into practice . |
| 17 | One other scheme allowed for one-to-one tests but left the decision about including them to individual teachers . |
| 18 | When , turning , he reached the part about finding it behind the standing stone , he revealed the gleaming decoration . |
| 19 | proposed that we should in effect give the money to erm a non county body involved in this , to allocate , to work out both the basis of the allocation and the allocation funds in this order , we think that 's inappropriate , If we 're putting up money then we should also have the responsibility for allocating them among a until the done and the done , so I 'm at all , or whether our council or something to be set up in the future should have equal control of that , that money . |
| 20 | Only 22 , however , thought that British companies should take more responsibility for providing them with condoms . |
| 21 | She was telling a story about buying it in Sunningdale before she first came to France , because there was a rumour that one could not buy decent tea the other side of the English Channel . |
| 22 | It is easier to reformat text after typing it in ( rather than before ) until you have had some practice . |
| 23 | The novice to word processing might find it easier to reformat text after typing it in than before . |
| 24 | Stella was afraid Babs might tell Dotty that she did n't wear a slip and that Dotty would rush out and buy her one , just as she had bought her a brassière after catching her in the wardrobe with her arms above her head about to be fitted for her Ptolemy costume . |
| 25 | It is gratifying that the initial residents have built up a very happy family atmosphere , and have expressed their thanks to the Association for providing them with what they now regard as their home . |
| 26 | Of Malcolm McLaren 's collaborators at the time of the Sex Pistols , Jamie Reid gets a mention for persuading him of the importance of situationism , and Vivienne Westwood for producing a t-shirt slogan proclaiming how boring Derek Jarman 's Jubilee was . |
| 27 | — Members of Framwellgate Moor and District Royal British Legion branch have used the Framwellgate Moor WMC as a meeting place for over a quarter of a century and Legion members said thank you to the club for providing them with free accommodation during that time . |
| 28 | mm , Sheila 's thinking about doing it with me as well |
| 29 | She did n't blush any more at jokes about somebody 's bust — but this was his fault for teasing her about being narrow-minded . |
| 30 | ‘ The action of the relieving officer in granting milk to the value of 5s.3d. to Ernest J. W … who is suffering from gastric ulcers , and in providing an ambulance for conveying him to Bedford for operation at a cost of £1.6s.0d. ’ was confirmed . |