Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We chose linear regression for describing the overall changes in mean sperm concentrations , but other statistical models have also been tested . |
| 2 | Denis Healey 's slogan about squeezing the rich until the pips squeak has been rewritten to include practically everyone . |
| 3 | There is a major obstacle to developing a practical sensor for measuring the enantiomeric purity of drugs or their metabolites in physiological samples . |
| 4 | A seminar series would allow students to present reflections on their own experience , and provide an opportunity for integrating the theological and development issues . |
| 5 | We believe that it is a missed opportunity for tackling the deep-seated causes of crime . |
| 6 | The application does nothing to retain the existing trees on the site , it was a , it is , a mature garden with some mature trees , and all those trees are to be removed , it certainly does n't do anything to retain the rural character of the na of the village , and certainly does n't enhance the character of the adjoining small er rural cottages , i in fact it would be , it could be argued that it damages the rural environment , because the development is such that it is more suited for an urban development , almost a city centre , because the comment has been made that there is only about a metre between the dwellings and indeed there is only a metre between the dwellings and the adjoining boundaries , surely there is a need for screening , it is in a in a very very prominent position , it can be seen clearly as you enter the village from the Farnsfield area , the present proposal does n't provide sufficient room for screening , and and like the screen which is adjacent to this building , which are set well back from the road , and provide an opportunity for screening the single access to the site and the fact that the frontage to these two properties is completely taken up with garaging and with vehicle access does n't even provide an opportunity to screen . |
| 7 | The contract for building the new car went to East Lancashire Coachbuilders of Blackburn , who also built Blackpool 's Atlantean buses . |
| 8 | The purpose of this paper is to put forward a case for developing the online catalogue 's potential as an interactive retrieval tool for the library user . |
| 9 | Second , part and parcel of the internal debates about the constitution of the Labour Party are larger debates about the limits and problems of the British constitution and these spill over into a case for reconstructing the British constitution itself in order to fashion a different kind of democracy and a third road to socialism . |
| 10 | The American administration turned down this offer for fear of weakening the case for constructing the new Diego Garcia base . |
| 11 | First , there may be a case for shifting the evidential burden of establishing consent on to the shoulders of the defence in certain cases , such as where there is evidence of injury inflicted by the defendant , where weapons are used or where sexual intercourse takes place in the context of the commission of another grave offence . |
| 12 | But when it comes to the Social Charter there may well be a case for slowing the grandiose Delors ideas . |
| 13 | At local level the survey 's findings have been used as part of the Lingdale Revitalisation Project , to argue the case for converting the old village primary school into homes . |
| 14 | On the other hand , as the business axis becomes increasingly successful , downstream and international , there will be a good case for disentangling the commercial business from the national liabilities and there is every reason to think that the business component could be privatised in some form as a coherent entity . |
| 15 | To the administrators concerned with the welfare of the Masai , however , it seemed that they had a very good case for keeping the enormous area which had been assigned to them . |
| 16 | ‘ Might there not be a case for putting the initial interview in the hands of an educational psychologist skilled in eliciting a history without being committed to what the social workers revealingly call ‘ disclosure ’ ? ' , he suggested . |
| 17 | Yet with eight sendings-off in all that day there was a case for ending the old year by taking a stand on players ' behaviour in time for the new . |
| 18 | The case for following the Western example of reducing the costly standing army by building a reserve of trained men became incontrovertible . |
| 19 | If ever there was a case for respecting the discretionary decision of the judge who had heard the witnesses , including W. , this was it . |
| 20 | Also here are some onscreen messages and a provision for resetting the saved ‘ good ’ reference values if the number of accumulated bad readings exceeds a predetermined level . |
| 21 | 10 For periods of absence , the teacher should make some provision for informing the substitute teacher where lesson plans , etc are kept . |
| 22 | But , you know , the situation is difficult in that if the people did move in there 's not a lot you can do about it because it would mean that you would have to surrender the lease , which means you 've let the guarantors off the hook for paying the then and you 're left without a tenant whatsoever . |
| 23 | ‘ And how would it be if we offered a slight reduction for buying the two tickets together ? |
| 24 | The most currently viable hope for diminishing the total amount of suffering is by refinement of existing procedures ’ ( 1981 : 104–5 ) . |
| 25 | Undoubtedly this is an excellent text for giving the first- or second-year undergraduate the all-round flavour of the subject . |
| 26 | Sir Patrick Mayhew was among 90 MPs and peers who heard the plea for upgrading the main road to Larne and rail and road routes in south-west Scotland and north-west England . |
| 27 | The key to understanding the distributions of Fig. 4 turns out to be closed ballistic orbits , which provide the framework for comprehending the general orbital structure of any potential ; most orbits can be interpreted as epicyclic excursions ( ’ librations ' ) around an underlying stable closed orbit . |
| 28 | In addition to the framework for regulating the financial services industry in the UK , it was also designed to replace the Prevention of Fraud ( Investments ) Act 1958 and to provide a new statutory basis for the offers of listed and unlisted securities ( in the latter case replacing , when finally implemented , the provisions of the Companies Act 1985 on prospectuses ) . |
| 29 | In each of the seven categories the rational and political model indicators provide a framework for analysing the budgetary approach that is being used in a particular school . |
| 30 | Shaukat Khaliq is to receive the Best Candidate Award for achieving the top mark in the National Leading Firefighters written examination . |