Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If evolutionary studies provided a vertical dimension within which objects could signify the development of societies , this was complemented by the growth of diffusionary studies in which the horizontal distribution of objects over the globe was thought to be further evidence for the movements of both peoples and ideas , for example , from origins in ancient Egypt or Germany . |
| 2 | There are positive implications for the providers of well organized clubs offering guidance and instruction at varying levels . |
| 3 | In Women and Psychology ( Williams 1979 ) , for instance , Ladner 's paper ‘ Growing up Black ’ , which describes the specific experiences of growing up in US cities in the 1960s , has to stand for the effects of both ‘ race ’ and class on gender . |
| 4 | They were indeed too enthusiastic , for the demands of several burgh councils could prove too much for the resources of even the best-endowed East India Company director . |
| 5 | ( 4 ) Subsection ( 3 ) above does not apply where a society or associated body is authorised by the scheme to relieve itself of its obligation to take the steps it is directed to take or pay the compensation awarded by the society 's undertaking an obligation to give the requisite publicity for the reasons for not doing so and the society undertakes that obligation . |
| 6 | THE time has come round in the European Commission 's calendar ( see page 5 ) when another set of committee meetings will set out to define yet another ‘ framework ’ programme , the commission 's name for the programmes of largely applied research which it plans and administers on behalf of the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 7 | The East German Sports Federation is supporting an Olympic bid by Berlin for the Games of either 2000 or 2004 . |
| 8 | The East German Sports Federation is supporting an Olympic bid by Berlin for the Games of either 2000 or 2004 . |
| 9 | South Armagh , once known as bandit country , is notorious for the operations of arguably the most effective and committed members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army . |
| 10 | making a provision for the managers of tomorrow ; and |
| 11 | Cooling water pumps were incapacitated , and even though the twin reactors were shut down , it took many hours for the operators to successfully control the residual heat in their cores . |
| 12 | This accounts for the attempts of fiercely traditional societies , for instance those based upon fundamental islamic principles , to turn the clock back to the past . |
| 13 | We also have a few little phrases in the UN 's so-called Global Plan of Action for Marine Mammals which give us a small hook on which to hang international actions for the benefits of both whales and seals . |
| 14 | The Polytechnic is now responsible , though its Academic Board , for the processes of both review and initial validation under an accreditation agreement . |
| 15 | This member clearly intended the project to create a demand for the services of professionally trained librarians in project schools , in the hope that this would in time become a reality . |
| 16 | For the puddings in there ? |
| 17 | For the monkeys to successfully avoid receiving electric shocks , they had to be able to communicate with each other and to send and receive information with appropriate facial gestures . |
| 18 | Even so , it is worth getting to know and keeping a sharp look out for the signs from as early as May on , because if you act quickly enough it is possible to stop the attack before it spreads through the rest of the foliage by picking off , and , this is important , burning the infected parts . |
| 19 | The continuing selectiveness of dealers and collectors in all areas of the market accounted for the failures of rather unexceptional works by Hitchens ( lots 10 and 11 ) , Piper ( lots 7 and 9 ) and Lucian Freud . |
| 20 | Except for the cases of perfectly inelastic demand or supply curves , the imposition of taxation will involve an excess burden which will typically ( like the incidence itself ) be felt in some proportion by consumers and producers alike . |
| 21 | We must , in , be constantly aware that correlation , a systematic relationship between two variables X and Y , does not imply causation ; it may be that a change in a characteristic or variable X causes a change in another variable Y , it might be that a change in Y causes a change in X , it might be that they both affect each other , or it might be that neither affects the other , but that a change in a further variable , Z , is responsible for the changes in both X and Y. |
| 22 | As for the questions of how far responsibility is to be allocated between us and our tempters , how much temptation human beings can ‘ reasonably ’ be expected to stand — these are obviously not to be answered by mere mortals . |
| 23 | As for the remarks about too much sexism in ZZAP ! , that is also unreasonable . |
| 24 | Get the cheaper cuts of meat for the weekends from now on . ’ |
| 25 | I feel sorry for the farmers with so many rules and changes from the Common Market laws . |
| 26 | You need a trench for the foundations at least 150mm high . |
| 27 | On top of that Sumner practically accused Microsoft of biasing the test parameters in favour of Word and not allowing enough time for the testers to fully explore the respective packages . |
| 28 | Finally , Ebussu'ud Efendi also stipulated the number of students to whom each entitled office-holder in the learned profession might grant and though the numbers which he fixed are not reported , figures have been given above which comprise a partial list for the of 959 and 963 , while Ata'i gives another partial list for the of 973 , in which the kazaskers were each permitted to invest ten students as " the kadis of the three cities ' i.e. those of Istanbul , Edirne and Bursa ) five each , and " the other kadis of the throne " a term of uncertain application , but almost certainly comprising at least the other kadis mentioned in the decree of 963 ) three each : the figures for the kazaskers at least , and probably the others as well , applied down to Ata'i 's own day . |
| 29 | Its growth is considered here as a specific political issue which , for the purposes of both clarity and brevity , is distinguished apart from the broader social history of the period . |
| 30 | ULSTER Farmers ' Union president Robert McCloy has welcomed comments in a report from the House of Commons Agriculture Committee criticising the Government for advancing justifications for the cuts of up to 27pc in Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowance payments on breeding sheep in the severely disadvantaged areas . |