Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [adv] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This makes the total deflection which for light just grazing the Sun 's limb ( ) is 1.750 arcsec . |
| 2 | Simon Fraser , the SLF director , said : ‘ In spite of what Government and others might say about quota not having a value , there are clearly farmers willing to pay very large sums for the rights to Sheep Annual Premium . |
| 3 | We get turned and cant pass back to Lukic unless its VERY safe , and even then he kicks it straight out of play so relieving the pressure on the opposition AND putting pressure on us . |
| 4 | We are of necessity constantly breaking the rules and thereby committing sin , but some kinds of offence are more disturbing than others . |
| 5 | However 1980 , it seemed , just might represent a genuine national shift towards conservatism thereby providing the underpinning for a new alignment of electoral forces to replace the Democratic coalition founded by Franklin Roosevelt . |
| 6 | In everyday conversation , this rarely happens , and even if it does , there is certainly no guarantee that the sentence will have come to an end — because , after the pause , there may be a conjunction , such as the word because — or one such as or — which , as in the case of relative pronouns , can keep a sentence moving on , along with any parentheses and subordinate clauses that the speaker thinks fit to introduce , and of course not forgetting the coordinate clauses which in fact make up the vast majority of the cases that we encounter when we start analysing real conversational speech , and which , as I said at the outset , provide a great deal of the interest when we go in search of English — if you recall . |
| 7 | ( In this way they were of course only following the examples set down in the 1820s and '30s by British visitors to America such as Captain Basil Hall or Mrs Frances Trollope. ) ln 1850 the Teetotal Times recorded an ‘ atrocious outrage ’ . |
| 8 | The only circumstances under which it would be possible to remove the National Government were those which actually arose in May 1940 : " A new situation might arise of course , if any considerable number of Members of Parliament now supporting the Government . |
| 9 | According to the police , however , there was a decline in the level of violence immediately following the signing of the accord . |
| 10 | Hence the definition of wept will contain the brief description that it is the past tense of weep thereby informing the reader where to seek further information . |
| 11 | There was a widely held view amongst sentencers at the time that these powers were too limited ; while the furtherance of types of punishment not necessitating the deprival of liberty had been a perennial cause of penal reformers . |
| 12 | Article 1 sets out its purpose , viz. ‘ to ensure the continuation of farming thereby maintaining a minimum population level or conserving the countryside in certain less-favoured areas … ’ |
| 13 | It was n't a real child , it was a mature face with the wisdom of hindsight passively bearing the pain of the past . |
| 14 | Very sensitive patients who quickly become over stimulated by or prove the remedy when given in the standard dose can reduce it , next time , by diluting a teaspoonful from the first glass in a second glass of water thus reducing the dose by a factor of about 20 for each glass used . |
| 15 | The hollow clatter of his mount 's hooves on the castle drawbridge mingled with the heavy splash of water rapidly filling the ditch . |
| 16 | The doctor was called and the defendant provided a specimen of blood which on analysis proved to contain a proportion of alcohol substantially exceeding the statutory limit . |
| 17 | The aim of the study is to record , describe and analyse their perceptions and experience of the process of adoption thus providing an up-to-date picture of the consumer view . |
| 18 | It is the kind of area where keeping a close eye on the map is almost essential for peace of mind — asking the way could prove difficult , to say the least . |
| 19 | Certainly , it seems very possible that both were produced in a period of reconstruction immediately following the termination of hostilities and the payment of compensation for Mul . |
| 20 | The day to day process of making capital investment decisions in our major corporations allocates the resources of society thereby having a long term impact upon the organizations involved and ultimately upon us all . |
| 21 | This is essential , for to suggest that this is not so , is to destroy any hope of man ever having a God truly appropriate to his needs . |
| 22 | The hill towns of central Italy witness very obviously to two historical facts : to a continuity of life far surpassing the English towns we have compared with them , and to a love of independence , of a way of life in which turbulence and freedom and constant war were endemic factors . |
| 23 | Is the not Secretary of State continuously presenting a distorted view when he tries to convince the House that the Government are spending more on the national health service ? |
| 24 | And there wo n't be much change this afternoon , with the full blanket of cloud still shrouding the country . |
| 25 | A light show of billion-ampere strobes blazed across the thick black screen of cloud now burying the mountainside . |
| 26 | As the survivors are air-lifted to safety by helicopter , the badly wounded Elias is seen being pursued and shot down by the North Vietnamese , his outstretched arms at the moment of death consciously evoking the Crucifixion . |
| 27 | After the initial primitive stage certain members of society gain control over the forces of production so permitting a minority to exploit the majority : under slavery the slave-owner exploits the slaves ; under feudalism the landlords exploit the serfs ; and under capitalism the bourgeoisie exploits the proletariat . |
| 28 | You can spend quite a lot of time subsequently getting the machine configured just as you want it but at least you can relax in the knowledge that it all works and the difficult part of the upgrade is well and truly over . |
| 29 | It held that God is the Creator ex nihilo thus implying a divide rather than a continuum of being between man 's soul and God . |
| 30 | Bridge two at Keighley was still under repair thus necessitating a cautious exit from the station by all trains . |