Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Tory MPs have reported that rank and file members are openly questioning whether Mr Major should remain as Prime Minister . |
| 32 | You have heard about complex variables , and I believe you have come across the Cauchy-Riemann relationships . |
| 33 | Those who had heard about major items of foreign news — such as the Amin coup in Uganda , the deaths of Nasser in Egypt and Nkrumah in Ghana , or the proposed resumption of British arms sales in South Africa — had for the most part received the news from the radio . |
| 34 | It turned out , however , that the police had heard about possible sexual abuse before the father appeared in court on the physical abuse charges . |
| 35 | Thinking of young lives , his mind jumped back to yesterday , when he had heard about young Harrington . |
| 36 | The jury heard about wealthy amusement arcade boss Vincent King 's past only after it had given its verdict . |
| 37 | Furthermore , even before Posidonius , the Druids may well have heard about Greek doctrines of immortality either from oral tradition in Massalia or by honest purchase of Greek books . |
| 38 | We 've heard about object-oriented technology for 20 years , but it 's only just now beginning to take hold . |
| 39 | The council had heard about impending publication late on Saturday night , too , he said , and had tried to stop it by taking out an interdict against the newspaper concerned . |
| 40 | Major 's reply suggested that , as an interested visitor from another solar system , he had heard about human personality but regretfully had no first-hand experience of this rare bird , though he was prepared to extend it every reasonable courtesy . |
| 41 | That 's when — you know , you 've heard about supply-side economics . |
| 42 | You have heard about electric charge , current , magnetic field , etc . |
| 43 | But instead of discussing such low-cost , appropriate approaches , the International Workshop on Earthen Buildings in Seismic Areas , sponsored by the US National Science Foundation and held in Albuquerque in May 1981 , heard about high technology solutions like ‘ prestressed adobe ’ and ‘ reinforced poured adobe ’ . |
| 44 | At the end of the session prices between DM240,000 ( £96,000 ; $153,600 ) and DM380,000 ( £152,000 ; $243,200 ) were also realised for abstract oil paintings from the 1950s by Willi Baumeister and Ernst Wilhelm Nay . |
| 45 | A sense of rejection or an inbuilt feeling of hostility or hate for other people is an ingredient of sexual dissatisfaction or aggression . |
| 46 | We found no differences in the median cellular proportions of IgG subclasses between healthy and affected Crohn 's disease twins and in the separately analysed discordant twin pairs . |
| 47 | Simply to hope that such things will be taught through other subjects is not satisfactory for a planning document even at the discussion stage . |
| 48 | Religious education and personal and social education ( broadly defined to include 16 areas such as careers education , community studies , education for parenthood and family life , health education , mass media , moral , political and economic education ) are compulsory in ISS : in TNC religious education is assumed ( but later given status as a ‘ basic ’ subject after pressure from the churches ) and elements of personal and social education are to be ‘ taught through other subjects ’ , though no advice is given on how this might be achieved . |
| 49 | The counselling and family work skills taught through social work leadership to all team members . |
| 50 | I 've read that our children will be taught about other faiths . |
| 51 | Men are n't taught about testicular cancer , yet it can affect any man between the ages of 15 and 45 . |
| 52 | How much did you get taught about German documents at Ashford ? — or Hereford ? ’ |
| 53 | Photocopy for personal file , send original to Salaries & Wages ( see attached ) . |
| 54 | Photocopy for personal file , send original to Finance Dept ( see attached ) . |
| 55 | Those who had moved were traced through various means including the local Electoral Register , Leicestershire Family Health Services Authority , the local Registrar of Births and Deaths , and the NHS Central Register at Southport in Lancashire . |
| 56 | Desmond Morris claims that his biomorphs " evolve " in his mind , and that their evolution can be traced through successive paintings . |
| 57 | The onward march of racism is traced through historical time and institutional space , from some presumed point of origination which defines its essential character , to a present conjuncture which is the summation of its effects . |
| 58 | I was glad of my stout walking boots as I squelched through bossy bits . |
| 59 | One of the great bonuses of The Third Age is time — time to spare for other people , even if it is only to listen to what they have to say . |
| 60 | with money to spare for small luxuries ; |