Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a possible source for Loulou we can , I think , eliminate the mother of a ‘ hideous ’ English family encountered by Gustave on the boat from Alexandria to Cairo : with a green eyeshade attached to her bonnet , she looked ‘ like a sick old parrot ’ . |
| 2 | For look what had happened , once he knew who she was … |
| 3 | Hilton here formulates the same perceptions that govern Rolle 's understanding of the role of meditations on the Passion when he says : In fact Hilton gives no very precise rules about meditation itself because he is aware that it relates intimately to each individual 's unique personality and gifts . |
| 4 | We talked about hair we talked about make-up . |
| 5 | Against the bombs they wore steel helmets for protection which Tom recalls had holes drilled round the rim . |
| 6 | Richardson was the inventor of the cane-spliced cricket bat and a catapult for bowling which was successfully used for many years . |
| 7 | Competitive Bowling : Having developed a taste for bowling you may wish to consider bowling in a league . |
| 8 | And for Mum it had to be Tom or Englebert . |
| 9 | Erm the volume i i is tremendous and er one worries about the effect of the surging waters on such an old construction , now we far worse than and consequently the emergency services have had to consider all sorts of alternatives , some of which you see now with the piping on , on the surface of it 's been having a good result the immediate problem , but you ca n't stop there and the emergency team have given consideration to all sorts of other possible temporary solutions in the event or that the pumping failed and er I think that 's possibly where this rumour about erm the railway line arrived but er I think Chairman I 've said enough , we all , we would all agree I think that the emergency workers have performed er I think we 're all pleased to see the army coming in erm and doing what they 've done and erm I certainly er appreciated the opportunity to come in on the old A Twenty Seven through West it took my mind back er many years I can tell you and erm I , I think congratulations all round are due , but I come back to what 's all saying and which I support as it would be a folly when the dust has settled erm to really take a an objective er position and see that er arrangements are in hand channels and things like that will not again be supercharged in the way they are . |
| 10 | ‘ Obviously you learn some stuff through trial and error , but there are some really excellent books about photography which are extremely useful . |
| 11 | A willingness to stand up and promote his trade with gusto typifies Mr Smythe 's approach to his job as chairman his Association . |
| 12 | The most important challenge to the laissez faire mentality within Congregationalism came from Joseph Parker in 1901 when as Chairman he placed a cat among the pigeons with his usual dexterity . |
| 13 | As chairman you are responsible for calling the meeting , holding it together , and devising an effective way of working . |
| 14 | As chairman you can make or break the meeting by rewarding the wrong kind of behaviour by participants . |
| 15 | As chairman you should be asking yourself three key questions throughout the meeting : |
| 16 | As chairman you are expected to stay neutral , especially if you are the most senior person present . |
| 17 | If you are to succeed as Chairman you must be well versed in what the committee 's task is supposed to be . |
| 18 | After three enjoyable years as chairman I believe it 's time to stand down I shall miss those monthly meetings at thank you Betty for all the tea and coffee making but I shall have many happy memories , I suppose to me the highlights were the fiftieth anniversary celebration and the brilliant production of Stepping Out . |
| 19 | ‘ As chairman I shall be working to ensure that the business voice is clearly heard in any discussions on any issue affecting the economic well being of this area , ’ he said . |
| 20 | There are other diagnostic tests for hyponymy which are either discriminatory but insufficiently general , or general but insufficiently discriminatory . |
| 21 | The agreement was for consultancy which records show were less than the sums of money involved . |
| 22 | Before women could form into groups to press for change they too had to challenge ruling ideas — ideas which suggested that their proper place was at home with the family . |
| 23 | It was a turbulent time for college principals , and many were unable to cope with the urgent demands for change which constantly assailed them — not least from their own undergraduates . |
| 24 | Some present detailed programmes for change which will require legislation , for instance , legislation to improve the levels of pension and older people 's access to employment . |
| 25 | take seriously the possibility of institutional dominance posed by the existence of their own and other welfare organisations … they would be concerned to consider options for change which challenge the vested interest , or the market position of their organisation itself — for instance by acting as subordinate partner to other agencies in a cooperative venture . |
| 26 | So the debate on curriculum can only proceed through the statement of generalities , kept aloft by aspirations for change which invoke openness , flexibility , breadth , coherence , progression and other high-inference notions . |
| 27 | Because the Left has not been sensitive to the established debates on the British constitution it has not been attentive to the potentialities for change which have flowed from the absence of legal and constitutional limits on Parliament . |
| 28 | The pursuit of fantasy solutions has repeatedly drained energy from the much more difficult business of pursuing workable models for change which are rooted in what actually happens and could be made to happen in our schools . |
| 29 | After the inflation and eventual recession of the 1970s and the greedy pursuit of money in the 1980s , people ( especially the young ) rediscovered some of the faith in the future and the enthusiasm for change which had characterized the 1960s . |
| 30 | paragraphs last five er and six er identify identify the number of options for , for change which allows you to er determine the authority budget and to either go for growth to within the overall particular areas , savings in particular areas , or to make switches of resources between services or within services . |