Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] [adv] of [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took the view that the upper limit is arbitrary , and might operate unfairly , since a person just above the limit receives no assistance , whereas a person just below it might have to make a substantial contribution but would have the security of knowing that that contribution represents the maximum liability for costs regardless of the actual cost or the outcome of the case . |
| 2 | ‘ You 've made yourself an enemy for life instead of a friend for life — very clever , that . |
| 3 | I think this is one of the essentials in Harlow and something that people should not forget , that is that , although there is a great deal of criticism possibly of the standard of building that went on over the years of the Development Corporation , compared with what most people came from , there was a very great elevation both in quality and in ideas . |
| 4 | EVEN in these less affluent times , there are those who are happy to buy expensive , muddy carrots instead of bright orange ones at half the price , or an expensive piece of beef instead of a cut-price special offer . |
| 5 | A paper from a member of SCAC with experience both of the Scottish and UK/Ireland work . |
| 6 | But lovers of the palaces need not fear that the overriding aim of the new management is to turn the current £5m annual loss into profit regardless of the consequences . |
| 7 | This account of the formation of nation states in Western Europe , and of the development of the sense of nationality as a fundamental social bond , is far more comprehensive and thorough than the rather abstract and historically restricted theories which purport to explain modern nationalism and the emergence of new nations in terms either of a reorientation of European thought , or of some general process of industrialization . |
| 8 | Stock Exchange insider dealing investigators have launched an inquiry into a suspicious surge in activity ahead of the bid on the traded options market : traded options allow dealers to bet on future share prices . |
| 9 | ( a ) he is not guilty of murder by reason only of the fact that a defence provided by s.56 ( diminished responsibility ) , 58 ( provocation ) or 59 ( use of excessive force ) applies ; or |
| 10 | ( b ) he is not guilty of murder by reason only of the fact that , because of voluntary intoxication he is not aware that death may be caused or believes that an exemplary circumstance exists ; or |
| 11 | I sometimes like to think it was my eloquence , but the fact of the matter is that if I had got up on my hind legs and suggested a bit of Karaoke instead of the morning service , they would have leaped at it . |
| 12 | It is absolutely essential that each parcel should be described with such particularity and precision that there is no room for doubt about the boundaries of each , and for such purposes if a plan is intended to control the description of part only of a building , an Ordnance map on a scale of 1:2500 is worse than useless ( Scarfe v Adams [ 1981 ] 1 All ER 843 ) . |
| 13 | Thus , the 700 base pairs of homology downstream of the PstI site ( 23 , 30 ) was sufficient for integration into an intact beta-tubulin gene to occur . |
| 14 | The two ideologies are by and large products of the revolution or in the case of liberalism perhaps of the of enlightened attitudes . |
| 15 | The five reportedly reached a " preliminary consensus " on a plan to involve the UN in the governing of Cambodia ahead of a general election . |
| 16 | The World Cup series slalom at Holme Pierrepont on May 30th–31st will be the most important British slalom for some years and will draw a very high class field of paddlers ahead of the Olympic Games . |
| 17 | The length of the line to the right of this vertical thread showed the quantity of material ahead of the actual progress of the vehicle . |
| 18 | The formulation and implementation of a national energy policy was the first priority of the new president in domestic politics , and , as he saw it , some sort of test both of the governability of the United States and of his exercise of leadership , ‘ Our decision about energy will test the character of the American people and the ability of the President and the Congress to govern this nation . ’ |
| 19 | It is a spin-off from development work done on the Kodak disc camera , which has a circular disc of film instead of a roll , and lets very amateur photographers take usable photographs in unfavourable light . |
| 20 | The 7th , D , falls to C as part of the chord of F instead of the expected A minor . |
| 21 | Any tenderness between the two of them would be a sham as far as he was concerned , merely serving to emphasise the absence of love , and perhaps like her he felt that a relationship characterised by so much other feeling ought to be loving as well , that the depth of desire he felt for her should have been merely a facet of love instead of the whole . |
| 22 | since he came to our Lordships House with some very and has had to sit this thing ever since then with one exception er to speeches deeply and seriously critical er of the proposals er coming from Members of your Lordships House mostly with vast experience of the subject matter former Secretary 's er er former Chief Constable er and er so many others and I arise only to put one point to you if my Noble Friend decides to resist these amendments , it seems to me I may be wrong but it seems to me overwhelmingly clear that they will be carrying against him and they will be put into the Bill which will be very considerably altered and amended , some of your Lordships may think improved , but certainly drastically altered and I wonder whether er my Noble Friend thinks that really would be helpful from the point of view either of the pr future progress of the Bill , or the position of the Government . |
| 23 | H to track the highest ( latest ) versions of sub-packages regardless of the actual version number specified in the module relationships . |
| 24 | The user can specify an issue number or use the default , which is the latest version ; the version number can also be specified as ‘ H ’ to track the highest ( latest ) versions of sub-packages regardless of the actual version number specified in the module relationships . |
| 25 | H — Highest , to track the latest versions of sub-packages regardless of the actual version number specified in the module relationships . |
| 26 | Cos if they were trying to get peasant support and erm showing the importance of peasants instead of the United Front they would 've made it public . |
| 27 | Bream from pegs upstream of the shipyard , including odd specimens to 7 lb 8 oz . |
| 28 | She spoke , Ruth thought , as if she were the mistress of a large establishment in London instead of a country vicar 's wife in a remote Yorkshire dale . |
| 29 | ‘ We will continue with the subsidy but with a maximum of £80 per shop instead of the previous £120 , ’ said Mr Thin . |
| 30 | The resulting invoice was printed out at the payment counter where Mr. A paid £204.6 plus VAT instead of the proper sum of £710.96 plus VAT. ( iv ) The respondent was arrested on 19 October 1990 . |