Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have mixed views about the benefit of lights when driving in fog . |
| 2 | Clearly , however , the needs we have identified at Stirling for the transmission of documents , images and so on are also arising at other sites — and between sites as well . |
| 3 | Sessions should include attitude training , assertiveness training , and preparation for the counselling of victims of violent and abusive behaviour , both users of library services and staff members . |
| 4 | Notes for the guidance of centres on the procedure for applying for approval of programmes leading to the HCIMA Professional Certificate or Professional Diploma . |
| 5 | GENERAL NOTES FOR THE GUIDANCE OF TUTORS |
| 6 | He and Chris tried to steer a middle course during the ritual of drinks before dinner and the meal that followed . |
| 7 | In cells that are oscillating , the magnitude of this influx component through second messenger-operated channels is often rather small and has little effect on the intracellular level of calcium during the interval between spikes , mainly because it is rapidly sequestered by the internal stores . |
| 8 | There are obviously many reasons for the conjunction of forces which produced its institutions and these must include the Reithian spirit ( described above ) , a political system secure enough to grant broadcasting a relatively free hand and the absence ( or the negation ! ) of deep social divisions . |
| 9 | This is one of the reasons for the choice of hymns and other music being so often limited to a few old war-horses . |
| 10 | The first six paragraphs described events leading to the setting up of the Select Committee and the reasons for the choice of witnesses . |
| 11 | The main parties also agreed on constitutional changes to stem the influx of immigrants , one of the main reasons for the rise in attacks on foreigners . |
| 12 | Two external factors suggest possible reasons for the increase in numbers . |
| 13 | Two external factors suggest possible reasons for the increase in numbers . |
| 14 | There were , suggested David Rees , three reasons for the growth in numbers : |
| 15 | There are other reasons for the predominance of women carers , even after retirement . |
| 16 | Indeed one of the main reasons for the failure of Marxists to make headway amongst the Latin American working classes is that labour organisations in many of these countries were originally the creation of the state . |
| 17 | The length of nails , in relation to the thickness of the wood they are to go through , can be discussed and reasons for the protrusion of nails arrived at . |
| 18 | If we wish to fulfil Charles Darwin 's ambition of understanding the reasons for the distribution of differences between the sexes , we shall need to examine the causes of variation in lifetime breeding success among males and females in natural populations . |
| 19 | Changes in social and commercial conditions , and changes in the moral values of the community , mean that the Courts will not always find the same reasons for the enforcement of promises to be good today as their forbears did ; equally it is likely that they will often find good reasons for the enforcement of promises where their predecessors did not . |
| 20 | Changes in social and commercial conditions , and changes in the moral values of the community , mean that the Courts will not always find the same reasons for the enforcement of promises to be good today as their forbears did ; equally it is likely that they will often find good reasons for the enforcement of promises where their predecessors did not . |
| 21 | The deep reasons for the difference in numbers of species are unknown — assuming , that is , that there are deep reasons . |
| 22 | It is relatively easy to identify the immediate or ‘ proximate ’ reasons for the decline in births ( Bongaarts and Potter 1983 , see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 23 | Understanding the reasons for the decline in women 's employment after age 45 is important for community care policy , labour supply and pensions policy : older women are a major source of informal care for elderly people , yet are also a potential source of extra employees as the supply of school leavers declines during the 1990s . |
| 24 | Although people are tight lipped about the reasons for the collapse of negotiations , there were clearly bureaucratic difficulties with so many conservation organisations being involved , along with government departments , SNH and even , according to reports , Prince Charles . |
| 25 | provide an opportunity for the debriefing of students , discussing both the work supervisor 's and tutor 's assessment of them on an individual basis . |
| 26 | This decline was significant because it ‘ reduced the opportunity for the reflection of nuances of debate about policy and personalities within the parties ’ . |
| 27 | Their coexistence with the annual Conference of delegates and triennial Congresses provides ample opportunity for the involvement of members in the government of the BDA . |
| 28 | Choices can still be made between decision-making systems offering more or less opportunity for the involvement of workers in the design , planning and execution of production . |
| 29 | It is not proposed to repeat all this here , but a summary is appropriate , particularly since it provides an opportunity for the discussion of trends and developments of a general kind after 1974 . |
| 30 | Such people have been disappointed , to say the least , that the Government postponed the community care programme by two years because they saw it as an opportunity for the balance of resources between residential care and community care to be readdressed . |