Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hokati , in pink , made for the rails as if needing them to steer by , and four of the other runners boxed him in . |
| 2 | There is a genuine difference of opinion between the experts on whether statementing , as it is now applied in sixth-form schools but not in further education colleges , is a desirable tool . |
| 3 | From the 1860s , however , growing numbers of those who had no desire to question or to alter the nature of the economic system became uneasy about the prevailing diagnosis of the causes of and cure for poverty . |
| 4 | Shall I get one of the uniforms in and take a statement ? |
| 5 | The mystery deepened when , instead of going seaward at the foot of the hill , they turned up the right bank of the Touques as if making for Deauville . |
| 6 | Hearing what sounded like a muttered exclamation of fury at her elbow , Melissa looked around and saw Dora turn on her heel and march off into the orchard , where she stopped under an apple tree and stared up into the branches as if inspecting its heavy crop of fruit . |
| 7 | There was a narrow alley with dustbins in it at the bottom of the garden and , beyond that , the rude and unkempt backsides of a row of tenement houses with blind , curtained windows and washing ( long pants , vests , sheets , shirts ) limp in the windless air , strung out on high lines running from pulleys at far-up windows.Tin baths , like giant snails , stuck half-way up the walls as if resting in a trip to the top . |
| 8 | Moths fluttered in the light of lamps hanging from the trees as if dancing to the soft , rhythmic jingle of the cicadas . |
| 9 | It was eerie listening to this voice , one moment high and hysterical , sibilant as a snake 's the next , issuing from the shadows as if directed down that merciless beam of light . |
| 10 | The declaration stated that the testator in his lifetime ( in consideration that the plaintiff would marry Ellen Nicholl ) agreed with and promised the plaintiff , then unmarried , in the terms of and contained in the following letter : August 11 , 1838 , Gray 's Inn |
| 11 | Second replication to the fourth plea , that the agreement was in the terms of and contained in the letter set out above . |
| 12 | Start the engine and simply run over the blocks as if using a vacuum cleaner . |
| 13 | Any client ( corporate or otherwise ) in relation to whom the firm performs services amounting to corporate finance activities provided he has agreed to the terms of and signed a corporate finance engagement letter issued to him by the firm . |
| 14 | This modified approach may only be employed where the client has agreed to the terms of and countersigned a corporate finance engagement letter issued to him by the firm . |
| 15 | They are designed to help parishes to be more sensitive to the needs of and provide the necessary practical and spiritual support . |
| 16 | He was still shuffling videos on the shelves as if having suddenly noticed that someone — herself , probably — had replaced them in the wrong order . |
| 17 | Soft lights glowed on the mountains as if reflected from stained glass . |
| 18 | The man looked at the boys as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 19 | While I would not seek to question the decision of the judges of a number of the awards ( although you may note for the record , however , that there were a lot of eyebrows raised in the trade by the comments on and judging of Helpware magazine , which won both contract title of the year and runner-up to best consumer launch of the year in the 1992 Publishing Awards ) , I would like to question the appropriateness of the chairman of the judges presiding over a ceremony where his own company won the most number of awards . |