Example sentences of "[adv] [art] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In order to work successfully the notion of Partnership through Compact must involve all the personnel in the participating organisations including trade unions .
2 However , the job itself , as we have already noted , is rarely the cause of disenchantment with agriculture — indeed , in a decade that has seen a renewed interest in the countryside among young people and a growing desire to escape from the urban rat-race , agriculture could have much to offer .
3 Statesmen were rarely the tools of business in this period ; sometimes they made businessmen do their work for them and they were alive to the possibility of political influence being spread through such economic channels as chartered companies .
4 Mercifully the issue of censorship in the UK is not at present the matter of life and death that it can be in other countries , yet various instances of censorship in recent years ( even in the library field ) have illustrated how inflammatory the question of censorship can be .
5 The temporary grassland area has increased ( by 12% ) in this period , presumably the result of cultivation of previous permanent grassland on lower slopes and valley bottoms .
6 Slowly the mist in front of her eyes cleared .
7 Shearman recalled that , at first , discussion with Hickson was unpromising but eventually the appointment of Pateman to the post , vacant from 1928 , was confirmed .
8 Cambridge and Knapp make very clear the relationship of consumerism to community care :
9 Lying in bed at night , she would remind herself that in only a few months ' time she would be his , and would have assumed his name and taken on the position of head of his household .
10 The people demonstrated their spirit when the whole country rose up , carried on the tide of revolution in Eastern Europe , and literally fought tooth and nail against their oppressors .
11 Liz , from Northern Ireland , was visiting the Wirral to pass on the art of storytelling to librarians , who had travelled from all over the country Picture : FRAZER BIRD
12 Popular puppet theatre is helping to take on the struggle against AIDS across southern Africa .
13 Kerekou remained President and Head of the Armed Forces , but the new government was headed by Prime Minister Nicéphore Soglo , who also took on the portfolio of Minister of Defence formerly held by Kerekou .
14 Gimli 's ‘ Song of Durin' at I 329–30 is dwarvishly plain and active , but still carries on the sense of decay in Middle-earth opposed to ultimate hope ; Legolas 's ‘ Song of Nimrodel ’ a little later makes similar oppositions but ends on an opposite note , of faltering and ultimate defeat on the ‘ Hither Shore ’ .
15 Miss Reid was a fully qualified nurse , and when , some months later , the post of superintendent-nurse at St. Peter 's Hospital became vacant , the new Mrs. Chaplin took on the duties in addition to those of matron .
16 In order to compensate for this the Borough Council took on the responsibility for payment of the Parish Clerk 's salary and the maintenance of parish playing fields .
17 The hope was that whoever followed Hannah would respect the character of Low Birk Hatt and , to some extent , carry on the way of life of the Hauxwells and their kin , the only family to have previously lived there .
18 Normal human curiosity flexed under the strain , but would not take on the forces of discipline in open combat .
19 Hastily he redirected his attention towards the circular screen that he had hung on the wall in place of an oil painting of some horned , scaly jungle monster .
20 However , it must be stressed that it is a question of fact in each individual transaction , and the question one has to ask objectively in every single situation is whether the purchaser is merely selecting specific assets for the use in his own business or whether he is buying assets in order that he can carry on the business in succession to and in place of the vendor .
21 The European Court confirmed that the dispositions of the EC treaty relating to the rights of establishment forbid member states to prevent a person from establishing himself in a state and carrying on the profession of auditor on the grounds that that person is already established and recognised as an auditor in another member state .
22 The Royal Society for Nature Conservation / Wildlife Trusts Partnership took on the role of lead-organisation within the Consortium , although they have tried hard to liaise with all other partners , particularly CPRW .
23 It might also take on the role of initiator of research and the evaluation of material .
24 One social worker who had cared for her own mother for many y ears explains below how important it is to take on the role of carer for the right reasons :
25 A penguin keeper whose own family has flown the nest has taken on the role of mother to one of her birds .
26 It certainly might have helped Diana to listen and learn from counselling sessions , where other couples ' problems are aired and discussed ; but there is no doubt that by taking on the role of patron at a time when the world was prophesying doom for her own marriage was an exceptionally brave thing for her to do .
27 In some cultures the mother proceeds to the status of a matriarch , when she takes on the authority of mother to the whole extended family or tribe .
28 And with the large capital invetment involved , the customer depends on the fact that any new model must be capable of taking on the task in hand without difficulty — there is no room for mere gimmicks .
29 Strictly , the Revenue can argue that s343 does not apply until the hive-up agreement has become unconditional and been completed in accordance with its terms ( for example , the novating of liabilities and obtaining of third party consents ) , since s343 requires Newco to carry on the trade in succession to the transferor , not merely beneficially own it .
30 ‘ The idea was to pass on the information from generation to generation , so children traditionally played a very important part , ’ said a spokeswoman for the Open Spaces Society .
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