Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the [noun] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is carried on through the medium of lullabies . |
| 2 | An advertising campaign that went on about the law of averages did n't seem to help when much of the press criticism rounded on the Escort as exactly a car for Mr Average . |
| 3 | Bias may creep in through the wording of questions ( which may be ambiguous , unintelligible or suggestive of a particular answer ) , through the careless recording of answers , through the interviewer 's ( perhaps unwitting ) influence over response-patterns and through a general failure of the interviewer to establish the kind of rapport with the respondent that enables him or her to give truthful answers on personal matters . |
| 4 | In the wide centre space , where one box alone stood along one wall , there was a comfortable chair for the redoubtable Ms Brown , along with a table , equipment lockers , a refrigerator and a heavy plastic water tank with a tap low down for the filling of buckets . |
| 5 | Rules were laid down for the management of schools , and the provision of finance by local authorities . |
| 6 | You will be taught about hazards both in the classroom and on the wards and should always adhere to procedures and policies laid down for the safety of patients and yourself . |
| 7 | It follows that the conditions laid down for the registration of vessels must not form an obstacle to freedom of establishment within the meaning of articles 52 et seq . |
| 8 | The slogans were in ill-formed , illiterate script and Owen at first put it down as the work of children ; not the children who went to the kuttub , who were infants , but older youths . |
| 9 | In the patchy moonlight filtering down through the latticework of branches above , he could see no lurking figures . |
| 10 | Then , keeping the thumb in place , he pushed the rim of a bowl in between the rows of teeth and poured its contents , a trickle of oil , right down into the throat . |
| 11 | I hated pushing the medicine dropper in between the rows of teeth , now permanently bared , and the hot dry lips , and watching the milk dribble out at the comer because it would n't swallow . |
| 12 | From the pastoral comforts of the Plateau de Bénou , the road twists abruptly down past the villages of Bilhères and of Bielle , another valley ‘ capital ’ this , with some fine fifteenth-and sixteenth-century house fronts , but particularly commendable as a slated roofs cape seen from higher up the road — this is Béarn , and grey slates arc what you expect on roofs , no longer Basque tiles . |
| 13 | Joe , limping along amid the flow of workers and enjoying the exercise and the clear air , saw barges cleaving the sunlit surface of the river , a crowded passenger boat in their wake . |
| 14 | During these past ten years , he had learned a great deal about his stepfather 's business ; not only did he trudge the streets collecting money , which he then took to the bank after it had been religiously recounted by Luther , but he was the one who made all the entries into the ledgers ; he was the one who always met with accountants and reported back to his stepfather , who constantly grumbled that he was ‘ too ill and racked with pain' to weigh himself down with the burden of meetings and ridiculous men in ridiculous suits , with their ridiculous ideas that a man should always invest the money he earns with the sweat of his brow … |
| 15 | I look down into the decomposition of leaves — |
| 16 | Gone are the days when a couple furnished their house from top to bottom in a style that fitted in with the tastes of friends , neighbours , colleagues at work , or cronies down at the pub or tennis club . |
| 17 | An important point is that these large-scale convection cells fit in with the dimensions of plates . |
| 18 | Acceptance , dependence or rejection will therefore be inextricably tied in with the preservation of areas of activity which have given self-esteem , which are associated with a particular role function , which confirm the old person as the sort of person he or she wants to be . |
| 19 | The Committee took the view that lawyers are unapproachable because of the inaccessibility of premises and their unwelcoming nature , because the methods of work do not tie in with the needs of clients , and because of a lack of response to the needs of linguistic minorities . |
| 20 | Contributing factors include a very dry , hot summer which helps the algae to flourish , along with the residue of pesticides from farms and effluent from factories which , although greatly improved in modern times and now controlled , have left a residue on the loch bottom which still caused problems . |
| 21 | ‘ You poor young things , ’ said Corbett Farraday ( Physics , Chemistry , and anything vaguely in that line ) who was flapping his overgrown boy scout 's body along with the mass of teachers , and now looked around at them with his unnaturally innocent expression . |
| 22 | Along with the mass of plants and flowers , there is still room for tables and chairs and a small barbecue . |
| 23 | The figures of the main characters of the Nativity are then placed on it along with the pots of cereals , now full of green sprouts which symbolize fertility and plenty for the coming year . |
| 24 | Publishers now accept novels which are composed of a series of short , interlinked stories , novels where prose narrative alternates with poems and — perhaps most interestingly — the epistolary novel has been resurrected , along with the novel of fragments , where every page contains a separate ‘ statement ’ that is linked to every other statement through place , character and feeling . |
| 25 | Along with the variety of texts , we find many conflicting attributions . |
| 26 | This will again be our aim in the current year along with the enhancement of profits from a greater pooling of resources between businesses . |
| 27 | Much to my shame I knew nothing of the Cambrian Railways as most of my interest up to then had been in the Southern Railways and to a greater extent industrial railways , and so decided that much research was necessary , which along with the commencement of renovations will form part of our next episode : - ‘ A NEW STATION IN LIFE ’ . |
| 28 | Regional conflicts — along with the proliferation of missiles and nuclear , chemical and biological weapons — present growing dangers . |
| 29 | Along with the growth of towns went the rise of the merchant class . |
| 30 | This information , along with the results of interviews with over 100 students , will be used to inform general SVQ policy and future development . |