Example sentences of "[prep] an [noun] [prep] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After an investment of £23½m over five years in its American business , it made a profit last year . |
| 2 | After an evening of work here , she felt she must look like a cod or haddock herself with dull eyes and open mouth . |
| 3 | The acknowledged purpose of RE is to help pupils towards an understanding of religion so that they can reflect on it in an informed way . |
| 4 | Oddly enough , given that this was part of an attack on positivism generally , Matza used the traditional tool of positivism ( the questionnaire ) to make the point . |
| 5 | It could only be assimilated to it if ‘ I disapprove of prostitution ’ were treated as a tentative way of saying that prostitution is wrong , that is , as a tentative expression of an attitude against prostitution rather than as an expression of one 's awareness of one 's own disapproval of it . |
| 6 | First race there twelve fifty the going at the moment is good but they have had a quarter of an inch of rain overnight so of course I suppose there 's every chance it could go to good to soft by this afternoon . |
| 7 | That 's about a third of an inch of rain overnight and again it 's gon na be wet for the rest of the day . |
| 8 | An eighth of an inch of rain overnight but that should n't make any difference at all but a wet windy day . |
| 9 | A genuine one always has three tiny depressions one-quarter of an inch in diameter close to the centre-hole . |
| 10 | In the midst of these activities , Jaruzelski continued to conduct his negotiations with the representative of society , but now as part of an exercise in maskirovka rather than persuasion . |
| 11 | Our courts have refused to consider the validity of an Act of Parliament either on the ground that Parliament had no power to pass it or on the ground that the statute had been improperly passed . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's a refreshing change to hear of an act of goodwill rather than yet another tale of violence and vandalism , ’ says marketing manager Ken James . |
| 13 | The income of Henry Tudor was perhaps three times that of Henry VI in 1433 , but it was not of an order of magnitude greatly different from that of the richer medieval kings . |
| 14 | Can you do something , Stefan ? ’ — ‘ I 've got the chance of an audition in Vienna early on Wednesday morning but it will mean I 'll miss the Tuesday night show . |
| 15 | US Marines took control of an airfield in Somalia yesterday in their first major sortie out of the war-torn country 's capital . |
| 16 | US Marines took control of an airfield in Somalia yesterday in their first major sortie out of the war-torn country 's capital . |
| 17 | However , there are many aspects to the definition of an interface for systems as complex as GIS , and the solutions to this problem are developing extremely rapidly at the time of writing . |
| 18 | Unger depicts herself and others working in the psychology of women , as caught up in ‘ facho ’ , a feminist version of macho ( Arpad 1986 : 208 ) , which in their case took the form of an obsession with productivity much like that found in the mainstream : ‘ like the characters in Through The Looking Glass we are all running ( and writing ) as fast as we can to keep up ’ ( 1979 : vii ) . |
| 19 | You must develop the ability to find the centre of an area of lift quickly instead of losing it , and you can not have too much practice and experience . |
| 20 | There were , too , distinct signs of an improvement in orders as early as the fourth quarter of 1992 , which have continued in the first quarter of 1993 , the chairman , Viscount Weir , said in London yesterday . |
| 21 | He found the city 's total welfare bill amounted to $162 per citizen — as against an average of $174 elsewhere in New York state , and similar sums even in troubled cities like Cleveland and Los Angeles . |
| 22 | We learn to pray with a believing heart , with an emphasis on trust rather than on understanding . |
| 23 | This , sadly was my last foray for the month as I went down with an attack of bronchitis soon after this expedition , and form which I have not fully recovered . |
| 24 | Our second patient first this pattern , with an onset of jaundice approximately six weeks after piroxicam was begun . |
| 25 | Her father 's stern presence had prevented such scenes of gay ebullience , but the weary harvesters had always been welcomed with heartfelt gratitude and hospitality into her mother 's kitchen , where the tables groaned with an array of fare equally good as that now placed before the workers of Thorsbury . |
| 26 | The result is a presidency with an image of blandness much different from the glitzy campaign Mr Bush waged to win the White House from Michael Dukakis who , it is worth remarking , is governor of the speedy state of Massachusetts . |
| 27 | My contact with David had fired me with an interest in Peru again , a desire to engage with it beyond the level of annoyance . |
| 28 | It is expected to be operational with an office in Brussels early next year and although some doubts remain about the scope of the redefined Scotland Europa , the Council has agreed , in principle , to support the initiative . |
| 29 | The feeling that something special was about to happen spilled over into an exhibition of appreciation then unparalleled on an English racecourse : the crowd applauded the rivals as they made their way on to the track and burst into cheering as they reached it . |
| 30 | Challenging the child via an element of competition often works : ‘ I wonder who can get dressed first ? ’ or ‘ I bet you ca n't put on your own shoes ’ will often motivate children to comply without their realizing . |