Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [prep] [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it was that Ms Wainwright found herself manhandling ( if that 's the word ) the seven-by-four polystyrene boards across the frozen Alaskan wastes , often in the teeth of gale force winds and in temperatures down to -40°C . |
| 2 | Fairly large waders. rather variable in size , distinguished from all three curlews by their straight bills and in summer also by their handsome rufous plumage . |
| 3 | Besides , morning worship there were midday sermons and in sessions together with evening worship . |
| 4 | Part of the problem , certainly , was the slow and inadequate response of the central authorities and of Gorbachev personally to a deepening crisis . |
| 5 | Lamarr jumped back dropping the broken pieces and with blood all over his hand and face . |
| 6 | The promotions brought valuable publicity on radio stations and in newspapers all over the UK , and have led to an increase in enquiries about the scheme . |
| 7 | A tenon saw will cope with most small sawing jobs on thin boards and on timber up to about 50mm ( 2in ) thick . |
| 8 | This was hardly a crucial ultimatum but , coming from a moderate , indeed sympathetic Frenchman , it suggests that the French , generally , were beyond the point of no return ; while for the Vietminh , with assorted military forces estimated at 60,000 , having already lost Haiphong as the point of entry for many of their weapons and in danger now of facing overwhelming French fire power in Hanoi , the temptations of a pre-emptive strike , even if it was an act of desperation , must have been irresistible . |
| 9 | Much better as women to put our energies elsewhere and to think in terms of guerilla action — to redistribute resources to women wherever possible ; to asset-strip men 's buildings of their space and facilities and resources on behalf of women ; to expose male hypocrisy , corruption and oppression wherever it appears ; to reserve loyalty for principles and for women not for institutions ; and to concentrate on the subversion of men 's ideas about themselves and about women by behaving badly and with irreverence to their rules . |
| 10 | The carrier is liable for the total of partial loss of the goods and for damage thereto from the time of taking over the goods and the time of delivery . |
| 11 | This was extended in 1980 , 1981 and 1982 to all gifts and to distributions out of settlements . |
| 12 | Nor were such examples confined to feudal counties , for family influence could also be seen in boroughs and on occasion even in big cities . |
| 13 | For the last two years Hodder has run publicity for fiction and paperbacks and for non-fiction out of two units and under two managers , Beth MacDougall and Sally Randall . |