Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This involves the court ordering a third party who owes your debtor money to pay that money into court instead of to your debtor . |
| 2 | Alone of the Pacific species , N. emarginata shows something like a comparable variation in shell shape with exposure ( Crothers , 1984 ) , but the shell is so thin as to afford little protection from crabs regardless of its shape ( Kitching , 1976 ) and an ability to resist desiccation could be of great value to this highQQintertidal species in sites protected from continuous spray . |
| 3 | The approach was reactive and piecemeal , with little appreciation of traffic now as a system or of the relationships between land use and traffic generation . |
| 4 | This change in attitude together with the problems of housing the vehicles , ensured the rock-bottom values which enabled to collect . |
| 5 | But the conventions surrounding the drama itself usually go some way to counter this kind of misapprehension even in mediaeval times . |
| 6 | Be sure to scatter this kind of food thinly in the places where these species normally forage — a heap of cheese in the middle of the lawn will just attract the attentions of your local starlings . |
| 7 | and the other thing is that to get this kind of continuity even at one post he 's got to work with Dave for at least six months and Dave 's going in March next year so we want a A L O in post by September of this year if that 's possible . |
| 8 | for people who are caring for their , their family we 've , we 've also said , that employers should recognise that people should be able to get , erm some kind of leave occasionally from their work er , perhaps ten days a year when they find the person they 're looking after is is sick . |
| 9 | She had brushed aside the congratulations of her gynaecologist when he said , ‘ Most women would have been screaming for some kind of relief long before now . ’ |
| 10 | I wanted it to be over , to return to the innocence and freedom of life before the kidnap , for John to be safe , for us all to know some kind of certainty instead of this constant doubt and anxiety , to be able to think of the future again . |
| 11 | They believe Mr MacDonald may have been involved in some kind of argument shortly before his death . |
| 12 | Promoter Barry Hearn told me : ‘ He must have created some kind of record already with this his ninth world title fight in under two years . |
| 13 | I 've taken someone this afternoon from Highdown just until the half term when they should go to a special school . |
| 14 | Thousands of feet had tramped this route in times past before railways and military invasion . |
| 15 | But for QPR 's Les Ferdinand there was another dip in fortunes midway through a season that began with an international breakthrough . |
| 16 | Could I just conclude Moderator by saying that those who are engaged in ACTS the churches which are participating members of this action of churches together in Scotland are engaged in a journey together . |
| 17 | It was a figure in a mask and a jacksuit with all this gear in pockets all over it , and she had a headset , and one for me , one like I would have had on if I had n't taken off in such a hurry , and she had jets , which no Gnat would have been seen dead with . |
| 18 | The girl was attacked after leaving this club in Northampton just after 11 p.m. last night . |
| 19 | Right , it 's not too late to start to again , I , I 'll chuck this piece of paper away for you . |
| 20 | In fact , it does n't matter how remote , how poor is the resemblance of an insect to a stick , there must be some level of twilight , or some degree of distance away from the eye , or some degree of distraction of the predator 's attention , such that even a very good eye will be fooled by the remote resemblance . |
| 21 | Broadly speaking , there is dependence in the early stages of the lifespan ; independence during adulthood ; and the likelihood of at least some degree of dependence again in old age . |
| 22 | In Leeds , the LEA 's current framework ( Leeds City Council 1991b ) might usefully be monitored and modified where appropriate — with this issue of balance firmly in mind . |
| 23 | With this issue on sale just before the ADT London Marathon , we 've packed in pages of practical information about after the race . |
| 24 | The mumming play , of which the pace-egg play is an Easter version , was performed originally at Christmas and I will be discussing survivals of this type of play later in the book . |
| 25 | There seems to be no example yet available of this type of development anywhere in the world . |
| 26 | The formulation and implementation of a national energy policy was the first priority of the new president in domestic politics , and , as he saw it , some sort of test both of the governability of the United States and of his exercise of leadership , ‘ Our decision about energy will test the character of the American people and the ability of the President and the Congress to govern this nation . ’ |
| 27 | You can look forward to some sort of land away to quarry gravel for motorways , like someone I can think of a view and , let's face it , the mountain will still be there when you come back . |
| 28 | There is some sort of lesson there for the autograph collector , who need not despair if the great names are beyond his aspirations and his purse . |
| 29 | Politicians get away with this sort of behaviour only in totalitarian states . |
| 30 | Later still he said : ‘ Honestly , Jannie , nobody watches this sort of programme apart from the relatives of the performers . ’ |