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

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1 And by the way , Steven , I did not find your views about Pakistanis very humorous .
2 THE little boy next door said to his father : ‘ Dad , I do n't want a bike for Christmas anymore . ’
3 The Supreme Court is expected to weaken further the nationwide constitutional protection for abortion early next year .
4 Political parties provided the labels with which electors could identify , and elections became gladiatorial contests between parties rather than between individual candidates .
5 ‘ The reading of it has been a good preparation for Lent as far as I am concerned : for it shows me ( through the heroine ) the special sin of abuse of intellect to which all my profession are liable , more clearly than I ever saw before .
6 Now , after almost fifty years we look back and the rich variety of our doings in the years between fulfills the concept of university as a preparation for life rather than training for a specific walk of life .
7 A skilful negotiator will attempt to trade concession for concession so that ultimately an agreement which satisfies both parties is reached .
8 and knit a jumper for Michael an'all , when Michael 's in she knits him a jumper , the jumper
9 Hence , for example , in the case of the educational system , we should not assume that dominant ideologies about women necessarily give rise to uniform practices in schools and amongst teachers .
10 Free Presbyterians would differ from other Protestants in their attitude to the above reasons for unionism only in taking them more seriously .
11 The Down 's syndrome register should consider classifying reasons for referral more precisely .
12 It looked as if the Saunders-Atkinson partnership had done the trick for Villa again in the 77th minute .
13 While the law has not yet been enforced , individuals offering counterfeit Indian objects for sale now face fines of $250,000 and prison terms for first offences .
14 One of these has already been put forward , by the CNAA early in 1982 , termed Model C. In its response to the July 1981 Green Paper , the CNAA is critical both of Model A and Model B , regarding Model A as inadequate and lacking credibility both on academic and other grounds , and Model B as too exclusive in that it creates a division between institutions substantially involved in the provision of public sector higher education and those only marginally so .
15 It would be an opportunity for reflection specifically for people coming with a background of development experience and practice .
16 CAMI agrees that direct marketing is an opportunity for effects as creative as anything that television can do ; his company recently produced a brochure for a property development called The Fountains which featured a front cover made of plastic , filled with water and a handful of coins .
17 The Home Ownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere ( Hope ) programme was set to be expanded , but overall the proposed expenditure on " choice " was to be an estimated $16,000 million in fiscal 1992 , approximately $3,700 million less than in the current fiscal year .
18 provide opportunity for catharsis ie. the release of hostile feelings etc that have been , or may be , repressed otherwise .
19 The atmosphere tends to be less formal and there is greater opportunity for integration both between staff and students and between the students themselves .
20 The financial information presented above is based on the Group 's audited consolidated accounts for LASMO alone , restated for the changes in accounting policy adopted in 1991 .
21 One of the principal reasons for this was considered to be the existence of the defence for men under 24 .
22 Such activity would further promote contacts between individuals either susceptible to or infected with micro-organisms .
23 Can the family deal with conflicts about colour within and without the family ?
24 Runnymead Council said : ‘ You need permission for fences over 6ft 6ins .
25 Erm I would hesitate before offering the chairman or the committee the contract , er the contract for Eurofighter actually runs to thirty four books and it stands about that high and er .
26 Mortensen was the captain of a Norwegian trawler charged with illegal trawl fishing in waters within the Moray Firth contrary to a bye-law made by the Fishery Board for Scotland under s. 7 of the Herring Fishery ( Scotland ) Act 1889 .
27 I have n't used the word poverty I 've used a phrase about lack of financial resources because it relates more obviously and directly to many of the concerns of the Board for example almost certainly the real reason why there was no room in the inn at Bethlehem is that the income of a village carpenter did n't go near the exorbitant prices being charged by mine host when , to use the good Scots phrase , the cow calved and there was this boom over the crows for the census .
28 But what we argue is that all should have the right to put their case for asylum fairly and properly , and reasonably quickly . ’
29 We have had debates on the entrenchment of rights ; on federalism or regional devolution as against the unitary state ; on the case for consensus rather than majority as a basis for government , on the relative weight of national versus local mandates and the independence of local government , on the duty of civil servants ; on electoral reform with all its implications for the operations of government ; on who should define the national interest ; on open government and official secrecy ; on complementing representative democracy by referenda and other forms of participation — and much else .
30 The selectors have long refused to hear a strident case for Carlisle Best , and locals were also miffed that Desmond Haynes was overlooked for the West Indies captaincy .
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