Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 One may summarize the conclusions reached with respect to , and within the terms of , the traditional account of the Muftilik as follows : ( a ) that Fahreddin Acemi remained as Mufti , whether in Edirne or Istanbul , until his death , which occurred probably not later than 873/1468 ; ( b ) that he was succeeded by Abdulkerim , who seems likely to have resigned or been removed about 878/1473–4 ; ( c ) that Molla Husrev succeeded to the office about 878/1473–4 and held it until his death in 885/1480–1 ; ( d ) that he was succeeded by Molla Gurani in 885/1480–1 ( but cf. below , pp. 144–6 , 150 ) , who retained the office until his death in 893/1488 ; and ( e ) that Molla Arab succeeded Molla Gurani in that year and remained Mufti until his death in 901/1495–6 .
2 At times ‘ the Shadow ’ becomes a personification of Sauron , as in Frodo 's remark about mocking and making quoted earlier , at times it seems no more than cloud and mirk , as when the Riders ' hearts ‘ quailed under the shadow ’ .
3 Alignment of immunoglobulin domains between ICAM-3 and ICAMs 1 and 2 .
4 This is especially so for vulnerable groups ( such as pregnant or lactating women , and children ) .
5 Well why does n't , ca n't he do something about that or does he
6 How much better life would have been if I 'd known about that or used it ?
7 Glenn Hoddle says that playing at Wembley can be like making your debut … the sight of the twin towers still gives you a buzz but they 've got to forget all about that and get on and win the game … it 's a wonderful place to play he says and the pitch should suit Swindon but they 've got to concentrate on the job in hand
8 She had replied that it still seemed an expensive policy compared with even the dearest of umbrellas , and George had thought about that and said : ‘ You ca n't piss into an umbrella , either .
9 And there will be opportunities to apply for support from the British Film Institute and elsewhere erm in order that we can expand er what we 're doing in that area and I , I just wanted to let the board know about that and to say that erm er this is the route that I 'm currently taking and erm I will be reporting to them when there are specific developments and that I hope that you approve of er me attempting to expand our provision in this area .
10 ‘ Graham was not happy about that and had a dig at me in the press .
11 His buddy did n't seem too concerned about that and reached down for the big gun .
12 Let's try and get it on the board , which somebody has written on and I told them about that and asked them to clean it , but , bring a spray can of white paint next time .
13 So er think about that and remember
14 Erm we 've also , there 's also a bit of homework in there , do you remember that was given out erm one of the early sessions , and you will be expected to have erm thought quite a lot about that and to have worked through that .
15 He hinted to me the week before the event that he would n't mind a rest one day and I thought about that and thought about it again when we got to The Belfry .
16 Boycott stayed over five hours for 70 but had no lengthy support , Botham holed out in the deep when his responsibility as captain was to put his head down , and England never looked as though they were going to make it .
17 She enjoyed dispensing their weekly portions from the store room on Monday mornings : a quarter-pound of tea for each that made one and a half pounds and quite enough too ; half a pound of butter ; one pound of sugar for each and a small tin of Epps cocoa between them all .
18 Radbroke Hall had an easy win at home to Langley , dismissing the visitors for 97 and reaching 102–4 themselves .
19 awards monies for specific purposes , your offices for specific and confirm the expense of those purposes , annual auditors to actually confirm that it has been so spent .
20 Certainly , this broader remit seems eminently sensible , partly because the existence of strict demarcation lines between advanced and non-advanced further education is harmful to both and partly because the distinction between them will become more blurred as and when the provision of recurrent and continuing education is expanded .
21 Ashley were back to winning ways , bowling Prestbury out for 120 and scoring the runs for the loss of two wickets with Steve Tyrell hitting 82no .
22 There is deep regret and lamentation on Sir Bedivere 's behalf for the loss of Arthur and his now useless life as shown in ‘ where shall I hide my forehead and my eyes ? /For now I see the true old times are dead , ’ There is a real passion for Bedivere as shown in theses words .
23 But everyone knew , even then , about unsatisfied or sublimated or postponed desires : the final step must be action .
24 The Government 's accumulated fiscal surpluses will then be available both to revive an economy which has had the excess heat taken out of it during 1989/90 and to restore its electoral fortunes .
25 Although nearly all the industrialised nations have set themselves targets for stabilising or reducing carbon dioxide emissions , the US , by far the biggest emitter , has consistently refused .
26 Instead it capped the advanced further education pool for 1979–80 and set up a Working Group to examine the future management of the pool .
27 Nevertheless , it is of some importance to try to establish what the effect of this learning environment is on the actual communication between deaf and hearing people .
28 It is commonly accepted that educated deaf people prefer hearing people to use English-based sign and Woodward ( 1973 ) has suggested that the normal form of communication between deaf and hearing people is pidgin Sign English .
29 The prospects of interchange at the research level between deaf and hearing people are very good .
30 It remains true , however , that the overall thrust of deaf education policy is towards making deaf people more invisible by encouraging the use of teaching practices which subtly tip the power balance between deaf and hearing people in favour of the latter .
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