Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 58% of subjects believed that people with TB should be quarantined , and 63% perceived TB as a severe social stigma , endorsing the item ‘ if you have TB no-one wants to be around you , even people you thought were your friends ’ . |
| 2 | The sort of ghost everyone knows about is the sort who goes haunting because he 's trying to get a lifer to do something for him , like revenge his horrible murder , or discover the hidden treasure , or find a will that 's been lost . |
| 3 | Of course everyone knows to which general she belongs , but it is her eyes , her ears and her discernment that have to be relied upon . |
| 4 | Chapter I deals with the contents of Letters of Request , the establishment of Central Authorities , and related matters . |
| 5 | This can be defined as a state of circulatory collapse which leads to low arterial blood pressure and oxygen shortage in the tissues . |
| 6 | It is of the essence of a religion which talks about hairs on your head being counted and not a sparrow falling from Heaven without mercy attending its descent , that it should be concerned about Mrs McSquirt 's upcoming visit to hospital just as much as any public issue of ‘ importance ’ . |
| 7 | the rise of capitalism in a country and the religion which predominates in that country . |
| 8 | The proteins move in the electric current at a speed which depends on their electric charge and molecular weights , and within a few hours they have become distributed along the length of the gel — the procedure is called gel electrophoresis . |
| 9 | The universe , in fact , is expanding ( although that 's another talk really ) and for the present purpose the important thing is that they 're moving away at a speed which increases with their distance and so if we can measure the speed that they 're moving away from us , then we can find their distance , and that takes us to the edge of the universe . |
| 10 | The strip goes through a rolling mill and a furnace which burns off the cellulose binder , leaving a strip of metal alloy . |
| 11 | The housing stock which remains with the local authority tends to be less attractive than what is sold off , and much of it is less suitable for elderly people whose needs are for low-cost , good quality housing with ground-floor access in a safe and secure neighbourhood and close to good social support networks . |
| 12 | In his very first book his admonitions about the indiscriminate use of stock , even of fine stock , were news , and good news : Do not spoil the special taste of the gravy obtained in the roasting of beef , veal , mutton or pork by adding to it the classical stock which gives to all meats the same deplorable taste of soup . |
| 13 | Knitters who have machines with a mirror image facility could use this technique to match up patterns at the centre , but remember that you lose the two centre stitches plus the one on each side which goes under the band — it would never do to have two ducks without heads facing one another , would it ! |
| 14 | The talented all-round sportsman has been selected for the Ireland cricket side which travels to Kenya in February for a World Cup qualifying tournament . |
| 15 | With Bruce Grobbelaar suspended following his dismissal in Russia a fortnight ago , Souness knows the importance of not conceding an away goal against a side which specialises in the counter-attack . |
| 16 | Cross the road and take the obvious lane on the other side which leads to a farm and the prominent Arnside Tower dating from the 14th century on the hillside above . |
| 17 | Barnes turned the game with his penalties , but possession alone was not enough to break a Springbok side which defends with a pride born of historical arrogance . |
| 18 | This year , BT and IBM plan to market a £3,000 video phone card which fits into a PC . |
| 19 | And the Eurocheque guarantee card which comes with them will draw cash from dispensers . |
| 20 | I have enclosed a simple card which explains in more detail how ORT works . |
| 21 | Crisis management apart , there is the constant burden of casework which calls for much reading of detailed dossiers before reaching decisions on individual cases . |
| 22 | Perhaps the most serious defect of the current representative model of English politics though is that it disenfranchises , in a double sense , the broader electorate which falls outside the established consensus . |
| 23 | I am content with the orthodox view that the spring which flows into the Brigach in the Schlosspark at Donaueschingen , and which shortly thereafter is joined by the Breg , constitutes the source of the greatest of European rivers , all 2,840 kilometres of it . |
| 24 | Apart from the use of referenda , which are a regular feature of politics in the United States , Switzerland and some other countries , jury service , as an obligation which may in principle fall upon any citizen , is almost the sole vestige of direct citizen participation in law-making and administration which survives in modern democracies . |
| 25 | There are scènes d'action in Romeo and Juliet : for example , when Lord and Lady Capulet bring Paris to confront Juliet in her bedroom which merges into apas d'action as she repulses his advances when he tries to woo her ; there is the variation describing the activities of Romeo , Mercutio and Benvolio before they enter the ballroom . |
| 26 | In 1981 the Qibla organization ( named after the mosque niche which points to Mecca ) was founded along pure Khomeini Fundamentalist lines , damning apartheid and resurrecting Haron as a hero . |
| 27 | Mr. Beloff submits that the requirement of notice to bodies , such as Winchester , was necessary to ensure that they did not breach the intervention notice , but in my view the limitation of the category of those entitled to be given notice to persons who will be prejudicially affected can only mean that it is the prejudice which brings with it the necessity to serve . |
| 28 | My own view is that perhaps the concept of normality is inappropriate here , since doubtless much of the hostility and prejudice which exists towards homosexuality is a product of this notion . |
| 29 | Perhaps the reason for the comic success of such characters is that they help us to recognise the prejudice which exists in all of us at so many different levels about so many different things . |
| 30 | Thus it may be committed by wrongfully taking possession of goods , by wrongfully disposing of them , by wrongfully destroying them or simply by wrongfully refusing to give them up when demanded , for in all these cases can be traced conduct by the defendant which amounts to a denial of the plaintiff 's rights or the assertion of inconsistent rights . |