Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children are made especially welcome in Leogang — there are lots of activities arranged for them . |
| 2 | As Mr Hart himself asked in a letter to The Times : ‘ In the face of so pellucid a Parliamentary intention , how was it that the Revenue not only thought it worth while to try it on , but actually found two courts to agree with it ? ’ |
| 3 | In some systems of law the disability of persons under full age is helped out by the powers of the parent or guardian , who can represent the child , and , by acting on his behalf or giving concurrence to his acts , can make dispositions of his property and contracts binding on him . |
| 4 | I asked the doctor about Dara Shukoh and Aurangzeb , and soon the doctor was telling us about the civil war and the accounts given of it by Bernier and Manucci . |
| 5 | Also , with the use of steam in large rooms , high volumes of condensation may occur which may drip onto food contact surfaces bringing with it bacterial and physical contamination . |
| 6 | This was a well researched and market estimated project : for the reasons given above it ended with the sale of EMI to another company . |
| 7 | It was intended to ensure that the supreme bodies of state worked more efficiently , and to guarantee that no conflicts arose among them . |
| 8 | Slightly confusingly named Utsly-Gtsly , this model is one of many Nakamura creations made up from sketches given to him by flat-proud clients with 200,000 yen to spend |
| 9 | The chamber will deal with environmental disputes between states referred to it by UN members . |
| 10 | Walkers would find themselves diving out of the way on paths , escaping from runaway mountain bikes careering towards them on a mission to deposit their riders in a ditch . |
| 11 | ‘ I may look it , but my condition remains unchanged , ’ the old lady told him frostily , but her bony fingers clung to his . |
| 12 | Channel 4 eased the pressure for space , but also led to more programmes competing for it . |
| 13 | To make the formal application you will need to complete the forms given to you by your Environmental Health Officer . |
| 14 | Now the Germans had little choice but to dig trenches and hope to win a war of attrition : a forlorn expectation , with the enemy ranks gathering against them . |
| 15 | As I have read his writings , often in photocopies lent to me by friends , or in the book on his work published in 1982 , in India , I have not only come to appreciate his films in a more informed way , but I have also realized that his outlook on film-making is one which has begun to affect my own thinking . |
| 16 | This has generated a considerable debate on the size of the household , its class basis and the changing meanings given to it . |
| 17 | Is there really anything in common between what was understood by the term in the time of Plato and Pericles and the meaning or meanings given to it nearly two and a half thousand years later ? |
| 18 | Biological factors assume importance in many stratification systems because of the meanings assigned to them by different cultures . |
| 19 | ( b ) ‘ authorised insurers ’ , ‘ the Council ’ , ‘ practising certificate ’ , ‘ the roll ’ and ‘ the Society ’ shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Solicitors Act 1974 ; |
| 20 | ( ca ) ‘ foreign lawyer ’ and ‘ registered foreign lawyer ’ shall have the meanings assigned to them by section 89 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 ; |
| 21 | ‘ practising certificate ’ and ‘ the roll ’ have the meanings assigned to them in the Solicitors Act 1974 ; |
| 22 | ‘ practising certificate ’ and ‘ the roll ’ have the meanings assigned to them in the Solicitors Act 1974 ; |
| 23 | Against the historical unification we would stress that sex is relational , is shaped in social interaction , and can only be understood in its historical context , in terms of the cultural meanings assigned to it , and in terms of the internal , subjective meanings of the sexed individuals that emerge . |
| 24 | Momentarily his fingers stilled against hers . |
| 25 | Xanthe 's bathroom is raspberry and cream , with toile de Jouy curtains of shepherds and shepherdesses with crooks and ribbons fluttering from them , and Feeny 's sitting beside them in her flowered pinafore by the tub , on the stool with matching toile de Jouy cover and frill . |
| 26 | While this internal argument reached its height , his superiors argued about him without his knowledge . |
| 27 | The hope seems to be that nurses will be better prepared and better enthused to address the nursing needs of society without the shackles placed on them by an outmoded system of training . |
| 28 | Although it was hardly conclusive proof they were the same kegs as those discovered by the vagrant , all the signs pointed to it being more than just a coincidence . |
| 29 | What a lot of other societies will today though , will not necessarily want policies assigned to them anyway . |
| 30 | The second point is that , when ambiguity increases sharply , that is the time when people who can resolve that ambiguity by setting new organizational values to cope with it gain power . |