Example sentences of "' [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Nick Middleton 's The Last Disco in Outer Mongolia and Simon Vickers ' Between the Hammer and the Sickle : across Russia by cycle both show the form at its genial , gormless best .
2 The following are the results of some of the major " Paris Races ' between 1894–1903 .
3 His speech of 1 November 1962 made references to ’ some differences ' between the two governments , but it was asserted that ‘ Nothing shall come between the Soviet Union and Cuba ’ , and the emphasis was on the Soviet arms which had not been withdrawn rather than on the missiles which had ( Cuba Socialista , no. 16 , Dec. 1962 , pp. 28–30 , in Clissold : 1970 , p. 276 ) .
4 A rapid reconnaissance survey of the northern part of the trough will also be undertaken to delineate the extent of the volcanic sequence within the basin and to identify potential 'windows ' through which the sub-Tertiary geology can be studied .
5 The Warsaw Pact proposal ( i ) called , among other things , for " continuous or regular inspections at temporary and permanent entry/exit points ' through which troops and equipment would be observed during demobilization resulting from a treaty ; and ( ii ) stipulated that " inspection teams shall have the right of free access to aircraft , including their weapons systems ' and might use " optical and electronic means of observation " .
6 There are swarms of Gumpets going to school , to the office , to the bank , waiting outside the grocers ' for cut-price Cadbury 's Fruit & Nut .
7 Although Sir Frederick Dainton , formerly a chairman of the University Grants Committee , spoke in 1984 of the need for a ‘ global , school-based assessment including profiles to end universities ' reliance on A levels ' for their admissions selection , it is exceedingly unlikely that entry to higher education would ever come to rely on profiles , or any other in-school method of assessment alone .
8 This command of Jesus ' for all people to come with him only makes sense when put into the context of the teaching that immediately comes before it .
9 Cod and ‘ ticks ' for Tony Gray as Gandolph the cat looks on .
10 Sponsored by Rank Xerox ( Ireland ) , it is hoped that some of the exhibitors will be out in Bray in St Thomas ' for the Dargan Seminar .
11 Government industrial policy could make all the difference between a demoralising defeat for workers ' initiatives taken at enterprise level , and the development of inspiring examples of ‘ workers ’ plans ' for socially useful production , popular accountability of management and workers ' self-management .
12 They had been to the Maxwells ' for drinks and afterwards to see Shaw 's Saint Joan .
13 He had n't been to the Martins ' for lunch since Antoinette died .
14 The three following principles are employed in Sears ' for the selection and assignment of subject headings :
15 Apart from providing substantial contingents of foot soldiers for the papers they , as ‘ chicks ’ , provided a raison d'être as madonna/ whore/'old ladies ' for men .
16 Islamic demonstrators on Jan. 25 , 1990 , stoned the headquarters of the provincial government in Sidi Bouzid , 200 km south of Tunis and one of the areas worst affected by that month 's floods ( see below ) ; an official statement blamed " religious extremists ' for the attack .
17 In recent years IBM has introduced four-year ' term contracts ' for some graduate entrants , like a commission in the service , to give fine training and work experience to people who will expect to move on at the end .
18 The literary context in our culture creates a situation where relevance may be achieved in alternative ways , so as to constitute this " openness ' for criticism .
19 Well I 'll be moving to mums ' for start anyway , put them in her garage , unless we get the keys ever so quick .
20 So what about erm so where are you going , to Johns ' or Mary Anns ' for the holiday ?
21 Economists are held to treat one month 's figures as a freak , two months ' as a fact and three months ' as a trend .
22 Economists are held to treat one month 's figures as a freak , two months ' as a fact and three months ' as a trend .
23 Talking of personal records , Jenkins ' as a player was an eccentric mixture of distinction and disappointment .
24 Archie Watson retired in early July after thirty three years ' as a weaver .
25 She first began working in the winding department and then in the Dye House before her thirteen years ' as a cleaner .
26 This is further confirmed by the fact that it was the same three informants who did not mark " reaction tanks ' as SF elements ( which could otherwise be characterised as central examples of an SF world ) .
27 As the recruits recount all sorts of ‘ anglers ’ tales ' about the last eight weeks of training , the Inspecting Officer and Commandant mingle with the visitors , Who have travelled from all corers of the United Kingdom and a few from further afield .
28 Given the topic of this book this does not lessen the usefulness of their formulation for our purposes but there remains a whiff of' western-centricness ' about any account which suggests that fewer people are experiencing that ‘ social being ’ which ‘ determines consciousness ’ through organized industrial labour .
29 I remembered a joke of Demetriades ' about English bottoms ; and the Priapus .
30 No , I can remember forty five minutes ' worth no problem , oh Tony er Paul get erm a bowl , erm , a dish , a dish , do n't put it ah
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