Example sentences of "[prep] an [noun sg] of [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In the case of serious arrestable offences the rights can be postponed for up to 36 hours on the authority of an officer of at least the rank of superintendent if that officer has reasonable grounds for believing that the exercise of either right would : ( a ) lead to interference with evidence connected with a serious arrestable offence ; ( b ) lead to interference with or physical injury to other persons ; ( c ) " tip-off " other persons suspected of a serious arrestable offence ; ( d ) hinder the recovery of property .
2 Er Mr Chairman , ladies and gentlemen I 'd like to present the early result of an audit of of the prostate which has been performed over the northern region .
3 The maintenance of an over-rate of at least 110 overs per six and a half-hour day .
4 It 's just s'posed to be an argument but this will lead to up , like an argument of like them kind of buildings , are not like buildings , like tradition , to keep with the tradition .
5 The non-farm workforce rose by only 19,000 compared with an increase of between 50,000 and 75,000 predicted by economists .
6 A new top rate income tax of 50 per cent will apply to individuals with an income of at least £40,000 this year .
7 In short : if you are going to have only one pair of binoculars , choose a magnification of between × 7 and × 10 , with an aperture of between 40 and 60 millimetres .
8 These new mines were large , each with 2000 men or more and with an output of about 1 000 000 tonnes of coal per year .
9 For elastic materials the above ratios of harmonics are found with an accuracy of about 1 per cent up to ninth order or more .
10 Each subject participated in three experiments performed in random order , with an interval of at least seven days between each .
11 Finally , rooms containing gas cookers must have an openable window or other means of providing ventilation , and if the room 's volume is less than 10cu m , it must also have a permanent ventilation opening with an area of at least 5000sq mm .
12 Mean pH i in 45 cells after 20s of 100μM glutamate at -43mV was 0.23 0.04 ( s.e. ) , which is consistent with an efflux of about one OH - ion per unitary charge of a 200pA uptake current in a cell of volume 10 -14 m 3 and typical buffering power of 20mM per pH unit .
13 These will be made up into an album of at least eight prints and the best portrait will be specially framed for you .
14 I would surely settle for an error of of a degree at that distance .
15 Additions could be made to existing New Towns around London , particularly Stevenage and Harlow , but also at Basildon , Crawley and Hemel Hempstead , and also to a dozen other towns in the South-east , all of which offered scope for an expansion of at least 30,000 population : Aylesbury , Banbury , Bedford , Chelmsford , Colchester , Hastings , Maidstone , Medway Towns , Norwich , Poole , Reading and Southend .
16 The association has stated clearly that it is up to British Rail — and , perhaps , the Government — to take such dangers into account if they wish to increase railway speeds , as many of us would like , and to ensure that people can cross the line safely , even if that means the Government providing the money either for an underpass of for a bridge over the line .
17 This is its highest level for eight years and will result in an increase of at least one per cent on home loan rates , possibly more .
18 The reader can confirm from Table 5.1 that 10% of such trials would result in an imbalance of at least 20:10 after 30 patients .
19 We find a simple splitting into two states only for molecules in which there is a single halogen atom , lying on an axis of at least 3-fold symmetry .
20 Its actual meaning here corresponds therefore to an interception of to at the final point of its movement .
21 A spokesman for the DoE 's Planning Office confirmed that the proposed housing would rise to an average of between and 180m on the western slope .
22 By directing the pointer at a particular star , its altitude could be read off against the scale on the rim to an accuracy of about one degree .
23 That is equal to an occurrence of about one a day in the UK .
24 The fourth zone of Hautvillers vineyards are really an extension of those of Cumière but they rise higher , to an elevation of between 180 and 220 metres , and their aspect changes slightly , affording more south-facing slopes .
25 The vines grow at an altitude of between 140 and 240 metres , although those growing between 160 and 220 metres are the most successful .
26 The vines are in fact situated on a hint of a mound just west of the town , growing at an altitude of between 100 and 105 metres which must be a classic example of frost-prone cultivation .
27 Some of the vines are planted up to 180 metres , but most are grown at an altitude of between 140 and 160 metres on full south-facing slopes .
28 Its vines are planted on north and north-east-facing slopes at an altitude of between 130 and 180 metres .
29 Planted at an altitude of between 100 and 200 metres , the higher situated vines are less prone to the dangers of frost and provide well-structured , fruity wines .
30 Écueil 's vineyards are largely east-facing , growing at an altitude of between 180 and 220 metres , and overlooked by the Pâtis d'Écueil on the Petite Montagne .
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