Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Views about what constitutes a typical family vary . |
| 2 | The Unemployment Society is what will come about , he suggests , if we merely follow present trends and if we persist , as a society , with our present views about what constitutes a full-time permanent job . |
| 3 | Permitting management to use their discretion to run a company for the public benefit may be tantamount to encouraging them to run it according to their own moral and political views about what constitutes the public benefit . |
| 4 | I think the sorry , Bill , the erm confusion arises because we 're talking about warranties and insurance and most people buying a car , getting extended insurance or one of these insurance schemes , will assume it 's warranty , but there 's no protection for somebody issuing a warranty going out of business . |
| 5 | So there are a multitude of different reasons for someone to join a church planting team . |
| 6 | He declared that it provides time for the family to gather or the body to be transported home and it offers an opportunity for them to see the person in a state of peaceful repose . |
| 7 | Given the particular disposition of the policeman or woman and the nature of the case , court duty can become an opportunity for them to have a ‘ good fight ’ , and pleasure can be taken in ‘ getting one over the solicitor ’ . |
| 8 | Plus , there 's a unique opportunity for you to purchase a Clothes Show Live carrier bag and catalogue . |
| 9 | The cherry blossom also symbolizes an opportunity for you to tap a powerful new source of experience and committed expertise which will help your business blossom ; the Mitsui Taiyo Kobe Bank . |
| 10 | ‘ It was a good opportunity for us to develop the application as part of the contract . ’ |
| 11 | It was close enough to the cottage for her to take an early morning dip or a quick swim before dinner . |
| 12 | There are no conflicts about who does the housework , shopping , gardening or pays the bills — I do ! |
| 13 | At this point a Moral Re-Armament force visited Kenya , and Anderson got permission for them to address the camp . |
| 14 | My manager has given me permission for me to use the shop foyer for a whole day and I hope to get local radio and local papers to advertise the sale for me . |
| 15 | Some months earlier I had written to Sir Sidney Barton who , fortunately for me , was still British Minister in Addis Ababa , asking him to obtain the Emperor 's permission for me to follow the Awash river through the Danakil country to discover where and how it ended . |
| 16 | The example engagement letter at 1101.2 includes a request for permission for us to inform the auditors of our appointment . |
| 17 | I will make contact with the movement and get permission for you to attend the next meeting . ’ |
| 18 | He has persuaded the new Armed Forces minister , Jeremy Hanley , to see a delegation next week to hear Chester 's case for it to have the new centralised pay and personnel centre . |
| 19 | Or damaged goods can , you know , put the foot through it to get the insurance cover on what we pay and we 're liable . |
| 20 | There is no provision for it to order a payment on account of costs . |
| 21 | I think a good example to use with younger people with er pe with pensions as well is that the , the er the cutting down of funding that the government is making and it 's going to be hitting like the younger people and another important thing is like with the , with the Australia issue , I mean in Australia now it 's compulsory for everybody under the age of twenty five to have a personal pension and that r and that age rise is going to , that age limit is going to rise each time because they want to abolish the State pension completely and it was only , what , what about two months ago that there was , that there was er articles in I think it was The Times about them doing a similar operation in this country , you know ? |
| 22 | It was so much the sort of remark one could only make to a girl friend , but Rupert took it very nicely and said with only slightly forced heartiness , ‘ Jolly good , and it 's an excuse for me to have a better meal than usual , too . |
| 23 | He wore old jeans , espadrilles and a torn blue T-shirt through which spilled a lot of black chest-hair . |
| 24 | David escorted her there on her first morning and was touchingly concerned for her , insisting on taking a cushion for her to soften the hard seat on the press benches and urging her to promise to leave the stuffy , dark-panelled room if she felt faint or troubled . |
| 25 | Despite this , BCAR have an Auster V operational from Old Sarum airfield , Wilts , with plans for it to visit the D-Day beaches in 1994 during the 50th anniversary celebrations . |
| 26 | First my father 's plans for my marrying a French princess , precluded my offering you anything more than a clandestine attachment — and now , with the future so uncertain , I fear that clandestine attachment and French princess are each as remote as the other . |
| 27 | IGNORED our plea for him to address the ‘ Southgate Semiotics Society ’ — a body ‘ concerned with discussing the most poignant examples of what we believe to be ironic , individualist/regionalist and deconstructionist English . ’ |
| 28 | raise say a hundred pound or seventy five and then that can go towards payment er the payment for someone to patrol the car park for the plays . |
| 29 | As he was the only able-bodied man on the farm , it was a constant struggle for him to make the mortgage payments . |
| 30 | Lupins for her had a peppery smell , bracken a smell of the sea . |