Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun sg] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Check that the directory exists and has the correct protection for LIFESPAN to access it . |
| 2 | His rise through journalism took him from cub reporter on the Stockport Express , to the BBC in Birmingham — and the world . |
| 3 | Today provides a more immediate issue- the final opportunity for cricket to show it 's not administered entirely by blithering idiots . |
| 4 | He then marched up the hall , climbed on to the dais and sat down at the head of the table there , snapping his fingers for Athelstan to join him . |
| 5 | Darwinism was characteristic of an age of exploitation , and the idea of progress through struggle caught everyone 's attention . |
| 6 | Only it 's got this separate bit for trolley loading it 's got written on it . |
| 7 | Miss Aitchison will be going to Cardiff for Christmas to join her mother and father , chartered surveyor Tim Aitchison . |
| 8 | Likewise , in Alejo Carpentier 's The Kingdom of This World , an account of slave revolts in Haiti at the end of the eighteenth century , the Negroes ' struggle for liberty opposes their magical world of voodoo to the rational , cerebral world of their French masters . |
| 9 | But his enthusiasm for system led him too easily to assume that a native administration duly gazetted was a native administration actually functioning as a responsible organ of local government , and this set a limit to his achievements in reform . |
| 10 | If you are a constant reader of this column the chances are good that your mailbox brims daily with the glossy opportunities of galleries about town requesting your presence at this or that artist 's show . |
| 11 | Despite these manifold advantages it is often hard to persuade the commercial community even to take an interest in proposals for harmonization affecting their sphere of business , still less to give the proposals their support . |
| 12 | And there , amongst the dung-coloured window envelopes , and the throw away journals , and the solicitations from financial experts offering to procure me a tax-free income for life come my death , was a card from one of my many dear daughters wishing me ‘ yet another happy birthday ’ . |
| 13 | A combination of vulnerable classes or groups living in vulnerable and ecologically marginal areas in many cases causes a failure to create sufficient income for food to feed themselves . |
| 14 | His practical genius for ergonomics allowed him to succeed in adapting tasks to suit a disabled workforce . |
| 15 | Dunlop have been working hard over the winter and Rainey 's lap times during testing proves they 'll be right there . ’ |
| 16 | In contrast neoliberals ' emphasis on individual choice and personal responsibility for health makes them underestimate the importance of environmental factors . |
| 17 | She sat there for a long time rocking backwards and forwards and giving herself up to howling , letting her gasps for breath shake her to pieces and leave her shuddering . |
| 18 | ‘ After referring appreciatively to the work of the honorary medical staff , Arnold Whitchurch , the chairman , said that until any hospital made arrangements with somebody to take money for work done he was certain the medical staff would continue in their honorary capacity . |
| 19 | Freer use of money for recruitment made it easier for kings to recruit armies when and how they wished ; and for knights and nobles to lead their lives according to their own inclinations . |
| 20 | and er anyway our Dawn says I 'm not paying all that bloody money for babe to rip it off for when |
| 21 | It took only minutes for Lubor to drive her to her hotel , but as she thanked him for lunch and he handed her back her parcel , he replied , ‘ Lunch was a happy time for me also , ’ and did n't waste a moment to enquire , ‘ Shall we have a happy dinner together this evening ? ’ |
| 22 | It was in the FA Cup 1st Round tie at The Nest against first division opponents Manchester City and it came five minutes after half-time to put us ahead ; we went on to win 2–0 . |
| 23 | I returned to his caravan the following afternoon after school bearing my load , which was by then little more than a dusty stain on the inside of a beaker . |
| 24 | Three wickets fell , though , in the first half hour after lunch to leave them wobbling at 61 for four . |
| 25 | Do you know , my psychiatrist spent hour after hour convincing me that it was all in the mind , that nobody really was out to get me , that the world was n't conspiring against me … |
| 26 | The club would only serve soft drinks but Morag Coates of Grange Road Action For Youth said it would have a wine bar-type atmosphere . |
| 27 | Bella 's slander about drink baffled him , but at the same time it queerly took root , until he did indeed start boozing a good deal . |
| 28 | The government in January 1990 gave up its attempt to join the Union monétaire ouest africaine ( UMOA ) , whose members ' currencies were linked to the French franc , and decided to turn to Portugal for help to make its currency convertible . |
| 29 | In the next year and a half Dr Chick expects to apply to America 's Food and Drug Administration for permission to test his device in people . |
| 30 | What it comes down to is do we , or do we not approve of killing animals for fun do we approve of allowing a pack of dogs to hunt an animal to its death . |