Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The reading of it has been a good preparation for Lent as far as I am concerned : for it shows me ( through the heroine ) the special sin of abuse of intellect to which all my profession are liable , more clearly than I ever saw before . |
| 2 | The Down 's syndrome register should consider classifying reasons for referral more precisely . |
| 3 | Er it gives us when when we actually set the thing up and make the presentation , it gives us another opportunity for publicity not only in the local papers o of our own area but the local papers of wherever the school was . |
| 4 | I have n't used the word poverty I 've used a phrase about lack of financial resources because it relates more obviously and directly to many of the concerns of the Board for example almost certainly the real reason why there was no room in the inn at Bethlehem is that the income of a village carpenter did n't go near the exorbitant prices being charged by mine host when , to use the good Scots phrase , the cow calved and there was this boom over the crows for the census . |
| 5 | Moreover , the fact that characters may be successfully interpreted by means of these linguistic approaches presents a strong case for characterisation once again being regarded as a legitimate object of the critic 's attention . |
| 6 | The prayer for relief so far as the third defendant is concerned , seeks damages for conspiracy to defraud ; exemplary damages ; an indemnity in respect of any liabilities to B.M.T. under what is described as ‘ the said deed , ’ which presumably means the legal charge or other instrument containing the personal guarantee given by the plaintiffs ; damages for deceit ; and interest . |
| 7 | On the other hand , I 'd been pulled by the cops for reasons not yet clear but had something to do with enigmatic Jo Scamp and her gaff in Sedgeley House . |
| 8 | John was still only sixteen years old soft is probable that the real initiative for the invasion came from the unscrupulous Geoffrey , now apparently restored to his duchy ; Richard and Geoffrey had been formally reconciled in the summer of 1183 but the memory of the struggle for Limoges obviously still rankled . |
| 9 | mountaineers come to this church in Bristol to train … to keep fit … to learn new techniques … its the only centre of its kind for miles around so its a base for all Central South climbers … |
| 10 | Sorley is certainly remarkable for rejecting the prevailing enthusiasm for war so early on , and for forecasting , through a mixture of irony and pity , the horrors of Flanders before ever he reached the front . |
| 11 | The use of questionnaires fed back to teachers revealed the base of interest and enthusiasm for science too often missed by schools concerned to promote a curriculum informally based on male interests . |
| 12 | He makes his football league debut for Oxford in tomorrow 's away match at West Ham . |
| 13 | PAUL GASCOIGNE lasted only 45 minutes of his league debut for Lazio here yesterday — but he insisted that he has survived his first crunching tackle in Italian football . |
| 14 | He was also one prime source of the notion that has counted for so much among those with misgivings about democracy ever since : that of the tyranny of the majority . |
| 15 | There is not a case , however , for spreading central funding between universities more evenly ; rather it is for judging all UK universities more broadly on the excellence of both their science and their technology bases . |
| 16 | There 's loads for sale down there , they 're quite nice little houses cos Eileen used to work at |
| 17 | Withdrawal of support for activities not contractually required meant that some changes which teachers had been willing to make had not yet been realized . |
| 18 | They will have noted the strong support for Maastricht not only in the Bundestag but also in the Bundesrat , the upper chamber representing Germany 's independent-minded Länder ( states ) . |
| 19 | It was dangerous on the roads for bairns as usually the horses with running with the carts . |
| 20 | The partial success of Cuba 's policy is confirmed by the fact that as late as January 1961 Washington was aware that its scope for attacking the Castro regime through the OAS was still limited , and a majority for sanctions not yet assured . |
| 21 | Therefore eqn ( 9.22 ) holds , and because P NR increases more rapidly with density than P G it is evident that at large enough density the pressures would reach equilibrium ; the star would then stop shrinking . |
| 22 | In addition the government intended to strengthen and toughen measures to deal with new immigration by trebling the annual budget of the Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides ( OFPRA ) and of the appeals commission , in order to process requests for asylum much more quickly and to deal effectively with those rejected . |
| 23 | The geographical distribution of foreign direct investment ( FDI ) in many developing countries has meant job openings for women not only in the cities but also in small country towns and rural areas . |
| 24 | These include the requirement to provide health checks for all new patients , three yearly checks for patients not otherwise seen , and annual checks for patients over 75 . |
| 25 | The death of Gay News provoked a considerable growth in out-of-London calls for information no longer available in that magazine 's supplement , while at the same time making it far more difficult for us to obtain the information the callers needed and throwing an internal emphasis on that side of our work . |
| 26 | THE sister of fire death girl Natalie Godfrey lost her fight for life early yesterday . |
| 27 | ‘ George Foreman is the big fight for Lennox right now and the second defence could be against American Tommy Morrison — and perhaps the third against Frank Bruno in 1994 . ’ |
| 28 | To express the awkwardness of the Spartan position Thucydides uses awkward language ( i.88 ) : the Spartans voted , he says , that the ‘ libations ’ had been broken and took a decision for war not so much because they were persuaded by the arguments of their allies as because they were afraid of the growth of Athenian power . |
| 29 | Furthermore , body measurements at birth are only proxies for variables more closely related to the processes that underlie programming . |
| 30 | If so , estimate how long this will take , call the candidates for interview that much earlier than you would otherwise have done , and let them know in the letter that they are to be given a tour first . |