Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first sight , the picture of word-meaning given by patterns of affinity and disaffinity is , at least in some respects , different from the picture given by semantic traits . |
| 2 | The UAE , one of the states indicted by Iraq in 1990 , had previously come in for criticism without any members finding it necessary to resort to violence to obtain redress . |
| 3 | The consequence is a realization that it is precisely the hierarchical and cybernetic attributes of living organisms that enabled evolution to acquire the direction emphasized by Hobhouse at the start of the century . |
| 4 | There is good evidence that sediment from these terrains is a component of several sandstones formed from sources in the United Kingdom , although few sandstones are derived solely from the Moine or the Lewisian . |
| 5 | There were about thirty coins arranged in layers on cardboard trays ; each tray was encased in a plastic wallet . |
| 6 | Anticipation of Cabinet resistance does prevent Mrs Thatcher from establishing ministerial groups skewed in favour of policies she might favour but which will not run in full Cabinet . |
| 7 | Fund raising activities undertaken by members of the ‘ Johnson Matthey family ’ have raised over £18,000 in the first six months of the programme . |
| 8 | One is to appraise the overall mix of generic activities undertaken by children during , say , a typical day or week . |
| 9 | Booking is essential — contact centre/library listed for details of costs , times and bookings . |
| 10 | Indeed one of the reasons given in Ridge v. Baldwin by Lord Reid for the demise of natural justice was the misunderstanding over the scope of certiorari . |
| 11 | As well as the reasons given in answer to direct questions , the LFS provides information on the importance of a further reason for taking a temporary job — that of being a participant in a special employment programme . |
| 12 | Comfort , spaciousness and equipment levels are amongst the most common reasons given by owners for liking their Clios . |
| 13 | Moreover , the court should not approach decisions and reasons given by committees of laymen expecting the same accuracy in the use of language which a lawyer might be expected to adopt . |
| 14 | For one of the reasons given by people for not complaining is that it is a waste of time to do so . |
| 15 | Yorke found a great similarity of reasons given by staff despite the age/sex/type of schools canvassed . |
| 16 | We compared drop out rates in the two arms of the trials and analysed the main subjective reasons given by patients for discontinuing therapy ( inefficacy and side effects ) when available . |
| 17 | The rich coastal plain continued to provide the base for great estates , ruled by their thegns , some of whom had their possessions ratified by charters like the one just quoted , whose boundaries can often still be traced . |
| 18 | The victory of Roman imperialism can in its turn be described as the result of four factors : the new direction given by Rome to the social — that is the military — forces of old Italy ; the utter inability of any Hellenistic army to match the Romans in the field ; the painful erosion of Celtic civilization and its appendages which went on for centuries and ultimately enabled the Romans to control the resources of western Europe from the Atlantic to the Danubian regions ; and finally the cooperation of Greek intellectuals with Italian politicians and writers in creating a new bilingual culture which gave sense to life under Roman rule . |
| 19 | So they had followed their main course with torta di albicocche , a sweet pastry case filled with apricots in a creamy egg custard . |
| 20 | The exhibition includes seven drawings which document recent projects completed by Nash in woods in Finland , France , Poland and other countries . |
| 21 | These entries related to royal debts assigned to Elijah by way of compensation for debts pardoned by the Crown in favour of the abbey of Stratford , and the alterations allegedly had the effect of enriching Elijah at the Crown 's expense . |
| 22 | When I visited Pucklechurch , the remand centre outside Bristol which was virtually destroyed during the riots , I noted that among the graffiti painted by prisoners during the riot there were slogans promising solidarity , not merely with Bristol and Strangeways prisoners as one might have expected , but also with protesters against the poll tax . |
| 23 | would not be applicable in the law of suretyship generally and is an implicit recognition of the special protection given by equity to married women who provide security in support of their husband 's debts . |
| 24 | It believes that theological colleges and courses must take a new look at the quantity and quality of the preparation given to ordinands for their responsibilities in leading public worship . |
| 25 | At a junk-shop a little further along I saw a china snuff-box painted with ribbons in lover's-knots , and an M on the lid , which I bought for Mavis . |
| 26 | This is a technique developed by Lotus for making these modular features available while at the same time allowing you to see the document page — so you can edit a drawing while viewing it in context . |
| 27 | The change depended upon changes in the wider context of controversy , which provoked the development of formerly implicit attitudinal aspects . |
| 28 | For example , the spread ratio may be unity , the ratio of the contract values , the ratio of contract values adjusted for responsiveness to the general level of market prices , or the ratio of contract values weighted by some factor such as p . |
| 29 | If we study the annual function of social capital — hence of the total capital of which the individual capital forms only fractional parts , whose movement is their individual movement and simultaneously integrating link in the movement of the total capital — and its results , i.e. , if we study the commodity-product furnished by society during the year , then it must become apparent how the process of reproduction of the social capital takes place , what characteristics distinguish this process of reproduction from the process of reproduction of an individual capital , and what characteristics are common to both . |
| 30 | In 1759 some of the greatest Portuguese nobles whom Pombal regarded as threats to his position , the Duke of Aveiro , the Marquis of Tavora , the Marquis of Alorna , were accused of conspiring against the king , tortured and in some cases broken on the wheel . |