Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun sg] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Representatives of the government of Papua New Guinea ( PNG ) and the secessionist Bougainville Revolutionary Army ( BRA ) met for peace talks in Honiara , the capital of the Solomon Islands , on Jan. 22 . |
| 2 | All the same there is a strong argument that low investment in the British economy is not just a matter of funds being unavailable ; there is a reluctance to borrow for investment purposes on the part of many enterprises . |
| 3 | But Osred provides a useful example of a king who could be sharply criticized for character defects in some Northumbrian circles though remembered as a generous patron of an ecclesiastical community in others ( see below , p. 147 ) . |
| 4 | Moreover , the P cepacia problem has emerged at the same time as social networks have developed between adult patients with CF , and their families ; many individuals have derived great mutual benefit from these contacts , which provide for most of their social activity . |
| 5 | ‘ We have been punished for schoolboy errors in defence and we can not afford similar slips against Hartlepool . |
| 6 | According to the reports , the Khmer Rouge has begun fencing off animal sanctuaries in areas where wildlife is most threatened . |
| 7 | Perhaps the best part of the 10 day tournament for brothers Cliff and Butch Buchholz , who run the Key Biscayne event , was the decision by Lipton to remain as title sponsors after all , having originally said they would only be a secondary supporter in future years . |
| 8 | ‘ The difference between the fixed rate and their standard variable rate is often quite small after allowing for exit penalties from their existing loan and the start up costs of the new . ’ |
| 9 | On Feb. 27 an " open skies " agreement , signed in May 1991 between Hungary and Romania and allowing for surveillance flights in each country 's airspace , came into force . |
| 10 | Just as great family bibles were used to record births and other family events , so the Dukes used the Dictionary to preserve for posterity dates of important plantings at Goodwood . |
| 11 | In October 1986 Central Council approved a proposal made by Air Vice-Marshal Bill Gill that Eagle Lodges should be developed as welfare facilities for the Association . |
| 12 | However , only a few large companies — 25 of them — have been registered as software exporters with branch offices abroad . |
| 13 | In all five states it was found that there had been " massive rigging , tampering with figures [ and ] double voting " with the result that the number of votes cast exceeded the number of people registered as party members for the two parties . |
| 14 | The Company has arranged for clinic facilities to be available at Lloyds & City Medical Centre , situated at ( ten minutes walk from Bank Tube Station ) . |
| 15 | An agreement signed on May 17 by representatives of the Simón Bolívar Guerrilla Co-ordinating Board ( CNGSB ) and the government arranged for peace talks to be held by the two parties in Caracas , Venezuela , on June 3 . |
| 16 | 9 A late evening walk to search for glow worms in Folkestone . |
| 17 | On the CDC 6600 computer certain values of the floating-point exponent are set aside to represent zero , infinite , and " indefinite " operand values , and rules are given for arithmetic operations on these quantities ( for example , the difference of two infinite operands is indefinite ) . |
| 18 | Bottom , right : Highlight for FlyPast followers at Heli-Tech , Redhill , on September 27 was Jim Wilkie 's Whirlwind HAS.7 G–AYXT . |
| 19 | The raid however took only ten minutes and the thieves escaped undetected after sawing through iron bars on a basement window to enter , removing the eight works and fleeing in time to avoid the police cordon flung round the city . |
| 20 | I can hassle for business contacts in these areas at conferences as soon as I get to a conference . |
| 21 | The Personal Video System is the first major product developed for business customers through a collaboration of AT&T Global Business Communications Systems , NCR and AT&T Microelectronics and the first to use the AT&T AVP 4000 video compression chip set , which is based on the Px64 standards for video and audio compression . |
| 22 | However , he said they only asked about staffing contracts between Ling and the health authority , which were all above board . |
| 23 | Lily bulbs benefit from improved drainage and need cool roots , so using as spot plantings amongst other perennial plants and shrubs is ideal . |
| 24 | After dutifully inspecting the destruction at the El Azziziya barracks , where the Libyan leader lived , at the port of Sidi Balal and at Tripoli airport , as well as the damage done to the French Embassy and to civilian homes adjoining the target areas , Coleman left the media pack clamouring for phone lines at the El Khebir hotel or doing ‘ stand-ups ’ on the roof and went off on his own . |
| 25 | He stood up , flexed his powerful shoulders and having pulled on a jerkin and breeches , went through to the kitchen , ate a hunk of fresh-baked bread and walked off down the steep narrow hill that led between stone cottages to Mother Russell 's alehouse , where the Pascoe girls earned their living . |
| 26 | Implicitly it is conceptualized in terms of the personal behaviours which individuals indulge and which are well recognized as risk factors for various diseases . |
| 27 | Under the present system , gains and losses arising from currency fluctuations are not always taken into account for tax purposes in the same way , or even at all . |
| 28 | In response , the government was reported to have broken off peace talks with the FARC and ELN , describing the raid as a " criminal action " . |
| 29 | Roh also asked for trade barriers on certain Korean imports to the European Communities ( EC ) to be removed , while agreeing that the current trade imbalance in Korea 's favour should be rectified . |
| 30 | It asked for interest rates to be lowered even further . |