Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun sg] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Counsel suggests that if municipal corporations have the right to sue for libel this right would give municipalities the power to suppress legitimate and proper criticism by threats of legal proceedings . |
| 2 | After 3 years of winning silver gilt medals , they 're hoping to go for gold this year . |
| 3 | And she knew herself to look better , clad in what passed for finery these days , than she did in the house where with so much work to do she had not a moment to spare for her appearance . |
| 4 | He is very pleased with the ‘ good meaty topics ’ departments have been suggesting for scrutiny this year . |
| 5 | He must prepare for payment all accounts due from the local authority and must in his turn , collect for the authority all sums due from time to time to the local authority particularly in regard to the collection of rates . |
| 6 | Russians would regard as treason any switch of alliance against them , whilst in the steppe lands , particularly , switches occurred regularly . |
| 7 | Where the petitioner is found not to be entitled to have presented a petition or wished to withdraw his petition or allow it to be dismissed or fails to attend on the hearing , the court may substitute as petitioner any creditor who has given notice of intention to appear , wishes to prosecute the petition and is a creditor who would at the date of presentation of the petition have been in a position himself to present a petition against the debtor ( ie is presently owed more than £750 ) ( r 6.30 ) . |
| 8 | Murray has brought in a couple of good players and reckons Hartlepool have a fair chance of challenging for promotion this season — and I think he 's right . |
| 9 | As I am sure you will understand , we are particularly anxious to obtain for preservation any work either published in Scotland or of Scottish interest . |
| 10 | As I am sure you will understand , we are particularly anxious to obtain for preservation any work either issued in Scotland or of Scottish interest . |
| 11 | As I am sure you will understand , we are particularly anxious to obtain for preservation any work either issued in Scotland or of Scottish interest . |
| 12 | As I am sure you will understand , we are particularly anxious to obtain for preservation any work either issued in Scotland or of Scottish interest . |
| 13 | They have reported for example that fear of strangers may peak anywhere between 6 and 12 months ; that it varies in onset and intensity according to the child 's sex , its rank in the family , the number of people it meets regularly , its attachment to its mother and her responsiveness , and the age , size and sex of the stranger ; that it is different in the laboratory from at home . |
| 14 | Relief agencies estimated that approximately 200 people were dying of starvation each week in the Ogaden in the remote south-east , according to reports from mid-October ; malnutrition had sharply increased , with the death rate rising to 12 per 10,000 daily since August , when aid workers had warned of a worsening situation [ see p. 39042 ] . |
| 15 | Having acquired a sufficient number of signatures , the Campaign submitted their referendum proposal , which the government of the day , the Fine Gael — Labour coalition under Garret FitzGerald which had come into power that year , decided to submit to the populace . |
| 16 | May we have a statement about whether the Government intend to implement a European directive — it should have come into effect this weekend — by which local authorities will be informed when nuclear waste is being transported through their areas ? |
| 17 | Benefits increases for the worst-off pensioners aged over 75 , or disabled , had come into effect this week and the earnings rule restricting eligibility for pensions had been abolished . |
| 18 | These committees , most of which meet several times each term , are responsible under the Hebdomadal Council and the General Board for keeping under review all aspects of academic activity in their areas in the University as a whole and for scrutinising proposals for new developments and procedures , which must be submitted to them by faculty boards , departments , and other bodies . |
| 19 | He described with horror this fish 's ability to paralyse anyone who came near it . |
| 20 | The moorland in the South West Peak was proposed for ESA status in 1991 and the designation failed to come into force this summer as planned . |
| 21 | Dignity in Destiny has already raised its prices and our table includes the increases at Golden Charter due to come into force this week . |
| 22 | George was probably already working in Pocklington , walking into work each day , for a saddler would not have had much employment in the small village where he lived . |
| 23 | The Consortium agreed to attract into membership all bodies that shared its objectives . |
| 24 | I left him as usual to work in peace all day , certain that his reproachful silence which accompanied our mealtimes would lift at night . |
| 25 | Is not the difficulty that the Home Secretary is incapable of keeping in prison those people who should be and keeping out of prison those things which should not be ? |
| 26 | Er , I would ask delegates to bear in mind that trade union members can already join er , on the youth rates er , obviously an extension of that scheme would be welcome and is welcomed by the C E C. |
| 27 | It is important to bear in mind these factors : |
| 28 | As one rose in society this problem , paradoxically , became more acute as the possibilities of domestic service or involvement in a family enterprise were reduced Although writing remained an outlet for women 's talents , many women who published were attacked as whores . |
| 29 | Ideally lighting should be planned and installed before the walls and ceiling are decorated in case any re-wiring is necessary . |
| 30 | Elections for six places on the panchayat were held every six months , staff reserving the right to exclude from consideration any prisoner they considered unsuitable . |