Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I see the force of the point that councillors should be trusted to use the right to sue for libel only in circumstances where it is necessary in the public interest .
2 You will be taught about hazards both in the classroom and on the wards and should always adhere to procedures and policies laid down for the safety of patients and yourself .
3 They argued about freedoms not in terms of immediate advantage , but in terms of absolute justice .
4 Along the hedge that backs onto the lane is a magnificently full border , where pink , mauve and white phlox jostle for attention along with the steely blue heads of Echinops ritro , while annual lavateras in pink and white run around the edges .
5 The emphasis of Paul is clear , we are to go for quality both in our performance and in the way we conduct ourselves in the workplace .
6 There was more than one couple in his parish who had communicated for years only by note or through neighbours .
7 Despite such setbacks , the Germans continued their infantry frontal attacks with supporting parachute infantry outflanking Allied positions , and after nearly a month of confused fighting the Independent Companies were withdrawn through Bodö along with elements of the 24th Guards Brigade and Norwegian troops .
8 I 'd have given birth to twins and discovered what song the Sirens sang , and vaporized and condensed and fallen as snow all over central Calcutta . ’
9 IDENTIFICATION Some people who have been rudely awakened to awareness of difference , who have never learnt to value the otherness of the other or feel safe with it , may need to search for love only with their mirror image .
10 On a summons issued by solicitors for the interim government of Somalia , the Republic of Somalia was substituted as the plaintiff in the proceedings and directions were given for payment out of the money paid into court to the solicitors instructed by the interim government , unless cause was shown why it should not be so paid out .
11 It seems plain from the speeches in Siskina that where leave can be given for service out of the jurisdiction under one of the other paragraphs of Order 11 ( for example those dealing with breach of contract ) , a Mareva injunction can be granted .
12 The tiresome twosome asked about shares in For Eyes : their PE ratio , dividend yield , and a host of other conversation-stoppers that all left the trainee dealer tongue-tied and credulous .
13 A man buys a razor and shaving cream and later returns saying you have only given him change for £5 instead of £10 .
14 The Basquiat estate is after twenty or so paintings , which Baghoomian says he sold for cash immediately after Basquiat 's death .
15 The board should be checked for damage especially around the nose and rails , and it is also worth bearing in mind its weight since boards become heavier with age .
16 Consider the validity of the agreement between A and B. Would your answer be different if A asked for £3,000 instead of £1,000 ?
17 Where we asked for marks out of ten , or thermometer ratings out of a hundred , we can use relative scores for different parties to construct measures of preference .
18 Because we , we had this when , when we carried out a political fund ballot erm and we asked for time off for stewards to go and talk to members and we asked for time off for a seminar , for a one day seminar .
19 Because we , we had this when , when we carried out a political fund ballot erm and we asked for time off for stewards to go and talk to members and we asked for time off for a seminar , for a one day seminar .
20 After 12 months you should have nice young plants nearly ready for moving on to permanent quarters or , if the cuttings are of the rugosa type and intended for rootstocks on to which you are going to bud other varieties , they can be planted out ready for working .
21 The implications which these authors seek to deduce is that , since it is wrong to base a strategic doctrine on a potential illegal use of weapons , the policy of deterrence based on assured destruction should be ‘ declaratory ’ only , and that actual plans should be based on the development , deployment and targeting of weapons which ‘ should be intended for use only against military objectives and be as discriminate as reasonably possible in their collateral effects upon the civilian population and property ’ ( Builder and Graubard , 1982 , p. 51 ) .
22 These five zones , indicated on Fig. 4. , are interpreted as major thrust sheets and designated for convenience here by arbitrary capital letters .
23 He was treated for shock along with another cab driver and shopper .
24 Strange how she could think about Jenny now without feeling so sick .
25 A force was assembled under John of Gaunt which was to sail for Brittany in May , but its departure was held up until July , and when it eventually set out it made for Calais instead of Brittany .
26 This would not count as decoding unless muscular activity and other outputs were regarded as translations out of ‘ impulses ’ into an interpreted language .
27 She feels that a period in research should be an asset to a nurse 's cv , rather than being regarded as time off from ‘ real ’ nursing .
28 This suggests that predictable letter sequences may be treated as words even in the absence of semantic information . )
29 POLICE union fears over the role of the proposed 30-strong city crime prevention wardens for Glasgow city centre have been allayed after talks yesterday with the Strathclyde Chief Constable , Leslie Sharp .
30 ‘ That philosopher , ’ said Scarlet , who seemed to have forgotten about going home , ‘ the one I was telling you about , he used to go galloping after women all over the place when his hair and his teeth were all falling out , and he used to write about the terrific compassion he felt for the human race , and his breath was foul .
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