Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun] [adv] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the face of it , this seems good , but it must be remembered that each tonne used for fuel instead of as a fertilizer means a yield loss of some of 50 kg in grain production , for example . |
| 2 | There was the usual extra food for Christmas and we allowed ourselves three slices of bread each for breakfast instead of two . |
| 3 | Shops were empty from panic-buying ahead of Czechoslovakia 's ‘ big bang ’ — which is turning out to be more like a big pop . |
| 4 | Then we went to a lake with wooded and marshy shores where we saw several ‘ new ’ birds : a crane flew past , looking like a grey heron except that it carried its neck outstretched in flight instead of ‘ folded back ’ . |
| 5 | Choose cotton underwear with stockings rather than tights , and looser clothes such as skirts instead of trousers . |
| 6 | But they eat and drink the best , and when the voyage is done , it 's hundreds of pounds instead of hundreds of pence in their pockets . |
| 7 | He gave the monastery of Cookham in Berkshire to Christ Church , Canterbury ( CS 291 : S 1258 ) , indicative of control also of this area . |
| 8 | The rooms are bigger with doors instead of blankets . |
| 9 | Tarmac , the hottest bid tip recently , added 10 to 135p ahead of year-end figures today , when all eyes will be on the dividend payment . |
| 10 | So at baptism , the new Christian would be immersed and go down into the river or the immersion font in Burmese skirt and coat , and on emerging from the water be clothed with the three garments of a Burmese monk , only white in colour instead of saffron , this signing acceptance as a mature member of the religious community and the cleansing from sin . |
| 11 | Knowing that the village is close at hand , that the inn and the villagers will be awake for hours yet of summer light to welcome me , I linger , enjoying that expectancy of pleasure that is perhaps the most pleasurable part of a journey home . |
| 12 | be involved in evaluation both of product and process . |
| 13 | We believe that each individual is both unique and equal to others regardless of sex , nationality , colour , creed , class , intellectual ability or emotional , social , physical handicap . |
| 14 | 1719 for building an Schoolhouse for Killdaltan parish 20 0 0 1721 to the purchasing of the Communion Eliments 83 14 0 to the expences of an Express sent out to Mr. Anderson in Edinr. annent the Plague in Winter last , 12 0 0 to Abarew Innis for his services during that time 6 0 0 to harleing etc of the Schoolhouse of Killerow 6 0 0 1727 ffor the building of the Kirk of Kilnachtane 147:9:0 1728 ffor Schools in Islay 13:6:8 A note that the next stent is to pay £5 sterling to Allexr . |
| 15 | 1719 for building an Schoolhouse for Killdaltan parish 20 0 0 1721 to the purchasing of the Communion Eliments 83 14 0 to the expences of an Express sent out to Mr. Anderson in Edinr. annent the Plague in Winter last , 12 0 0 to Abarew Innis for his services during that time 6 0 0 to harleing etc of the Schoolhouse of Killerow 6 0 0 1727 ffor the building of the Kirk of Kilnachtane 147:9:0 1728 ffor Schools in Islay 13:6:8 A note that the next stent is to pay £5 sterling to Allexr . |
| 16 | He has also observed that an immediate cause of the creation of this new duty of the judges was the royal mandate which ordered the Court of Common Pleas to remain stationary at Westminster instead of perambulating the country in attendance on the King , and the subsequent disinclination of the serjeants , even if they had been sufficient in number , to absent themselves from the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster in order to attend the King 's Court during its perambulatory travels . |
| 17 | Now Locke you 'll recall had articulated a concept of private property as a natural right , inherent in individuals independently of membership in a civil society and in doing that he was of course trying to mount a case against erm Filmer 's position . |
| 18 | MANUEL NORIEGA , 54 , one time ‘ Maximum Leader ’ of Panama , was found guilty in Miami yesterday of selling his country to the Medellin cocaine cartel of Colombia for $4 million in bribes . |
| 19 | MANUEL NORIEGA , one time ‘ Maximum Leader ’ of Panama , was found guilty in Miami yesterday of selling his country to the Medellin cocaine cartel of Colombia for $4 million in bribes . |
| 20 | Does n't seem to vanish as much as it used to , the Manifold , used to be dry in places most of the summer . |
| 21 | When and how much to feed is important , as the berries will burst if they are overfed and become too ripe , but for a berry to weigh heavy it must be nearly ripe , full of liquid instead of seeds . |
| 22 | What 's in fashion now — one of those with letters instead of a name : MDA , PCP , LSD ? ’ |
| 23 | Yes , okay , those in favour then of my motion , please show . |
| 24 | Red-faced Radio Cleveland presenter Tim Ellingford flew into a panic when an airline bungle by left him stranded at Heathrow instead of hosting the Sunday lunchtime show from Middlesbrough . |
| 25 | The unavoidable reliance upon existing data sets led to many problems due to non-harmonization even of commonly used variables , e.g. eight different definitions of potential evapo-transpiration were in use in the Member States and ‘ maximum temperature ’ at each weather station was defined in at least four different ways ; |
| 26 | Let us suppose that a person well acquainted with the woollen trade sets himself to inquire what would be the normal supply price of a certain number of millions of yards annually of a particular kind of cloth . |
| 27 | Er , I I I thought it extremely discourteous of Councillor instead of responding to my letter he goes to the press and starts complaining , this does n't seem to me the way to sort out the problem at all and I am equally aware of the problem er and if it only helps me get some facts together then it it will strengthen my arm getting things sorted out . |
| 28 | Only thus will land be made available at minimum instead of monopoly prices , and only thus will the would-be developer be enabled to foresee his commitments and calculate his risks — both essential conditions of ‘ mass production ’ in house-building . |
| 29 | Injury benefit is payable to anyone injured or disabled at work regardless of contributions . |
| 30 | Penfield and Roberts concluded from their data that " the left hemisphere is usually dominant for speech regardless of the handedness of the individual with the exception of those who have cerebral injuries early in life " . |