Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For reasons which never seem quite convincing , given the tediousness of the material and the fact that the three do not even believe in it , this becomes an obsessive hobby over a period of years . |
| 2 | Wicking of the T-H-R agency and by Colonel Younger of the United States Cavalry , and those bio-implanted replacement lungs are winging their way to a viewer in Phoenix who has asked us , for reasons we fully understand , not to reveal his name . |
| 3 | He and Judith had married , and lived happily for five years , until , for reasons he still did n't understand , their joy had foundered , and the two had become one . |
| 4 | Before women could form into groups to press for change they too had to challenge ruling ideas — ideas which suggested that their proper place was at home with the family . |
| 5 | It was a turbulent time for college principals , and many were unable to cope with the urgent demands for change which constantly assailed them — not least from their own undergraduates . |
| 6 | In a further move , Mr Lamont said legislation will be introduced to allow tax relief for employers who voluntarily contribute towards a charitable agency 's costs in running the payroll-giving scheme . |
| 7 | The trouble was that ( where it was not already part of tradition ) the introduction of piece-work was often resisted , especially by the skilled men , and that it was complex and obscure not only for the workers , but for employers who often had only the haziest idea of what production-norms to set . |
| 8 | In emphasising how theoretical study can be applied , in practice we are equally conscious of how the application of ideas in a wide range of specific context can contribute to the ‘ academic ’ pursuit of identifying general theories and models , traditionally taught and still to be taught through disciplines which often impose rather arbitrary boundaries of content . |
| 9 | and finally : Pearce for England — 8.6 seconds ( the earliest goal ever given away for England ) — a loose backpass minded for Seaman who really had no chance — giving San Marino 1–0 ( San Marinos second goal in the WCQ ) |
| 10 | Berowne almost seems to revel in his own discomfiture here , in his desperate last stand for freedom -he clearly enjoys the sensation of falling in love , even though he presents the experience as a disaster ! |
| 11 | He had a weak head for liquor which always roused up his deep , if sentimental , religious feelings . |
| 12 | We had erm no we we actually had done that we have given questionnaires out as programmes we actually asked people to I mean it 'll be interest to see how many people fill it in this evening but there is a built in resistance by some people to actually fill in any sort of questionnaire er and in the past when we 've actually done that I think the response 's has n't been that that brilliant . |
| 13 | Consider what might happen if one lived in a society where through apathy nobody ever protested about anything no matter how obnoxious the laws became . |
| 14 | This is an important recognition for the narrator , for gradually in his quest for Bazlen he too comes to accept that he is ‘ passing through ’ , and that the truth of which he is in pursuit is not an object fixed in time and space . |
| 15 | In May 1314 they maintained that they could be taxed only in their own assemblies ; when Edward tried to proceed through parliament he often found himself thwarted — as in January 1316 — by the inadequate attendance of the clergy . |
| 16 | But when I asked him for permission he just agreed . |
| 17 | For instance one even billed for a glass of sherry partaken in his office ! |
| 18 | For instance you probably know that Christians believe that Jesus came alive again after being dead and buried for three days . |
| 19 | I 'd distinguish between cases which clearly involve relationships of authority , institutional relationships of authority , from those which involve people whose relationships are social or informal . |
| 20 | ‘ Thanks to what you told me about Lisa I now realise , perhaps for the first time , just how much influence people in the music world can have , albeit quite unknowingly , over impressionable youngsters . |
| 21 | Whereas they all currently specialise either in advanced academic credit-bearing courses of one or two years , or in short courses for groups who often have little or no contact with each other , Northern College 's founders hoped to combine long courses with ten-week courses so that students would benefit from having the continuity of learning associated with the long courses alongside the fresher experiences and perceptions of students on short courses . |
| 22 | About nationalisation I never had any doubt . |
| 23 | Studies of cognition which seek to elucidate the nature or that cultural order which we might impose upon or recognize in the world may well be concerned with the classification of objects , but they generally fail to acknowledge , let alone address , the difference between artefacts such as cutlery which already incorporate categorization in their manufac-turer , and objects such as trees which do not ( e.g. Rosch 1978 : 30–5 ) . |
| 24 | The point is that by thinking of concepts as variables we also begin to think of suitable ways of reflecting their character by numbers . |
| 25 | If we choose not to attend to the higher-level activity during cycling we simply do not notice our surroundings and may take an incorrect route . |
| 26 | As the foregoing arguments have suggested , control is not imposed so much as negotiated or bargained between parties who both have considerable power resources ( cf. Aharoni 1981a : 1342 ) . |
| 27 | It 's significant that when I get home at night and want to listen to a record for pleasure I usually choose a disc made over 30 years ago — the message survives the medium to an astonishing extent in the best old records . |
| 28 | They are based on good teaching practice , and many teachers are already aware of their value as methods which neither pre-empt pupils ' responses nor suggest that there is one orthodox , accepted interpretation . |
| 29 | They can also create audiences for books which before had only a slight following , and sometimes the making of a film leads to success for the author of the book on which the film was based simply as an author . |
| 30 | So all in all an excellent result for Washroom which now looks to be a good stable portfolio increasing at a respectable rate . |