Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fleischmann then showed a proposal that he and Pons had submitted to the Department of Energy ( DOE ) in Washington requesting financial support for them to carry through a definitive series of experiments over a period of three years . |
| 2 | It may be easier for them to talk to a fellow inmate . ’ |
| 3 | For some it may be that the act of crying was left free for them to use in a healthy way . |
| 4 | Although the tyranny of ‘ promotion examinations ’ has mercifully decreased in the past decade , in many countries yearly and termly examinations and preparation for them account for a quite disproportionate amount of school time and teachers are virtually ignorant of how and why and when to test . |
| 5 | The world of nature was for them constructed on a mathematical plan , things were generated from numbers an idea to whose mystical overtones Aristotle objected . |
| 6 | This , she thought , would make it easier for them to cope with a very traumatic situation . |
| 7 | ‘ Labelling theory ’ claims ( and is supported by research studies such as those just mentioned ) that catching and punishing offenders ‘ labels ’ and stigmatizes them as criminals , and that this process can in various ways make it more difficult for them to conform to a law-abiding life in future . |
| 8 | Within a comprehensive school it is perfectly possible for children to be ambitious and competitive , for them to submit to a proper discipline , one imposed both by their teachers , and by the rigours of the subject itself that they are studying . |
| 9 | Their long-lived presence made it possible for them to act as a kind of semi-permanent critique of newer cultural trends . |
| 10 | Had Aldous Huxley introduced a sub-plot into Brave New World , where the remains of a dead man were cannibalised to save the lives of 50 strangers , only for them to succumb to a lethal virus hidden in his tissues , his readers would have been impressed by the fertility of his futuristic imagination . |
| 11 | The aim of the awards is to provide candidates with evidence in the form of certificates to show that they are proficient in the skills necessary for them to operate in a business environment in at least 2 European languages . |
| 12 | It 's also good for them to come to a new school and know at least one face there . |
| 13 | Young Monodactylus are able to tolerate freshwater conditions but it is not usual for them to survive in a totally freshwater environment beyond a body length of 5cm . |
| 14 | Many elderly people do this each year if it is not suitable for them to go away with their family , and they understand the need those who are caring for them have for a complete break . |
| 15 | Growth is a desperate necessity for China and India , which between them account for a third of the global population , and other developing nations . |
| 16 | There are two small eyes with a single nostril between them leading to a blind sac , and on either side of the neck a row of gill slits . |
| 17 | He adds sadly : ‘ It 's impossible for me to go on a quiet date as I get recognised everywhere and asked for autographs . ’ |
| 18 | I finally stopped going to school when Charlie did , and Eva arranged for me to go to a college where I could finish my A levels . |
| 19 | It is unusual for me to start with a reissue , but I do think this is a clever bit of publishing . |
| 20 | Meantime , this urgent request for someone to go with a government family to North Africa |
| 21 | ( 3 ) What is it for someone to act with a view to his moral obligations ? |
| 22 | You should also arrange for someone to act as a receptionist . |
| 23 | A few complex cases are recorded with mixed or joined symbols ( e.g. , those of Nurgle and Tzeentch for someone killed by a disfiguring disease which caused the victim to be burnt as a mutant ) . |
| 24 | ‘ The Salvation Army are looking for someone to put in a training house they 've got there and — ’ |
| 25 | In view of the extra expense involved in caring , which is usually even more difficult for someone to afford on a pension , these discrepancies urgently need sorting out . |
| 26 | Er I do a plug the alb of the album Midnight Postcards we call it , I 'm plugging that now until Christmas , promoting that er on television and radio , and I er in between I go on a short holiday to Africa and then January I start Alfie until May , and then I think I 'm gon na do a T V movie or a movie in June July , and then in end of July I go to America for four four till the end of November with Alfie . |
| 27 | After what seemed like a good twenty minutes of this he took a handful of rice from a gourd at his belt and scattered it over the waters . |
| 28 | After what seemed like a couple of hours , but was actually about twenty seconds , she began to rise involuntarily , and something bumped her shoulder painfully . |
| 29 | After What seemed like a shattering day , I sat on the bus but this time the journey was much more jovial as relief sunk in . |
| 30 | An executive might have a limited opportunity to see for himself/herself conditions in a foreign country . |