Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Large holds at the top are welcome for the strenuous pull out left onto easy ground . |
| 2 | There will be plenty of time for the softhearted to recover back at the hotel . |
| 3 | The tremendous solidity of the construction accounts for the substantial remains today . |
| 4 | Britain 's 56 area Probation Committees have a statutory responsibility for the efficient carrying out the work of the Probation Service , mainly through delegated management by the chief probation officer . |
| 5 | Railways for the millions did not mean luxury . |
| 6 | Carriage driving for the disabled began about 20 years ago and it 's been growing in popularity ever since . |
| 7 | I want to hear politicians talk about taxing the polluter , cutting energy , improving public transport , creating way for the disabled to travel easily and getting freight off the roads . |
| 8 | For the 1960s had also seen the beginnings of the stylistic pluralism that has increasingly characterised music in the last quarter of the 20th century . |
| 9 | Next , the implication that full employment could be achieved by budget deficits encouraged the separation of decisions to spend from decisions to tax , and there has been a tendency for the former to grow faster than the latter . |
| 10 | ‘ Those extensive powers are conferred upon the court for the beneficial winding up of the company , for sometimes it happens that the liquidator is unable to obtain from unwilling persons the information which he requires . |
| 11 | These powers are : ( i ) to make any compromise with creditors or persons claiming to be creditors ; ( ii ) to bring or defend proceedings ; ( iii ) to carry on the business of the bankrupt so far as may be necessary for the beneficial winding up of the estate ; ( iv ) to accept payment in the future on the sale of any property comprised in the estate . |
| 12 | In Brooks the Court of Appeal decided that there was no need for the accused to make off stealthily , and that the words " dishonestly makes off " usually required no explanation because they bore their " ordinary natural meaning " . |
| 13 | But getting the internal cost structure right for the 1990s has not simply been a case of manning level reductions . |
| 14 | News for the 1990s backed up by 60 years of authoritative reporting . |
| 15 | The hunt for the five goes on . |
| 16 | They demonstrate this partially by their support for the two nationalist parties , Sinn Fein and the Social Democratic and Labour Party , though support for the latter does not necessarily imply nationalism . |
| 17 | Indeed today in the High Court a petition is being presented for the compulsory winding up of the company . |
| 18 | But this conjunction is not just about your life but about the transition humanity is undergoing — a transition that involves the dissolution of outdated structures in order for the new to come in . |
| 19 | S so the position as of say the summer nineteen forty seven when , when you 're , you , this law was being formulated the reports coming back are that although there is the opportunity for the poor to do better , as a , as a matter of course they 're not all doing better . |
| 20 | In early modern England , however , families were expected to provide care and company , but not cash : for the poor had scarcely any . |
| 21 | Citing the cases of Indonesia , Malaysia and Thailand , the report noted that the adoption of labour-intensive development and the provision of social services for the poor had actually reduced poverty in these countries . |
| 22 | Self-help schemes relieve the state of the immediate necessity of providing housing and offer a cheap source of shelter , thus making it possible for the poor to survive on very low incomes ( Burgess 1978 ) . |
| 23 | Although America 's electronics industries are keen for the government to renew the parts of this agreement that call for the Japanese to buy more American chips , their ardour for price-fixing has cooled . |
| 24 | The promised agreement between Apple Computer Inc and Microsoft Corp calls for the two to work together on future technologies to help ensure a smooth and long-term evolution for customers of Microsoft applications for the Apple Macintosh — Microsoft has committed to doing versions of its Macintosh applications for the PowerPC RISC . |
| 25 | She stood motionless , waiting for the two to break apart , and found herself staring at the girl from whom Niall was now gently detaching himself . |
| 26 | Despite this outpouring of research findings and recommendations , however , it appears that the immediate environment for the elderly changed very little during the period ( Rowntree 1947 ; Utting 1958 ; Townsend 1962 ; Philips Committee — HMSO 1954 ) . |
| 27 | Pensions for the aged came in at the beginning of the twentieth century . |
| 28 | The dog , which was hardly backed at 5–1 , clocked a tremendous 27.47 secs for the 450 metres trip , and even allowing for the +30 going still ‘ found ’ 47 spots . |
| 29 | This was as well for the 1930's came all too soon , with more depression , and in its wake an even more terrible war . |
| 30 | The advent of Customs 88 provides an ideal opportunity for the haulier to become more aware of this fascinating area of business . |