Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [prep] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if one 's occupation is freely chosen , it usually carries with it a set of rules about what should be done , when , how and to what standards . |
| 2 | Finally , the guidance note contains an intriguing exchange of views on what should happen for NIC purposes where an employer reaches an informal or ‘ voluntary ’ agreement with the Revenue to settle income tax on employees ' benefits in kind and expenses . |
| 3 | In addition , the Six noted ‘ that there is a divergence of views on what should be done in the event of a failure to reach complete agreement ’ , but that ‘ this divergence does not prevent the Community 's work being resumed in accordance with the normal procedure ’ . |
| 4 | Choreographers today choose to interpret a vast range of subjects through what can be termed the purely physical movements of the body , sometimes coloured by moods ranging from the tragic to the comic and even the ridiculous . |
| 5 | A good picture is worth any number of words for it can communicate a point quickly and succinctly , and in any language . |
| 6 | The Jews of Jesus ' day believed there were millions of demons about who could possess people , causing illnesses of mind and body and tempting them to sin . |
| 7 | Phenomenalism , as a theory of the meaning of non-observation statements , held originally that such statements are equivalent in meaning to a ( probably very long ) list of statements about what would be observed under different circumstances , all linked by conjunction . |
| 8 | Such objects do not lie beyond our grasp , as the sceptic might suggest ; for we can hope that every member of the set of statements about what would be observed should be conclusively verified , and in such a case there would remain no further possibility that the material object statement should be false . |
| 9 | So if the meaning of a non-observation statement is given by a set of statements about what would be observed if … , it is unlikely that they will be strongly verifiable . |
| 10 | then you er everyone sang Happy Birthday and somebody arrived down the aisle with a couple of balloons for her should have done that for me too , on my |
| 11 | The first record of elephants in what used to be called Assyria is dated 1700 BC . |
| 12 | Services were often inadequate and expensive , because the Treasury had refused to provide money for investment ; managers were full of ideas of what could be done with new and cost-cutting technology . |
| 13 | In the case of a fountain , a jet with a series of holes in it will be attached to the outflow to create a spray pattern . |
| 14 | If there were not sufficient expectation that a failed , conventionally organised enterprise could be restored to viability as an industrial co-operative , the injection of resources into it would divert them from more promising projects . |
| 15 | Unfortunately , many market prices are distorted by indirect taxes and subsidies : indirect taxes have the effect of raising the prices of goods above what would otherwise have been set , while subsidies lower such prices . |
| 16 | The danger of this is that the fear of an award of damages against it would unduly encourage the authority to reach the same decision again , thus creating an appearance of bias . |
| 17 | But I have n't gone really as I hoped cos I 'd envisaged having the membership list with sort of names of who 'll make cakes , who 'll help on the stall and then know who to phone |
| 18 | If he agreed , the threat of proceedings against him would be unnecessary . |
| 19 | With such tourist pulling potential it was only a matter of time before the line of sections of it would hum again to wheel flange above fishplate … and so it proved in 1972 when a narrow gauge scheme was hatched to open 5.5. miles of trackbed between Pant ( Merthyr Tydfil ) and Torpantau . |
| 20 | The commission of crimes against them will have the effect of diminishing their positive freedom , to which they also have a right ; for example crimes of injurious violence reduce the victims ' freedom to operate physically free from pain , while property offences will deprive them of resources and thereby remove their freedom to choose to act in ways which require the use of those resources . |
| 21 | Not surprisingly in this sprawling rural district the tories are the second largest grouping on the council and a couple of gains for them could deny the independents overall control . |
| 22 | ‘ True it is , Duart , some nights back they were laughing like donkeys about who would first break the truce . ’ |
| 23 | In addition to using casual workers to man up for " events " , we also found cases of organisations bringing them in to cope with peaks in what might be termed their " more continuous " activities . |
| 24 | These metal frames with spikes on them can be attached to certain types of boot to give good grip in snow and ice . |
| 25 | Immediately her treacherous mind began to fill with images of what would be happening during the silences . |
| 26 | And of course with hoods on you ca n't hear the poor soul behind you squeaking indignantly as you work your way up their ankles . |
| 27 | Let me guess , they placed bets with bookmakers about who would be top of the charts at Christmas . |
| 28 | He and Warnie , for example , had decided that they would erect a memorial window to their parents in St Mark 's , but it was a decision they quickly came to regret when the Lewis , Hamilton and Ewart cousins all weighed in with suggestions of what should go into the window . |
| 29 | Perhaps the people who came to meet me will still be there — ’ She smiles desperately at him , her insides shaking with fantasies of what will happen if he refuses . |
| 30 | In January nineteen forty , a scientist named Charles Barrell , er was examining that portrait , not as an art historian , but scientifically , and of course there 's always the question with portraits of what might be under it , because er canvas was very very expensive and people did n't waste materials then as they do now , because they were in relatively short supply , good painting canvas . |