Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [noun] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These might be to : ‘ go swimming for thirty minutes after work once a week ’ , ‘ use the stairs rather than the lift ’ , ‘ walk to the restaurant instead of driving ’ . |
| 2 | The seller will replace free of charge any goods proved to the Seller 's satisfaction to have been damaged in transit provided that within 24 hours after delivery both the Seller and the carriers have received from the Purchaser notification in writing of the occurrence of the damage and also , if and so far as practicable , of its nature and extent . |
| 3 | It is very strange to find , after wearing thick overcoats in Peking only a few weeks ago , that we are in the middle of hot summer weather ( by British standards ) here . |
| 4 | Electronics millionaire Alan Sugar , who made a fortune selling hi-fis and computers at prices even the Japanese could not match , is planning to buy back his Amstrad company from investors . |
| 5 | In fact the pollution control officer has as indices of activity neither the policeman 's arrest rate nor the evidence which some other compliance system enforcement agents can exploit , such as the dollar amounts recovered by consumer protection officers ( Silbey , 1978 ) . |
| 6 | The Windscale cloud however , passed over most of the cities of England so the collective dose would be higher . |
| 7 | At Ten Bel , Geminis provides the best of both worlds — an ideal environment for a relaxing holiday , with the lively activities of Drago only a moment 's walk away . |
| 8 | Klopf accuses artificial intelligence researchers of building only the top ( logical , verbal ) storey of a 1000-storey building . |
| 9 | To be honest , ’ she added , ‘ I find your swings of mood rather a pain . |
| 10 | But with several hours of sunshine almost every day during my stay in December , it was certainly possible to get a moderate tan . |
| 11 | Here , here , I second that on H on page thirty one very important one , the county council welcomes the recognition by the joint working party of the importance of meaningful support services to the elected members and the recomme recommendation that the Secretary of State should review and clarify the powers of local authorities to meet costs of services provided to members to enable them to carry out their duties as councillors Now the erm members appointments , appointments of member services sub have been discussing this issue and I would like to point out to members that we are not claiming the amount allowable for the paying members allowances we erm we 're way below the limit that 's allowable by the government Now before anyone say well what have you done about it ? |
| 12 | If you roll two doubles for distance then the horses collapse with exhaustion and the model is removed from the battle . |
| 13 | One of the fundamental principles behind the concept was that short landing strips for unladen aircraft were more readily found than sites for runways maybe a mile in length needed for a fully laden bomber to get airborne . |
| 14 | In some countries of Europe clearly the democratic institutions are stronger and more deeply rooted than in others ; but even where they are weak , the process of political development is conceived of as being one of moving towards a stronger form of democracy and dictatorship is seen as a deviation from the norm . |
| 15 | In the consolidated p&l account , the gain is nil — the difference between the proceeds of £2.1m less the fair value of the assets of £1.8m plus the goodwill of £0.3m , previously written off to the merger reserve . |
| 16 | If space A can extend beyond the excursions of B then the contact state becomes : Up to nine zone states , one being two zeros and one non-zero none being three zeros with one excursion stale . |
| 17 | Soften hard skin on your feet with pumicestone then a rich foot cream and wrapping them up in aluminium foil . |
| 18 | In the decades before Emancipation only a few isolated individuals had carried dissent to the point of revolutionary commitment . |
| 19 | It had shaken her faith , made her afraid to form deep attachments in case somehow the pain was repeated … |
| 20 | Unfortunately , as was earlier on , central government has led the attacks , it 's led the attacks through Sheehey right the way through , and we were supportive of our police then , I think not only of this county , but of all counties , and all county police forces said the same , and we will support our police force , and certainly this budget recommends itself to that . |
| 21 | First , if Mars acquired volatiles during accretion then the interior could be less thoroughly outgassed than that of the Earth , and this is in accord with the evidence for the lower level of geological activity on Mars . |
| 22 | Even if you ca n't find or afford tall elegant pieces of furniture much the same effect can be produced with a tall plant or lamp , wall-fixed shelving , mirrors and , of course , pictures . |
| 23 | A few spurts of milk then the thing was at the teat end again , a pinkish-white object peeping through the orifice . |
| 24 | 8.1 The Publisher shall compile statements of sales twice a year and render them together with cheques for the amount due to the Proprietor within six months after the accounting dates . |
| 25 | 2.1 The Publisher agrees to provide statements of sales twice a year and to render this statement with a cheque within six months of the accounting dates . |
| 26 | 2.1 The Publisher agrees to provide statements of sales twice a year and to render this statement with a cheque within six months of the accounting dates . |
| 27 | The male penguin might just have calculated that if you 're stuck in the Antarctic for years on end then the cleverest thing to do is stay at home minding the egg while you send the female off to catch fish in the freezing waters . |
| 28 | The most important example of this will be Bailees for reward i.e. a Marina or Repairer storing a vessel for a fee — if the vessel is damaged whilst in their custody and control there may well be a possibility of recovering our outlay from them . |
| 29 | By the accidents of distance and dates of birth both the Kiwi Keith and the Mackenzie houses had been spared the effects of war and neither knew the pain of loss or the sadness of wounds in young bodies . |
| 30 | We know from the observations of Herodotus nearly a century later that they were still treating the animal with the utmost respect . |