Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was classified as high security , and there were more guards than engineers working in the compound . |
| 2 | By this time , all provinces except Zambezia had at least 40 per cent female enrolment . |
| 3 | Some of the least effective managers are those seeking autonomy , creativity and growth — all of which are highly individualistic goals whereas management concentrates on collective goals . |
| 4 | US officials said that imports from China had increased by 42 per cent in the first six months while US exports to China had risen by only 18.4 per cent , and the US trade deficit with China was expected to rise to US$15 billion . |
| 5 | She 'd pointed out that it was stupid to talk about Tupperware parties as a means of raising funds since funds raised at Tupperware parties naturally went to the manufacturers of Tupperware . |
| 6 | They patrol land and keep tabs on the gangs after tip offs from gamekeepers and farmers . |
| 7 | Six months after Opren came off the market he proposed no improvements but whatever changes we make in our monitoring system ‘ it is almost certain ’ , he assured us , ‘ there will be another such incident sooner or later ’ . |
| 8 | Philip , who is to take his A Levels this summer , has been studying at Repton for the last few months and will join the Academy in August , two months after Zara arrives at the Academy 's Hemel Hempstead base . |
| 9 | In both age groups , the estimated ( projected ) proportion of children who remained seropositive 13–17 months after vaccination tended to be higher in the IPV group than in the OPV group , although few of these differences were statistically significant . |
| 10 | Her mother spent a weekend with us about six months after Shanti came to us , to reassure herself that for us to adopt Shanti was really what she wanted . |
| 11 | Some months after Wilson resigned from being prime minister , he admitted to two journalists that he believed there was a faction in DI5 sympathetic to the South African and Rhodesian authorities . |
| 12 | Trading profit was about £110,000 , but losses after interest amounted to £2.2m . |
| 13 | It 'll be many months before work resumes at the Corbett plant of the Sun Valley Company in Hereford . |
| 14 | A few months before Jacques died on 17 July 1673 he attended the marriage of his only daughter , Marie Geneviève , who married the famed organist Claude Balbastre on 2 January 1763 . |
| 15 | It was the beginning of the summer , three months before college began in the autumn . |
| 16 | King of the Slums manage as much social comment in a dozen songs as others do in a decade but they belong among bands that eschew political persuasion in favour of chronicling the lives of the despairing or dispossessed , the people for whom political solutions have failed . |
| 17 | It remained for the Spaniards to connect them in extended compositions and base them on secular songs as Cabezón did on the ‘ Canto del Caballero ’ and ‘ Guardame las vacas ’ or play them as so many Mass-movements and motets were even more incongruously played — on the lute . |
| 18 | Mr Dixon could hardly believe his ears as Hank poured into them the story of the book and its apparent success . |
| 19 | The cool bright room spun and there was a fearful pounding in Ruth 's ears as blood rushed to her head . |
| 20 | I stopped and listened , straining my ears for any sound above the crashing of the soldiers or the muttered curses as men slipped on the icy ground underfoot . |
| 21 | He managed to co-opt the gloomy Georg into circulating with more champagne and everyone averted their eyes as Georg drew near Suzi and refilled her glass . |
| 22 | Timothy nodded , winced , then closed his eyes as Niall rose to his feet , moving away from the bed . |
| 23 | She closed her eyes as pain lanced through her . |
| 24 | DARLINGTON boss Ray Hankin dropped England cap Nick Pickering , but his reshaped defence still leaked goals as Quakers sank to their fifth successive defeat at Feethams . |
| 25 | DARLINGTON boss Ray Hankin dropped England cap Nick Pickering , but his reshaped defence still leaked goals as Quakers sank to their fifth successive defeat at Feethams . |
| 26 | Sometimes these disputes may be between large private organizations when companies argue about the terms of a commercial contract . |
| 27 | This is useful for both parties as problems experienced by returners can be anticipated and dealt with for the benefit of new course members . |
| 28 | It was argued that the Tin Council entered into the transactions with third parties as agent acting on behalf of the member States as undisclosed principal . |
| 29 | Moreover , the war intensified factional disputes as socialists divided between ‘ defencists ’ who were prepared to support the war effort and ‘ internationalists ’ , among whom Lenin was most uncompromising , who condemned it . |
| 30 | Just a pity you do n't smoke , ’ were Tommy 's last words as Charlie disappeared across the parade ground at the double . |