Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , it provided the Gray family with regular exercise , so often did we pursue it over large tracts of Scotland as the tent tried to escape home to warmer climes in the south , flapping its PVC accessories like the wings of a large , wounded goose trying to take off . |
| 2 | The airframe is immaculate , with a wonderful paint job kept pristine with the help of a large bag of polishing cloths by the hangar wall . |
| 3 | Their hopes were short-lived however when at a subsequent meeting it became apparent that the study was to concentrate on settlement patterns in the region , ( a well-worn path taken in an attempt to justify existing policies advocating the centralisation of rural development ) , rather than the more fundamental questions of how existing patterns of land ownership influence these settlement patterns . |
| 4 | Porous sandstones near the top of the Sherwood Sandstone occur beneath thick impervious halite horizons in the Mercia Mudstone . |
| 5 | definitely trying to avoid my eyes now there 's a few eyes round here that look more like route maps of the M twenty five ! |
| 6 | Jaggeresque in appearance he began to sail through the submarine defences of the class system , rather as the English in India had transcended the caste structure . |
| 7 | Many new members of her classes were enrolled in these ways and if assessed only on numerical growth and continuous class activity , Miss Green 's success was impressive in comparison with other more conventional branch activities in the District in the mid-late twenties . |
| 8 | I wish you could have heard the session of the Assembly on industry , and in particular the speech by Les Dennison , branch chairman of the plumbers ' trades union in Coventry , England . |
| 9 | Other printing projects for the church already underway include Sunday school materials and a new hymn book . |
| 10 | The researchers believe that the Purple Emperors are sucking up sodium , and possibly potassium and calcium present in the brick and gravel following the evaporation of the water in which they were brought to the surface . |
| 11 | This method should ensure that only limited mulm builds-up under the plate . |
| 12 | But , what you can do at is the teaching certificate with the degree which is what I 'm doing . |
| 13 | Adults tend to lose this enzyme unless they continue taking cow 's milk and milk products from the time they are weaned onwards . |
| 14 | Right : Create a rustic and warm look with a Cottage suite from the Armitage Shanks range |
| 15 | After the judgement the heart was returned to the dead person for his continued life and from the Sixth Dynasty onwards its presence might be ensured by the provision of a heart amulet on the chest . |
| 16 | 16.3 The supply of money Definitions of the money supply in the UK |
| 17 | Thereafter , the baby is vulnerable to such infections and this is borne in mind when organising immunisation programmes for the child . |
| 18 | And there was n't the defence the water defences , tide defences on the west shore then that there is now you know . |
| 19 | At this gain the noise level of the instrument can be seen in quiet periods to be approximately 10 gamma — 15 gamma over a bandwagon of the order of 0.3Hz , reasonable enough for serious studies . |
| 20 | Figure 6.4 shows that the noise level in the Nightingale ward and in the cubicle during the night was above the figure suggested for the usual bedroom ; and during the day , the level in the ITU was above the ‘ annoying ’ level . |
| 21 | So the noise level in the factory was sufficient to be a threat to the er the hearing of their employees . |
| 22 | The teacher , being annoyed by the noise level in the room , threw a piece of chalk at an Afro-Caribbean boy who was not being particularly noisy . |
| 23 | The noise level in the room is evidence that the children are having a good time but they do n't like being asked silly questions . |
| 24 | Concentrating on promoting funding for its health care and nutrition projects around the world , UNICEF is asking the public to support it by sharing a meal with someone at work or at home and setting aside a donation which would then go to fund its work . |
| 25 | By 1920 , 7 million workers had gained an average six and a half hour reduction in the working week — the equivalent , almost , of what we now see as a full day 's work . |
| 26 | The Transport and General Workers Union is hopeful of receiving a five per cent wage increase and one hour reduction in the working week for its 2,000 Teesside lorry drivers . |
| 27 | Representation at board level of the workers is declared , in effect , to be a natural right . |
| 28 | Not keeping the board level with the back foot . |
| 29 | ‘ We 're now expecting an official approach at board level from The Oval but the answer will be the same . ’ |
| 30 | However , the field patterns over the land area in the upper left of the image are blurred by the smoothing operation . |