Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Compagnie des Machines Bull SA got a most dispiriting Christmas present on Christmas Eve when the US General Services Administration Board of Contract Appeals snatched the $740.3m Desktop IV US Air Force personal computer contract away from Bull 's Buffalo Grove , Illinois-based Zenith Data Systems .
2 Use these every time they go out in the sun and you 'll help reduce the risk of serious skin damage later in life .
3 The first of these was the intense interest in , and massive support for , subject-based curriculum change particularly in Mathematics and Science which originated in the late nineteen-fifties in the United States , largely as a result of a realisation of the enormous gaps which were opening between what university research workers were examining and what schools taught , between the demands of a computer based technology and the realities of a curriculum designed in the nineteenth century to serve a nation of shopkeepers .
4 It is the kind of face you only see outlined high in a woodland canopy late at night .
5 Men with a low body mass index in later life were relatively protected against the susceptibility to glucose intolerance stemming from their low birth weights , while 17% of those of low birth weight but with a high body mass index later in life were frankly diabetic .
6 To further complicate this medical nightmare the hospital was already under scrutiny for a death in which a patient had been given the drug epinephrine instead of vitamin E. It is known that , when epinephrine is given at the same time as digoxin , it can upset heart rhythms .
7 They have succeeded in diversifying their course provision well beyond teacher education and in this respect differ only from the polytechnics in making less provision in the areas of science and technology .
8 Even a money payment together with cessation of the improper use of the house could not be a remedy .
9 A number of these things that I have already raised this morning are perhaps are , er primary phase issues rather than secondary but we must remember that the pressures on secondary schools continue as in the primary phase and finally another concern which you are all very well aware of and which particularly if you 're governors you will have drawn to your attention constantly is erm the continuing concern about our educational building stock both in terms of its adequacy as regards the size and the capacity of the accommodation at , where some schools are concerned its need for repair and maintenance work and its need for adaptation to meet the new demands of the curriculum .
10 A bit of a luck break there off Oldfield takes it to Collimore .
11 She slung the milk saucepan casually on top of the other unwashed dishes in the sink , unbothered now by the mess , aware that Rachel had seen it all last night and had said nothing .
12 ‘ This is known technically as creating brand equity ahead of sales .
13 Howard has 20 years experience in the computer industry both within user departments and supplier organisations .
14 Its 25% net margin is bettered in the computer industry only by Intel , the world 's biggest micro-processor maker .
15 The European Commission had approved a draft negotiating mandate only on May 8 , and this was adopted by the EC Council of ( Foreign ) Ministers on June 18 , two days before full negotiations were due to open .
16 We fear , too , that the proposed change in the Tax System with regard to the Mining Industry may have a detrimental effect on the Industrial Development Programme , by discouraging foreign interests from establishing planned new industries here unless they are assured of a continuation of the tax incentives and grant aid already in operation .
17 She saw fitzAlan 's eyes narrow to glittering slits , his jaw lock tight with fury .
18 Although endoscopic surveillance and biopsy are performed to achieve an early diagnosis of malignant degeneration , many patients with Barrett 's oesophagus present primarily with symptoms of an oesophageal carcinoma .
19 Black Five No. 45491 has arrived from Fleetwood , Standard Class 4 Tank No. 80080 has temporarily departed from Butterley Park to Folkestone where she worked as banking engine on the Harbour Branch there as part of the centenary celebrations of the line .
20 For evening wear , using a gold or silver thread instead of cotton can add sparkle to your knitting .
21 Despite the policy commitment to developmental work in Nottinghamshire social services department , the CMHTs were under great pressure to take on a normal casework function even in advance of developing needed services : health service priorities favoured immediate casework support ; area teams in the social services department hoped to off-load casework with mentally handicapped people — not least to focus more fully on work with children and families ; and the social workers recruited to the CMHTs were confident in their casework skills but needed to adopt new roles , skills , and ways of working if development work was to become a reality .
22 We started from the car park just outside Charmouth and were warned by the parking attendant that it was a harder walk than many thought .
23 There is traffic moving , it 's moving quite freely apart from the cars going into the car park just behind Clifford 's Tower .
24 So there 's a mass exodus to the car park now at lunchtime .
25 The hotel has no private parking space but has arranged concessionary access to a municipal multi-storey car park nearby off Southgate Street .
26 She kneaded me , all right , she wanted me transformed into puff pastry just like Daddy .
27 His replacement , Frederic Labit , settled at once , figuring in the killer blow soon after half-time .
28 Reg , who has hung up his mail sack early for health reasons , began his rounds with foot and pedal power but eventually graduated to one of the familiar bright red vans .
29 Tonight , bassist Mike Johnson is making a stand for individualism ; he sports short , silver hair instead of de rigueur long locks and wears collar , tie and fetching brown cardigan .
30 This family would probably end up in a concentration camp somewhere in Germany .
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