Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pron] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Calling on Lenin for support he claimed that the interests of French colonies , including the Indochinese , were best served by a ‘ free , trusting and paternal union with France ’ . |
| 2 | We must therefore look for some accommodation between states , and this in two important respects : we must seek to further binding agreements between states which limit and reduce the possession as well as the use of nuclear weapons and we must work to control the lesser hostilities whose escalation will always be one of the chief threats of total destruction . |
| 3 | In the eleventh chapter of Hebrews , that great chapter which deals with ‘ the nature and fruits of faith ’ as it is headed in the ‘ Thompson Chain Reference ’ bible , the third verse reads as follows - ‘ Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God , so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear . ’ |
| 4 | Suppose for instance we hypothesise that cooperative conversationalists would ask others for their opinion very frequently and regularly express agreement . |
| 5 | ‘ Supposing for instance someone came and said they were Mr Unwin , you would check that his name was on the list and let him in ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ These are new schools and they have got money for projects they want and need . |
| 7 | However , it is that means that over the last few years every time we have actually debated about budget we recognised that the force had unwillingly and against the judgement of the majority of this council , not necessarily er bounded by political affiliation , we have to be getting down further and further towards the completely inaccurate expanded spending assessment that is assessed as necessary for the needs of this city by the department of the environment . |
| 8 | With a fine disregard for geography she decided that if the Germans came by sea they would land at the Pier Head . |
| 9 | Perhaps it is time we had a choice between parties which agree that liberal free-market economics are here to stay . |
| 10 | Indeed , in America they are arguing furiously about research which suggests that homosexuality is a genetic condition . |
| 11 | Natalie Merchant 's voice — so emotive it could make you like a song about King Of The Gits Jack Kerouac and feel sorry for the little bunny rabbits that we cruelly kill for a laugh — rose through songs which flew and were simultaneously ecstatic and melancholy . |
| 12 | For him , education comes first , but he welcomes the new atmosphere of access to information about schools which means that Glenlola 's achievements are public knowledge . |
| 13 | The Gulfs economic environment also provided only limited regional outlets for funds which meant that a diversification of loan risks necessitated overseas involvement . |
| 14 | Mahmoud came in again later on and when we asked for books he said that we could have encyclopedias . |
| 15 | NICRA had been concerned about the potential for violence which arose when the Apprentice Boys of Derry gave notice of their intention to stage an ‘ Annual Initiation Ceremony ’ to coincide with the demonstration . |
| 16 | But he soon became a joke to most of us , because not only was he pedantic and patronizing , he was also frightened of what he 'd started and disliked suggestions for fear they implied that he was going wrong . |
| 17 | For solutions they thought that London could be considered from three points of view : as a community — where people live , work and play ; as a metropolis — the seat of Government and a great cultural and commercial centre ; and as a machine — of locomotion . |
| 18 | The organisation also campaigns for tougher penalties for drivers who kill or injure other road users . |
| 19 | I remember before that the wind changed pretty suddenly from southwest to nearer west I think and I 'd made a new hen house I thought indestructible . |
| 20 | Then quite soon after tea I wash and undress them , so I 've finished for the day . |
| 21 | After lunch I reread and filed the summary . |
| 22 | After retirement he continued as professor in Alexandria ( 1947–9 ) , Grahamstown ( 1951–4 ) , and titularly in Manchester and London . |
| 23 | You can be sure that colour predictions for the new season always include the rich and beautiful and brilliant colours of September , those intense rich deep tones which year after year we feel that we must use now , the lovely gold and mustard and chartreuse of apples and pears , the rich reds of berries , the deep purples and wines of plums and blackberries , the intense dark indigo of the Autumn night sky and the deliciously delicate neutrals of misty Autumn days — all there for your delight . |
| 24 | Some time after breakfast she went and bought a picture postcard to send home . |
| 25 | After dinner they agreed that Rodney should not wash up . |
| 26 | So after dinner I said and she rang the Leeds and they said the cheque comes back here . |
| 27 | When in November 1947 he arrived in Liverpool to embark for home he found that the passport officials were reluctant to let him go . |
| 28 | He had hoped that the project would foster greater continuity between children 's experience of learning in primary school , and their experience in the comprehensive : I want to get away from [ a didactic approach ] , to the pupils taking more responsibility for work they produce and being more autonomous in the way that they do it and hoping to create more responsibility in them rather than them seeking the teacher all the time for information ; and thinking that all knowledge and information and values have to be teacher judged … |
| 29 | Here 's news for parents who find that bringing up children is more tricky than they thought . |
| 30 | It 's also a source of food and sport for Lithuanians who ride and ski in their forests and hunt game and prepare it for the table . |