Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [adv] [vb -s] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Feynman has said , we are asked to believe that the historian who makes a statement about Napoleon simply means that there are books in libraries which make assertions similar to his own . |
| 2 | However , a 90:10 deal after costs also means that every expense is borne in that proportion . |
| 3 | Taken together , the evidence assembled under the four points of assessment rather suggests that the conventional model of responsible party government is at odds with the facts and so does not provide an adequate explanation for party politics and the making of public policy . |
| 4 | The area of skin actually dies and looks white and initially feels numb . |
| 5 | After setting the scene this use of description slightly declines unless he is introducing a new character or scene . |
| 6 | The Swindon success story is n't just on the field … off the field they 've been rebuilding too … the overdraft is below a million … but the world of football the town of Swindon still wonders if the County Ground could cope could afford the premier league … |
| 7 | In practice this type of decision only occurs when someone else presents something that needs a decision . |
| 8 | The claim for a straightforward oppositional kind of resistance also assumes that subjects can resist from a position outside the operations of power , according to the dominant inside/outside model of conventional politics . |
| 9 | But the fact that the crusaders — and western monarchs in the twelfth century — did not abandon their style of cavalry strongly suggests that the mounted knight was still a very effective weapon , as well as being increasingly the symbol of social status . |
| 10 | The curvature of space–time also means that identical clocks at different gravitational potentials must run at different rates . |
| 11 | The First Law of Thermodynamics basically states that energy has never been observed to be created or destroyed . |
| 12 | Because the purpose tests outlined above need to be satisfied throughout Newco 's accounting period , it should be ensured that Newco 's objects clause in its Memorandum of Association clearly states that its purpose is either to trade , or to be a holding company of shares in a company or companies which it controls . |
| 13 | The prediction of singularities presumably indicates that the classical theory will break down . |
| 14 | The creation of a family of marriage usually means that , in Western societies at least , a " household " will be established . |
| 15 | But the case of Sartre poignantly demonstrates that the return-to-history argument can really only succeed through a form of historical amnesia which conveniently forgets that history was almost impossible to find . |
| 16 | Credit provided by bills of exchange thus lubricates and assists trade development . |
| 17 | This consistency of sound effectively means that your choice of instrument is determined by your preference for number of strings or , maybe more likely , price . |
| 18 | Even when members of occupational schemes , women 's length of membership generally means that the level of benefit payable will be inferior to men . |
| 19 | But this type of contact also demonstrates that the neighbourhood police see themselves as having a welfare function . |
| 20 | Although it remains possible that phosphorylation of c-Jun at Ser-249 by the DNA-PK activates its transcriptional potential in vivo , the body of evidence therefore suggests that it is involved in regulating some other aspect of c-Jun function . |
| 21 | The low level of ICA also means that many carers will still have to ‘ top up ’ the benefit with means-tested income support — if they are eligible . |
| 22 | But he made it clear when he arrived in Perth the next day that he disagreed with Marsh 's sacking , an interesting observation given that the players ' code of behaviour specifically states that they are not permitted to comment on selection decisions . |
| 23 | The rapid alternate contraction of these two groups of muscles consequently raises and lowers the wings by their action upon the dorsal wall of the thorax . |
| 24 | For this kind of disproportionality only appears if an over-production of means of production has taken place and manifests itself externally as an over-production of means of consumption . |
| 25 | Inequality of use naturally continues and sharpens at the university stage . |
| 26 | steel stock holder there , there is in fact er , a , a wood saw , there 's also a shed manufacturer and also a clear waste of Thetford also uses that , there are large houses , erm in there and all that traffic has to trundle along through residential areas , again onto er onto public routes , er indeed also in fact Pengate Road is very unattractive looking er settlement , if I can use that expression , so for Weeting my proposals would in fact disguise that by embankment and by tree planting , in fact I think that Weeting would gain considerably and it 's these sort of things which we will press upon your vote to draw their attention not just the |
| 27 | The use of plastic also means that the ferrule will not rust or discolour . |
| 28 | This passage of Diodorus rightly emphasizes that in times of peace there were benefits in having a rich neighbour like Carthage . |
| 29 | A core of topics/issues now exists and trainers select from this , supplementing it with material that is directly relevant to the college or subject area . |
| 30 | Security of tenure also means that a landlord may be unable to regain his house , if he wishes to . |