Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [adv] [v-ing] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bacon-curing business was for sale for £l00,000 so assuming that he could finance the remainder he engaged an accountant to check over the books of the existing business and report back to him . |
| 2 | Eduardo Villaseñor of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party ( PRI ) , who had been inaugurated in September as governor of the western state of Michoacán [ see p. 39089 ] , asked on Oct. 6 for a " one-year leave of absence " , a form of words effectively meaning that he was resigning . |
| 3 | This often relied upon their so-called ‘ gut reaction ’ to evaluate children 's work , with the Head of Department freely admitting that he found it difficult to break down and assess different aspects of work . |
| 4 | I think I wrote to you a couple of months ago asking if you could provide a synopsis of the latest information regarding otter movements in the lower Usk area and the likely impacts of the barrage . |
| 5 | In taking this view we are not denying that the loss of liberty may actually be necessary in a few extreme cases and this should only be where the child presents a significant danger to him or herself or where there is a significant risk of major further offending and severe damage to community . |
| 6 | Normally , when the pubs let out — pubs on every corner , just drinking dens , they used to let out and they 'd all be full of drink just yapping and talking . |
| 7 | The proportion of students satisfactorily completing or proceeding was highest for those studying vocation subjects ( mainly social work 81.6% ) and social studies ( 80.6% ) . |
| 8 | We plait her tail , never pull it and she is ridden in every sort of class usually winning or being placed in working hunter pony , Riding Club Horse , show-jumping , cross-country , show hunter pony and anything else we care to enter her for . |
| 9 | US government officials stated on Aug. 5 that they had uncovered evidence which indicated that a series of photographs purportedly showing that US servicemen listed as missing in action ( MIA ) were recently alive in Indo-China were fakes . |
| 10 | Performance is measured against objectives so ensuring that the contract is fulfilled . |
| 11 | First , the term ‘ national security is no stranger to us ’ and was used often in statutes without being defined or restricted as to its meaning , with Parliament always accepting that ‘ decisions about questions of national security must be for Ministers ’ . |
| 12 | It was halfway through the slow movement of Dvořák 's American Quartet — with Morse mentally debating whether that wonderful work might just edge out the ‘ In Paradisum ’ from the Fauré Requiem for the number eight spot in his Desert Island cassettes — when the phone rang . |
| 13 | The elegant shops were filled with every type of produce , from unimaginable foodstuffs to high fashion and jewellery ; the seats of the pavement cafés were filled with people happily eating and drinking and watching the world pass by ; queues waited expectantly outside cinemas offering the very latest movies from around the world . |
| 14 | I get fed up with people always assuming that refugees have nothing positive to offer this country and that they are merely bringing or being problems . |
| 15 | The reactions of clerical and managerial staff can range from non-cooperation to outright sabotage with employees deliberately distorting or destroying such data as time cards or production control information . |
| 16 | Organiser Pete Simmonds had more than 150 phone calls on Friday from anglers either cancelling or making bookings for Saturday 's Sabrina Open on the Severn . |
| 17 | More surprising , and to Paviour more confounding and conciliating at the same time , was the presence of Gus Hambro , busy with a large clip-board , charting on squared paper the patch of ground to be taken up , and sketching a hurried but accurately proportioned elevation of the exposed vault of the flue . |
| 18 | Those of us dropping into Dunedin with a touring international or provincial team could usually rely , if things had not gone well for Otago , on Mains later proclaiming that his side had in some way been unfairly treated either by fate or the referee . |
| 19 | Mr Heslop said that , in fact , Mr Venables and his company , Edennote , had put their names to documents specifically stating that no one had entered into service agreements which were not terminable within 12 months . |
| 20 | In an effort to make this happen , Baker next year plans to hand out ‘ 173 million to industries either using or making IT products , an increase of some £120 million compared to 1979 . |
| 21 | Listed in its first catalogue are books , videos and audio cassettes aimed at Christians already meditating and those new to the discipline . |
| 22 | ALEX FERGUSON leads Manchester United out at Wembley tomorrow hoping that the Rumbelows Cup final can be the key to English football 's greatest prize . |
| 23 | We went down to Richard 's for a week in the summer , but broke the journey at Moffat both going and coming . |
| 24 | At Mumbles only pouting and rockling . |
| 25 | ‘ Common sense ’ is the folklore of philosophy , and is always halfway between folklore properly speaking and the philosophy , science and economics of the specialists . |
| 26 | The principle ground urged on behalf of the applicant was that the district judge had been misled by counsel then appearing or the Attorney-General into the belief that there was no real prospect that the B.M.F.L. prosecution of the applicant would go ahead , and that accordingly there could be no objection to pressing forward with the lesser charges . |