Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Look after or check in other people 's baggage |
| 2 | They are defined by the Land Registration Act 1925 , s3(b) as : The interests not capable of being disposed of or created by registered dispositions and capable of being overridden ( whether or not a purchaser has notice thereof ) by the proprietor unless protected as provided by the Act . |
| 3 | But a more complete understanding of the operation of and limits to parental rights in education requires a wider examination , of how the law deals with other areas where the interests of children , parents and the state are all in particularly sharp focus . |
| 4 | The last ten years have seen the beginnings of a trend away from the study of objects for their own sake , stimulated partly by the discovery and excavation of settlement sites which have encouraged the formulation of a new range of questions ; the nature of and change in human societies have replaced the barren side of the artefacts . |
| 5 | This is especially so where ‘ recitation ’ or transmission patterns of teaching are strongly approved of and supported by other members of the school community , not least the pupils themselves . |
| 6 | A report published today by the Audit Commission says local authorities are fighting a losing battle to bridge the gap between supply of and demand for rented accommodation . |
| 7 | It is especially easy to see out of and manoeuvre in tight spots , which is why , apart fro anything else , you see so many of them being driven so aggressively in heavy traffic . |
| 8 | These ‘ developmental sequences ’ are intended to be hierarchical : ‘ each sequence of steps in different domains of development progresses towards and overlaps with National Curriculum Attainment Targets ’ ( Webster and Webster 1990 : 9 ) . |
| 9 | The changes emerging from the Community Care legislation in the United Kingdom , like other countries , can be conceived of as constituting in general terms a move from institution based care , an accompanying move to enhance home-based care and the development of improved mechanisms of co-ordination and enhanced case management ( Challis , 1992a ) . |
| 10 | Mrs Handley was yesterday being cared for and counselled by social services . |
| 11 | The European Commission opened talks with the heads of the national telephone monopolies yesterday about its plans to deregulate telephone service across the Community by 1998 : after the two-day discussions , the Commission will decide whether to formalise proposals calling for and end to national monopolies over all call transmission ; the usual row is expected between free traders like the UK , the Netherlands and Denmark and opponents in France , Belgium and Italy , Reuter reports from Brussels ; France Telecom and Belgacom said the plans were too ambitious , the Dutch and British Telecommunications Plc indicated support ahead of the talks . |
| 12 | Progressive legislation is fought for and gained by organised resistance , often on a class base , though this may be concealed . |
| 13 | to contribute to understanding of the economic factors influencing the demand for and supply for adult vocational training |
| 14 | There will always be the need for and demand for independent specialist advocacy and advisory services . |
| 15 | Thus , those who are committed to caring for and working with old people have first to face two facts . |
| 16 | Material for developing listening and speaking skills aimed at specialists and non-specialists studying for and working in international businesses where English language skills are required . |
| 17 | For students training for and working in secretarial positions in international companies . |
| 18 | The belief that different treatment methods are needed for and tried on different populations of sufferers does not stand up to critical examination : the stories of those in recovery from addictive disease through the Anonymous Fellowships are so immensely varied that it is quite clear that this population has not been selected in any way . |
| 19 | They walked to the lake where there were two pairs of ducks , mallards with feathers as if painted in iridescent green , and from which a heron rose on gaunt wings , its legs dangling . |
| 20 | The ground of the park rippled as if disturbed by colossal , underground moles . |
| 21 | Each laugh , observes Howard , looking chiefly at the laughter emerging from himself , is rounded and polished , as if cast in weathered bronze . |
| 22 | as if damned to perpetual motion — decay |
| 23 | as if struck by invisible lightning , she felt her whole body tense and prickle with reaction . |
| 24 | You waited outside in the street for up to two hours , and then , when you got to the box office , the passes were heaped in no known order , and Tory office girls scrabbled through piles of them as if digging for hidden bones . |
| 25 | Usually he would choose the next direction without hesitation , but sometimes he would wait , head cocked , as if listening for far-off sounds . |
| 26 | Angled away from the path of the hurricane , the concrete tube had become a giant organ pipe across the mouth of which the hurricane moaned and howled as if driven into enraged dementia by their evasion of its savagery . |
| 27 | The smell of damp and rot seemed to waft from the doorway as if expelled from putrid lungs . |
| 28 | But my bit had yet to come ; I had no idea if we had sustained damage to the undercarriage , although we had three greens burning bright , I motored in as if to land on new-laid eggs ; all the crew , including Jock the engineer , were at crash stations and we landed " soft as a mouse 's instep " , as Spike used to say . |
| 29 | as if seized with prophetic fire he raised his eyes to the ceiling , and said : |
| 30 | The people of Forth Worth clapped as if seized with divine ecstasy |