Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [conj] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 2 Corporate commitment and planning : TQM requires a particular kind of strategic leadership which can provide the vision and commitment , plan for change and see that it is implemented ( Peters and Austin 1985 ) . |
| 2 | The statement was believed to have been a reference to a letter written by Hurd on Aug. 1 to the British Conservative MP , Sir Peter Blaker , underlining the UK government 's respect for Islam and adding that " we understand that the novel , The Satanic Verses , was found deeply offensive by people of the Islamic faith " . |
| 3 | The law respects the right of the shareholders to determine the objectives of their association through contract and accepts that by virtue of their capital contributions they should be regarded as the owners of the company . |
| 4 | For example : C for card or cracker , S for saviour or stocking and so on . |
| 5 | Both the Augustinians and Dominicans sought to combine the qualities of actives and contemplatives in their way of life and teaching ; they stressed the need for penance and man 's dependence on God 's grace for that illumination of understanding through faith and love that they believed was knowledge of God . |
| 6 | These clauses are also found in insurance policies to resolve disputes between insurer and insured as to whether a claim should proceed . |
| 7 | The residents campaigned for demolition and rehousing and achieved this in 1982 . |
| 8 | In the following year a Sussex doctor Gideon Mantell ( 1790–1852 ) found some large fossilized teeth in a pile of rocks intended for road-mending and noted that they resembled the teeth of the modern iguana . |
| 9 | I thought about mum and wondered whether to leave her a note . |
| 10 | The man talked a lot about karma and said that they had obviously been together in a previous incarnation , but now their birthdates were not synchronized . |
| 11 | It quoted Brazil 's National Institute for Research as calculating that 120,300 square miles of forest had been destroyed in the years leading up to 1989 . |
| 12 | He stressed that we must capitalise on the traditional Scottish capacity for inventiveness and recognise that education itself is always an investment rather than an on-cost . |
| 13 | This insight tells observers little about macrocapacity but suggests that banks should pursue micro-surgery . |
| 14 | For a' that and' that … |
| 15 | As a Conservative I naturally want the Government to survive and to win the next election , but plainly if the Deputy Prime Minister resigns that is something which gives cause for readjustment and rethinking if the Government is to win the next election . |
| 16 | We repeated the experiments with a precursor for protein and found that an increase in protein synthesis occurred also . |
| 17 | The code contrast here seems to relate to such things as the distinction between talk about action and talk as action , the degree of speaker involvement in , or distance from , a message , whether a statement reflects personal opinion or knowledge , whether it refers to specific instances or has the authority of a generally known fact . |
| 18 | From these you can try the patterns not only for tension but to see whether the number of rows between , as recommended , look and feel exactly right in the yarn you are using . |
| 19 | A policeman came to Beattie 's cell after teatime and said that he had a visitor . |
| 20 | Occasionally agency interviewers may adopt a jaded and cynical approach , the result of seeing people day after day and forgetting that each one is an individual who should be assessed individually . |
| 21 | She would get hold of Mrs Hnatiuk after church and see if she knew anything about it . |
| 22 | Meredith supposed Harriet would be fully committed socially over the Christmas period but she wanted to offer some token of hospitality , so she went across the road after breakfast and asked if Harriet would like to come over to lunch . |
| 23 | He was informed of his rights after arrest and said that he did not want a solicitor . |
| 24 | ‘ He 's one of the few naturally fit players who can come straight back in after injury and look as though he 's never been out . |
| 25 | Its not worth it for you is it , you might have to hang on till after Christmas and try and |
| 26 | The easiest task for Emma was learning to come to the table for lunch when called and once she had started to receive stickers for this she became aware of how to earn them . |
| 27 | He understands events as wholes broken into chunks for recall and created as propositions by identification of central aspects , most closely corresponding to the verb in an utterance . |
| 28 | Biting back feelings of inadequacy , frustration and anger I tied up the bundle as well as I could , resigning myself to losing most of it on the way down the hill , preparing for laughter and jeers when we got to the village . |
| 29 | In relatively recent years the Court of Appeal had emphasised the dangers of ‘ instant justice , ’ stressing the need for reflection and to consider whether the alleged contemnor would benefit from legal advice . |
| 30 | It taught me a lesson about drinking and driving that I 'll never forget . ’ |