Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As M. W. Eysenck ( 1982 ) points out , unless studies collect data over a large range of different arousal levels , there are relatively few patterns of results which are actually inconsistent with an inverted-U relationship . |
| 2 | In the meantime we must consider some accounts of knowledge which seem less fruitful . |
| 3 | As Myers mentions , there are already some programmes in operation which suggest that the national resource base can be manipulated to accommodate the growing needs of the population without serious impairment of soil fertility . |
| 4 | However , there are some misgivings about development which tends to boost land and house prices without providing significant job opportunities for ‘ ordinary ’ people or , apparently , acting as much of a catalyst to growth in the rest of the local economy . |
| 5 | Community theatre was one of the few forms of communication which managed to flourish under President Stroessner 's dictatorship in Paraguay . |
| 6 | You 're talking about some forms of abuse which went on for a very very long time indeed to pull the average up like that . |
| 7 | ‘ We get a few calls from people who have lost heavy vehicles which ca n't be recovered by civilian companies . ’ |
| 8 | Because income support was introduced at a time when there would otherwise have been an increase in supplementary benefits , and because transitional protection has been provided for some groups of claimants who have been transferred to income support , the Government claims that relatively few people suffered an actual cut in benefit in April 1988 . |
| 9 | Instead they enter college wedded through their own experience to an implicit theory of schooling and teaching that will serve as a working template for some groups of pupils they teach , but which will be wildly inappropriate for others . |
| 10 | They receive no extra remuneration whatsoever for their duties although at some times of course it can be quite dangerous . |
| 11 | Already he was worried about their stores lasting until the Saturday when he might reasonably claim a few shillings to tide him over ; Emily 's mother had given them a box of stuff , sausages , bread , some tea , butter , bacon — but it would have to be spun out . |
| 12 | They may have seen some dangers in Methodism which were not in fact there . |
| 13 | In an official statement , the BRE said that the few cases of rot it knew about were in every case directly attributable to rising damp or to rain penetration : |
| 14 | But if , in spite of your precautions , a fire breaks out , a smoke alarm can give those precious few minutes of warning which increase the chances of you and your family getting out safely . |
| 15 | In order not to dull your pleasure I intend to only speak for a few minutes in case we all get snowed in/melt away in the heat ! |
| 16 | However , even when the dinner was over , their ‘ guests ’ showed no sign of leaving , at which point the Emperor began to pull on the ends of his moustache — one of the few signs of irritation he ever allowed himself . |
| 17 | In some cases of damage it might be wise to ascertain whether or not there was any similar damage prior to the accident . |
| 18 | Some cases of self-cutting which reach casualty departments are misidentified as accidental lacerations . |
| 19 | In some cases of urgency he can introduce regulations with a shelf life of up to 12 months without consultation ( s11(5) ) . |
| 20 | They 're not oh that sometimes presents a problem but quite honestly er if you 've if you 've still got some contacts in sales we 're you know . |
| 21 | ‘ We 've done some sums and we reckon that if you use the phone for more than one and half minutes per day it will be more expensive , ’ says a west London cellphone dealer . |
| 22 | But in some no in some States you get the electric chair and some States in America you 're gassed . |
| 23 | After a few hours of embroidery I was free ; free to cycle wherever I liked with my friends . |
| 24 | In our first few hours of membership we are highly attuned to some of the assumptions . |
| 25 | The definition of " contract for the hire of goods " in s 6 of the SGSA is not all-encompassing , and there may well be some contracts of bailment which fall outside it . |
| 26 | ‘ There are very few aspects of Englishness I actually hate . |
| 27 | ‘ Fortunately there are some connoisseurs of art who are not of that opinion . ’ |
| 28 | Meanwhile , we may go back to the situation in 1072 , and begin with some words of Lanfranc which provide the main evidence for the documents which existed at this date . |
| 29 | Colours also may get distorted as the eye lens gets yellower with age ; in some pictures of Mulready he believed he could demonstrate this defect . |
| 30 | Sir Thomas , however , or rather his stomach , clearly did not agree , for halfway through the entremets , with a few words of apology he absented himself from-the table . |