Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and I do n't know how he , you are , and in the end our cousins you , you know convince me that they 'd take sort of control , you know that , if I was worried as well about or dad getting drunk , one thing or another like , you know , and said look we 're going , it 's not as though we 're not going , we 're going and we 'll have him in with us and I let him go in the end cos I went down in the five weeks |
| 2 | Desire and reason do not make good bed-mates , for where reason tries to control the world , desire is aware of the vastness of life , which it knows it can never control . |
| 3 | Within this section attention will be given to preparation not only for the selling task , in which there is little or no scope for the salesperson to bargain with the buyer , but also for where selling may involve a degree of negotiation between buyer and seller . |
| 4 | Points were awarded for where information was repeated ; for example , for the sentence ‘ I saw a man with a telescope ’ , the reading where the prepositional phrase attaches to the verb would score more highly because ‘ telescope ’ was defined as a thing for seeing or looking with . |
| 5 | This principle is not confined to any one set of living conditions , for where meaning , order and joy are generated , then any environment can be turned into a welcoming home . |
| 6 | Of course we must be concerned for justice , and for where justice is violated . |
| 7 | Usually , but perhaps not necessarily , this right was earned by the student through the performance of some service , far and away the commonest form of which was acting as or repetiteur for a muderris , though one occasionally also finds students becoming through acting as for a kazasker or for the Mufti . |
| 8 | It 's clearly a matter of balance between the various elements erm in considering erm proposals for or development in the countryside . |
| 9 | They have the same four basic options we described for general ownership policy : state ownership ; specific support for or discrimination against locals or foreigners ; or neutrality . |
| 10 | Buying , selling , subscribing for or underwriting investments or offering or agreeing to do so , either as principal or as an agent |
| 11 | arrangements with a view to a person who participates in the arrangements buying , selling , subscribing for or underwriting investments . |
| 12 | Dealing-buying , selling , subscribing for or underwriting investments , either as a principal or as an agent . |
| 13 | Advising — giving or offering advice on the buying , selling , subscription for or underwriting of investments . |
| 14 | Records in the establishment should include an assessment for the potential for or history of violence from that client . |
| 15 | for these would be local schools , selecting about 1,000 pupils from an area that contained about 5,000 children of school age , the selection being made in terms of suitability for or ability to benefit from the kind of education to be provided . |
| 16 | In many transactions it is either necessary or thought by one of the parties to be commercially worthwhile to obtain consent for or approval of certain items before the business transfer is completed . |
| 17 | For I liked — I was amazed , never yet having had time for or interest in such delights — I liked to be touched by him . |
| 18 | Trythall , ‘ when the recession in the USA and UK is beginning to recede and when it is becoming only too clear that the end of the Cold War has not reduced the need for or interest in books and journals dealing with armed forces , war , conflict , terrorism , tension , crisis and all aspects of international relations . ’ |
| 19 | Some leases contain rather more elaborate provisos such as : " no demand for or acceptance of rent by the landlord or its agents with knowledge of a breach of any of the covenants on the part of the tenant contained in these presents shall be or be deemed to be a waiver wholly or partially of any such breach but such breach shall be deemed to be a continuing breach of covenant " . |
| 20 | Both these divisions , however , appear to have been exceptions to the normal pattern , since they raised issues concerning the Union with Scotland , complex legal technicalities , as well as personal questions of sympathy for or antipathy towards the individuals concerned , all of which placed strains on the normal political sympathies of the different peers . |
| 21 | The litigants must take these factors into account when considering whether to apply for or consent to the division of the trial into two parts . |
| 22 | The Act describes public processions intended ‘ to demonstrate support for or opposition to the views or actions of any person or body of persons ’ or ‘ to publicise a cause or campaign ’ or ‘ to mark or commemorate an event ’ as requiring notice to the police . |
| 23 | Section 11(1) of the Act requires advance written notice to be given to the police of any public procession ‘ intended ’ to demonstrate support for or opposition to the views or actions of a person or body , which is being held to publicise a cause or to mark or commemorate an event ‘ unless it is not reasonably practicable to give any advance notice of the procession . ’ |
| 24 | Politicians are reluctant to popularise or enforce measures against which many campaigned prior to Independence and ‘ the majority of farmers remain unaware of the causes of erosion and unconvinced of the need for or value of conservation measures ’ ( ibid. : 28 ) . |
| 25 | There was therefore no longer any reason for or point in hesitation ; and I said that if I were the choice that I would respond to the best of my ability … |
| 26 | For every £1.00 you give , the children get £1.33 's worth or help . |
| 27 | Watsons actually recommended what should happen with both the surpluses and their recommendation was that both businesses should take a contribution holiday for the next three , five and maybe even be ten years in the Post Office , depending how investments go erm an- and there was no discussion erm between or negotiation between anybody . |
| 28 | Erm loo looking at that , erm if you were to die tomorrow , hopefully you wo n't but if you were , what sort of figure do you think your , your er wife would like , would require in order to continue to live how she is at the moment and be able to look after and feed and keep the children ? |
| 29 | Air accident investigators are conducting and inquiry after and Air Malta plane landed on a taxiway at Gatwick Airport earlier this week . |
| 30 | The command must come after and device drivers you need for your expanded memory card . |