Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pers pn] [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We do not know how this activated state is subsequently maintained throughout the healing process , although the final overrun and pile-up suggest that it takes some time to switch off .
2 There are , for instance , several conflicting claims concerning the function of the Japanese suffix -wa : some suggest that it is an obligatory marker of topic ( this claim is implicit in Li , 1976 : 465 ) ; others suggest that it marks given information ( see 5.1.2. below for an explanation of given vs new information ) .
3 He says he has confidence in all aspects of the Havant business and , despite IBM Europe assertions of over-capacity adds that he has full order books .
4 Those of you who saw today will know that he calls this position the Adam and Eve position .
5 ‘ My husband has married only once , ’ she told me ‘ but he has forgotten that he has any duties . ’
6 Staff at the Commission have claimed that it has insufficient funds to do this .
7 ‘ I realise that he has considerable problems .
8 But it may be that what we do is is as you say that we Does that guidance thing give general broad headings ?
9 Talking to a tobacconist I found that he has some women customers and a range of smaller pipes for them to choose from .
10 But if an incident has occurred involving violence or which leads to a soured atmosphere at work , management may consider that it has little option but to take action .
11 ( a ) He can arrest where he has reasonable grounds for suspecting that an arrestable offence has been committed and he has reasonable grounds for suspecting the person to be guilty of the offence .
12 Golf development will not normally be permitted if it causes unacceptable disruption to the public enjoyment of rights of way .
13 I do n't know if he knows any history . ’
14 I do n't know if it makes any difference , but it was n't planned .
15 The Divine purpose of life is almost entirely forgotten and he spends each lifetime self-centredly chasing after vanishing mirages .
16 So we , the answer is we do n't really know but it seems common sense to apply barrier precautions and to do everything you can to modify the type of surgery so that the chances of having an injury with a sharp instrument are reduced , and people have made some constructive proposals along these lines .
17 The ‘ expert ’ may have to be interviewed because she has special knowledge of a situation which it is vital for the researcher to have guidance on .
18 It 's got to be important to the child so that he needs to know whether he means four times two-plus-one or four-times-two plus one , whichever way it is .
19 But there is now a 60 per cent chance that a fish will be caught after it reaches 35 centimetres ( the legal limit to netting size ) .
20 Part of the problem with encouraging girls to take ‘ useful ’ subjects is that we do not know whether it makes any difference to the kinds of jobs they eventually do ; and whether , indeed , these jobs would still be highly rated if women did them .
21 I do n't know whether it makes any difference for the price you will get in the land , for the land , from a tenant , if you restrict his rights to use it .
22 A child putting a straw into each of the bottles in the crate will not know whether he has enough straws for bottles until he has distributed them one-to-one .
23 Er William doyen of the broadcasting standards council and a man whose seems to er I do n't know I do n't know whether he courts bad publicity or he but anyway .
24 She says he must be caught before he hurts another child .
25 However , the Hon. Member for Caernarfon ( Mr. Wigley ) was called twice , so I do not think that he has any cause for complaint .
26 Edinburgh District Council have been consulted and officials from their Planning Department have looked at the route and agreed that it has good potential .
27 Edinburgh District Council have been consulted and officials from their Planning Department have looked at the route and agreed that it has good potential .
28 In order to recast the problem , however , we need a deeper understanding of the divide between the two approaches , and must enquire why many individualists believe their view to be a decisive refutation of holism , while holists deny that it makes any headway at all .
29 While he agrees that it involves more risk , it does not deter him .
30 By that I mean that he considers schematic ways of making measurements , set up in accord with the rules of the theory , and sees if by any ingenious means he can circumvent a restriction like that imposed by equation [ 2 ] .
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