Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only difference is that whereas in the cases seen previously ( 59 ) — ( 84 ) , perception is represented as giving rise to true knowledge , in ( 85 ) — ( 87 ) above it is depicted as giving rise to a false impression . |
| 2 | By August 1991 the European Commission was reported as forecasting growth for the year at a discouraging 1.5 per cent . |
| 3 | Firstly , it is worth noting that if the Lorenz equations ( Section 24.2 ) are considered as modelling convection in a loop ( Figs. 17.4 , 17.5 ) , then the chaotic solutions of the equations do not correspond to turbulent flow in the loop . |
| 4 | The opportunity may , therefore , exist for settlement at this stage and there is no doubt that it is preferable so to proceed than to achieve settlement at the door of the Court . |
| 5 | He had to choose whether to grasp power at every opportunity or to love others and to trust in God . |
| 6 | Thomas himself mentioned a figure of 600,000 cubic yards of earth moved when giving evidence at the inquest on one of his workmen killed on the site . |
| 7 | Fundamental to British education is the aim to help all children achieve their full potential , and this is generally seen as involving building on the strengths children bring with them to schools . |
| 8 | Similarly , the techniques and tools of structured systems analysis can be incorporated into the conventional approach or can be seen as forming part of an alternative methodology for applications development . |
| 9 | In fact , the rational expectations hypothesis is sometimes seen as providing support for the ‘ strong ’ version of the Friedman approach to monetary policy in which the x per cent rule is made constitutionally binding . |
| 10 | The vote for presidential reform was seen as expressing impatience on the part of Walesa at the speed of political change in Poland . |
| 11 | But in most EC capitals yesterday there was barely disguised embarrassment at the timing of the American military action , which is seen as diverting attention from the repression by the Ceaucescu regime in Romania . |
| 12 | MCI Communications Corp signed a multi-year agreement to use Corning Inc 's dispersion-shifted optical fibre it its US-wide long distance network : it says it has already installed dispersion-shifted fibre in routes from Sacramento to Seattle and San Antonio to Austin and will be laying the fibre in a new route between Salt Lake City and Chicago scheduled for completion by year-end ; the new cable requires fewer signal boosters , cutting equipment requirements and system costs while raising reliability of the network . |
| 13 | The Football Association will wait until they receive the report of match referee Joe Worrall before deciding whether to take action over the mass confrontation which took place after Pointon 's tackle . |
| 14 | LEAs must , when deciding whether to provide transport for a child , have regard ( amongst other things ) to ‘ the age of the pupil , and the nature of the route , or alternative routes , which he could reasonably be expected to take ’ . |
| 15 | At the level of morality , is it regarded as proper to take self-interest into account when deciding whether to offer support to a relative , or to ask for it ? |
| 16 | Its members were used as voting fodder in the Parliamentary Labour Party and on the national executive and then cast aside . |
| 17 | Such a requirement , however , would not be compatible with those provisions if it had to be interpreted as precluding registration in the event that a secondary establishment or the centre for directing the operations of the vessel in the member state in which the vessel was to be registered acted on instructions from a decision-taking centre located in the member state of the principal establishment . |
| 18 | Held , granting the application , that the Act of 1987 placed the Bank of England under a wide public duty to supervise deposit-taking businesses , the fulfilment of which often required it to take urgent action in the interests of those whom the Act was designed to protect ; that a notice from the Bank of England under section 39(3) ( a ) of the Act of 1987 requiring production of documents overrode an injunction restraining that bank from disclosure of the documents to a third party , and the existence of an injunction did not constitute a reasonable excuse under section 39(11) for failure to comply with the section 39 notice ; and that the injunction should not , in any event , be interpreted as prohibiting compliance with the notice ; that it was proper for such a notice to specify the documents to which it applied by class rather than individually ; and that , accordingly , the defendants should be directed to comply with the notice ( post , pp. 717G–H , 718C , 719B–C , 721C , 722C ) . |
| 19 | In my judgment , the word ‘ liability ’ in paragraphs 17 and 18 must be interpreted as connoting liability within the scope of the article 5(3) categories , i.e. liability in tort , delict or quasi-delict . |
| 20 | If all this sounds like over-egged exhibitionism at the expense of the music , then it probably is , but only because songs like ‘ Crackerjack ’ and the next single ‘ Take It ’ — with its Rude Boy quotes and even a wah-wah guitar solo are belters . |
| 21 | Chelsea will decide whether to sign Szewczyk in the next 48 hours as they look for a replacement for injured Paul Elliott . |
| 22 | Other treaties of alliance do not contain such precise prohibitions against conflicting agreements , but may be understood as forming part of a regional defence framework and thus as impliedly restricting future freedom of treaty-making . |
| 23 | He subsequently served as signals officer with the Imperial Camel Corps , taking part in cavalry battles against the Turks in Egypt and Palestine . |
| 24 | He is portrayed as showing sorrow at the destruction caused by German bombers and it is he who ‘ saves the day ’ by first giving himself up and then being shot by Clogger . |
| 25 | The doctrine of ‘ producer choice ’ has been portrayed as devolving power to the programme makers , wherever they be . |
| 26 | The criterion of the purpose of avoiding pregnancy was emphasized in most surveys and interpreted as avoiding pregnancy for the reason of contraception . |
| 27 | After the initial three-week programme , line managers will ensure that the graduates ’ jobs offer real opportunities for learning while adding value to the business . |
| 28 | It was left to the cantons to decide whether to follow suit on the local level . |
| 29 | The company has yet to decide whether to offer access via the 64Kbps bearer B-channel or the lower speed 16Kbps packet switched D-channel . |
| 30 | The Court of Appeal had to decide whether to authorize surgery on a week-old child born with Down 's syndrome and duodenal atresia . |