Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [indef pn] [prep] the other " in BNC.
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| 1 | fully ordered preferences ( for any pair of possible outcomes , the agent prefers one to the other or ranks them equal ; and the sum of these pair-wise rankings is a consistent and complete ordering ) ; |
| 2 | Her head beat from side to side and she said , ‘ Yes , yes , yes , yes , ’ again , then Lachlan — wiry , athletic-looking , skinny shanks ramming back and forth like some skinny bull — reached under her , pulled her up , his legs spreading , kneeling ; she hung onto him , arms round his neck , then after a few vertical stabs he threw her down , back onto the bed ; she grunted , arms still tight round his back , then she brought her legs up , right up over his thin , plunging , globe-buttocked behind , until her ankles were in the small of his back , rocking to and fro , feet crossed one over the other , locked there ; with one splayed hand she held onto his back , pressing him to her , and with the other hand she felt down the length of his body , over ribs and waist and hips , and with another grunt reached round and under , taking his balls in her hand , pressing them and kneading them and squeezing them . |
| 3 | When two distinctly different vowel sounds occur one after the other and must be pronounced individually , a hyphen should be used where another language might employ an accent , eg co-operation/and not cooperation , thus avoiding the natural wish to pronounce the double o as /u/ or /u : / . |
| 4 | If your trust deed gives the grandchildren certain rights and does not allow the trustees to favour one over the other then only the basic rate of 25 p.c. should apply . |
| 5 | There was no rope connecting one with the other but this might have disintegrated completely over the years . |
| 6 | If laboratory tests for HIV were not performed or gave indeterminate results , any of the conditions in the list below would indicate AIDS if it was diagnosed by a definitive method and the patient had none of the other causes of immunodeficiency listed below that could explain the occurrence of the indicator disease : |