Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Irrespective of the fact that many , perhaps most of these jobs are low paid , dirty ( even the gleaming electronics industry is on the defensive against charges of health and safety problems for its workforce ) and monotonous , they are very widely sought after and they carry high prestige . |
| 2 | Well then Fred said she is after but you got another girl . |
| 3 | In a place like mine anybody who knows my patch you , you know old or you know certain parts of or you know certain parts of . |
| 4 | Fed up of seeing a box of if I collected those tins and put them Back door open or not ? |
| 5 | I said to him it 's all alright , he said oh I thought it would be , it 's that sort of , sort of if you find that temperature 's too hot you just turn it down . |
| 6 | His rehabilitation — from the leader they could not wait to get rid of because he represented high taxes , inflation and military failure ( over Iran ) , to the president everyone loves to cite as the model elder statesman -has been remarkable . |
| 7 | In its place , the government is to set up a " new wide ranging review " of how local authorities could help clear up polluted sites , and of whether they had adequate powers and finances to carry out the task . |
| 8 | Regardless of whether they include direct ancestors or not , the carpoids do serve to demonstrate the likelihood of evolutionary links between chordates — including vertebrates — and the echinoderms . |
| 9 | So will the determination of whether they have other rights ( for example voting ) or of whether their preferential dividend , is cumulative ( in the sense that if passed in one year it must nevertheless be paid in a later one before any subordinate class receives a dividend ) or non-cumulative ( in the sense that the dividend once passed , is lost for ever ) . |
| 10 | Furthermore , we utilise such expectations about the way an individual in a particular position should behave , irrespective of whether we know that individual personally . |
| 11 | All of these findings remained broadly similar irrespective of whether we analysed total warmth towards parties and party leaders , total ratings for the parties ' performance on issues , or total inclinations towards voting for all three leading parties ( Table 8.8 ) . |
| 12 | For older women , there is a question of whether it has any relevance at all . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It 's not a question of whether she has any boyfriend , more a case of which boyfriend she 'll be with . |
| 14 | Regardless of whether you like those groups or not , they are people with integrity . |
| 15 | ‘ I feel as if we failed that man somewhere , ’ she said a little later as together with David and Martin Foulds she watched the ambulance leave the factory . |
| 16 | Co-producer Robert Relea hit back : ‘ It 's not as if we like working nights . ’ |
| 17 | " It does n't look as if we 've any choice , Mr Montgomery , " they young woman grinned . |
| 18 | So we sat there in the silence as if we knew each other well and had no need merely to talk ; and as a matter of fact it seemed in a way to suit the stillness of the day . |
| 19 | First , we all have to live and act as if we were sure and as if we had reliable knowledge . |
| 20 | ‘ We were sticking our necks out further and further but once we got to the South Col we had the same chance to get to the top as if we had 20 Sherpas helping and a brick-built house up there , ’ said Harry . |
| 21 | It was like climbing a waterfall , but there was a warder at the top , clinging to a railing and yelling to us at the top of his voice to hurry — as if we needed such encouragement . |
| 22 | Remarks ( i ) On the face of it , it looks as if we have six results to prove , namely : |
| 23 | It is as if we have two pairs of eyes , one pair inside and another outside the blinkers : without this , Golding 's technique would not produce its ironic effect of dual vision . |
| 24 | as if we have enough droughts without we it , people like |
| 25 | We act and will continue to act as if we have free will , whether our actions are determined or not . |
| 26 | Much talk with friends of what result we would ‘ settle for ’ — as if we have any choice . |
| 27 | Indeed , when Jessica had locked her car with all the others at the Moira roundabout — travel-sharing , she assumed , hardheaded Ulstermen saving on the petrol — Rory had walked up to her and kissed her lightly on the mouth as if they owned each other . |
| 28 | It 's not as if they get much study done the last week or so anyway . ’ |
| 29 | The road cut a swath through the centre of the belt of trees , and as the gig passed between them they seemed to menace , arms grotesquely waving , as if they resented this intrusion through their territory . |
| 30 | The predatory spirits , on the other hand , are described as if they bore actual malice toward humans . |