Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [conj] [art] [noun] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is used too early , it can be confusing so that the reader has to ‘ count back ’ to find out who is speaking and readers are not generally prepared to do that too often . |
| 2 | Such an expectation would be unreasonable with container ships or with general cargo vessels , where hundreds of bills of lading may have to be issued , and the issuance of final documentation is often possible only after the vessel has departed from the place of shipment . |
| 3 | Errors in searching are possible only if the searcher chooses the wrong subject heading in the published lists ; this too is regarded as an unlikely event . |
| 4 | Such matters are to a great extent determined conventionally by syntax , and become noticeably expressive only when a writer makes a graphological choice which is to some degree marked or unconventional , such as a deliberate misspelling . |
| 5 | Parents also need to be aware when their child has behaved well and make a comment about this so that the child receives praise and recognition for good behaviour . |
| 6 | Since the identity of one 's sexual partner may be assumed to be of fundamental significance , it is surely unjustified to give effect to this only where the mistake concerns whether the man is the woman 's husband ? |
| 7 | Each stage involves goals for the patient : while they have to be progressive , they should always be attainable so that the patient remains well motivated , and avoids depression . |
| 8 | That is most evident with out-of-the-money puts , exercisable only when the peseta touches an exchange rate lower than current forward rates . |
| 9 | Why should the position between the original tenant and the sureties be rendered completely different just because the reversion has been assigned , a transaction wholly outside the control of the original tenant and the sureties ? |
| 10 | A major domestic upheaval seems unavoidable soon after the Sun changes signs on the 20th . |
| 11 | Put a large bucket underneath the trap to catch the contents of the sink — and remember not to pour this away until the trap has been refitted ! |
| 12 | If we look at the insurance order and the one relating to building societies , it is quite clear there that the auditor has to be acting in his capacity o er as auditor . |
| 13 | Do n't stick to this rigidly if the discussion takes a different course to the one you expected . |
| 14 | Deputy Head ( Curriculum ) : ‘ We 'll discuss this again after the department has had time to consider it . ’ |
| 15 | We aim to reduce this steadily as the recovery gets under way . |
| 16 | I used to be able to go to a park and swim , or check out a ball to play with , because they had a part-time supervisor there , then they take that away and the park becomes a land mass , then it becomes a turf , you see ? |
| 17 | Legally and formally , the authority for the raising of most revenue is annual only and the authority needs to be renewed each year . |
| 18 | I do n't know if the Guiness is as good at the Imperial anymore as the pub has changed hands ! ! ! . |
| 19 | Of course , the Signature is gold-plated throughout while the JD has to put up with chrome . |
| 20 | The alternative method is to provide that upon any adjustment of the base figure , the rent payable immediately before the adjustment becomes a fixed amount payable under the terms of the lease ( or is substituted for a fixed amount previously reserved ) . |
| 21 | The petition must state : ( i ) the amount of the debt ( in sterling , converted from any foreign currency at the official exchange rate at the date of issue of the petition , by analogy with r 6.111 ) , the consideration for it ( or , if there is no consideration , the way in which it arises ) and the fact that it is owed to the petitioner ; ( ii ) when the debt was incurred or became due ; ( iii ) if the debt includes interest or any other charge accruing from time to time , the amount or rate of the charge ( separately identified ) and the grounds upon which it is claimed to form part of the debt provided that , in the case of a petition based upon a statutory demand , only the interest claimed in the demand is included ; ( iv ) that the debt is unsecured , and either that the debt is for a liquidated sum payable immediately and the debtor appears to be unable to pay it , or that the debt is for a liquidated sum payable at some certain future specified time and the debtor appears to have no reasonable prospect of being able to pay it . |
| 22 | that cow I 'll run down the stairs quick enough when the signal comes , salter 's away seemed to love throwing it out do n't they ? . |
| 23 | This is of course very useful diagnostically where the teacher does not know the class . |
| 24 | erm , the one thing that I thought was under person who is who is talking he 's got ta be I think he 's got ta be firm so that the person understands that erm that what is required but he 's also got ta be fair at the same time has n't he ? |
| 25 | The method is , however , applicable only if the investigator has extremely clear goals in mind , already well worked out in advance , and a major disadvantage is the very limited nature of the data which it is capable of yielding . |
| 26 | says clearly the total is n't good enough and the campaign goes on . |
| 27 | It is just not good enough if the House does nothing . |
| 28 | As Weiss and Brown ( 1974 ) point out , conditioning occurs when correlations are arranged between pairs of events : excitatory conditioning when there is a positive correlation with the CS predicting the US ; inhibitory conditioning when the correlation is negative so that the CS predicts the omission of the US ( see , e.g. Rescorla 1967 , 1968 ) . |
| 29 | As the Psalmist does not mention the destruction of the city or the deportation of the people , the context can hardly be the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. But the description does not correspond either to what we are told in the Books of Maccabees about the defilement of the Temple in 167 B.C. , when only the priests ' chamber was destroyed and only the gates burned ( I Mac . |
| 30 | You have to plan each meal to make sure both that the patient has a well balanced diet , and that you do not spend too much time and energy on journeys to and from the kitchen . |