Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A reviewing scientist may conclude that although the same results are obtainable on replication , they are incapable of supporting the theory or hypothesis advanced by the original scientist . |
| 2 | Iain Banks is a thoroughly Scottish writer , and The Crow Road has already been identified as his ‘ crisis ’ novel : a notable softening of the baroque violence and elaboration of the earlier books and the sideline science fiction ( where Banks hides under the minimal false moustache and wig of a middle initial ) . |
| 3 | The debts shown in the Accounts relating to the Business ( less the amount of any provision or reserve calculated on the same basis as that applied in the corresponding accounts for the preceding three financial years ) were good and collectable in full in the ordinary course of business and have or will realise the net amount thereof . |
| 4 | No debt of the Business which may be owing at Completion is overdue by more than eight weeks and the amount of such debts ( less the amount of any provision or reserve calculated on the same basis as that applied in the Accounts and disclosed in the Disclosure Letter ) will be recoverable in full in the ordinary course of business and in any event not later than eight weeks after Completion and none of the said debts is subject to any counter-claim or set-off except to the extent of any such provision or reserve . |
| 5 | One could always spell it out : " The final word or words of a clause or sentence repeated as the first word or words of the next clause or sentence " ; and only use anadiplosis if the regularity of the feature required the economy of a label . |
| 6 | The process only terminates when no more entities or groups remain in the temporary work layers . |
| 7 | What would be the effect of changing the public policy insofar as it constitutes a social guide to the conditions in which individuals or groups chose from the possible adjustments ? |
| 8 | A business bargain or contract rests on the basic proposition that each party to the contract is in agreement . |
| 9 | ‘ The court may grant the application if — ( a ) the debtor appears to have a counterclaim , set-off or cross demand which equals or exceeds the amount of the debt or debts specified in the statutory demand ; or ( b ) the debt is disputed on grounds which appear to the court to be substantial ; or … ( d ) the court is satisfied , on other grounds , that the demand ought to be set aside . |
| 10 | GTE Corp 's GTE Telecommunication Services and Digital Equipment Corp have joined forces to develop the CloneDetector , a knowledge-based system to reduce clone fraud in the cellular industry : the system will automatically detect simultaneous calls using the same cellular telephone number but originating from multiple locations , or calls originating outside the normal geographic area used for a particular cellular telephone ; it will build a case for each instance of fraudulent use , prioritise the cases , and recommend the actions to be taken . |
| 11 | Such people think that native Australian species are usually driven extinct by superior competitors or enemies introduced from the outside world , because the native species are ‘ older ’ , ‘ out of date ’ models , in the same position vis-d-vis invading species as a Jutland battleship contending with a nuclear submarine . |
| 12 | As already stated , the primary function of cavity walls is to prevent rain or moisture absorbed by the outer leaf from affecting the inner leaf with its internal plaster and decorations . |
| 13 | In either case , relationships may or may not be specified across the boundaries or entities defined in the intersecting zones . |
| 14 | On 3 March 1987 the originating summons was amended by adding the seventh and eighth plaintiffs , and on 19 March 1987 it was further amended to seek accounts of all transactions entered into , and of all dealings with the property of the plaintiffs by the first defendant , and of all moneys received by or payment made by the first defendant or by the second or third defendants , and an inquiry whether any sums were due from the first defendant to the plaintiffs . |
| 15 | It seemed downright immoral to torment the poor woman with questions now just for the sake of proving the Jaguar 's brakes were faulty or Fanshawe driving over the seventy limit . |
| 16 | As a result of these , ten percent of children go to special schools — e.g. The Petö Institute or schools catering for the blind , deaf or moderately mentally handicapped . |
| 17 | Within minutes one was torn from reading a book to being gagged and trussed up in a sack , carried down stairs by running men , waiting for the bag to slip or rip and one 's head or neck to smash against the hard stone steps . |
| 18 | A high cut-off score is necessary since achieving it is taken to indicate mastery of a particular domain , or readiness to proceed to the next level of learning . |
| 19 | No trace of the plage de l'Arsenal , where Camus glimpsed for the first time the beauty of the Mediterranean . |
| 20 | An additional input signal , the probe , detuned from the pump by , will thus experience gain or loss according to the combined effect of the nonlinearity and the mode structure of the cavity . |
| 21 | It takes into account the pattern of dividend payments , the bond 's term to maturity , and the capital gain or loss arising over the remaining life of the bond . |
| 22 | His second example involved a transhipment bill of lading issued by the first carrier and damage or loss occurring on the second carrier 's vessel . |
| 23 | The 1991 figure of 585 casualties shows a marked reduction of 65 or 10% compared with the 1990 total of 650 casualties . |
| 24 | Coopers & Lybrand worked on the first study in conjunction with Samuel Montagu , the merchant bank which is handling the sale on behalf of the Government . |
| 25 | If the purpose of the law is to protect women from acts of sexual intercourse to which they have not in fact consented , whether by reason of force actually applied , physical or other threat , or fear induced by the accused or by others , then the relevant question would appear to be : Did this particular woman , in these particular circumstances , submit to this particular man ; or did she in fact freely consent to have intercourse with him ? … if the law deems the woman to have consented to the act despite ample evidence of threats which rendered her submissive but non-consenting , then the law can not be said to be serving its true function of protecting individuals from the imposition of non-consensual sexual intercourse . ’ |
| 26 | Therefore s 1(1) was contravened when , as happened in the present case , a person caused a computer to perform a function with intent to secure unauthorised access to any program or data held in the same computer . |
| 27 | Held , that , in the opinion of the court , in section 1(1) ( a ) of the Act of 1990 the words ‘ causes a computer to perform any function with intent to secure access to any program or data held in any computer , ’ in their plain and ordinary meaning , were not confined to the use of one computer with intent to secure access into another computer ; so that section 1(1) was contravened where a person caused a computer to perform a function with intent to secure unauthorised access to any program or data held in the same computer ( post , pp. 437A–B , C–D , 438A , E–F ) . |
| 28 | However , if in addition to the sole accounts you operate a joint a joint current or savings account with the same bank or building society , you should check from the outset whether the terms and conditions include a right of set off , whereby funds on these accounts may be required to repay the debt on others held by you or your partner . |
| 29 | a letter or figure printed on the first page of each section of a book and used as a guide when collating and binding . |
| 30 | We now have to pass the wire all the way through the sleeve so that its bend or fold emerges at the other end . |