Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb mod] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This does n't mean that any Tom , Dick or Sheila can get a degree — far from it — stringent measures are being taken to ensure quality control . |
| 2 | However , even bootees or Babygros can damage a baby 's malleable feet , so check regularly that toes are not scrunched up . |
| 3 | Each centre participating in a consortium development and wishing to offer the course or units should submit a Form HN1 — Request for Approval in Principle to Participate in 1989 Programme . |
| 4 | In a milder way , the doctrine of ministerial responsibility also inhibits the mass of able and highly trained and experienced civil servants from contributing fully in their own professional associations and academic conferences , in case their opinions or comments on their own work or methods might catch a headline or embarrass a minister . |
| 5 | It seemed possible that American impulsiveness or ambition might ignite a powder train from the Far East to Europe and accidentally precipitate the Third World War . |
| 6 | Incidentally , McMillan has called a meeting of all curlers at Perth on 27 February , when a players ' group or association will come a step nearer reality . |
| 7 | The loss or disappointment could concern a person or object , a role or an idea . |
| 8 | ‘ We try to make playgrounds into more than ten-minute stop-offs ; they should be a community meeting place , where parents can bring a picnic and spend a happy Sunday afternoon with the children . ’ |
| 9 | Partnership arrangements between a college and a company or companies might encompass a range of activities , including skills-updating courses , supervisory management and intensive language tuition for example , which fall outside the scope of this chapter because they do not impact directly upon the 16–19 age group . |
| 10 | A judge or judges may reach a decision for a variety of reasons but the judgment must be presented in a form that is acceptable to the legal profession and thus it is cast in the form of a discussion of previous similar cases and relevant statutes . |
| 11 | Japan 's Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications will send a group of telecommunications experts to Vietnam on April 10 to hold a seminar about infrastructure development in Japan : Vietnam 's Minister of Transport and Telecommunications asked for Japan 's co-operation in developing the country 's telecommunication networks when he visited Japan in February , the Ministry noted . |
| 12 | But perhaps worst of all , it has been clearly demonstrated that while a change in attitudes to a brand or product can precede a purchase of that brand , it can equally well follow the purchase : does attitude change influence a purchase , or does it merely result from it ? — since people often feel the need to justify a purchase , especially a major purchase , after they have made it . |
| 13 | If the retailer does not receive some of the goods he ordered , or if any items are damaged and have to be returned , the manufacturer or wholesaler may issue a credit note . |
| 14 | Although a court will generally strive to resolve uncertainties and ambiguities so as to give effect to a commercial contract wherever possible ( especially where the agreement is already partly executed ) , uncertainty or ambiguity may lead a court to conclude that the term is too uncertain to be enforceable , and in extreme cases the whole contract may be held to be void . |
| 15 | Within this section attention will be given to preparation not only for the selling task , in which there is little or no scope for the salesperson to bargain with the buyer , but also for where selling may involve a degree of negotiation between buyer and seller . |
| 16 | On Sydney suburban grounds we looked at teams clash , Wests and Souths , St George and Balmain , Norths and Detective Sergeant Bumper Farrell 's Newtown Bluebags , and decided that this or that lock or halfback would cut a swathe on heavy northern grounds in England . |
| 17 | But while Mr Schalck-Golodkowski 's innocence or guilt must remain a matter for the courts , the detention of his friend and lawyer , Mr Wolfgang Vogel , clearly was in breach of the law . |
| 18 | But while Mr Schalck-Golodkowski 's innocence or guilt must remain a matter for the courts , the detention of his friend and lawyer , Mr Wolfgang Vogel , clearly was in breach of the law . |
| 19 | Statues or urns should culminate a vista , crown a pier or parapet and have the air of absolute logic . |
| 20 | Common to nearly all such regulations is the requirement that the consulter or borrower must sign a statement recognising the rights of the university and/or the author , in matters of copyright of the content of the thesis . |
| 21 | It is the overall balance of the diet that is important , and a certain quantity of any kind of food or drink can play a part in that balance . |
| 22 | This can be financially successful particularly if a parent or friend can persuade a printer to run them off in colour at a discount . |
| 23 | In the last chapter it was explained that some of the world 's languages are ‘ tone languages ’ , in which substituting one distinctive tone for another on a particular word or morpheme can cause a change in the dictionary ( ‘ lexical ’ ) meaning of that word or morpheme , or in some aspect of its grammatical categorisation . |
| 24 | So the brothels had been succeeded by houses of convenience , where street-women could rent a room — by the hour , the day , the month . |
| 25 | Holidaymakers who paid by Access or Visa can claim a refund after Land Travel/ Friendly Holidays of Bath crashed on Friday with no assets or insurance . |
| 26 | Each member of the Community has his or her own room except in the case of families when brothers or sisters can share a room . |
| 27 | A celebrity or entrepreneur will have a surprise party packed with friends , family and old acquaintances thrust upon him when he least expects it . |
| 28 | A package manager or ascendent may mark a package for auto DC assessment using option 1.8.0 — Update Module Details . |
| 29 | Similarly , requests for calculations or analysis will generate a response that requires mass data to be extracted from the model on the designing workstation . |
| 30 | To attain champion status , the dog or bitch must win a total of fifteen points under at least three different judges . |