Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb pp] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again the goodwill is either inherent in the site or personally attached to the owner . |
| 2 | Doctrinally , the canons were undeniably Calvinist in outlook ; yet at the same time they expressed some ambivalence over the doctrine of predestination , and hinted at a recognition of the potentially damaging consequences of it being inadequately or incorrectly explained to the laity . |
| 3 | Thoughtfully , Andrée said , ‘ Do you think your mother cares two hoots about being married or not married to a man ? |
| 4 | But she never complained or ever referred to the château as ‘ that damned place ’ … |
| 5 | I am allowed a say on this question of standing up at football matches because I first planted my feet on the terraces at Barnsley when I was five and spent the next 15 years or more rooted to the spot . |
| 6 | The itinerant ticker of classic gritstone , steeped in the lure and legend of this most elemental of climbing forms , must sooner or later come to an end of the unusual circuit of well-publicised , polished testpieces and crowded crags . |
| 7 | ( 3 ) The register shall not be rectified , except for the purpose of giving effect to an overriding interest or an order of the court , so as to affect the title of the proprietor who is in possession — ( a ) unless the proprietor has caused or substantially contributed to the error or omission by fraud or lack of proper care ; or … ( c ) unless for any other reason , in any particular case , it is considered that it would be unjust not to rectify the register against him . |
| 8 | ( 5 ) No indemnity shall be payable under this Act in any of the following cases : — ( a ) where the applicant or a person from whom he derives title ( otherwise than under a disposition for valuable consideration which is registered or protected on the register ) has caused or substantially contributed to the loss by fraud or lack of proper care ; … ( 6 ) Where an indemnity is paid in respect of the loss of an estate or interest in or charge on land the amount so paid shall not exceed — ( a ) Where the register is not rectified , the value of the estate , interest or charge at the time when the error or omission which caused the loss was made ; ( b ) Where the register is rectified , the value ( if there had been no rectification ) of the estate , interest or charge , immediately before the time of rectification . |
| 9 | Where the plaintiff has expressly or impliedly consented to the presence of the source of danger and there has been no negligence on the part of the defendant , the defendant is not liable . |
| 10 | A State is bound by a provision of a treaty to which it is not a party if : ( a ) the parties … intended that the provision in question should be the means of creating a legal obligation binding upon that particular State or class of States to which it belongs ; and ( b ) that State has expressly or impliedly consented to the provision . |
| 11 | ‘ The two jobs go hand-in-hand and nearly everything I do is directly or indirectly related to the environment , ’ said Mike , who joined the business four years ago . |
| 12 | Research into colorectal tumours has directly or indirectly contributed to the discovery of three new tumour suppressor genes ; APC , DCC , and p53 , the latter probably representing the commonest genetic adnormality so far described in human cancer . |
| 13 | After some discussion the Lord Chancellor directed that the money was to be put into the hands of trustees nominated by the committee , or else paid to the Accountant-General — which was likely to lead to added expense . |
| 14 | Because in the past , upper-class unionists have been less than staunchly committed to the defence of traditional loyalism , it is assumed that others who acquire elements of upper-class status , such as a university education , will themselves be more moderate than their uneducated elders . |
| 15 | A flicker of recollected pleasure that swiftly turned to the pain of regret crossed his face . |
| 16 | Branson 's increasing celebrity , albeit still confined to the music industry , had become a selling point in itself . |
| 17 | Whatever the explanation , for some of us there was always a sense of fear in this secluded spot and that moreover linked to a train . |
| 18 | BELOW : The corn mill at Westbury was originally powered by a breastshot wheel , although later changed to a turbine . |
| 19 | At the foot of the lane stands a most interesting little building , formerly associated with Frogmarsh , although now converted to a house . |
| 20 | Although now signed to a major , The Wedding Present still retained their parsimonious values . |
| 21 | ‘ You know , if you read the collected letters of any writer — if you read her biography — you will always get a sense that there 's something missing , something biographers do n't have access to , the real thing , the crucial thing , the thing that really mattered to the poet herself . |
| 22 | Seeing that Yet returned to the room and went behind the curtain to prepare us the meal Frankenstein had promised , he lowered his voice and continued , ‘ I bestow my gift of the secret of life upon mankind . |
| 23 | It aims to show that closely related to the objective of resurrecting conservative social policies is a political method which involves an attempt to change Britain 's political landscape . |
| 24 | Although closely related to the subject-matter of the book , these recur only as underlying issues in the chapters to follow . |
| 25 | The binary policy , which is central to the history of higher education from its elaboration in the second half of the 1960s , and intimately related to the history of the CNAA 's own policies and operations , is explained by many or all of these factors , but can not be separated from perceptions of the roles and attitudes of the universities that we have previously discussed , and which were part of the decision-making environment of the mid- and late 1960s . |
| 26 | On the 5th post-operative day Mr Reynolds became very distressed and eventually admitted to the nurse who was caring for him that his " water works " were the source of his concern . |
| 27 | However , most boards tended to extract material when it suited them and rarely adhered to the time-scale or suggestions for different kinds of activity . |
| 28 | If properly fitted to the shaft the boot has a long life . |
| 29 | But , as we have seen , regarding authentic Producers ' Co-operation as ‘ the rival doctrine ’ the Consumers ' Movement did little then to help , and so contributed to the inertia against which the industrial co-operative form has had to contend . |
| 30 | This in itself caused her to feel guilty and so added to the distress she already suffered . |