Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , on the issue of the precedents for making a defendant prove his defence in the way in which the Bill requires , I argue that every year — certainly since I have been in the House — we have created numerous new offences which have defences attached to them , usually for those who can show that they acted reasonably or that they used due diligence to ensure that they avoided committing an offence . |
| 2 | The problem is , however , that it is of little help in producing a list of user needs : the temptation would be to say either that everyone requires the same information or that everyone requires different information ; the former would make the exercise redundant and the latter would make it impossible to handle . |
| 3 | It was an inconsequential remark but she hoped it might lead to some interesting revelation on Ianthe 's part , that Bishop Heber had been an ancestor or that she loved Victorian poetry , for , looking at the bookshelves , she was sure that she did . |
| 4 | Secondly , there is nothing to suggest that using two languages detracts from either one of them or that it produces continued interference . |
| 5 | Society might judge that this severely reduced the welfare of citizens in remote areas or that it promoted regional dissent which reduced the sense of national unity . |
| 6 | The research concentrates on 40 Protestant and Catholic , skilled and semi-skilled , married men in two age groups ( 25-35 and 40-50 ) who will be ‘ followed ’ from the start of their spell of unemployment for a period of up to 17 months ( or until they regain paid work ) , interviews being conducted at approximately 5 month intervals . |
| 7 | There are thought to be risks of developing cancer of the breast or lining of the womb as a result of HRT , and it is not recommended if there is a family history of heart disease , breast or womb cancer , or if you have high blood pressure , blood clotting problems , a heart disorder or gall bladder disease . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , the possibility remains that , as Wallace argued , many of the sex differences in plumage and coloration ascribed by Darwin to the action of female choice may have evolved because they help the sexes to recognize or locate each other or because they improve male success in competitive interactions . |
| 9 | A dismissal may be unfair either because it was procedurally arbitrary or because it lacked good cause . |
| 10 | What is at issue is whether young children begin by addressing the problem in this way or whether they approach grammatical competence via a circuitous route which begins with pre-verbal social interaction . |
| 11 | One is whether a form is morphologically basic , or whether it needs extra material added by way of an additional rule . |
| 12 | This occurs when the similarities are subtle or intricate , or when they require prolonged discrimination in order to make them intelligible . |
| 13 | In a crisis , or when you have hot news , your contacts and relationships in the media world will be invaluable . |
| 14 | One of the paradoxes of pollution control work is that although they enjoy considerable autonomy , field men are acutely conscious of the scrutiny of their seniors and feel vulnerable to criticism . |
| 15 | Long term follow up of these patients has shown that although they have similar mortality to an age matched control group , they have increased morbidity . |
| 16 | The main feature of the bureaucratic-technical class is that although it lacks effective control over the means of production its members do have control over the labour of others in their subordinate position in bureaucratic structures . |
| 17 | Supporters say that although it provides vital support for millions , Oxfam has hardly any effect on the real causes of poverty and illness . |
| 18 | Now I 've always taken that to mean that if they had big faith , they would have been alright . |
| 19 | Witnesses were warned that if they gave false evidence they would suffer the same verdict as that given to the accused ( Mark 14:56–7 ; Matt. |
| 20 | British standards for veal production will not , however , be reduced and consumers can be sure that if they buy British veal it will have been humanely produced . |
| 21 | They say that if they create Regional Government they will do so at the expense of National Government and not Local Government , but that is n't true because Mister has already said that erm strategic services such as passenger transport will b will be handed over to regions and if that goes obviously fire , police and strategic planning will be lost to us . |
| 22 | Unlike the Labour party , for which this is a matter of great difficulty , my party and its predecessor have never shrunk from the fact that if one has effective devolution , and an effective Parliament with the powers that the Bill would establish , the case for the retention of a Scottish Secretary of State in Cabinet would be weakened . |
| 23 | Because you would be saying well if we have classes this provides us with a way forward for the future in a way that if we have absolute egalitarianism that , how would we make progress through to socialism ? |
| 24 | And it 's going back to the point that Mr Curtis I think misunderstood me , that 's basically that if you concentrate new growth in one location you have the ability to plan to serve that development by public transport , whereas if you spread it out to all the points of the compass , you know , two hundred houses in one direction of York , two hundred in the opposite direction would become very mor more difficult to serve than would a concentrated er chunk of development , and that 's as simple as that . |
| 25 | Yeah that would , that If you brought proper weed |
| 26 | Mr Scannell warns that if you own French property you must plan ahead for inheritance — under French law your children will have first crack at the property . |
| 27 | As a result women themselves might well come to believe ( incorrectly ) that ‘ it is written in the Guru Nanak 's Granth Sahib ( the holy book of the Sikhs ) that if you have bad Karma you have more girls than boys ’ . |
| 28 | The breakthrough was inspired by belated realisation on the part of Pretoria and the ANC that unless they made rapid progress what is left of the South African economy would be wrecked . |
| 29 | Anonymous threats were frequently sent to those suspected of hoarding or of enhancing prices , or warnings to justices that unless they intervened direct action would be undertaken . |
| 30 | The meaning of the word ‘ immediate ’ is likely to give rise to dispute in the courts , but it may be assumed that if , for example , a man threatens a woman that unless she has sexual intercourse with him , he will violently assault her in the presence of her children when they return home the following day , this will not be rape under the Committee 's proposals . |