Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Connery is n't playing with politics or toying with a party allegiance ; he opinion is founded on his life experience . |
| 2 | L 24 , p. 1 ) , whereby only fishing vessels flying the flag of or registered in a member state may fish against the quotas allocated to that member state , which in other words are reserved to ‘ national ’ vessels to the exclusion of vessels from other members states . |
| 3 | Why stand in a bus queue or sit in a traffic jam when you can walk almost as quickly ? |
| 4 | But my main priority is making the animals look real with a lot of life in them , rather than the staid and stiff specimens cast in bronze , sitting on top of a television or placed in a town square . |
| 5 | ‘ New ideas are being stifled by bureaucracy ’ , is the standard grouse over a beer or gazing into a test tube , along with more detailed criticisms of why the system does n't work . |
| 6 | She seemed always to be squinting into the sun , or shielding her face with her hand , or hidden by a straw hat or something . |
| 7 | It is not unlikely either that the formation of the desire will be closely linked with current experiences and will therefore probably be fulfilled by providing more of whatever is salient in the context — porridge , or rides in a plastic tub , etc . |
| 8 | I can then learn by its tic-tic that the robin is at my feet , judge by smell that I have trodden on thyme or bumped into a rosemary bush , and tell by touch that the leaf in my hand is comfrey and not common dock . |
| 9 | ‘ For this reason , purchasing from brochures or purchasing from a system demonstration on-site is simply inadequate . |
| 10 | There is also the further of point that the new tax extends not only to actual disposals but to deemed disposals where , after 17th December 1973 , a chargeable building is first let or occupied to a material extent after the commencement of relevant development , ie , there may thus be a charge to tax not only on realised gains but also on unrealised gains . |
| 11 | When a large number of copies of the same document or form are required , they can be duplicated or photocopied from a master copy . |
| 12 | These are rehearsals , and performances given solely or primarily for the purpose of making a recording or to enable the performance to he broadcast or included in a cable programme , unless it was attended by persons other than those participating for such purposes . |
| 13 | ‘ ( 1 ) If a programme involving threatening , abusive or insulting visual images or sounds is broadcast , or included in a cable programme service , each of the persons mentioned in subsection ( 2 ) is guilty of an offence if — ( a ) he intends thereby to stir up racial hatred , or ( b ) having regard to all the circumstances racial hatred is likely to be stirred up thereby . |
| 14 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person who has in his possession written material which is threatening , abusive or insulting , or a recording of visual images or sounds which are threatening , abusive or insulting , with a view to — ( a ) in the case of written material , its being displayed , published , distributed , broadcast or included in a cable programme service , whether by himself or another , or ( b ) in the case of a recording , its being distributed , shown , played , broadcast or included in a cable programme service , whether by himself or another , is guilty of an offence if he intends racial hatred to be stirred up thereby or , having regard to all the circumstances , racial hatred is likely to be stirred up thereby . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person who has in his possession written material which is threatening , abusive or insulting , or a recording of visual images or sounds which are threatening , abusive or insulting , with a view to — ( a ) in the case of written material , its being displayed , published , distributed , broadcast or included in a cable programme service , whether by himself or another , or ( b ) in the case of a recording , its being distributed , shown , played , broadcast or included in a cable programme service , whether by himself or another , is guilty of an offence if he intends racial hatred to be stirred up thereby or , having regard to all the circumstances , racial hatred is likely to be stirred up thereby . ’ |
| 16 | Exemptions likely to be encountered include vehicles not exceeding 10 cwt unladen specially adapted for invalids ; vehicles brought from abroad for a temporary stay are exempt not exceeding one year from date of importation ; vehicles going to or returning from a vehicle test or being repaired etc. as a result of the test , provided in all cases prior arrangements have been made . |
| 17 | For maximum effect , wrap your hair in a warm , damp towel or cover with a plastic cap and apply gentle heat . |
| 18 | This is true whether you are in a desert or a forest or swimming on a coral reef . |
| 19 | AT&T Co says it is studying a device that would turn an ordinary television set into a terminal that could call up films , shows and information or act as a video telephone , but it insisted that it is only in the prototype phase and denied a Los Angeles Times story that a field test of the technology would be announced next month ; it would neither confirm nor deny that it is teaming up with BellSouth Corp and Viacom International Inc in the interactive television work . |
| 20 | And those who do breed often bear the brunt of the responsibility for their children as men often fail to support their children or act as a role model . |
| 21 | Such support occurs either through membership of an organisation which happens to provide support for litigation , such as a trade union , or through membership of , or support by a pressure group , which is interested in dealing with only one issue , but which will support litigation if that litigation furthers the objectives of the group . |
| 22 | But anything of a bigger scale that involves attracting the public or rallying the faithful or listening to a guest speaker does need forethought and care if it is not to be a shambles . |
| 23 | These can be done free standing , with ankle weights or strapped to a pulley machine . |
| 24 | & presented with a baby sister & & me with a second grand-daughter on 11 th Sept. … … 8lbs. 13ozs . |
| 25 | A PC can work as an X terminal on a network or connected to a minicomputer host , without sacrificing access to DOS programs . |
| 26 | In NVOCC practice , the vessel is operated by a shipping company ; but vessel space is either ‘ sold ’ or leased to a freight forwarder or other intermediary who acts as a contractual ‘ common carrier ’ for the actual shipper of the goods . |
| 27 | At this level you can sunbathe or swim from a stone jetty ( connecting off-shore rocks ) or in one of the two swimming pools . |
| 28 | Generally rejuvenation terraces are cut into the solid rock or consist of a rock bench veneered with a comparatively small thickness of alluvium . |
| 29 | Specialist animal insurance companies usually offer such cover at little cost , either separately or built into a health protection policy for your pet , or it may even be incorporated into your household insurance . |
| 30 | It would be cruel to put a shark or loach in a breeding net , and fry in the net would be stunted . |