Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adj] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not intended to oust or restrict any of the common law rules ( section 62(2) ) . |
| 2 | All furnishings can also be altered by changing the colour , or using one of the many fill patterns shown along the top of the screen . |
| 3 | If they venture out to Little Saigon 's cafés , it is to bicker about ( Vietnamese ) politics or read one of the 20-odd Vietnamese newspapers . |
| 4 | This provides in particular a double check that the actual shelf stock of any category does not exceed or fall short of the desired shelf stock . |
| 5 | The typical end-user of GIS output will probably care or know little about the cartographic and uncertainty characteristics of the map data being used , while the GIS itself has no procedures for handling the varying accuracy and reliability of the digital map data being processed . |
| 6 | For instance , if the spouse does not speak much , if any , English , limitations on finding work or becoming involved in the local community are bound to arise . |
| 7 | 1989 ) , ours identified or underlined some of the main factors in effective school management : the style and quality of the head 's leadership ; the intellectual and professional climate of the school ; The explication of the management roles of staff with posts of responsibility curriculum leaders , year leaders , coordinators and deputy heads ; the importance of formal structures and mechanisms for decision-making ; the need to strike an appropriate balance between such formal structures and informal processes ; and the importance of involving all staff in decision-making . |
| 8 | If a soft-currency country wants to import something it must earn or borrow one of the hard currencies to pay for it . |
| 9 | ‘ We may still have to make penalty payments or let some of the existing agencies run out their contracts and buy airtime . ’ |
| 10 | page a hundred and thirty two , para two twenty eleven in broad er we , we 've put in purposely er sweeping up provision in our catalogue of restrictions , erm which simply says all bylaws and other regulations may be pursuant to the acts and all agreements made pursuant to the bi-laws which reinforce or implement any of the above restrictions |
| 11 | Andermatt too is a place for travellers ' decisions : whether to return north back to Uri , or to choose one of the other three cardinal points of the compass for further travel . |
| 12 | Lesley-Jane Decker , if she was having an affair with Michael Banks , might have turned against him because he tried to break it off or committed one of the million other offences which men can commit against women with whom they are having affairs . |
| 13 | The Intelligent Bus Interface Module is a data acquisition engine with a 40MHz 68030 processor , which resides on the VMEbus , enabling high volumes of data to be transmitted or received independent of the central host processor when it is used with the new input-output board . |
| 14 | Certainly the OR shows some of the right properties — it has a high likelihood of occurrence when the stimulus is first presented and tends to decline with repeated presentation ( see Fig. 3.1 , p. 70 ) . |
| 15 | But as he was at first without a seat in Parliament and in any event left almost immediately for extended duty in the United States , he was unable either to galvanize or to discharge any of the traditional functions of his office . |
| 16 | The sexual struggle is of two kinds ; in the one it is between individuals of the same sex , generally the male sex , in order to drive away or kill their rivals , the females remain passive ; whilst in the other the struggle is likewise between the individuals of the same sex , in order to excite or charm those of the opposite sex , generally the females , which no longer remain passive , but select more agreeable partners . |
| 17 | Its main problem is that it can cause psychological dissociation , resulting in hallucinations and phenomena which may include subjective experiences of being out of the body or states similar to the near death experience . |
| 18 | Given the requirement that medical evidence has to be served with the proceedings , and given the long waiting lists that now apply for very senior surgeons , it might be a good idea either to get an initial report from the treating surgeon or to use one of the independent physicians mentioned above . |
| 19 | He had been significantly preceded , however , by the actor-manager : a familiar kind of solution , in which a leading member of one of the professional groups — that group which is or seems dominant in the specific process not only co-ordinates but controls . |
| 20 | He walked along its edge , his lips pursed , stopping every few paces to study a particular knot of fibres or to read some of the tiny lines of symbols that moved ceaselessly in the spaces between the shapes . |
| 21 | For further information on these services telephone 0800 262261 , or contact any of the following offices . |
| 22 | Each option contract consists of the rights to buy or sell 1,000 of the underlying shares . |
| 23 | Jenkins is observant , and knowledgeable on strategy , as when the reports on Gooch 's plans for containing Salim Malik , or draws one of the key post-match lessons that Pakistan paid in the end for their lack of a medium-pace bowler . |
| 24 | The University of Strathclyde has launched a search to find alumni who took the Diploma of the Royal Technical College , the Associateship of the Royal College of Science and Technology , or attended any of the wide range of evening and day release courses at the Commercial College . |
| 25 | Use a purpose designed essential oil burner/vaporiser or try one of the other methods as suggested in Chapter 6 . |
| 26 | A spongedown with tepid water works well on smooth-leaved plants , or try one of the proprietary leaf shine wipes . |
| 27 | You can draw the shape you want to knit ( or use one of the printed shapes provided ) and feed that , together with your tension measurements , into the KnitRadar . |
| 28 | The cure is to improve the clutch operation or use one of the new radios which allow you to ‘ feather ’ the tail rotor when the ‘ hold ’ switch is operated . |
| 29 | Collections do n't have to be expensive , or acquired all at the same time . |
| 30 | Emma , you were smiling or grimacing one of the two ! |