Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | — When going for country walks , one often comes across a railway line , and it is tempting to walk along either beside the rails or stepping on the sleepers between the rails . |
| 2 | The expression of synaptic potentiation probably involves both pre- and postsynaptic mechanisms , not necessarily in the same proportion at each stage , the one leading to an increase in transmitter release and the other to an increase in the number or change in the properties of the ion channels which mediate synaptic transmission . |
| 3 | In addition , human systems may well respond or adapt to the predictions of a model , which become , in effect , self-fulfilling prophecies . |
| 4 | Just as the ‘ Verbivore ’ phenomenon is caused through a flattening or levelling of the modulations of air waves , so the hierarchy of narrative levels is ‘ flattened ’ such that it becomes impossible in any given instance to determine whose account we are reading or whose mind we are supposedly ‘ inside ’ . |
| 5 | I do feel on the question of whether we are bringing people into the Harrogate area or catering for the needs of the residential population . |
| 6 | Originating in Scandinavian mythology , elves are capricious sprites that dance on the grass , or sit in the leaves of trees and bask in the light of the full moon . |
| 7 | This degree of knowledge will not guarantee immunity from mistakes or deceit at the hands of unscrupulous dealers , but it will help to combat the more obvious attempts at misinformation — far more likely than outright deception — and assist in assessing the integrity of any dealer or expert whom one may need to rely on for advice . |
| 8 | The relations of capitalists and workers were therefore the product of a specific state of affairs , the ownership which had arisen in history and was not inevitable , or given in the laws of logic . |
| 9 | The curists still come , it seems , to drink , gargle or bathe in the baths at the top of the town , but since the end of the last war the cure has been democratized ; in an age of health insurance many can afford it who before could not , and contemporary spa-goers both demand less and live less expensively than their more frivolous predecessors . |
| 10 | ‘ Sources close to the ‘ artiste ’ suggest the decision to cancel the tour was not made for glamorous or news-worthy reasons , like police/local authority objections or fear on the streets of Britain … just that he ca n't be arsed . ’ |
| 11 | Alternatively , visit the shop and café-filled Europa Centre , go to the lovely Tiergarten or hoot at the chimps in one of Europe 's most famous zoos . |
| 12 | Shopping at your local garden centre or leafing through the pages of catalogues can be a good place to start , whether you are buying for people who prefer to read about the possibilities of beautiful plantings or for those who actually get out there and make it happen in their own gardens . |
| 13 | He told himself that he was the last man who could reasonably be expected to advise or reassure on the problems of pregnancy and he sensed that Rickards 's unhappiness at his wife 's absence went deeper than missing her company . |
| 14 | There is a real risk of mice , especially young animals , drowning or dying from the effects of a soaking if a bottle or nozzle of an automatic system leaks . |
| 15 | A survey by Germany 's Union for the Environment and Nature Protection recently found that two-thirds of the country 's trees were sick or dying from the effects of traffic and industrial fumes . |
| 16 | Half the original defenders lay dead or dying in the rooms of the old chateau , the courtyard , grounds , and pheasantry . |
| 17 | 18.1 Any notice required or permitted under the terms of this Agreement or required by statute , law or regulation shall , unless otherwise provided for , be in writing , and shall be delivered in person , sent by registered mail or air mail as appropriate , properly posted and fully pre-paid in an envelope properly addressed , or sent by telefax or by telex to the respective Parties as specified above or to such other address , telefax or telex number as may from time to time be designated by notice hereunder . |
| 18 | It seems that the case for elaboration , and thus for the Withington-Barton Farm-Woodchester order of development , must stand or fall on the implications of the stylistic inter-relationships of the pavements themselves . |
| 19 | Many volunteers acted as models or helped behind the scenes with refreshments and raffle tickets . |
| 20 | 3.10 Subject as provided in clause 5.5.3 all fixtures affixed to or installed in the Premises as part of the Tenant 's Works ( other than Tenant 's fixtures ) shall become and remain the property of the Landlord notwithstanding that any of them may be affixed or installed after completion of the Lease The difficulty here is ensuring that both parties know what are tenant 's fixtures and it may be as well to include in a schedule the fixtures to which the landlord is referring . |
| 21 | But none of these principles could have been exploited or pursued in the ways in which they were had there not been tacit approval and support on the part of the state . |
| 22 | There , or rusting around the bones of the dead . |
| 23 | In other words , conscience begins to have marked effect , as the attitudes and strictures of which the child has bad experience during its upbringing are supported or modified by the beginnings of life within society , and is built into the sexual persona of the boy or girl ( increasingly meaningful terms at this stage ) which the child now finds itself to be . |
| 24 | Each recipient doing business in or organised under the laws of the United States of America or in areas subject to its jurisdiction represents that it is an institutional investor , expressing an interest for its own account and agrees not to purchase , distribute or sell any of the Company 's securities or any interest therein except in compliance with the above laws . ] |
| 25 | There is always some moisture around , many rocks containing more than a gram of water either crystallised or trapped in the spaces between the rock 's atoms . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , Rathore warned the Pakistani government against dismissing his Cabinet or interfering in the affairs of Azad Kashmir . |
| 27 | White-breasted race alba is the only owl which is golden-buff above and white below , though most often seen ghost-like in the dusk , or caught in the headlights of a car , when it appears all-white . |
| 28 | Sandwiched between the sufferers and the directors or managers of the institution in which they work ( or overwhelmed by the pressures of survival if they work on their own ) they may expect or be expected to carry and solve the burdens of both . |
| 29 | It is a right which he may transfer , and which on his death will pass under his will or according to the rules of intestacy . |
| 30 | Under TA 1988 , s677(10) there shall be treated as a capital sum paid to the settlor by the trustees of the settlement any sum which is paid by them to a third party at the settlor 's direction or by virtue of the assignment by him of his right to receive it or is otherwise paid or applied by the trustees for the benefit of the settlor and which would not otherwise be treated as a capital sum paid to the settlor . |