Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It is never expected to take up demands or make a real effort to change conditions .
2 At erm that 's that big lighting is there on the basis that if the switch goes down we should have a number of telephones that still have to be available erm and we need to identify them suggested by a red telephone , or using a red telephone situated somewhere .
3 This field either contains the PSN of the last entry in this bundle assigned on that basis ( restricting the range of the search ) or contains a negative value indicating that there are no more entries of the kind in this bundle .
4 5.1 If at any time before completion of the Lease the Tenant ( being an individual ) dies or has a receiving order made against him or is adjudicated bankrupt or ( being a company ) has a petition presented for its winding up or goes into liquidation or ( in either case ) enters into a composition with his or its creditors then the provisions of clause 5.4 shall have effect immediately
5 Have we seen the best of Rosa Mota , or has the sprightly Portuguese got something up her sleeve for Barcelona , the last major championships she plans to run ?
6 ‘ All we do know , ’ he concluded , ‘ is that the assassin must have been a member of the community at the Tower who knew Sir Ralph had changed his bed chamber , and he or she either committed the murder or hired a professional assassin to do it for them . ’
7 ( b ) An input/output operation is called for ; for example , transfer the character at store address X to the typewriter and print it , or read the next character punched on a piece of paper tape and transfer it to the store , to be deposited at address X.
8 You must pass the package to the package manager for entry or obtain an active DC referencing the package .
9 For a precedent of an application to rescind the bankruptcy order or to require the official receiver to suspend action , see Appendix C , form 31 .
10 The winter of commissions that promoted or predicted a sovereign Quebec has faded .
11 To adopt or foster a black child means that the family is no longer white , if the interest of the black child is considered paramount .
12 The failure of such tensions to overturn or revolutionize the social structure has rested in the way in which individuals have been socialized and the fundamental norms according to which the society operates .
13 Here is William Wheeler , the last great encyclopediast of ants ( 1910 ) , describing Amazon ants at home : they sit about in stolid idleness , or pass the long hours begging the slaves for food or cleaning themselves and burnishing their ruddy armour .
14 At your request , we will assess your energy needs and recommend or design a specific solution to meet your precise requirements .
15 2.4 " Common Parts " means any malls and other pedestrian ways concourses and circulation areas staircases escalators ramps and lifts service roads loading bays forecourts and other ways and areas in the Centre which are from time to time during the Term provided by the Landlord for common use by customers frequenting the Centre and by the Tenants and the occupiers of the Centre or persons expressly or by implication authorised by them Although it is highly unlikely that the landlord would so amend or alter the common parts to make it impossible for the tenant to carry on its business , the following additional wording may be considered :
16 He named his discovery ‘ eight months anxiety ’ and it gained the same status for psychologists that saying ‘ mama ’ or cutting the first tooth has for parents .
17 Business decisions whether to buy equipment or to build a new factory depend on the relationship between the rate of interest and the expected rate of return on the project .
18 When the only choice appears to be between continuing depression or continuing the various problems associated with drink or drug use , it is small wonder that sufferers from Chemical Dependency constitute 30% of those people who commit suicide .
19 These confer the right — but not the obligation — to buy or sell the foreign currency required at a pre-determined rate .
20 Where family planning is not widely practised , as in the overwhelming majority of developing countries , the age at which a woman first marries or enters a conjugal union determines in large measure the age at which she bears her first child .
21 The choice is between mixing your own , or having a ready-mixed version delivered .
22 5.22 Defective premises To give notice to the Landlord of any defect in the Premises which might give rise to an obligation on the Landlord to do or refrain from doing any act or thing in order to comply with the provisions of this Lease or the duty of care imposed on the Landlord pursuant to the Defective Premises Act 1972 or otherwise and at all times to display and maintain all notices which the Landlord may from time to time [ reasonably ] require to be displayed at the Premises The difficulty here is that this covenant could impose an unfair obligation on the tenant and it should therefore be amended as follows : To give notice to the Landlord upon becoming aware of any defect … 5.23 New guarantor Within [ 14 ] days of the death during the Term of any Guarantor or of such person becoming bankrupt or having a receiving order made against him or having a receiver appointed under the Mental Health Act 1983 or being a company passing a resolution to wind up or entering into liquidation or having a receiver appointed to give notice of this to the Landlord and if so required by the Landlord at the expense of the Tenant within [ 28 ] days to procure some other person acceptable to the Landlord [ such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld ] to execute a guarantee in respect of the Tenant 's obligations contained in this Lease in the form of the Guarantor 's covenants contained in this Lease Although this may be perfectly fair and reasonable in that a guarantor 's covenants are expected to last during the period for which they are given , many tenants try to resist this covenant on the basis that it may be extremely difficult for the tenant to produce an alternative guarantor .
23 Admission was only granted to those born in Britain or having an ancestral link stretching back two generations , those who had lived in Britain for five years , and spouses of patrials .
24 In order to develop a coherent transport strategy to meet the challenge of increased demand in the 1990s the Government should either invest itself or encourage the private sector to do so .
25 In these circumstances , the employer may rely on the law protecting trade secrets and begin in-house production or , alternatively , license others to use or develop the relevant know-how generated by the invention .
26 Baldwin 's ( 1985 , p. 142 ) work on bringing up handicapped children indicates that grandparents often buy necessities such as food and clothing , and this can be vital to the finances of a household where having a handicapped child creates additional expense .
27 If you are trans-racially fostered or adopted , or feel the legal system mistreated you when your parents separated , phone 01 359 9392 .
28 Awareness of the camera has , however , led many Members to plan more carefully their behaviour in the Chamber , including taking care to sit next to Members who are likely to be called ( although organised ‘ dough-nutting ’ has largely been dropped ) or choosing the right people to sit next to them .
29 Not returning calls , or taking a long time to do so .
30 The difficulty is that although sometimes it is possible to point to an intention to compel action on the part of the target , as when the aim is to prevent employees from working , or to force a local councillor to vote differently , or to stop another organisation from marching that intention is not invariably present .
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