Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] the [adj] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The famed croaking is more likely to be heard in such tanks , as it 's at its most audible when males meet and display as a threat to other intruding males — or during the mating season as the male pursues the female . |
| 2 | At or about the same time as the 2D was announced , Philips unveiled the PL lamp . |
| 3 | Attitudes to private schools are summarised in Figure 11.20 , which shows the percentages of people in Great Britain ( in 1987 ) who thought there should be more , fewer , none , or about the same number as then . |
| 4 | Is the natural gas found in rocks which are younger , older or about the same age as the Coal Measures ? |
| 5 | ( 2 ) At or after the preliminary appointment if there be one , the arbitrator shall fix a date for the dispute to be heard ( unless the parties consent to his deciding it on the statements and documents submitted to him — an unusual course not usually acceptable to the parties or the district judge ) and he shall give such directions regarding the steps to be taken before and at the hearing as may appear to him to be necessary or desirable . |
| 6 | There is little talk of film as ‘ film ’ , television as ‘ television ’ or of the two forms as different but connected social processes . |
| 7 | ‘ Reserve stock , describes a closed access part of a library located in or near the same building as the open access collections . |
| 8 | ( e ) a financial or other professional adviser ( including a stockbroker ) with its client in respect of the shareholdings of the adviser and persons controlling , controlled by or under the same control as the adviser ( except in the capacity of an exempt market-maker ( see para 7.7 below ) ) ; and |
| 9 | Nothing that has happened in Czechoslovakia or in the wider world since that time has diminished the willingness of the Czechoslovak people to accede to this wish . |
| 10 | But his new picture of Marie did not take into account those disturbing scenes in her kitchen , or in the pill-box tunnels when her aggressive , violent behaviour had scared him half to death . |
| 11 | Fluid excess may occur in the post-operative period , and presents problems if the excess fluid is retained within the cells or in the vital organs as central and pulmonary oedema . |
| 12 | Given its height and vigour , L. serotina is probably best accommodated at the back of a herbaceous border or in the wild garden if you are lucky enough to have such a place . |
| 13 | He would very probably find better evidence of present attitudes in his own political experience or in the popular press than in even fairly recent statutes enacted by a legislature most of whose members are now gone . |
| 14 | If the client ca n't be dissuaded , the Law Society has directed that the following steps by a solicitor are obligatory : ( 1 ) A solicitor must , with his clients ' authority , at once disclose in writing his clients ' decisions to the solicitor for each prospective buyer ( or to the prospective buyer if he or she is unrepresented ) . |
| 15 | Bouterse claimed that Shankar had collaborated with the Netherlands government to humiliate him by failing to lodge a diplomatic protest when , on three occasions during December , he was denied access to the Netherlands or to the local press while in transit at Amsterdam airport . |
| 16 | To facilitate easier access it may also be necessary to add other pointers ( Figure 5.10 ) , such as a pointer to the beginning of the list or to the previous record as well as the next one . |
| 17 | The rules are not always as simple s that , e.g. Classical Arabic has the stress on the first long syllable of the word , or on the first syllable if there are no long syllables in the word . |
| 18 | Not all employers have equal access to occupational pensions , and manual workers are less likely to receive one on retirement or on the same level as non-manual and professional employees . |
| 19 | Er , you must then go through the month and work out , either on the monthly calendar card , or on the daily pages when you 're actually going to do this stuff on this list . |
| 20 | You spoke about what was said in the brochure that management charges had been or would be running at about a rate of inflation , we can see it on page fifty six , it 's better if you look at it I think , rather than I parrot phrase , see fifty six if you so kind now see fifty six is talking about at Broadstone will the management charges greatly increase the answer is no management service , er , sorry has appointed U K leading management specialist for several reasons , firstly because of their professional caring attitude , secondly because time has shown that management charges , rises the rate either slightly below or at the levelled inflation when that brochure was produced in respect of that development was that statement true or was it not ? |
| 21 | It is vital for the young cuckoo to hatch either before , or at the same time as , its nest mates . |
| 22 | Data from children whose ears contained fluid at the final assessment or at the last assessment before they were lost to follow up were excluded . |
| 23 | When he stopped his work for tea , the prying landlady being out at the shops , he would try to arrange to meet her , either in the house or at the British Museum if she were going near the West End that day . |
| 24 | Except for the two years after Martin drowned I 've always been able to believe that at the heart of the universe there is love . ’ |
| 25 | All the intercepts are significantly greater than zero except for the first sub-period when it is significantly lower than zero . |
| 26 | No further food or fluid was consumed , except for the standard meal until the last urine specimen had been collected . |
| 27 | I feel we are acting furtively , hurrying it out of sight , we ca n't talk about it , except for the momentary panic when we think we have included my father 's jacket . |
| 28 | The petition was accompanied by one from the magnates , who also sought the withdrawal of the tax on wool : it appears that for the first time since the Ordinances of 1310–11 the commons and the magnates were joining together to seek concessions and measures of reform from the king . |
| 29 | Wilder 's withdrawal meant that for the first time since the 1980 nomination contest the Democratic campaign would be fought without a major black contender . |
| 30 | I ca n't remember now whether in fact we were allowed any at all while we were in the Waaf , but I know that for the few years after I became a civilian again and clothes rationing still went on , the ration allocation was so small that the prospect of buying , for instance , a new winter coat was exceedingly small for most women , especially those with children , whose needs had to come first . |