Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 By comparison , following a chain or tag involves reading the link field , finding the key in it , picking up the address and searching for it .
2 Why should the government or industry consider funding the activities of scholars who are marginalized by their own professions ?
3 But it is not generally the stuff that appears on television , where self-restraint has become the norm .
4 A book of ethics does not have to spell it out , any more than a book about mathematics or zoology has to include the reminder ‘ Read me attentively , intelligently ’ .
5 Whatever the subject of the release there are a number of simple questions to which the editor or journalist needs to have the answers .
6 No vast islands with walls of rock or ice stand to disrupt the progress of the wind .
7 In cases where a patient needed to be referred to a specialty , usually orthopaedics for digital nerve or tendon injuries , a registrar or consultant had made the referral on my behalf .
8 Where management has set the framework for efficient cleaning and supervision is adequate faults will rarely arise .
9 Using a finger or pen helps to guide the eye .
10 Per Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. ( i ) In cases of doubt as to the effect of a purported refusal of treatment , where failure to treat threatens the patient 's life or to cause irreparable damage to his health , doctors and health authorities should not hesitate to apply to the courts for assistance ( post , pp. 798G — 799A , H ) .
11 In cases of doubt as to the effect of a purported refusal of treatment , where failure to treat threatens the patient 's life or threatens irreparable damage to his health , doctors and health authorities should not hesitate to apply to the courts for assistance .
12 The advertisement appeared more than once , but no error was pointed out to us or alteration made to correct the description . ’
13 HM Customs & Excise have announced the introduction of a new warehouse facility from 1 January 1993 .
14 HM Customs & Excise have announced the introduction of a new warehouse facility from 1 January 1993 .
15 Where Thatcherism sought to limit the power of organized labour , the PSOE was closely allied to the socialist segment of the union movement and promised to extend the rights of unions and workers .
16 She kept her back rigorously straight : the foetus or baby seemed to like the bicycle : its movement usually , and she felt happily , ceased as hers began .
17 Once the child or baby has joined the family , practical concerns over childcare can arise .
18 Indeed , I sat there in the muggy warmth until the balding , bull-necked scruff of a proprietor or manager started to put the chairs upside down on the swabbed tables — a peculiar custom which is surely unhygienic enough to be banned by law .
19 Indeed , the Consumers ' Association have a publication entitled Taking your own case to court or tribunal designed to assist the layman wishing to take his own case rather than instruct solicitors ; but it warns potential litigants that to take on a particularly complicated legal action without legal help would be madness .
20 Under s 21 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 , which has now been brought into force , it is an offence for an officer such as a company 's director or secretary to fail to give the name of a driver of one of the company 's vehicles where an offence has taken place in connection with that vehicle ( p 94 ) .
21 Under s 21 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 , which has now been brought into force , it is an offence for an officer such as a company 's director or secretary to fail to give the name of a driver of one of the company 's vehicles where an offence in connection with that vehicle has taken place .
22 Black & Decker has introduced the Cut Saw on the d-i-y market .
23 No sector of industry or commerce has escaped the effects of the current global trade recession .
24 The Wasserschutz Polizei , or River Police launch , Whose arrival had been expected much earlier , turned on its blue flashing light and jauntily turned to take station upstream , in order to intercept any barge or ship choosing to ignore the river closure order which had been imposed by the river authorities for the night .
25 Desire and reason do not make good bed-mates , for where reason tries to control the world , desire is aware of the vastness of life , which it knows it can never control .
26 ‘ In the execution of a letter of request the person concerned may refuse to give evidence in so far as he has a privilege or duty to refuse to give the evidence — ( a ) under the law of the state of execution ; or ( b ) under the law of the state of origin …
27 Furthermore , the tutor may be allocated to a particular ward or unit to help to co-ordinate the learning programme .
28 It is possible with all monitors or TV sets to turn the volume to zero .
29 Their use as a screen or selector seems to dictate the curriculum rather than merely to reflect it , and to bring it about that easily measurable accomplishments should be given priority , the repeating of acquired factual information , or the mechanical performance of skills picked up without understanding .
30 Not a single priest or minister has condemned the craze from the pulpit , despite the fact that the local cemetery is the favourite venue for regular weekend binges , according to local councillor Walter Greer .
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