Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Xerox is today expected to announce that it has called in New York investment banker Goldman Sachs & Co to try to find a buyer for the company . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | Whatever the subject of the release there are a number of simple questions to which the editor or journalist needs to have the answers . |
| 4 | No vast islands with walls of rock or ice stand to disrupt the progress of the wind . |
| 5 | Certainly , it is sometimes said that a claim for conspiracy gives the plaintiff procedural advantages , but the reality of this may turn on how far it is to be held on ordinary principles that instigation or procurement suffices to make a person who does not participate in the act a joint tortfeasor . |
| 6 | Using a finger or pen helps to guide the eye . |
| 7 | The advertisement appeared more than once , but no error was pointed out to us or alteration made to correct the description . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The other band members later adopted the term ‘ Shaunesque ’ , referring to aggressive discussion tactics or behaviour considered to show a degree of insecurity . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Inspiration is one thing … but is it courage or vanity to presume to write a follow-up to a classic |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Our study of 245 patients randomised to receive octreotide or placebo failed to show an effect of octreotide on the biochemical and clinical parameters of ERCP induced pancreatitis . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 … |
| 20 | Furthermore , the tutor may be allocated to a particular ward or unit to help to co-ordinate the learning programme . |
| 21 | It is possible with all monitors or TV sets to turn the volume to zero . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I prefer this blend with about 5 drops of bergamot or lemon added to brighten the aroma . |
| 24 | Holmes , the former IBF champion now close to his 36th birthday , simply did not have the legs or power left to unhinge the champion . |
| 25 | Batch size , or time needed to machine a batch : |
| 26 | We have been exploring the idea that Protestantism helped to create a climate in which the scientific enterprise could gain momentum . |
| 27 | Swords-Isherwood and Senker conclude that industry continues to underestimate the significance of marketing and sales functions , and that this weakness , if it persists , will make companies even more vulnerable in the future as the incorporation of microelectronics into products makes these products more complex . |
| 28 | The fact is that Labour wants to keep the poll tax so that it can attack us with it . |
| 29 | Maury believes that Aromatherapy helps to attune the body with the spiritual elements in the universe as practised in these religions . |
| 30 | The Tribunal found , however , that no employee had ever been told that the practice could result in dismissal and the practice had continued , although management trying to impose the change may not have been aware that it continued . |