Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The essence of his argument was that life in general , and development in particular , could not be encompassed or explained in terms of physics and chemistry . |
| 2 | Certain things can never be blamed on or explained in terms of witchcraft . |
| 3 | One can assume that the leaders of the Revolt were eliminated , removing the upper levels of tribal society , and also that the lands and possessions of the tribes would have been seized by the state to be retained as agerpublicus , sold off to speculators or given as rewards to loyalists . |
| 4 | Whether used around the garden or filled with flowers for display , prices start at £20 . |
| 5 | Biopsy specimens were mounted on filter paper or placed in cassettes before fixation in formalin and after routine processing were sectioned at three levels and stained with haematoxylin and eosin . |
| 6 | Verderers might also be removed from office on a report by the Justice of the Forest to the Chancery that they were incapacitated by old age or sickness , or occupied with other duties , or were insufficiently qualified in that they held no land within the forest and did not dwell there , or had committed or connived at trespasses of vert or venison , or had become a paid officer of the forest , or , in one case , had ‘ entered the priestly order ’ . |
| 7 | There were other dragons — gold , silver , black , white-flapping across the sun-shafted air on errands of their own or perched on outcrops of rock . |
| 8 | The criminal law includes and reflects our proper stance against ‘ murderous ’ acts of terrorism conducted by people who are usually exploited or oppressed by forces of occupation . |
| 9 | Walls and ceilings were marble faced or decorated with paintings in fresco , tempera or caustic medium . |
| 10 | The swords which had been clubbed or shortened into daggers for want of space to use them , now came into more orthodox play ; and the Welsh archers above on the hills were able to select their targets again without killing their own comrades , and worked with supercilious skill as long as there was light to slay by , and an Englishman still alive . |
| 11 | Their approaches have been included under the general category of ‘ administrative criminology ’ ( see Young , 1986 ) , or seen as varieties of control theory ( Downes and Rock , 1982 ) . |
| 12 | The lyrics which are found in preaching manuals like the Fasisculus Morum and Speculum Christiani or are specifically written or collected by Franciscans like James Ryman , William Herebert and John Grimestone both encapsulate essentials of the Franciscan teaching in a way calculated to catch the imagination and stir the emotions , and incorporate standard interpretations of the meaning of Scripture . |
| 13 | My judgment rests upon the view that the plaintiffs had quite enough compulsion upon them from the terms of the Act itself , apart altogether from anything that may have been said or done by officers of government . |
| 14 | ‘ the plaintiffs had quite enough compulsion upon them from the terms of the Act itself , apart altogether from anything that may have been said or done by officers of government . |
| 15 | But with this factory farming system , sows are confined in narrow stalls or tethered in rows by neck straps or girth straps shackled to the floor . |
| 16 | At the obvious root of this discord lie personal ambitions fostered or thwarted by cliques of activists from the local branches involved in the selection of candidates . |
| 17 | 4 Reciprocal versus non-reciprocal bilingualism — that is , where language A is used or understood by speakers of language B but not vice versa . |
| 18 | But many of the Forest fines were never paid , and others were reduced or evaded by claims to exemption , pardons or royal warrants . |
| 19 | Jewels worn in remembrance of dear ones lost , or exchanged between lovers as tokens , were extremely popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries , although the ubiquitous lockets containing tresses of hair were perhaps the least subtle of these keepsakes. fit a time when the language of such things was far better understood than it is today , hearts and flowers , birds and beasts and a multitude of other symbols were incorporated into jewellery design to signify romantic love , to represent those sentiments and virtues which were the major preoccupation of the day . |
| 20 | Beyond these basic costs , most stations offer a number of ‘ packages ’ such as run-of-week , or based on numbers of TVRs , where they may run your commercial at any time they like , as many times as they like , so long as your eventual cumulative audience reaches an agreed figure . |
| 21 | MPD frequently arises in people who were sexually abused as children , or who experienced what Putnam calls ‘ sensory deprivation ’ — being bound , gagged , stuffed in trunks or locked in closets for example . |
| 22 | Taxable profits , which are calculated in a similar way to companies ' taxable profits , are treated as personal income to the sole trader , or split between partners in proportion to their share of profits in the year of assessment . |
| 23 | The box with the question mark — ? — operates only with boxes 3 or 4 highlighted and calls up the technique numbers or cast on numbers as lists . |
| 24 | Most were based in close physical proximity to each other in the City of London ; they were often related or united by ties of friendship , and had ample opportunity to meet one another informally in coffee houses or elsewhere . |
| 25 | Other writers , more pessimistically , have argued that as one household task is reduced or eliminated by advances in technology , then others are added to the list and standards are raised . |
| 26 | It is also ideal for health clubs and gyms where towels are sometimes damaged in the laundry or taken by guests as souvenirs . |
| 27 | 5.11.2 the preparation and service of a notice under the Law of Property Act 1925 section 146 or incurred in proceedings under sections 146 and 147 of that Act notwithstanding that forfeiture is avoided otherwise than by relief granted by the court |
| 28 | In 1986 tax liability was abolished on gifts made outright to individuals or put into trusts for children , as long as the donor survives seven years from the date of the gift . |
| 29 | to safeguard the interests of such of its members as are Officials of Banks amalgamated with or affiliated to Banks outside Ireland ; |
| 30 | ‘ Where a child has been wrongfully removed or retained in terms of article 3 and , at the date of the commencement of the proceedings before the judicial or administrative authority of the contracting state where the child is , a period of less than one year has elapsed from the date of the wrongful removal or retention , the authority concerned shall order the return of the child forthwith . |