Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 53 ( 1 ) ( c ) [ A ] disposition of an equitable interest or trust subsisting at the time of the disposition , must be in writing signed by the person disposing of the same , or by his agent thereunto lawfully authorised in writing or by will .
2 Likewise , bergamot and geranium can either sedate or stimulate according to the needs of the individual — a phenomenon totally alien to a synthetic or chemical drug .
3 All they can do is set trend targets and reward or penalize according to the degree to which they are met .
4 If the candidate seems settled in for the day stand up and help him/her with their coat , or begin to walk towards the door .
5 Unless you have only very few Windows applications , or enjoy looking at the background ( which may be changed to something prettier ) enlarge the Program Manager to fill the entire screen .
6 Is there any lichen or moss growing on the trunk , and which side of the tree is this , on the sunny side , or on the north ?
7 Unless you fall into a frozen lake or get left on the mountainside overnight , this will not happen to you .
8 And when you are , you hide yourself in your office or get glued to the video .
9 Similarly , some feminists spell women as wimmin or womyn to avoid including the element men — even though that is not the true etymology and indeed , the element is not even pronounced .
10 He soon learns either to give you misleading information or delay sending in the document .
11 After such period of adjustment as the Court may have allowed , the Record is closed and within fourteen days thereafter , each party is required to provide his opponent with ‘ a list of documents which are or have been in his possession or control relating to the matters in dispute in the action ’ .
12 Subjectively , people may learn helplessness ( Maier and Seligman , 1976 ) ; have an external locus of control ( Rotter , 1971 ) ; or feel alienated from the world in which they live ( Seeman , 1959 ) .
13 ‘ I did n't want to become a prisoner of my own fame or become pushed into a corner by success and just sit at home . ’
14 Children often notice differences in size when they play , when , for instance , they fit themselves under a table or try to crawl through a hoop .
15 Or try working in a standing position .
16 The second thing productive I do n't think it 's productive for people to interrupt start shouting at me and chairing at me or shout shout at the platform cos I think all that 's gon na happen there is the meetings gon na disintegrate and nothing will be as right .
17 You 're always gon na have objections , I think you 've seen so far , throughout the whole sales process , some are more awkward than others but you got by them but the majority will come when you ask for the business , or go to ask for the business .
18 O ’ course I do n't want to exaggerate : now and then you 'd get sparks out of him — he 'd tell a good story , he 'd chat up one o' the lasses , or go to t'pub wi' the lads .
19 With my friend Ann , I go for walks across the hilly fields towards Viewpark or go playing on the coal byngs , and we make up stories , often vengeful episodes in which punishments are meted out to our enemies .
20 Then at some time during the day , he or she has cause to turn their head sharply to the left , or attempt to take off the jacket .
21 In 1238 he ordered the Charter of the forest to be read out in full county court , and the concessions contained therein to be observed ; but he was careful to add the proviso that ‘ if any dispute or doubt arise regarding the articles of the Charter ’ the Chief Justice of the Forest was to ‘ seek the counsel of the King and his Court before anything be done in regard thereto ’ .
22 know the name of the person you should speak to ( if it appears in the advertisement ) or ask to speak to the personnel department .
23 These numbers are surprisingly low , no junction had a mean accident or risk rating above the midpoint of the scale .
24 The genes themselves do n't evolve , they merely survive or fail to survive in the gene pool .
25 Dine in style in the restaurant , or choose to eat in the bar buffet .
26 He said : ‘ The nub of the matter is that MacQuillan never had the money to buy a paper in Fleet Street or do battle with the unions . ’
27 Now I 'd like to bring you back to Mr Williamson 's opening remarks in which he described the allocations of land for industry and all these other things that are tied in with industry now as generous , making generous allocations , and the Civic Society would like to see those allocations rather less generous , we are like trying to develop a climate of restraint when on the expansion of Harrogate and the rate at which people are encouraged or wish to come into the town .
28 Furthermore , the conditions can not impose a positive obligation , a financial payment or relate to land outside the application or the control of the applicant .
29 The processor contains circuitry to request the next instruction from the store , and to receive , decode , and execute it ; the latter may require further read or write accesses to the store , or interaction with a transput unit .
30 It says that slow growth will give an incoming government little scope either to cut taxes or increase spending over the life of the next Parliament .
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