Example sentences of "[conj] he [vb -s] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second point of similarity emerges from the point of his analysis where he talks of changing codes of conduct . |
| 2 | Although he allows for many areas of uncertainty in the study of catharsis , Scheff nevertheless accepts the universality of the need to handle destructive emotions , and proposes that ritual , as a cathartic experience , be reinstated in the West as ‘ a dramatic form for coping with universal distress ’ ( 1979 : 114 ) . |
| 3 | But what remains important about Barthes 's substantive work is that he points to cultural phenomena in the everyday realm that are ( or were ) regarded as insignificant — they are , he reveals , laden with meaning and social and political significance . |
| 4 | Mr Watkins can say that he sympathises with green views on the need for conservation but has been overruled by the troika that presides over George Bush 's domestic policy : John Sununu , the chief of staff , Richard Darman , the budget director , and Michael Boskin , the chief economic adviser . |
| 5 | The good news is that he charges in 15-minute slots of £5.86 , so you do n't have to pay for a whole hour if he 's only worked five minutes of it . |
| 6 | If the hon. Gentleman had showed even a tiny amount of the indignation that he expresses about empty houses in Swindon in relation to all those in areas under Labour control , there would be scarcely any problems of homelessness in Britain . |
| 7 | Suffice it to say that Jim Marshall appears on merit and I , for one , hope that he returns in five years ’ time with yet another superb anniversary amp series . |
| 8 | The nutter is acceptable in that he demonstrates to other fans what they should not do , and provides living proof of their own propriety . |
| 9 | Beccaria 's classical programme is a mixture of basic assumptions about the nature of human beings and the way they relate to crime and conformity , and empirical conclusions that he draws from these assumptions about how best to control crime . |
| 10 | ‘ A member shall — ( a ) establish and maintain rules and procedures ( ‘ compliance procedures ’ ) by reference to which each officer , employee , company representative and appointed representative of the member can ensure that he complies with these Rules and the Principles in his dealings with investors ; … |
| 11 | ‘ A member shall ( a ) establish and maintain rules and procedures … by reference to which each officer , employee , company representative and appointed representative of the member can ensure that he complies with these Rules and the Principles in his dealings with investors ; … |
| 12 | ‘ After a day he will know the names of everyone on the set and he goes to great lengths to make sure we all enjoy ourselves , organising lunches and so on . |
| 13 | Erm he goes round the pubs and he agitates on these lads . |
| 14 | this this arch this this architect because this bloke is particularly interested in it and he deals with historic buildings and things like that . |
| 15 | And he fights like ten men still , as old as he is . |
| 16 | Home care for the stroke patient may be chosen because the patient 's doctor feels that the necessary rehabilitation can be done at home , or might be best done at home ; the patient may be more comfortable , and therefore more co-operative to treatment if he remains among familiar surroundings ; he might be liable to excessive stress if parted from his close family , friends or a beloved pet ; or it may be a temporary situation , in which the patient is waiting for a bed in a specialist rehabilitation unit to become available . |
| 17 | If he fails in two subjects he will have to repeat the year even if he does well in all other subjects . |
| 18 | On the other hand the very nature of the work may be such as to make it quite clear that the duties of the employee to his employer can not properly be performed if he engages in certain activities in his spare time . |
| 19 | In this case I would think that , if the minister does not act in good faith , or if he acts on extraneous considerations which ought not to influence him , or if he plainly misdirects himself in fact or in law , it may well be that a court would interfere ; but when he honestly takes a view of the facts or the law which could reasonably be entertained , then his decision is not to be set aside simply because thereafter someone thinks that his view was wrong … |
| 20 | If he comes within two feet of me my hands start shaking . |
| 21 | So it will matter then to the child that if he types in four times two plus one , it 's got to be the right version of that sum . |
| 22 | Even if he dies within seven years no inheritance tax is payable provided the son broadly continues to use the property for agricultural purposes . |
| 23 | Well , perhaps this is a few too many , but he knows after many years ' experience that he can ask for this and that it is necessary . |
| 24 | For while he goes to some lengths to avoid formulating a question which presupposes the distinction between subject and object , he is frankly concerned to provide an answer ( and hence a question ) which will be compatible with the claim that social changes are overdetermined by the complex whole , and which will therefore embody a particular view of the production of knowledge . |
| 25 | But while he argues for general connections between the rites , incidentally ignoring the many repudiations of Gnosticism that were made of it by early Christian leaders , his viewpoint is much more balanced than Scobie 's . ) |
| 26 | While he suggests in apocalyptic tones in The Problem of Method that this process of self-consciousness is at last beginning to take place , and that civil , foreign and colonial wars are becoming apparent as different forms of a single class struggle , Sartre also admits that the divorce between theory and praxis which ensued under Stalinism has generally prevented any clear self-consciousness among the masses . |
| 27 | I always try and go with him when he goes to medical conferences — now we hardly ever take work away from home if it means we ca n't both go . ’ |
| 28 | and he 's still got something to do with the union , so what he did , when he goes to these meetings he said to the , ah you bloke at Nissan how about getting us round |
| 29 | If you kick a child all his schooldays , force him to labour sixteen hours a day seven days a week , yank out his teeth with forceps when they ache , bleed him when he is ill , beat him throughout his apprenticeship , starve him when he falls on bad times , and finally let him die in the workhouse when he ages prematurely , then you have educated a man , in the best way possible , to be indifferent . |
| 30 | ‘ He can be violent , I admit , ’ Mr Browning said , ‘ but he is not himself when he launches into these diatribes and you must remember that , Wilson . ’ |