Example sentences of "[conj] the [noun sg] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As one member of the profession has aptly observed : ‘ It is not too difficult — it does not wrench the mind too painfully — for the historian or the humanist to accept the notion of ‘ living his way ’ into the totality of a culture . |
| 2 | On any Product page where both an identifier and title prompt appear , you can enter either the identifier or the title to indicate the item required . |
| 3 | The user name corresponds to the user performing the module entry , QAO log or state transition , or the user receiving the task or mail respectively . |
| 4 | I would sit down on the fishing stool , ready to eat , but then I would be up and down , in and out of the lockers , getting the fork I had forgotten , or the knife to peel the carrot , or even the carrot itself . |
| 5 | The developer ( public or private ) or the architect takes the lead in suggesting densities , house styles , building materials , estate size and layout ; planners play a fairly passive role , approving or refusing the planning application . |
| 6 | I had gone too far and experienced too much , I needed to slow down , to get back to the small things , the practical things , to measuring and cutting and fixing , and it was with relief that I noticed that daylight had begun to invade the room , I kept quite still , I held the glass firmly in my gaze , gradually the elements already worked on began to emerge , some more clearly than others , some in outline only and some only when they impeded the free flow of light through the glass , until the sun came up and was reflected back from the windows of the house opposite and I could sit and look at the glass and think back through the work and the mistakes and the few successes , and sense again with that sickening feeling in the pit of the stomach that the whole of the right hand side of the lower panel was still a mess , nothing there had been resolved , but then I drew back from that , though it kept trying to pull me back to itself , and concentrated on what was beginning to work , on the left hand areas both top and bottom and on the elegance of the frame and the joy of seeing the bare walls and the wainscoting appear through the empty areas , and as I moved round so different parts of the room appeared and the relation of the surface of the glass to what lay behind changed , precision and fluidity , precision and fluidity , he wrote , choice and chance , not choice alone and chance alone but the two together , that is why delay , not stoppage and not flow but delay , delay in glass , he wrote , as when the plane is late and you should have been gone , have already arrived perhaps , but you are still there , or the sprinter beats the gun and the whole field is called back , the race could have been over but it has not yet started . |
| 7 | If there are points of ‘ topic-shift ’ in English written discourse which lead writers , or their editors , to begin new orthographic paragraphs , then we should be able to identify likely points where the writer or the editor marked the division of this ‘ text ’ into separate chunks . |
| 8 | The chordates include the dominant living animals , if you measure dominance by size , or the capacity to alter the world . |
| 9 | If a child has committed an offence and the parents are not providing adequate care , protection and guidance , or the offence indicates the child is beyond parental control , then they can be brought before the court as in need of care , protection and control . |
| 10 | And then as long as the pianist or the accordionist know the tune I 'm alright |
| 11 | The court quashed the conviction finding that only the Minister or the Committee had the power to issue such orders under the statute . |
| 12 | This can be done by the seller informing the buyer that he will not deliver the goods or the buyer informing the seller that he will not accept them . |
| 13 | A good example would be a contract for the seller to manufacture injection-moulded plastic components for the buyer , which requires one party or the other to provide the mould to be used in such production . |
| 14 | If it is intended to issue a photograph with the press release , e.g. of an exhibition , or the Chairman opening/previewing the exhibition ; this should be arranged through the Regional Information Office . |
| 15 | Many of these devices will be subject to legal control , either under statute , such as the UCTA 1977 , or common law rules such as the rule against penalties or the law governing the effectiveness of retention of title clauses . |
| 16 | What is the point of the STG board , the Secretary of State for Scotland or the Minister meeting the Transport and General Workers Union ? |
| 17 | Thirdly , are you , or the person doing the work , competent enough to carry it out ? |
| 18 | Of course , this is a catch twenty two situation because she has n't got the money to buy a to have the driving lessons or the money to buy the car cos she gets crap wages |
| 19 | No archbishop but Fisher would have had the administrative ability or the tenacity to achieve the end . |
| 20 | He never allowed the professor or the scientist to overpower the man , and his leisure was as full and useful as his working hours . |
| 21 | What is less controversial is the central function of an individual or the concept called the self . |
| 22 | A rates reduction for a certain period is inadequate to compensate for the great disruption that was caused to people seeking to make a living in that area — people who do not have the wherewithal or the ability to use the court system against the Minister . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , it is rare for either the staff or the child to question the validity or wisdom of these structures . |
| 24 | Either Baker or the engraver confused the date of death . |
| 25 | Whilst there is no way at present to test whether this bacteria is carried , or if immunity to the toxin is low , awareness of the problem can minimize the risk , or the decision to use the tampon can be taken . |
| 26 | Perhaps he remembered the meeting about Iran in August 1985 when he was in the hospital , or the decision to assist the shipment in November , taken ‘ in the bedroom of the little guest house ’ in Geneva ? |
| 27 | If the current market price of the CD including accrued interest is P and the current yield is r , we can calculate the yield given the price using or the price given the yield using where M = face value of the CD , F = maturity value of the CD , N im = number of days between issue and maturity , N sm = number of days between settlement and maturity , N is = number of days between issue and settlement . |
| 28 | It guarantees to deliver parts overnight or the customer gets the part FREE . |
| 29 | By using the stomach tube , and portions of liquefied food identified only by a code number , the test could be carried out without either the patient or the nurse giving the test food knowing its identity . |
| 30 | ‘ shall have effect as if it granted or provided for the grant of a tenancy for a term of 10 years , subject to a right exercisable either by the landlord or the tenant to determine the tenancy , if the war ends before the expiration of that term , by at least one month 's notice in writing given after the end of the war ; … |