Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adj] [noun sg] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The manager may only see each volunteer once a week and should the manager be out of the bureau on that occasion , two weeks may pass . |
| 2 | The cause of that sinking must be a peril insured i.e. when a vessel is reported sunk by heavy weather and the weather conditions do not indicate severe storm then the claim should be very carefully scrutinised . |
| 3 | That does n't seem to me to be a very satisfactory way of detecting that these systems were n't working and with such complex systems as we 've got such as the system , it would take one person quite a number of minutes , if not hours , to check all the lights so I very much recommend this system and I should I suppose declare an interest when you start to talk about bulbs |
| 4 | If the theory which states that all errors of law are jurisdictional really does gain general acceptance then the distinction between law and fact will be vital . |
| 5 | If you can not reach rocky shore then the salt marshes around the coast can offer a wide range of interest in their plant and bird life . |
| 6 | Milton remarked that this chair had hitherto been a sinecure , though it carried a salary of over £100 per annum and would ‘ serve any gentleman especially a law[y]er ’ . |
| 7 | If , as RIBA says , none of the major parties have produced policies which can tackle this crisis then the fear for those caught in the homeless trap must be that , whoever wins on April 9 , there is little prospect of an end to their predicament . |
| 8 | And I knew from experience that in the ten to fourteen days during wastage of muscle tissue prior to an operation , a patient should normally suffer intense pain almost every hour of every one of those days . |
| 9 | It does n't say that solitude much a state of freedom as of imprisonment . |
| 10 | And and like the dry store , erm , with all , it 's got like the rice in it , the custard in it , all those sorts of things , I mean , you know , he might order that stuff once a week , rather than having it come in three days a week . |