Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] [prep] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He slept immediately and deeply , and then got up at six a.m. to turn the television on and make the tea ready for when the man he lived with got in from work .
2 In practice this is unlikely , however , because changing the state of a cell is likely to involve energy consumption irrespective of whether the change involves an increase or decrease in activity .
3 It may be committed where sexual intercourse takes place between a man and his daughter , sister , or half-sister , mother or grand-daughter irrespective of whether the relationship is traced through ‘ lawful wedlock , ’ and irrespective of whether consent is present .
4 This is the case irrespective of whether the supplier himself has exercised all reasonable care and skill and has not been careless , so liability is strict .
5 In contrast , the occupied volume will alter because of the changing amplitude of thermal vibrations in the chains and , to the first approximation , will be a linear function of temperature irrespective of whether the polymer is in the liquid or glassy state .
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