Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [verb] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But while a single essay might draw in this way on more than one perspective , it is important to establish which is the primary or organising mode of argument and what is the primary focus around which an essay is based . |
| 2 | Smoking or chewing tobacco in pregnancy may therefore be especially hazardous to women in developing countries . |
| 3 | There was controversy in the second-century churches whether a Christian could be a magistrate or bear public authority , activities which might require apparently compromising with idolatry or condemning criminals to execution . |
| 4 | Bereavement counselling — where there is no hope of conception or repeated attempts at treatment have not resulted in conception . |
| 5 | As Hawkes ( above ) pointed out , it can be a touch or a whisper : ‘ Communication ’ can take the form of a hint of a smile or a shrug of the shoulders , or it can be an angry tirade or whispered words of affection ; these are means of communication between individuals , interpersonal communication . |
| 6 | If the tender falls outside the client 's cash profile requirement it would be sensible to ask the contractor to revise the programme or renegotiate change of payment terms . |
| 7 | A client is entitled to have his affairs treated with complete confidentiality ( save with his consent , or where the solicitor 's duty is overridden by his public duty to disclose matters tending to the commission of a crime or to disclose information in response to a sub poena or witness summons ) and the retained solicitor is under a duty to ensure that his co-partners and staff do nothing which might result in a breach of that rule . |
| 8 | In practice , if there is any doubt whether it is appropriate to charge theft or obtaining property by deception , it will be natural to charge the latter ; and in our opinion it would be wise to do so , because this will be a much easier offence to establish than is the present offence of obtaining by false pretences , as it will be unnecessary to show that the owner was deceived into intentionally passing the ownership but sufficient to show that he was tricked into parting with the possession . |
| 9 | Tenure guarantees reduce the rational basis for worker and union opposition to moves to automation or work redesign by management . |
| 10 | He could neither put a stop to the gossip nor put William on trial . |
| 11 | They were the 70.2% of a stratified random sample of women in this age group who accepted an invitation to have ultrasonography of the gall bladder and to answer questions about bowel function , etc . |
| 12 | HOLLYWOOD has stopped being the dream factory and instead become the poison factory , challenging conventional notions of decency , undermining the family , ridiculing religion and promoting contempt for authority . |
| 13 | Feminists and other progressives have always been uncomfortable with the whole notion of morality , viewing it as an essentially conservative concept that has been used to bolster traditional modes of thinking and undermine efforts for change . |
| 14 | Their destination was Ameland , an island off the northern coastline and home to AME-1 , an extraction and processing plant for gas from an offshore field . |
| 15 | Suffrage papers began to carry reports of cases of sexual harassment and male sexual violence , in an effort to raise consciousness and sustain pressure for law reform . |
| 16 | But humbly regret that the Gracious Speech seeks to continue economic policies which have caused a deep and damaging recession , falling output and investment , rising unemployment and record levels of business failures and house repossessions ; and call upon the Government to adopt a programme for recovery which will encourage investment and rising levels of employment by the promotion of sustained investment in the manufacturing sector , by encouraging industrial innovation through the application of science and technology and by fully exploiting the potential of the neglected regions through vigorous regional policies , and by providing new opportunities in education and training which are crucial to Britain 's economic recovery and future prosperity . |
| 17 | How are we going to prepare ourselves for that competitive market er if our interest rates are such that they 're starving industry of it 's investment and pushing business after business into liquidation and throwing people out of jobs ? |
| 18 | The Building Societies Act of 1986 , and subsequent Orders in Council of 1988 , have permitted societies to offer a whole range of new banking , investment and housing services in addition to their traditional savings and home loan business . |
| 19 | Black pleaded guilty to the theft and obtaining £85 by deception from Wagers bookmakers . |
| 20 | It should be noted , however , that in Lawrence there was an appropriation when the accused obtained goods by deception ; that under Lawrence the accused may appropriate when the parties are in a contractual relationship ; and that Lawrence shows that the same facts can amount to theft and obtaining property by deception . |
| 21 | Otherwise , theft and obtaining property by deception would very largely overlap — see the next chapter . |
| 22 | It is a Christian response to AIDS and provides schools with AIDS education and practical home care . |
| 23 | The United Nations Development Programme , the World Medical Association , and the Council of Europe are other examples of transnational organisations which are providing guidelines for controlling the spread of AIDS and offering strategies for collaboration in caring for people who are infected . |
| 24 | The hours used on the project are 5 weeks at 40 hours a week , ie 200 hours , therefore the overall lost revenue and saved costs for department Z are 200 hours * £11/hr = £2,200 . |
| 25 | An exception to this solemnity comes when Mr Raban breaks his own rule and allows stowaways on board . |
| 26 | Casabona , of no fixed address , denies kidnapping , attempted murder and administering poison with intent on March 20 last year . |
| 27 | Mr. Gordon stumped off the field , holding the two pieces of broken club and giving vent to language ill-befitting the lay-reader son of a clergyman — ‘ my best bloody driver , my best bloody driver . ’ |
| 28 | Having in mind the proposals of the Government for a very considerable increase in the armaments of the country , and also the piling up of armaments in other European countries with a consequent danger of war , the Council in March passed a resolution calling the TUC to discuss measures which might be taken to oppose such an armament programme and to prepare plans for action to prevent the outbreak of war . |
| 29 | As an early observer remarked , ‘ If a big muskrat goes after a mink with mayhem in mind and carving tools in front , the mink may not care to accept the sporting challenge . ’ |
| 30 | Again , those elements of the house-building industry , both firms and individuals , which are at present to an alarming extent drifting into jobbing and repair work on account of the difficulty of obtaining licences , will find their way back into the housing field , and the existing danger of skilled house-building teams being broken up and not replaced will be avoided . |