Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [pers pn] [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The courts do not appear to consider that legal representation is an absolute requirement of the rule although there is a readiness to imply it if procedural rules are silent . |
| 2 | The region in which a child is brought up may also have an effect on the propensity to demand HE although this effect will be confounded with many of the factors listed above ( see Rees , 1986 ) . |
| 3 | The bigger UK companies , hardly enamoured with the charter themselves , might have the administrative capacity to handle it whereas independent operators did not . |
| 4 | Criticizing Vatra Romaneasca ( Romanian Hearth — a nationalist organization for the defence of Romanian interests in Transylvania ) , Tokes demanded a statement about its proposal to investigate him and nine others for " threatening the security of Romania " . |
| 5 | There were more goods to buy , more people with enough money to buy them and easier ways to communicate with them . |
| 6 | The fund should build up tax-free over the years so there will be enough in the kitty for the grandchild to buy his or first property between the ages of 20 and 30 with an interest-only mortgage . |
| 7 | If the jurisdiction were discretionary , no refusal to exercise it nor any failure to exercise it by the House of Lords would constitute a breach of Article 6 , but , again , if the appeal goes ahead , it must be by a process which the Convention recognises as fair . |
| 8 | ‘ No need to remind her that this room is virtually a hospital ward now . ’ |
| 9 | The silence and emptiness of the scene did not become apparent to her until she turned into the drive of the house and realized there were no other cars parked there , no gaily clad groups tripping towards the garden , no jazz band to summon them nor hired flunkeys to greet them , no pop of champagne corks nor buzz of conversation , no bunting , no balloons , no merriment of any kind . |
| 10 | This was not the moment to tell him that six people had to put money into a building society for every borrower who took it out , and some of the six must read the paper . |
| 11 | Sensory measurements in particular , complemented where relevant by instrumental analysis of the components of the odorant , could assist the complainant by providing valuable objective evidence to bolster his and other witnesses testimonies which are necessarily subjective . |
| 12 | The Director General , before considering a complaint , may require the complainant to satisfy him that alternative methods of dealing with the matter have been tried and found inadequate . |
| 13 | I phoned the kennel owner to inform her that British Rail insisted the dog wear a muzzle and that I would pay her back if she 'd buy one . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've got one thing to tell you and one favour to ask of you , ’ Ian said to Julia the minute they got back to the Amy Roy . |
| 15 | She complained bitterly about her husband being so confused and his always forgetting what she had told him without having any insight into her own ability to confuse him and other people . |
| 16 | Bessey was sceptical of the whole approach as little more than revived natural history , and , in order to convince him that scientific ecology was possible , Clements and Pound looked for a method of quantifying their studies . |
| 17 | That is the way to stop it and that sanction would hardly ever have to be used because it would be the ultimate deterrent for men . |
| 18 | History never had the heart to tell him that great keepers use both hands . |
| 19 | Let's read the second part of this question cos it 's taken us er quite some time to do it but excellent question . |
| 20 | Sometimes the terrible debt he owed her was a churning sickness in his stomach that often rushed into his throat to warn him that one day it might choke him to death . |
| 21 | I dashed across to the DC 's house to tell him that this train with several hundred refugees was standing in the station , and some shelter must be found for them . |