Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [adv] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In order to break these lengthy causal chains and thus put a cap on liability by devising a test of personal responsibility , interests theories invoke such criteria as a voluntary act , consent , acquiescence , a duty of care and foreseen or foreseeable consequences . |
| 32 | However , if the condition in question were designed to ensure that all operators of fishing vessels were based in the United Kingdom , it would inhibit the export of fish by British flag vessels to other member states and so constitute a breach of article 34 of the E.E.C . |
| 33 | It is increasingly common to dispense with deeds of assignment in respect of endowment insurance policies and simply to have a notice of deposit . |
| 34 | Well never can he and er the other partners with er the plant hire that 's been going for donkey 's ages and never shows a profit . |
| 35 | They ploughed cash into marketing attempts and even won a prize from the local council . |
| 36 | A third possibility is the acquisition of knowledge for its own sake in a complex modern society which values experts and regularly validates a person 's standing by assessing his expertise . |
| 37 | Since then my sales and marketing career has given me opportunities to meet people , handle interesting products and also do a lot of travelling . |
| 38 | that do explain a little bit about Abbey Life products and also have a copy of as well erm they might find that of help before I give them a call . |
| 39 | Usually the negative feedback begins with ‘ but ’ : e.g. ‘ We were very lucky to get Harry fro the opposition because he 's the top marketing person in the country — but he knows nothing about our products and still has a lot to learn ’ . |
| 40 | It is probably not accidental that the most famous and widely discussed paranoiac of modern psychiatric literature , Schreber , had a father who seems to have approximated rather closely to the divine monarchs of earlier times and certainly practised a regime of child-rearing which was notable not only for its authoritarianism but also for its central concern for the welfare of the child , who was to be protected from harmful influences , bad habits and incorrect posture by rigidly enforced and total parental control , which even included applying iron and leather braces and restraints to the child 's body . |
| 41 | A control group were asked to name the first vegetable they thought of and another group were asked to recite ‘ fifteen times ’ fifteen times and then to name a vegetable . |
| 42 | When complete silence had fallen he then produced a sheet of paper from his pocket , folded it back on itself to remove the crease , smoothed it out a number of times and then read a statement to the effect that inquiries were proceeding , steps being taken , fruitful avenues opening up and concrete results expected within a short space of time . |
| 43 | Starved of emotional nourishment from that quarter , the daughter is brittle and neurotic and , when her boyfriend leaves her for another woman , she takes umbrage , haunts the new love-nest night and day , lets down tyres , makes abusive phone calls and eventually throws a stone through a window and gets herself arrested . |
| 44 | The Museum shop is open during Museum opening hours and also offers a mail order service . |
| 45 | The Museum shop is open during Museum opening hours and also offers a mail order service . |
| 46 | This , of course , is very unfair : it is just not reasonable for me to flounce about in the bathroom for hours and then make a man feel inadequate when I catch him using my dental floss. or to bellow in disgust when I find out he blow-dries his hair . |
| 47 | The Poyser monograph on The Barn Owl was published at the same time ; it has more words , contains many photo graphs and even has a colour plate , yet is £15 cheaper . |
| 48 | Adult training centres are operated by local authorities and supposedly provide a place of further training for mentally handicapped people with a view to eventually placing them in employment . |
| 49 | In their own way , and depending on the stresses within the group , the members will almost intuitively sort out a set of relationships which will provide both behaviour patterns and thereby establish a balance of power . |
| 50 | Indigenous languages are also seen as a powerful means of developing pride in the country 's own cultures and thus strengthening a sense of Burkinabe national identity ( in all its diversity ) . |
| 51 | Erm I 've got a well Mike has it but erm a transcription machine that takes minicassettes and also has a recording thing with it that makes absolutely excellent recordings . |
| 52 | Within a period of about 20Myr ( taking the Ediacaran faunas as 560Myr old and the base of the Cambrian as 540Myr old ) , the oceans changed from habitats housing a rich but effectively microscopic biota , to one teeming with macroscopic animals engaged in a wide range of ecologies and presumably showing a degree of behavioural sophistication . |
| 53 | Larval termites look like those most primitive of insects , the bristletails ; larval horseshoe crabs are visibly segmented and so reveal a similarity with the trilobites difficult to perceive in the adult ; the free-swimming molluscan larva looks very like that of the segmented worms and thus suggests a link between the two groups . |
| 54 | The unc second is perfect for specific calculations and also gives a proof of existence . |
| 55 | ‘ I told Glentoran manager Rob Strain that I intend to train hard for three weeks and maybe play a couple of reserve games . |
| 56 | The hotel has many planned activities to amuse its guests and also has a minibus making frequent trips to Funchal and back . |
| 57 | They arrived in separate motorcades and barely exchanged a glance as they walked across the tarmac . |
| 58 | Griffin eventually scraped through by the narrowest of margins and now faces a semi-final tomorrow . |
| 59 | When the systems manger is stressed by complaints about the slowing access times on the system he may send out warning messages and then complete a tape dump of all documents last accessed before a certain date . |
| 60 | Swayze , 38 , star of Dirty Dancing and Ghost , was a carpenter before he turned to films and still owns a building firm . |