Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can also be argued on behalf of management that transfer notices should not be mandatory if cessation of the executive 's employment with the company results from wrongful dismissal , redundancy , retirement at normal age , retirement due to ill-health or disability or death ; or if a majority of the non-executive directors and/or the directors so resolve with the investors ' approval . |
| 2 | For example , when describing experiments psychologists still refer to the subjects ' ‘ response ’ to the ‘ stimulus ’ materials . |
| 3 | The paper was prompted by the Law Society 's concern over the increasing cost of defaults — it estimates that claims against its compensation fund will reach £20m annually , mainly attributed to defaults of sole practitioners ( defaults within partnerships usually fall on the solicitors ' indemnity fund ) . |
| 4 | The fracture was caused during the construction of a storm sewer , involving underground work beneath the defendants ' mains , by a third party . |
| 5 | like if you ever work in a children 's ward you can always tell the children that 've been hospitalised for a great length of time cos you can do anything with them |
| 6 | There 's a pleasing roughness to proceedings which one would n't instantly equate with the Muses ' ( supposedly ) more careful instincts . |
| 7 | ‘ Given the acrimony between the parents who both vie for the children 's affection and blacken each other 's characters and motives in the process , I am of the view that the children have become pawns in their game of hurt and ascendency . |
| 8 | It was an abomination and the Government were advised by the counterparts of those who now sit in the officials ' Box not to introduce it . |
| 9 | The occasion , now set for the Trustees ' Auditorium at the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park , San Francisco , will be one of sound bites and photo opportunities . |
| 10 | Underground leaflets issued by the Unified Leadership now refer to the Women 's Higher Council and The Palestinian Declaration of Independence issued by the Palestine National Council on November 1988 includes a clear statement guaranteeing equal rights for women . |
| 11 | I strongly agree with the authors ' main point that all excised lesions should be sent for histological examination . |
| 12 | But some at least remain in the animals ' stomachs and guts long enough for them to be carried away when the sated diners depart . |
| 13 | The explicit theoretical approach which we adopted in 5 should certainly not be necessary ( unless our students are students of linguistics ! ) , but we will need forgive examples of alternative ways of ordering information in an English clause ( as we did with the John ate fish and chips sentence in 5.4 ) and then rely on the students ' ability to acquire a sense of which is contextually most suitable . |
| 14 | and then go for a paratroopers ' |
| 15 | If you thought that seeds and cuttings were the only way to increase your garden plants then turn to the Gardeners ' Manual for a host of practical ideas to try . |