Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [verb] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd better be prepared for the hauntings , because hauntings is what you 'll bloody well get . |
| 2 | Their potential has already been recognised and exploited in other fields — schools will not so much be moving with the times as running to catch up . |
| 3 | Although the numbers will not apparently be limited at the briefings , a notional limit may be set on the number of climbers admitted to the range on any one occasion . |
| 4 | Industry will especially be looking to the polytechnics to provide a further and much needed stimulus to innovations already taking place in higher education ; in particular , in the development of mixed degree courses , modular courses coupled with practical experience , and of the sandwich system of education and training generally , and in the opening up of opportunities for women in all branches of higher education , not least science and technology . |
| 5 | The question of fundamental importance which arises is whether the court should entertain the proposition that an Act of Parliament can so be assailed in the courts that matters should proceed as though the Act or some part of it had never been passed . |
| 6 | Alison 's favours break down the boundaries of class ; any man who can lay her in his bed is like a lord , as Absolon says as he anticipates her kiss : Kolve 's interpretation of potentially religious images within the tale is fine as far as it goes , and can justly be quoted against the allegorizers , but there is at least one aspect of the tale that refers irreducibly to a moral frame within which the tale is set : recurrent swearing of oaths by " " Seint Thomas of Kent " " , which reminds us of the framing narrative with its realistic and morally symbolic journey towards Becket 's shrine in Canterbury and the judgement of the tale-telling game just as much as John 's calling upon St Frideswide locates the tale effectively within Oxford . |
| 7 | It was not , of course , the first time that she had exercised the powers of Regent , but on this particular occasion she knew that she would have to deal with a new constitutional structure in which it was envisaged that she would merely be informed by the Ministers and would take no decisions on her own . |
| 8 | Ballymena 's stay in Section I ended after five years when Bangor landed a double victory last week-end and they 'll merely be going through the motions at Ballygomartin Road against Woodvale . |
| 9 | The same reasoning does not apply where the money is sent by a stranger , in which case it can only be accepted on the terms upon which it is sent . |
| 10 | ( 3 ) Such restrictions as are accepted may only be accepted by the vendors , their associated companies or by individuals . |
| 11 | Options are not transferable and may only be exercised by the persons to whom they were granted or their personal representatives . |
| 12 | It could only be determined by the justices upon whatever evidence was put before it , and the effect of that must then be put into perspective . |
| 13 | In practice this can only be achieved within the constraints of any given indexing language and system . |
| 14 | If he did n't get away now , he 'd only be waylaid by the others , there 'd be more whiskies , and it would be all hours before he 'd get to his lodgings and the letter from Elizabeth . |
| 15 | The power of decision being committed by the statute exclusively to the housing authority , their exercise of the power can only be challenged before the courts on the strictly limited grounds ( i ) that their decision was vitiated by bias or procedural unfairness ; ( ii ) that they have reached a conclusion of fact which can be impugned on the principles set out in the speech of Lord Radcliffe in Edwards v. Bairstow [ 1956 ] A.C. 14 ; or ( iii ) that , in as far as they have exercised a discretion ( as they may require to do in considering questions of reasonableness under section 17(1) ( 2 ) and ( 4 ) ) , the exercise can be impugned on the principles set out in the judgment of Lord Greene M.R. in Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd. v. Wednesbury Corporation [ 1948 ] 1 K.B . |
| 16 | For the Piaroa the social can only be created through the skills and the personal autonomy of individuals . |
| 17 | It is important to remember that fleece is a FLOATING CLOCHE and should only be supported by the plants it protects and is by definition just that — a material to ‘ float ’ over the crop supported only by the crop . |
| 18 | A minus point is that the oil-filter cap can only be reached with the covers off . |
| 19 | This can only be done with the parents ' help . |
| 20 | This could only be done by the Trustees , as members could not afford to fund entirely . |
| 21 | Today it is possible to experience places and events which even thirty years ago could only be seen on the pages of geography textbooks . |
| 22 | But the weight of the clubhead can only be felt through the hands and fingers since this is the only part of the body in contact with the club . |
| 23 | The discovery that varied aspects of a writer 's style point towards a common literary purpose is something that can only be demonstrated through the details of stylistic analysis . |
| 24 | And they said that the loyalist killers would only be called off the streets after the IRA expressed a willingness for a ceasefire . |
| 25 | He looked straight at Marshka ; it was a look that could only be recognized by the others as defiant . |
| 26 | Such claims may only be investigated by the police and prosecuted in the normal way . |
| 27 | In the Ukraine , the already strained relations between the Rada and the Provisional Government could only be exaggerated under the Bolsheviks as the Civil War developed . |
| 28 | In the case of a totally sealed labour market , new employees would only be drawn from the families of existing staff , and efforts would be made to ensure that individuals did not seek places outside the firm . |
| 29 | He considered the focus of the controversy to be the juridical effects of a stipulation made in favour of a third party , which he deconstructed into three questions : can a third party claim directly any such benefit or can it only be claimed through the auspices of a State party ; may the parties to the agreement amend or abolish the stipulation without the consent of the third party ; and need the third party accept the stipulation in order to be vested with the benefit in question ? 120 |
| 30 | The problem drinker in our society can be defined as any person who experiences social , psychological or physical problems as a consequence of his or her own repeated drinking , and services should not only be aimed at the individuals themselves but also at family members who suffer as a result of someone else 's drinking . |