Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [pron] [vb past] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ride on ’ can be proved by the police officer or witness who saw the offence . |
| 2 | It was striking that many of the girls I spoke to with anorexia or bulimia ( an eating disorder similar to anorexia , but in which sufferers make themselves sick or take laxatives to keep their weight down ; both methods are extremely dangerous to health ) told of an incident ( which they often insist was small or insignificant ) of sexual harassment or abuse which marked the start of their body obsession . |
| 3 | Interestingly , and controversially , the Act appears to ignore the skill and expertise of the person or persons who wrote the computer program used to generate these works . |
| 4 | Whenever I talk about these things anywhere in the country , I find that people who have been burgled or mugged , or have had items stolen from their vehicles would much prefer the young man or woman who committed the crime to do something to compensate or repay them instead of spending a brief time in prison , with all the disadvantages that that involves . |
| 5 | ( The word ‘ democracy ’ should perhaps be avoided because the kind of demos or people who did the ruling is often precisely what we need to know , and do not . ) |
| 6 | The subjective experiences of these mothers became the maintheme ; for example , how rejected they felt by friends or neighbours who crossed the street , not knowing what to say . |
| 7 | The defendant can escape liability if he proves that the only act or default which caused the breach was that of the plaintiff . |
| 8 | However , the unit price at any time is a function of the prevailing interest rates and the risk associated with the corporation or government which issued the security . |
| 9 | Further investigation will show that the fear is not just the threat of punishment for the act or thought which instigated the feeling , for that fear can be there in those who are not worried by consciences ; it will emerge that the fear is really that of falling into disfavour with fellow beings and loved ones . |
| 10 | ( 5 ) No indemnity shall be payable under this Act in any of the following cases : — ( a ) where the applicant or a person from whom he derives title ( otherwise than under a disposition for valuable consideration which is registered or protected on the register ) has caused or substantially contributed to the loss by fraud or lack of proper care ; … ( 6 ) Where an indemnity is paid in respect of the loss of an estate or interest in or charge on land the amount so paid shall not exceed — ( a ) Where the register is not rectified , the value of the estate , interest or charge at the time when the error or omission which caused the loss was made ; ( b ) Where the register is rectified , the value ( if there had been no rectification ) of the estate , interest or charge , immediately before the time of rectification . |
| 11 | Although the location of the nursery and release spots are kept strictly confidential , anyone finding abandoned badgers can contact the group via Mr Wood on Stokesley or get in touch with the police or RSPCA which approved the nursery . |
| 12 | Over the first years or so of paying into an endowment fund , most of your money will be paid straight to the lender or broker who arranged the policy . |
| 13 | The central points of the package were ( i ) the granting within 10 years of self-government to the country 's Indian peoples [ see p. 38384 for Ontario 's recognition of Indian rights ] ; ( ii ) the recognition of Quebec as a " distinct society " empowered to control such areas as employment training , immigration , cultural programmes , broadcasting and tourism but with the proviso that similar powers would be granted to other provinces ; ( iii ) the creation of an elected senate ; ( iv ) the prohibition from mid-1995 of any laws or practices which restricted the mobility of people , capital , services and goods across the country ; and ( v ) greater regional representation on the board of the Bank of Canada . |
| 14 | Bob was a clever inside or centre-forward who joined the Palace in September 1952 for a substantial £3,000 from Fulham . |
| 15 | unemployment among people in the labour market who had a health problem or disability which limited the kind of work that they could do . |
| 16 | Woolwich did not suggest that the difference between the treatment of voluntary and compulsory payments was wrong , rather did the principle involve the proposition that an unlawful demand by the Crown for tax or other similar impost per se implied a measure of compulsion or duress which entitled the payer to recover . |
| 17 | There has been strong speculation that Pepsi Cola are putting up the money but David Murray , Rangers ' owner and chairman who bought the club exactly a year ago yesterday , is giving nothing away . |
| 18 | The most remarkable was the Majmua-ul-Baharain ( ‘ The Mingling of the Two Oceans ’ ) , a comparative study of Hinduism and Islam which emphasized the compatibility of the two faiths and the common source of their divine revelations . |
| 19 | The Club proved very popular for many years as it appealed to the many actors , artists and musicians who found the atmosphere of Bedford Park most congenial . |
| 20 | This extended to the headboards of the bed , the ashtray , the mirror-frame and anything else with a paintable surface , including the milk-churns and cartwheels which littered the hallway . |
| 21 | In a masterly television interview on Sunday , John Smith , the shadow Chancellor , exuded competence and an almost Gladstonian fiscal probity , but there was a ring of the Sixties about the accompanying discussion between MPs and experts which left the impression that , in squaring circles , the Labour Party remains endemically the party of inflation . |
| 22 | Plummer poured himself another drink , pulled his monogrammed housecoat more tightly around him and paced the sitting room slowly , glancing around at the expensive furnishings and ornaments which filled the flat . |
| 23 | It was over 60 years ago that Sir Jesse Boot ( later Lord Trent ) , founder of the Boots Company , made a magnificent gift of land and money which enabled the University College to move from Nottingham town centre . |
| 24 | It had rained heavily during the night — a sudden downpour which had filled the gutters and drains which supplied the city 's water catchment system — so that when dawn broke it could be seen that many of the drapes and festoons over archways and down the faces of stands and platforms had been torn from the frames by the weight of the water which had soaked them . |
| 25 | When they had eaten their meal of wheat ro is and milk they kept the fire going for a long time . |
| 26 | I did quite well at school in the sports area , and for ages and ages I had the school record for the under-14 's javelin … . |
| 27 | Sir Patrick Mayhew was among 90 MPs and peers who heard the plea for upgrading the main road to Larne and rail and road routes in south-west Scotland and north-west England . |
| 28 | Mr Major was told by Tory Ann Winterton that the 300 MPs and peers who viewed the material had been ‘ deeply shocked by what they saw ’ and were demanding an urgent review of the Obscene Publications Act . |
| 29 | At first I found the ceremonial rather strange , but once I realised the significance of the ceremony and ritual I appreciated the service to the full and was able to add my services to the whole — as each member of the congregation can take a very definite part in the service if he or she has the will , and knows what is meant by the different ceremonies performed . |
| 30 | After the initial shock and disbelief , the Tysons grew angry — at the advisers who convinced them about Barlow Clowes , at the Midland bank manager who gave verbal assurances of its security , at the regulatory authorities responsible for the investment community and at the Department of Trade and Industry which allowed the company to trade . |