Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [vb mod] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This does n't mean that any Tom , Dick or Sheila can get a degree — far from it — stringent measures are being taken to ensure quality control . |
| 2 | However , even bootees or Babygros can damage a baby 's malleable feet , so check regularly that toes are not scrunched up . |
| 3 | Each centre participating in a consortium development and wishing to offer the course or units should submit a Form HN1 — Request for Approval in Principle to Participate in 1989 Programme . |
| 4 | In a milder way , the doctrine of ministerial responsibility also inhibits the mass of able and highly trained and experienced civil servants from contributing fully in their own professional associations and academic conferences , in case their opinions or comments on their own work or methods might catch a headline or embarrass a minister . |
| 5 | It seemed possible that American impulsiveness or ambition might ignite a powder train from the Far East to Europe and accidentally precipitate the Third World War . |
| 6 | Incidentally , McMillan has called a meeting of all curlers at Perth on 27 February , when a players ' group or association will come a step nearer reality . |
| 7 | The loss or disappointment could concern a person or object , a role or an idea . |
| 8 | Partnership arrangements between a college and a company or companies might encompass a range of activities , including skills-updating courses , supervisory management and intensive language tuition for example , which fall outside the scope of this chapter because they do not impact directly upon the 16–19 age group . |
| 9 | A judge or judges may reach a decision for a variety of reasons but the judgment must be presented in a form that is acceptable to the legal profession and thus it is cast in the form of a discussion of previous similar cases and relevant statutes . |
| 10 | Japan 's Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications will send a group of telecommunications experts to Vietnam on April 10 to hold a seminar about infrastructure development in Japan : Vietnam 's Minister of Transport and Telecommunications asked for Japan 's co-operation in developing the country 's telecommunication networks when he visited Japan in February , the Ministry noted . |
| 11 | But perhaps worst of all , it has been clearly demonstrated that while a change in attitudes to a brand or product can precede a purchase of that brand , it can equally well follow the purchase : does attitude change influence a purchase , or does it merely result from it ? — since people often feel the need to justify a purchase , especially a major purchase , after they have made it . |
| 12 | If the retailer does not receive some of the goods he ordered , or if any items are damaged and have to be returned , the manufacturer or wholesaler may issue a credit note . |
| 13 | Although a court will generally strive to resolve uncertainties and ambiguities so as to give effect to a commercial contract wherever possible ( especially where the agreement is already partly executed ) , uncertainty or ambiguity may lead a court to conclude that the term is too uncertain to be enforceable , and in extreme cases the whole contract may be held to be void . |
| 14 | On Sydney suburban grounds we looked at teams clash , Wests and Souths , St George and Balmain , Norths and Detective Sergeant Bumper Farrell 's Newtown Bluebags , and decided that this or that lock or halfback would cut a swathe on heavy northern grounds in England . |
| 15 | But while Mr Schalck-Golodkowski 's innocence or guilt must remain a matter for the courts , the detention of his friend and lawyer , Mr Wolfgang Vogel , clearly was in breach of the law . |
| 16 | But while Mr Schalck-Golodkowski 's innocence or guilt must remain a matter for the courts , the detention of his friend and lawyer , Mr Wolfgang Vogel , clearly was in breach of the law . |
| 17 | Statues or urns should culminate a vista , crown a pier or parapet and have the air of absolute logic . |
| 18 | Common to nearly all such regulations is the requirement that the consulter or borrower must sign a statement recognising the rights of the university and/or the author , in matters of copyright of the content of the thesis . |
| 19 | It is the overall balance of the diet that is important , and a certain quantity of any kind of food or drink can play a part in that balance . |
| 20 | This can be financially successful particularly if a parent or friend can persuade a printer to run them off in colour at a discount . |
| 21 | In the last chapter it was explained that some of the world 's languages are ‘ tone languages ’ , in which substituting one distinctive tone for another on a particular word or morpheme can cause a change in the dictionary ( ‘ lexical ’ ) meaning of that word or morpheme , or in some aspect of its grammatical categorisation . |
| 22 | Holidaymakers who paid by Access or Visa can claim a refund after Land Travel/ Friendly Holidays of Bath crashed on Friday with no assets or insurance . |
| 23 | Each member of the Community has his or her own room except in the case of families when brothers or sisters can share a room . |
| 24 | A celebrity or entrepreneur will have a surprise party packed with friends , family and old acquaintances thrust upon him when he least expects it . |
| 25 | A package manager or ascendent may mark a package for auto DC assessment using option 1.8.0 — Update Module Details . |
| 26 | Similarly , requests for calculations or analysis will generate a response that requires mass data to be extracted from the model on the designing workstation . |
| 27 | To attain champion status , the dog or bitch must win a total of fifteen points under at least three different judges . |
| 28 | The merchant bank or broker will charge a commission for procuring the subscribers and may agree to subscribe itself for the balance if it fails to procure sufficient interest from its clients . |
| 29 | So anybody , male or female could have a plan up until their sixty-fifth birthday . |
| 30 | Masers have allowed scientists to track the infinitesimally slow drift of the continents across the earth 's surface and to check the predictions of Einstein 's theory of relativity that gravity or acceleration will cause a clock to run slow . |