Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this activity did little or nothing to reduce the level of local taxation . |
| 2 | Or I mean the flood of phone calls that have no doubt saved the erm Green Party . |
| 3 | The other points to note on the Regulations are : ( i ) that advantage can not be taken of the section if a provision , ‘ however expressed , ’ of the company 's memorandum or articles requires copies of the full accounts to be sent to members or which prohibits the sending of summary financial statements ( ii ) that provisions , similar to those in relation to the full accounts , apply to approval by , and signature on behalf of , the directors of the summary , and ( iii ) that , up to the end of 1991 , most listed companies do not seem to have opted to adopt the innovation . |
| 4 | Approved by 193 votes to 39 with 33 abstentions , the new law permitted a termination during the first 12 weeks of a pregnancy which was the result of rape or which endangered the life of the mother , if the foetus was malformed , or if the pregnancy would cause a " psychological crisis " or a " social problem " . |
| 5 | The proposals covered are development in a conservation area , works to a listed building or which affect the setting of a conservation area or a listed building , and developments in Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty . |
| 6 | Where a behavioural response has , in the past , been followed by environmental events which are pleasurable or which reduce the degree of discomfort experienced , then the same behaviour will be likely to occur in the future . |
| 7 | In the event of my dying before remarriage , I DEVISE and BEQUEATH all of my real and personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever not already disposed of as to my freeholds in fee simple and as to my personal estate absolutely to the issue of my union with JACQUELINE MYRTLE MITCHELL , the property to be held in trust for the said issue , the trust allowing monthly sum of not less than FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS to the said JACQUELINE MYRTLE MITCHELL to pay for the upbringing of the said issue , this arrangement to cease on his or her attaining the age of twenty-one years , whereupon a quarter of the remaining estate — whether in freehold property , stocks , shares or chattels shall be granted in perpetuity to the said JACQUELINE MYRTLE MITCHELL , and the remainder to be granted to the said issue . |
| 8 | There is now no reason to order from publishers unless a higher discount is being offered or you require the type of book that wholesalers are unlikely to stock . ’ |
| 9 | If the comb is n't level , it may be because you did n't put it in symmetrically , or that the weights are n't positioned symmetrically , or it 's caught on the ribber , or you tied the end of the yarn to the clamp when you started . |
| 10 | ‘ There comes a time when you really have to say , ‘ Get up old girl , ’ or you run the risk of making the bed your habitat , ’ she once told a reporter . |
| 11 | I have heard it denied that the candles — different candles — glimmer for every child when he or she reaches the age of three or four , but of course that denial is nonsense ; simply , most children are asleep in the depths of the night when the candles shine out . |
| 12 | ( 4 ) A solicitor 's employee who would not otherwise qualify under sub-paragraph ( 1 ) ( b ) of this rule to manage an office and who was 50 years of age or more on and had at that date been continuously employed in connection with the practice of that solicitor for not less than 20 years shall , provided he or she exercised the duty of management at that date , be entitled to continue to do so until retiring or attaining the age of 70 years , whichever first happens . |
| 13 | The buyer will wish to know which services he or she has the benefit of , and here we refer to gas and mains water . |
| 14 | This may not be the person with the most frequent face-to-face contact with the child or family , but he or she has the task of ensuring that the statutory responsibilities of the social service agency are fulfilled towards the child , including the regular reviewing of the case , the completion of assessments and the provision of services . |
| 15 | But we are no nearer understanding what or who determined the form of decoration . |
| 16 | I think for the male student who is subject to sexual harassment , or who gets the sort of inappropriate approaches that Marianne is talking about , that is unusual , it 's out of step with the way in which he perceives himself , and his sense of what he is and who he is in the world . |
| 17 | It is obvious to me now , though perhaps it was not then , that every revolution will evoke a response from those who fear change or who question the wisdom of moving too far or too quickly from the comfort which traditional practice gives . |
| 18 | Fathers , because ultimately they control financial resources , may be the people who sign cheques or who authorize the payment of money to their children , but it is often women who mediate and negotiate such gifts and loans ( Morris , 1983 ) . |
| 19 | She could remember someone or something smashing the back of her head , and then taking the high dive into ice-cream country . |
| 20 | Or we save the honour of Genoa the Superb by attacking them . ’ |
| 21 | Or we supply the whole of that er those documents you see there . |
| 22 | Public law remedies will enable him or her to establish the illegality of the order ; but , unless the applicant can take advantage of some statutory provision for compensation , he or she will have to establish an entitlement to damages in private law if the damage is to be made good by monetary compensation . |
| 23 | If the old fool does n't die soon enough , or they get the chance of a better deal , it usually ends in divorce. , |
| 24 | Or they elevated the morbidity of the prison-gate crowd to the patriotism of ordinary men and women who ‘ travelled miles to be outside the prison when justice was done ’ . |
| 25 | Either he wanted to suffer , or he liked the idea of being treated less fussily than in the more expensive wards . |
| 26 | Unhelpful behaviours are those which hinder you from achieving your objective and/or which run the risk of giving other people a bad impression of you . |
| 27 | Caspar had crossed the room to stand at her side and he said , ‘ Sire — ’ And stopped in some confusion , because he had known Nuadu at once — he thought every person in Ireland would recognise him , for the wolfblood was unmistakable , and everyone knew the story of the Queen 's bastard wolfson and the fierce quarrels that had taken place between her and the King when Nuadu was born . |
| 28 | They 're ideal for people by themselves , and everyone enjoys the framework of social activities we arrange . |
| 29 | Anwar asked Changez and me to wash the floor of the shop , thinking that perhaps I could successfully supervise him . |
| 30 | Matey and I get the benefit of your … performance . |