Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , they should not be over-used or applied anywhere near the face . |
| 2 | Acyclovir given intravenously , orally or applied directly at the site of infection can accelerate healing and restrict the spread and recurrence of many herpes infections ( British Medical Journal , 1982 , vol 285 , p 1223 . ) . |
| 3 | The most important finding is that bFGF given parenterally or applied directly to the mucosa enhanced the healing of acetic acid induced gastric ulcerations and augmented the healing activity of sucralfate . |
| 4 | Land that is cultivated or grazed intensively near the croft is often referred to as inbye to distinguish it from common grazings and more distant fields . |
| 5 | Helpers approaching have sometimes been bitten or attacked wildly in the delirium that follows and which may last as long as twelve tormented hours . |
| 6 | Hormone replacement therapy consists of the hormones oestrogen and progesterone taken daily to help replace those lost or produced erratically at the menopause . |
| 7 | Almost all locomotive firemen were slaves , either hired from slave masters or owned directly by the railroad companies . |
| 8 | On the other hand , if debt and warrants are issued simultaneously and the warrants can be cancelled or redeemed independently of the debt , the two components should be accounted for separately . |
| 9 | If you are using brick slips to cover a large arch in the same room , the soffit can be nailed below the arch , but set back about 25mm higher , or made flush with the arch , so that brick slips can be stuck around the face , or both face and soffit , to match the main arch . |
| 10 | The plaintiffs gathered information as to the results of horse races from various courses and transmitted that information to subscribers on terms that it should be used only in the newspaper or posted only in the club , newsroom , office or other place to which it was delivered . |
| 11 | The Scotsman ICM poll on moral values found 75 per cent either disagreed or disagreed strongly with the government line that there is no link . |
| 12 | Second , everything you draw is an object that can be selected , moved , reshaped or deleted independently of the rest . |
| 13 | Once again , this situation is not initiated or maintained only by the child . |
| 14 | Our best plan was to kill the pirates one by one until the rest ran off or sailed away in the ship . |
| 15 | Speeding away from the village never to return — or parked just around the corner ? |
| 16 | Poor households had their rates bill reduced or remitted altogether under the housing benefit scheme . |
| 17 | The green smoke steadied or pulsed gently under the wind . " |
| 18 | In the opinion of most ministers , however , the next election , like past ones , will be won or lost primarily in the pockets of the people . |
| 19 | I thought by now I should be at home , I thought by now I should have secured peace , or died honourably in the attempt . |
| 20 | ( 6 ) Note 3 to Rule 10 provides that once a firm intention to make an offer is announced , the target company must on request provide the offeror as soon as possible with all relevant details of its issued shares and , to the extent not issued , its allotted shares , and details of any conversion or subscription rights or any other rights pursuant to which shares might be allotted or issued unconditionally during the offer period . |
| 21 | They found that Confluence is a language-cum-posture , and that meanings of words can be radically modified or altered entirely by the stance assumed by the speaker . |
| 22 | Although probably built as a row by some Victorian property magnate , all the houses were slightly different from the front and all had been built on to or extended differently at the back . |
| 23 | It is assumed here that juries and others do attach considerable importance to the label when it is a question of homicide , and therefore that the excessive use of force in self-defence is a matter which is properly reflected by a separate qualified defence , rather than being left to sentencing ( which means executive discretion , if the mandatory penalty for murder remains ) or forced artificially into the doctrine of provocation ( when there may be no real evidence of loss of self-control ) . |
| 24 | The healthy stayed away , or hovered sceptically at the back of the crowd , talking as they waited for the first miracle . |
| 25 | The fragments may be eaten there and then or tucked away beside the column to be collected when the hunt is over and taken back to feed the queen and those who stayed back in camp to tend and protect her . |
| 26 | But on Monday night the audience at the Queen Elizabeth Hall appeared neatly divided — between those who were willing to prolong the applause indefinitely and those who either disappeared discreetly halfway through or scarpered quickly at the end . |
| 27 | The stiffened cover can be fitted to the board either with touch-and-close fastener ; or with drawing pins inserted through pockets on webbing tape , stitched to the back or tacked directly onto the board with steel tacks , provided the tacks are covered with braid . |
| 28 | Barges had been destroyed for fuel or left by their previous owners to be broken up by ice or swept downstream by the spring floods . |
| 29 | These towers were transeptal or set just behind the apses and were polygonal or circular in form . |
| 30 | I settled back in my seat , picked some dirt from my fingernails with a spare scythe blade , and whispered discreetly through the partition . |