Example sentences of "[coord] [vb infin] [adv] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This motive , which became prominent when inquisitorial methods waned and extra-judicial confessions became an important , and in many instances by far the most important , weapon in the prosecution 's armoury , was particularly weighty at a time when the accused could not rebut or explain away the confession by giving evidence on his own behalf . |
| 2 | It is only when thus defined that Parliament ‘ has , under the English constitution , the right to make or unmake any law whatsoever ; and , further , that no person or body is recognised … as having the right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament ’ . |
| 3 | The principle of Parliamentary sovereignty means neither more nor less than this , namely , that Parliament thus defined has , under the English constitution , the right to make or unmake any law whatever ; and , further , that no person or body is recognised by the law of England as having a right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament . |
| 4 | Parliamentary sovereignty , he wrote , meant that Parliament had " the right to make or unmake any law whatever ; and , further , that no person or body is recognized by the law of England as having a right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament . " |
| 5 | Er I think in an age of such individualism er the whole natu nature and possibility of common confession of faith becomes difficult er and I 'd simply ask that , if it 's going to go ahead and consider possibly a confession of faith , that the panel er might give consideration to the difficulties gen gen generally involved in er the , the question of common confession of faith today . |
| 6 | The result is very different from the ideas expressed in chapter 6 , where it was suggested that one of the many results of the rise of material culture as a mode of cultural form was its ability to multiply and keep apart a plethora of hierarchies and diverse spheres . |
| 7 | For archaeologists like David Miles the challenge is to try and piece together the sort of person he was . |
| 8 | It was not effectively designed as a movement to abolish , still less to limit , mass alcoholism , but to define and set apart the class of those individuals who had demonstrated by their personal force of character that they were distinct from the unrespectable poor . |
| 9 | I personally see this is as one of my major objectives over the next year or so , and in a sense it makes me trebly grateful to be here today , because I hope some of the contacts I might make today will enable me to work alongside you in what might be called even local Berkshire band , and to try and get more a multiplicity of views from different organisations channelled through our own value objectives . |
| 10 | ‘ In my wildest dreams the most I expected was to come on and get maybe a quarter of an hour . |
| 11 | This is unlikely if those wearing the smocks are in the process of arguing about the lunch-break rota , or sniggering over who will go and frighten away the walker from the climber 's rope display . |
| 12 | These programmes need to question and push forward the agenda of the news programmes . |