Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alcoves like this can also be treated like separate small rooms and lined with mirror ; or with the curtain or shade fabric ; or painted or papered in a colour from the room scheme which is at the same time different from the main walls . |
| 2 | It may be that there is a special rule for reservation of title clauses : this is examined below ( Chapter 10 ) but subject to that possible exception , once a contract has been made , its terms can only be altered or supplemented by a variation , and such variation will only be effective if it is supported by consideration . |
| 3 | Any common-law rule established by judicial precedent may be amended or removed by a statute passed by Parliament . |
| 4 | Then , where δ is the fraction so that the Goldbach–Rehage formula above becomes or This can be written in terms of , the relaxation time at the glass temperature , since where is a shift factor and Hence or , if the material is being heated or cooled at a rate we have where is the decrement of the expansion coefficient of the glass and , as before . |
| 5 | A court can give or withhold a consent or authority such as might be given or withheld by a patient or a child 's parent . |
| 6 | Their Lordships held that such consent can not be given or implied by a course of conduct over the years as it is important in the interests of both the local authority and the public that consent should not be accidental or informal . |
| 7 | that he was inside a dwelling and had no reason to believe that the words or behaviour used , or the writing , sign or other visible representation displayed , would be heard or seen by a person outside that or any other dwelling , or |
| 8 | ‘ It is a defence for the accused to prove — ( a ) that he had no reason to believe that there was any person within hearing or sight who was likely to be caused harassment , alarm or distress , or ( b ) that he was inside a dwelling and had no reason to believe that the words or behaviour used , or the writing , sign or other visible representation displayed , would be heard or seen by a person outside that or any other dwelling , or ( c ) that his conduct was reasonable . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ ( 4 ) In proceedings for an offence under this section it is a defence for the accused to prove that he was inside a dwelling and had no reason to believe that the words or behaviour used , or the written material displayed , would be heard or seen by a person outside that or any other dwelling . ’ |
| 10 | Although the police do not need to be certain that a person has heard or seen what is going on before they can call for quiet under the Act ( since it is sufficient that they have reasonable cause to believe that an offence is being committed ) , they would afterwards have to conduct house to house enquiries before they could truthfully say that the conduct was actually heard or seen by a bystander . |
| 11 | Elements of the design are developed or resolved in a series of local activities . |
| 12 | Which factions won or lost as a result ? |
| 13 | It is therefore important that the heap is built of layers of vegetable and animal wastes , evenly distributed and not compressed or trodden to a point where air is excluded . |
| 14 | The coming of digital type and computerised typesetting required that all the typefaces owned or licensed by a typesetter manufacturer had to be re-coded for the new systems . |
| 15 | It follows from the foregoing that a condition of the type at issue in the main proceedings , which stipulates that where a vessel is owned or chartered by natural persons they must be of a particular nationality , and where it is owned or chartered by a company the shareholders and directors must be of that nationality , is contrary to article 52 of the E.E.C . |
| 16 | Often this is modified or informed by a tilt of the head affecting the character of the whole figure . |
| 17 | Similarly , all the following modulations are easy and effective : Modulation to the relative minor ( included above ) is common enough , and indeed an entire passage in the relative minor may be complete in itself ( as a separate section of a movement ) , and need not be preceded or concluded with a modulation . |
| 18 | a graphics standard for the PC which can be added or built into a system to give sharper characters and improved colour with the correct display device . |
| 19 | ‘ She would either have to be carried or put in a wheelchair . |
| 20 | The Act defines three types of offensive weapon : ‘ made ’ ( such as a bayonet ) for killing or wounding ; ‘ adapted ’ ( like a smashed milk bottle ) so that it becomes a weapon ; or ‘ intended ’ ( such as a penknife or empty bottle ) which was not designed or adapted as a weapon but could be used if the need arose . |
| 21 | If they could n't be destroyed then they must be neutralized or kept in a stage of siege . |
| 22 | Once an elite has established itself , it may well find itself being emulated or used as a reference group by ‘ lower ’ social classes . |
| 23 | LEFT Tiny plant and animal remains , retrieved through wet sieving , are sorted and studied under a microscope . |
| 24 | I do n't recommend this as a tactic unless the rest of your cavalry is already engaged , or he could be surrounded and overwhelmed by a mass of lesser troops . |
| 25 | These teaching materials are techniques made manifest by the specific choice of language , designed and arranged as a series of tasks or exercises for immediate implementation . |
| 26 | Project Blaenau , as the F.R. called it , grew rapidly from the first meeting of the three-man ‘ Communications and Action Panel ’ in early 1980 and in the two years leading up to the opening , over 70 mini projects were designed and constructed by a combination of volunteers and paid staff . |
| 27 | Designed and made as a present from the emperor for his niece . |
| 28 | In this month 's competition you could win a prize patio worth £3,000 , designed and built by a Chelsea medal-winner |
| 29 | His hypothesis was that living watches were literally designed and built by a master watchmaker . |
| 30 | Wagamama was designed and built by a firm called JSP , from a conceptual sketch by John Pawson ( the renowned minimalist architect responsible for Wakaba , the expensive Japanese restaurant in Finchley Road ) . |