Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [det] [noun sg] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was educated at Mill Hill School under Dr Thorowgood and was not intended for any profession until family losses made it necessary . |
| 2 | The plantations are often considered of little value as bird habitats , but there can be no doubt of their importance at some stages of their development . |
| 3 | March had come in more lamb than lion , there were windflowers in the woods , and the first primroses , unburned by frost , undashed and unmired by further rain , were just opening . |
| 4 | The whole mountain chain originated from this cleft as lava surged up and spilled down on both sides . |
| 5 | He 'd even tried his hand at tapping boots , they were done with more enthusiasm than skill , but so far there had been no complaints from the customers . |
| 6 | As to the poetry , sir , I do not think there is much done in that direction though paper aplenty is screwed up and thrown on the floor . |
| 7 | ( 2 ) Where a document of title to goods has been lawfully transferred to any person as buyer or owner of the goods , and that person transfers the document to a person who takes it in good faith and for valuable consideration , then — ; ( a ) if the last-mentioned transfer was by way of sale the unpaid seller 's right of lien or retention or stoppage in transit is defeated ; and ( b ) if the last-mentioned transfer was made by way of pledge or other disposition for value , the unpaid seller 's right of lien or retention or stoppage in transit can only be exercised subject to the rights of the transferee . ’ |
| 8 | She had been afraid to tell Nancy 's story to Dr Losberne , since the good doctor was very excitable and often acted with more enthusiasm than wisdom . |
| 9 | If , as was palpably obvious , those terms had not been properly executed , liege homage was to be postponed until such time as satisfaction had been obtained . |
| 10 | In addition to the listing of pigments and common pigment names used in all painting since antiquity ( a useful resource for artists and restorers ) , there is also a detailed description of all the colours used by the artists ' materials industry today , including the new organic synthetic pigments . |
| 11 | The file could be copied to another disk if space is a problem on the current working disk . |
| 12 | He had got himself into a difficult position and had escaped with more luck than dignity . |
| 13 | You acknowledge that KPMG Peat Marwick has entered into this Agreement as agent for and on behalf of the Vendors and that the Vendors are entitled to enforce in their own name any and all provisions of this Agreement . |
| 14 | Williams has said that the doctor is ‘ probably exempted from that duty if life has become a burden to the patient ’ . |
| 15 | Several other minor , and apparently random , streets were also found in this area when flood prevention works were carried out in 1970 . |
| 16 | In some cases the first three years of life are spent in this ward before transfer to a children 's home . ’ |
| 17 | Or how is it that faith and uncertainty are automatically associated with each other while knowledge is regarded as certain and therefore different ? |
| 18 | The Warsaw Convention , with all its amendments , protocols and variations , seeks to limit the liability of international air carriers to a specific sum of money while acknowledging the air carrier ( airline ) as the only party liable ; that is to say aircraft manufacturers , component manufacturers , pilots , engineers , air traffic controllers and governments who operate airports and navigation services are excluded from all liability unless negligence can be proved . |
| 19 | In fact in Duru [ 1976 ] 1 WLR 2 the Court of Appeal thought that both charges in relation to the thing in action represented by the cheque and to the paper itself were to be upheld but the judges ' minds were not directed at this issue whether property must exist at the time of the obtaining . |
| 20 | Neoplasticism dispensed with all curvature while Cubism was contrasting it with straights . |
| 21 | Baldwin showed them some of the curiosities of the house and gave them tea in the Long Gallery , which lie described with more pride than accuracy as ‘ the finest room in England ’ . |
| 22 | The Dickensian waiter flapped his napkin and advised with more truth than tact , ‘ Should n't have turbot today , sir , although the salmon 's passable . ’ |
| 23 | ( For convenience these are described in this chapter as share transactions , but the same rules apply to the acquisition of assets . ) |
| 24 | Geophysics represents 10% of the 700 theses included in the full Rolfe and Will lists , and so clearly geophysical papers have a disproportionately greater chance of being published in this journal than research on general or structural geology . |
| 25 | ‘ The Framework ’ shall mean the Framework for Collaboration in the IEATP Programme and attached to this Agreement as Addendum A. |
| 26 | ‘ The Proposal ’ shall mean the proposal entitled The National Corpus Initiative submitted to IEATP on 11 May 1990 on behalf of the Parties to this agreement together with any amendments agreed between the Parties and accepted by IEATP and attached to this Agreement as Addendum B. |
| 27 | In general , the property of the non-conformist churches is administered either directly by the denominational headquarters as managing trustees , or else legally held by this body as custodian trustee and managed by honourary officials from the local church membership . |