Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adj] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the First World War a box of matches cost 1d and a matchbox grip 4d : a price just substantial enough to warrant a ‘ Thank you ’ when given free to a pub or grocer 's store customer , and just substantial enough to make money for a stationer or the many charities which sold them . |
| 2 | The campaign relies on a provision in the Water Resources Act 1991 , under which company directors are deemed guilty of an offence if their company causes pollution with their " consent or connivance " or if it is " attributable to any neglect " on their part . |
| 3 | The idea that drinking nablabs was a seriously smart thing to do ant that hordes or women would subsequently fall at one 's feet probably looked great on a storyboard but it failed to impress the punters . |
| 4 | Motivation is often increased if it is made clear to a group that they are covering a topic on behalf of the whole class and that their results will be shared by the rest of the class . |
| 5 | This is of great importance in practice because planning permissions are invariably granted subject to a condition that the permitted development is begun within a stipulated time . |
| 6 | The ’ Harriet was hungry ’ example may be only nine words long , but it nevertheless demonstrates many aspects of knowledge that need to be made explicit to a computer before it could be said to understand . |
| 7 | If the matrimonial home is already subject to a mortgage then the requirements of the mortgagees will have to be ascertained prior to a conveyance or transfer and if , although the house is to remain in joint names , liability for the mortgage payments is to be assumed by one party , an indemnity to the other party will have to be included in the declaration of trust ( see Precedent 54 ) . |
| 8 | ( 9 ) The Note to Rule 26 stipulates that a copy of each document which is required to be put on display pursuant to that Rule ( see para 11.5 below ) must , on request , promptly be made available by an offeror or the target to the other party and to any competing offeror or potential offeror . |
| 9 | S. Maria was originally a church built adjacent to a palace and was part of it , which probably accounts for its extensive and unusual character . |
| 10 | No sooner have you got used to a place than you have to move on . ’ |
| 11 | Similarly , where a product which contains a secret mechanism is supplied subject to a condition that the recipient should not examine the mechanism , this will establish confidence in the mechanism ( see Paul ( KS ) ( Printing Instruments ) Ltd v Southern Instruments ( Communications ) Ltd and EP Ellis ( Male ) ( Trading as Ellis and Sons ) [ 1964 ] RPC 118 ) . |
| 12 | The answer is to recognize that the conversation has got stuck in a circle and to take an initiative to break it . |
| 13 | I was talking to that presenter of that alternative-politics programme — what 's his name ? — and he said that he 'd got annoyed with a colleague because she criticized his pink bow-tie . |
| 14 | An exceptionally attractive pub , it 's housed Tardis-like in a cottage that 's said to be Leyburn 's oldest building . |
| 15 | Goscinny had worked in America with Harvey Kurtzman of MAD fame : he had become dissatisfied as a draughtsman and chose to redirect his talents to story-telling . |
| 16 | In May at his gallery Eigen & Art , Judy Lybke is showing the works of Kaeseberg from Leipzig ( who has become famous as a painter and a draughtsman ) : roughly carved wood sculptures reflect on our use of toys and the apparatus of war . |
| 17 | Accident prevention is extremely important because there are certain situations where you will be unable to help yourself , such as if you are rendered unconscious through a fall or an electric shock . |
| 18 | Moreover , public support for the system has become problematic in a way that poses some kind of challenge to the legitimacy and authority of the state itself . |
| 19 | There have been some most tempting glimpses of it when you have become excited about a design or angry with yourself for a failure to meet your own high standards . ’ |
| 20 | We believe that no one should be found guilty of a crime unless the statute or other piece of legislation establishing that crime is so clear that he must have known his act was criminal , or would have known if he had made any serious attempt to discover whether it was . |
| 21 | Despite his resignation , the Civil Aviation Authority decided to prosecute and in May 1991 he was found guilty by a jury and fined Pounds 2,000 plus £1,600 costs . |
| 22 | What he 'd found acceptable in a girl because he loved her aroused antagonism in a son . |
| 23 | Compared to the freewheeling Rangers team under David Murray and Graeme Souness , critics have dismissed Celtic as a club that has taken its roots in poverty and charity to extremes . |
| 24 | A man who may be described as a little eccentric , he suffers from angina , and only a few weeks previously had taken ill with an attack while on holiday in Majorca . |
| 25 | If you find that the property you want is to be sold at Auction , remember that a lot of time , effort and fees can be expended prior to an Auction and there is no guarantee that you will be successful in purchasing the property . |
| 26 | The contents of the bowl were left undisturbed for an hour or two , by which time a kind of honeycombed curd had formed on the top , leaving alcoholic whey underneath . |
| 27 | Marek was knocked unconscious for a minute or two . |
| 28 | After a while they were left alone for a bit and then a Black Maria turned up . |
| 29 | Before she married she 'd lived alone in a bedsit and worked in a factory for ten years . |
| 30 | This method gives you the choice of having your pension paid direct into a bank or National Giro account ; or , alternatively , into an investment account with either the National Savings Bank or with most building societies . |