Example sentences of "[subord] the [noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This point was developed in Traynor v Donovan [ 1978 ] CLY 2612 , where the court refused to make any reduction because the plaintiff 's injuries would have been just as severe , but of a different nature , if she had been wearing a seat belt . |
| 2 | A simple case is one where the public wishes to hold more notes and coin , as in the holiday season for example , and makes the appropriate withdrawals from its bank accounts . |
| 3 | Clearly , where the State decides to draw this line determines how many are officially recognised to be in poverty . |
| 4 | As Mann says , this may be acceptable if the only evidence consists of a ‘ one-sided dialogue ’ where the suspect refuses to answer any questions at all , but where some , a significant number perhaps , are answered , it may be highly impracticable to sever a conversation in this way and still expect a jury to make sense of it . |
| 5 | When the nuclei of light elements join together or ‘ fuse ’ , energy is released ; what is more , the amount is more than the energy needed to push these nuclei into one another overcoming the electrical repulsion , so if we could accomplish this efficiently we would have a plentiful and dean supply of energy . |
| 6 | In the rest of the country we can not be sure of the date , although the evidence begins to suggest some time in the late Saxon period , the centuries before the Norman Conquest . |
| 7 | With concerts and tours for bands , difficulty arises with the inconvertibility of the Russian rouble into hard currency , although the government promises to change this . |
| 8 | Although the case failed to resolve several crucial legal and ethical problems , its outcome was hailed as a victory for the growing right-to-die lobby within the USA . |
| 9 | Product revenues declined because of continuing weak economic conditions , highly competitive pricing and the negative impact of foreign exchange rate movements , although the company continued to ship more computer systems than a year ago — but at a lower average price per system . |
| 10 | Although the technology existed to use these constructs as hosts for human personas , this was yet another procedure outlawed by Tech-Green . |
| 11 | Although the pharmacist seemed to have some trouble deciphering the prescription , and Henry had to go through a nerve-wracking pantomime of ignorance about the nature of the chemicals he required , it was n't long before he was standing once again on the doorstep of 54 Maple Drive . |
| 12 | Unemployment rose to a million and inflation got worse , so the government had to reverse many of its policies . |
| 13 | The Adam-Gibbs equations also lead to a value of , so the theory appears to resolve most of the differences between the kinetic and thermodynamic interpretations of the glass transition . |
| 14 | Lees ( FoE ) said that countries should be made to restore the damaged environment to an acceptable state through practical action and if the country refused to do this only then should financial penalties by imposed . |
| 15 | Its spokesman , Rory Mair , who is also chief executive of Ross and Cromarty District Council , said that if the Government wished to retain any credibility over the matter it had no option but to accept the logical consequences of the select committee report and enter discussions with the local authorities on compensation . |
| 16 | Up to 100 teachers could lose their jobs in Newcastle while County Durham 's education budget will be slashed by almost £3m if the Government refuses to give more help , councillors said yesterday . |
| 17 | If the Government seek to deny this facility to a Council , or if other parties successfully oppose such a democratic test of ratepayers ' views being held , then DUP councillors will vote , as in the past , against a Republican Sunday . |
| 18 | If the government opts to include these former guerrillas in a National Unity Administration ; the President will be free to concentrate efforts on dealing with the cocaine traffickers . |
| 19 | In effect , the theory of the second best says that if there must be a distortion , for example if the government has to raise some taxes , it is a mistake to concentrate the distortion in one market . |
| 20 | This suggests that if the Government wanted to equip all schools with a CD-ROM workstation , it would need to spend over £300 million — an unlikely prospect at anytime but more especially in the ‘ value for money ’ 1990s . |
| 21 | I shall be pleased to give way if the Minister wishes to provide some reassurance on the matter , but it appears that he does not wish to do so . |
| 22 | If the Minister wants to retain this unitary Parliament , he had better start looking at the ways in which he can secure the rights of the people affected . |
| 23 | For example : If the Buyer fails to pay any instalment promptly in accordance with the terms of this contract , the whole balance then outstanding shall immediately become payable . |
| 24 | The problems which those words can create are illustrated by a provision such as : If the Buyer fails to pay any instalment promptly in accordance with the terms of this contract the Seller may terminate the contract , recover goods already delivered and retain all payments already made . |
| 25 | The drafter may be tempted to overcome this problem by using " and/or " , as follows : If the Buyer fails to pay any instalment promptly in accordance with the terms of this contract the Seller may terminate the contract and/or recover goods already delivered and/or retain all payments already made . |
| 26 | Thus , the above provision could be worded as : If the Buyer fails to pay any instalment promptly in accordance with the terms of this contract the Seller may exercise any of the following rights , either alone or in any combination : ( a ) terminate the contract ( b ) recover goods already delivered ( c ) retain all payments already made . |
| 27 | If the public decides to hold more cash and smaller bank deposits , the banks will need to replenish the cash in their tills by drawing on their balances at the Bank of England . |
| 28 | This mechanism would work in reverse if the public decided to hold less cash and bigger bank deposits . |
| 29 | DC_ID/ — provides the DC identifier reserved in LIFESPAN if the procedure managed to do this successfully . |
| 30 | The biggest worry on Wall Street , where priorities tend to be narrowly focused , is over the dividend : if the company has to take another $1,000m to $2,000m of charges this quarter to cover further closures , it is unlikely to be able to meet the dividend out of cash flow . |