Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually the most that governments have been prepared to do is to publicise their activities and/or to seek voluntary undertakings . |
| 2 | ‘ An act done before the giving of a promise to make a payment or to confer some other benefit can sometimes be consideration for the promise . |
| 3 | Is it strictly true to say that ‘ An act done before the giving of a promise to make a payment or to confer some benefit can sometimes be consideration for the promise ’ ? |
| 4 | The animals ' food often contains toxic test substances or they may be forced to swallow huge capsules or have toxic creams rubbed into their raw skin . |
| 5 | This method of deciding the right time to sow was recommended by Fitzherbert , the sixteenth-century writer on agriculture : ‘ go upon the land that is plowed and if it synge or crye or make any noise under they fete , then it is to wet to sowe . |
| 6 | An SBU or divisional manager will be motivated to seek appropriate investments if he knows clearly what the generic strategy for his SBU is ( he would presumably have participated in determining it ) , is aware of what is expected of him in terms of building or maintaining competitive strengths , and knows that early-warning indicators will be set up to monitor how his investments are contributing to the improvement or maintenance of those specific strengths . |
| 7 | The answer is that greater corporate profits may be made by releasing assets by sale of machinery , land and buildings , and by investing them in another sector ( e.g. offices ) , or by building or re-equipping another , substitute factory elsewhere . |
| 8 | What Athens presumably wanted , for pollution could be got rid of , was for the Megarians to vow an expensive building or pay some humiliatingly large fine ( thus acknowledging Athenian ascendancy ) , for the ‘ chief malefactors ’ , i.e. the anti-Athenians , to be hounded out , and for Megara to be quietly absorbed into Athens ' sphere of influence . |
| 9 | And it shows how a new and larger loan made to clear past debts or consolidate several separate debts into one can do the same . |
| 10 | A family with many sons could farm its land successfully without the burden of paying farm workers and could if necessary send a son to work in the nearest town or city to earn money to pay back debts or to buy more land . |
| 11 | Where a project requires technical expertise it may also be necessary for the company to recruit suitably qualified personnel or seek outside advice if the expertise is lacking , both at the outset and during the course of the project . |
| 12 | This makes any comparative analysis of data recorded at different times or using different aggregation units problematical . |
| 13 | Can embargo be a useful instrument to protect lead times or influence Soviet policy ? |
| 14 | The same individual may suffer from both conditions at different times or have some features of both conditions at the same time . |
| 15 | GIBSON Byrdland , sunburst , 1962 , Venetian cutaway , all original , excellent condition with case , £2,250 or swap other guitars . |
| 16 | 17.1 If in the Publisher 's opinion the Work should cease to have a sufficiently remunerative sale the Publisher may either remainder or waste any copies remaining on hand . |
| 17 | 16.1 If in the Publisher 's opinion the Work should cease to have a sufficiently remunerative sale the Publisher may either remainder or waste any copies remaining on hand . |
| 18 | On Aug. 9 Iraq closed its borders to foreigners trying to leave Iraq or Kuwait ; on Aug. 12 Donald Croskery , a British businessman , was shot dead by Iraqi forces on the Kuwait-Saudi border ; and on Aug. 16 all US and British citizens in Kuwait were ordered to surrender themselves to the Iraqi authorities or face unspecified " difficulties " . |
| 19 | US and British citizens in Kuwait are ordered to surrender themselves to the Iraqi authorities or face unspecified " difficulties " . |
| 20 | You are unlikely to find a series of fronted objects or complements similar to the series of fronted temporal adjuncts quoted above . |
| 21 | It was like one of those terrible sights of the racecourse or the battle field where wallowing living beings persevere dumbly in their duty although mutilated beyond repair . |
| 22 | Either keeping personal creditors accounts or making sundry creditors adjustments can consume inordinate amounts of administrative and accounting time . |
| 23 | Are we the only dogs chosen for our star signs or have any of you had this star treatment ? |
| 24 | To get a job with some other pernickety employers you might have to run a marathon , walk a dog , sprout some hair or shed some weight . |
| 25 | This need not detract from the magic of listening to a story or require any re-scheduling of the traditional story hour . |
| 26 | You select the facts that are telling ( pun intended ) , the facts that will advance your story or make clear your characters or even make your locations easy to assimilate , and you hope that from them you can produce something that is not too far distant from the unwritable reality . |
| 27 | But nothing in the response of the Al Fayeds ' advisers , for all its bluster and menace , rebutted my basic case or added one jot of information to explain the origins of the brothers ' wealth . |
| 28 | Consequential Loss : Insurance from £100 up to £10,000 per item against consequential loss arising from loss , damage or delay subject to policy terms and conditions . |
| 29 | Consequential Loss : Insurance cover from £100 up to £10,000 per item against consequential loss arising from loss , damage or delay subject to policy terms and conditions . |
| 30 | You should ruddy well call them back to get it they caused the damage or failing that , claim on the insurance mind you they 'd probably say well you must get in touch with the company that did the job . |