Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have a particular problem , please tell the tour escort or representative and/or the Hotel Reception Desk at the time so that , if possible , it can be dealt with there and then . |
| 2 | It is suggested that pupils choose a person whose Christian commitment has led him/her to work for the good of others , thus making a link with the Christian vocation to alleviate suffering and/or the work of Christians in relation to respect for human life ( both indicated in L.0.2 ) . |
| 3 | It was only in the more enlightened judgments that it was held that resistance was unnecessary where the complainant was overcome by fear . |
| 4 | ( f ) Insurance If the matrimonial home is in the sole name of the husband then it is best to change the insurance arrangements once agreement is reached or the court order made ; the husband may neglect or to be unnecessary where the property already stands in the joint names of husband and wife and a separate declaration of trust is made . |
| 5 | The transnational capitalist class is a bridge between the nation-state and the global system and the more assiduously it brings transnational practices into what were once the realm of the regional or the national , then the more faithfully it serves the interests of the system . |
| 6 | Thirdly , quality is only possible where every component of the organisation 's needs is defined and appropriate training procedures are identified and implemented in order to improve the staff selection process . |
| 7 | Although a conviction is perfectly possible where no harm results — and such a case might still be regarded as a most serious non-fatal offence , since D tried to cause death , and the subjective principles confirm the high guilt — there are also cases where D's attempt to kill results in serious injury to the victim . |
| 8 | This ceases to be possible where a document accepted as binding is bindingly interpreted by an external court . |
| 9 | Admission for assessment for twenty-eight days ( section 2 ) is possible where a person is suffering from mental disorder and it is considered that he or she ought to be detained in the interests of his or her own health or safety or with a view to the protection of other persons . |
| 10 | This is possible where a target 's management are bargaining on behalf of their shareholders . |
| 11 | However , that is not possible where an order is placed by telephone . |
| 12 | The alternative version has the same two properties together making up a property complex that is applied to the immediately adjacent subject of the sentence ; moreover in both cases the complex as a whole is assigned syntactically to the subject E ; the sole difference is in the matter of which property is taken as " senior " to the other within the bounds of the complex , as in ( 63 ) , and in such a case this will produce an infinitesimal semantic difference : ( 63 ) However this sort of syntactic trading is only possible where the language contains suitable lexical items ; it must have an adverb and verb with the appropriate meanings ; thus , in the absence of an adverb equivalent to after a change and a verb meaning to be orange , for instance , English can not offer such an alternative for ( 64 ) : ( 64 ) in spring , their skin turns orange 5.8 The range of verbs which can occur with postverbal adjectives is in fact quite wide . |
| 13 | That is only possible where the signer can establish ( a ) that he/she signed the document without negligence and ( b ) that he/she mistakenly thought he/she was signing a document of a fundamentally different type from that actually signed ( Saunders v Anglia BS [ 1971 ] AC 1004 ) . |
| 14 | He gropes mentally , ‘ straining every nerve in an agonised attempt to divine as quickly as Possible where the trap lay ’ . |
| 15 | The basic principle of law is that assignment of a contract is not possible where the identity of the assignor is an important factor for the other party to the contract either as a reason for his entering into the contract in the first place , or because it is for some reason significant for the proper discharge of the contract . |
| 16 | The Criminal Law Revision Committee disagreed , recommending that a verdict of manslaughter should be possible where the use of some force was justified by the occasion and where D honestly believed that the force he used was reasonable in the circumstances . |
| 17 | In this context , dominant means prevailing or the majority view . |
| 18 | Now it 's one thing to say well , you know , perhaps these are women who take more exception than other women would do , but there comes a point where you have to accept , I think , that there 's going to be a shift of perspective , that what women have customarily put up with is no longer what they wish to put up and that I think we ought to be , as it were , acknowledged to have the right or the scope to say we want things to change , and to define or to set out in a process of defining what should be sexual appropriate sexual behaviour in future . |
| 19 | If the chips are n't right or the batter mix is n't quite what it should be , he lets us know , ’ he said . |
| 20 | Is it the one of the right or the left or one that 's got his finger in . |
| 21 | Is that on the right or the left ? |
| 22 | VAT will not be due if the vessel is a pleasure craft over eight years old on 1 January 1993 , or when the VAT due is negligible ( for UK purposes it will not be due where the vessel is worth less than £4,000 ) . |
| 23 | The new appointments , all made at the end of 1861 or the beginning of 1862 , bespoke a regime that was about to make further changes . |
| 24 | There was no one in the stable or the yard , but when she came close to the back door she could hear voices from the kitchen . |
| 25 | The formal social care providing agencies are divided into various categories either by the type of agency involved , public or private or the location of care , institution or domiciliary . |
| 26 | It will consider the conditions under which government policies have been conducive or a constraint to NGO activity . |
| 27 | Whether you 're a sales assistant or a customer , it 's important to find out as much as possible about the product on sale . |
| 28 | The Duchess of Kent attends a Thanksgiving Service to mark the 150th Anniversary of the foundation of the West of England School for Children with Little or No Sight in Exeter Cathedral . |
| 29 | The Duchess of Kent this morning attended a Thanksgiving Service in Exeter Cathedral to mark the 150th Anniversary of the foundation of the West of England School for Children with Little or No Sight , and later opened St David 's House . |
| 30 | Nor can potential school achievement or social competence be directly linked to levels of sight : pupils with little or no sight have shown that they can achieve well in school , be independent and happy , since the interaction of the child and the learning environment is as significant for them in helping to achieve these goals as it is for any pupil in school . |