Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If all such letters are found , the algorithm checks whether the resulting string is a word ( i.e. the end-of-word flag is set at the tree-node reached by the search ) . |
| 2 | It may be considered that the theories so far discussed have failed to recognize the intensity and the intimacy felt when the right young reader and the right book come together . |
| 3 | The court also granted a stay of proceedings for three weeks after it delivers its written judgment , in a few days , for the defence to decide whether to take its appeal to the Privy Council , the highest court to which the case can go . |
| 4 | In this case , however , the defence failed because although the auctioneer had regularly made reference to the fact that he did not guarantee the mileage of any car , he had not made an oral disclaimer before accepting bids on the particular car in question and the disclaimer in the written conditions of the auction sale had not been sufficiently brought to the attention of the buyer . |
| 5 | ( There is also a problem as to whether the defence applies where the plaintiff encounters an already existing danger . ) |
| 6 | Would the response differ if the employees had been identified but not informed prior to the year end ? |
| 7 | Sometimes he looked round the Park to see if he might move somewhere else but he did not like to start a flight with so many Men staring at him all at once . |
| 8 | Its long-suffering shareholders are to get the opportunity to succeed where the government failed in 1982 , and break the company up . |
| 9 | He was cleared by the Bow Street stipendiary magistrate in January last year because he was not given the opportunity to say whether he would prefer to give a urine or blood sample when Vine Street police found the intoximeter did not function properly . |
| 10 | The opportunity arose when Michael Barry , the BBC 's longstanding Head of Drama , resigned in 1961 to join the new Irish television network , Telefis Eireann in Dublin . |
| 11 | They give the opportunity to judge whether the driving system is suitable for the new user , and whether it is irritating and over-protective of the experienced user ; conversely , one that suits the latter may floor the former . |
| 12 | Outline planning application procedures provide both vendors and prospective purchasers with the opportunity to establish whether permission to develop land will be granted , without incurring the cost of preparing detailed plans . |
| 13 | If so , the House has the opportunity to consider whether the matter should be referred to the Committee of Privileges . |
| 14 | While she was desperately trying to think of something — anything ! — in explanation of her own folly the opportunity passed as he turned to leave the room . |
| 15 | The problems associated with the battle of the forms arise because the common law principles governing the formation of contracts are based on the concept of a bargain arrived at through a process of negotiation , while the whole purpose of standard conditions is to minimise or exclude the process of negotiation . |
| 16 | The brochure stated clearly that while some children transferred back to mainstream schools , ‘ the majority remain until they are 16 years of age ’ . |
| 17 | When viewers have had time to develop their own theories about the scene , they are strongly motivated when it comes to listening to the soundtrack to check whether or not they were right . |
| 18 | I am not sorry to see the stand go because being shabby , leaky at the back , and all but condemned , it was a constant reminder of the team 's own position . |
| 19 | ‘ The amount of studying for the exams comes as quite a shock ’ |
| 20 | Erm now could you help me on some of the the terminology used because I gather that six of the packages have been or about to be erm priced on the basis of a ascertained costs erm I I just wondered if if that was a sort of euphemism for for a cost plus . |
| 21 | The term ‘ wage earner ’ sums up what the acts list as servants in husbandry , shepherds ( some of whom were recorded in Rutland ) — common labourers , and servants to artificers in the towns . |
| 22 | But if during his lifetime the testator gave the legatee not the whole but part of the price of the office , a claim for the remainder remains unless the heir has shown that the testator departed from this too . |
| 23 | Of course , you will always find a minority of inhabitants will complain , some with good reason , but the remainder complain because that 's their hobby . |
| 24 | As in Wales , the crowds complained when Prince Charles went over to their side of the street during a walkabout . |
| 25 | When the mouthbrooder picks up her eggs she gathers up the Synodontis eggs with them which she incubates inside her mouth along with her own fry until they are released as tiny replicas of their natural parents — possibly after preying on the cichlid fry while they are inside her mouth . |
| 26 | The Milanese cheered until they were hoarse . |
| 27 | Ever since 1965 , when the incoming Labour government transformed direct taxation in a single budget , the pace of change has quickened and the complexity deepens as each year goes by . |
| 28 | But the peer disappeared before they could ask whether his favourite Laurel and Hardy film was Big Business or Blockheads . |
| 29 | ‘ Ranulf , if the Prince knew before the porter arrived here , there can only be one explanation . |
| 30 | ‘ Shit , ’ the Prince said as another blackhead burst bloodily . |