Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For those aged 75 ( or due to reach 75 before 5 April 1993 ) and older : |
| 2 | For those aged 65 ( or due to reach 65 before 5 April 1993 ) to 74 : |
| 3 | It enables teachers to make clear statements about what they want their students to do , but it is not always necessary or possible to satisfy all of the conditions given above . |
| 4 | Where the reading skill required is that of interpreting such things as labels and road signs , they should pursue the normal targets and programmes as far as possible for their own safety , though they may need help where practicable to interpret these things through other than ordinary visual means . |
| 5 | But where that fails most areas will have grievance procedures within the assessment format , leading ultimately director level if agreement can not be reached though the point where the SSD pulls rank as lead agent is not defined . |
| 6 | This requires action taken by a trade union to be supported by a majority in a secret ballot of all those reasonably expected to take part in the action , and in view of the practicalities of organising a ballot and the fact that advance approval of action is valid for only four weeks puts a serious constraint upon the taking of effective action even where that has overwhelming support . |
| 7 | It is clear that insubstantial changes will not give rise to a new copyright ( or right to prevent unfair extraction ) but what is the position when a database has changed considerably from its original form but this has happened incrementally over a period of time ? |
| 8 | When the event precipitating the change is a visual or auditory stimulus under experimental control the resulting activity is referred to as the visual or auditory evoked potential . |
| 9 | I am arguing that a common ground exists between theists and atheists , where each exchanges different interpretations of reality and understands each other 's views . |
| 10 | If you put Tina 's number plate on another car and visa versa that would throw , I I 'd probably look at it and think you know , oh somebody 's got a new car or that looks familiar but it 's not the right car so I would n't think about it . |
| 11 | An attempt was made where possible to aspirate gastric juice using a Teflon catheter passed down the suction biopsy channel . |
| 12 | We presently enjoy good professional working relationships with the various authorities and bodies responsible for enforcing the legislation and aim to maintain and where possible improve these . |
| 13 | This will continue to be the primary means by which people are enabled to live normal lives in community settings … the first task of publicly provided services is to support and where possible strengthen these networks of carers ( Griffiths , 1988 , p. 5 ) . |
| 14 | When govt. adopted free trade in the middle of the 19th Century , the people got cheaper grain to buy , & larger choices , & also relations with other countries were improved , so that the risk of wars were reduced , & this meant less taxes for the people , because the country was spending less . |
| 15 | Suppose that a newspaper advertises : ‘ We want letters ( which we may publish ) from readers seeking advice ; and we undertake that , if we give advice , we will exercise all proper care.a Is it in any way artificial or unrealistic to regard that as an offer of a contract ? |
| 16 | Precisely because ‘ paying your own way ’ is seen as the socially acceptable thing to do , where some do this and others do not the non-payers distinguish themselves as undeserving or in receipt of special favours . |
| 17 | Although a very elaborate and well executed mosaic however , the saltire pavement — which in one form or another possesses most of the motifs typical of this integral group — is certainly not an isolated example of such richness . |
| 18 | Unless a society is to utilise only a fraction of the intelligence at its disposal it must obviously in one way or another make sufficient provision for vertical mobility to ensure that capacity passes , unimpeded by vulgar irrelevancies of class or income to the type of education fitted to develop it . |
| 19 | He would blow into one of his paper bags , somehow or another keep this in position , still open on his left hand and then with his right throw oranges into it . |
| 20 | The chief immediate control on women 's actions and opinions was other women ; and girls who wished for one reason or another to do unusual things needed the tolerance , perhaps even the support of their mothers and their mothers ' friends . |
| 21 | ‘ to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by that person or another ’ The intent to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence means an intention by the offender to cause the other party or another to use unlawful violence . |
| 22 | There is hardly a treasure hunter anywhere in the world who has not heard of Charles Garrett , read at least one of his numerous books on the subject , or at one time or another used one of his metal detectors . |
| 23 | Clinical trials in which comparable patients received either one kind of treatment or another confirmed this belief . |
| 24 | Apart from the USA , the other nuclear states have issued pronouncements of one kind or another indicating certain restraints on deployment or possible use . |
| 25 | As the economic conditions in many areas became more desperate and the existing ruling élites seemed less and less able or willing to take corrective measures , radical domestic reform , external aggression and colonial possessions were seen by some of the rural poor as the only positively proposed solution to their ills . |
| 26 | It used to be considered that , if a patient was compulsorily detained , treatment was then at the discretion of the psychiatrist in charge of the case because such a person was not always able or willing to give informed consent . |
| 27 | This economic expansion required a large number of unskilled as well as skilled recruits to a ‘ labour force ’ from abroad because the locals were not interested or willing to work long and unsocial hours with low wages coupled with poor and insecure working conditions . |
| 28 | Greater stress was put on securing the viability of the mining sectors in the relevant ACP countries and on diversification where this seemed unattainable . |
| 29 | Section 4(2) allows a court to make an order postponing such reporting where this appears necessary in the interest of avoiding a substantial risk of prejudice . |
| 30 | Since the 1959 Mental Health Act the services have increasingly extended their help to the mentally disabled , where this seems suitable . |