Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faced with the challenge of being original in this way , some student writers believe that they should copy or adapt other people 's work because it is bound to be of better quality than their own . |
| 2 | In the latter , the school which sets out to democratize education in its geographical or moral area ( that is , in a context of those who share beliefs and values ) or to enable more people to help themselves , brings with it a set of beliefs which go beyond the Plowden idea of the community making use of the physical amenities of a primary school . |
| 3 | Now individual humans may honourably choose not to kill and or eat certain species of animals . |
| 4 | If musicians want to do jazz albums or make obscure folk records there are routes for that . |
| 5 | After six months : A choice of cow 's milk , water , or diluted real fruit juice . |
| 6 | The then modish humanity had gone into a violent reaction against the ancient severity , ‘ and might almost be supposed to see in the fact of having lost or squandered other people 's property a peculiar title to indulgence . ‘ |
| 7 | Charles Maclaren used to run his fishing course there and a devoted band of anglers return each year to battle with salmon and sea-trout in Naver , Mallart and Loch Hope ; or to enjoy marvellous trout fishing in the lochs scattered throughout the hills . |
| 8 | Less is known however about the impact of second homes on the local environment , and although there has been a good deal of speculation about their impacts , as shown in Table 7.5 , there are few hard or agreed empirical data to back this up . |
| 9 | Nintendo Co has lost a bid to keep competitors from selling devices that modify its video games after the US Supreme Court refused to hear its arguments against an appeals court ruling in favour of Lewis Galoob Toys Inc , which offers Game Genie , which plugs into the Nintendo Entertainment System and cartridges , enabling players to use a simple code to change up to three elements of a game at a time ; the appeals court wrote that because Game Genie does n't cause any permanent change to the Nintendo cartridges — and is dependent upon a cartridge and the Nintendo system in order to operate — it does not usurp Nintendo 's copyright ; Nintendo said Game Genie violates a copyright owner 's exclusive right under the Copyright Act of 1976 to authorise or prepare derivative works . |
| 10 | H 2 blockers ( ranitidine 100 mg or cimetidine 400 mg intravenously every 12 hours ) were given routinely . |
| 11 | H 2 blockers ( ranitidine 150 mg or cimetidine 400 mg twice daily ) were given orally to every patient for at least two months at the outpatient department . |
| 12 | The move to cash planning meant that even if health service or teachers ' unions succeeded in reaching a pay settlement , there was no likelihood it would be funded in full , except by the NHS or local authorities making cuts in their non-salary budgets or employing fewer staff . |
| 13 | Lunch served on train to include Haggis and Neeps , Cock-a-Leekie soup , Noisettes of Lamb or Poached Scotch Salmon , Pineapple Pavlova . |
| 14 | Allied forces completed on July 15 their withdrawal from northern Iraq ( temporarily suspended in late June — see p. 38308 ) , amidst clashes between Kurdish guerrillas and government forces which reportedly killed or wounded 500 people . |
| 15 | Such loans would provide lower interest rates for rebuilding or replacing older aircraft by the year 2000 , as required by law . |
| 16 | At the same time , the best sales figures are being achieved by shops which sell new books at reduced prices or hold continuous sales , rather than by conventional bookshops . |
| 17 | ( 8 ) Handling or analysing statistical data . |
| 18 | 3.1.2 to inspect cleanse connect to repair remove replace with others alter or execute any works whatever to or in connection with the Pipes easements or services referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Schedule |
| 19 | SGB management , seeking the easiest and cheapest methods , decided not to assemble or store new data but to use what was already in the payroll system and manipulate it by means of — initially — a single additional program specially written for the purpose . |
| 20 | But at least he could , if armed with field sketches , show an animal on a food plant , perhaps ; or depict various species which might be found in the same rockpool or stretch of veldt . |
| 21 | You 'll never get them doin' doggy style or get any fruit out in the bedroom , it 's like straight down and that 's it ! |
| 22 | Acid drinks like orange juice should not be taken in large quantities : it may be preferable to squeeze or liquidize fresh fruit and dilute it with plain water , if the patient particularly likes fruit juices . |
| 23 | When he saw or heard other people , he slowed to a walk until they were past , then he ran again . |
| 24 | Instead of being eroded , classes intermediate between capital and the manual working class have consistently expanded in size : wage-earners who supervise or control other people 's labour , people in non-manual jobs , and state employees . |
| 25 | Only concern yourself about water chemistry if you want to keep or breed special species , such as Malawi Cichlids . |
| 26 | Opted-out hospitals will not be able to borrow on the capital markets or pay junior staff more than other hospitals . |
| 27 | However , it sometimes depresses me , and again I 'm expressing a very personal view I guess , that having tried to teach the students the subject as about ideas , they then insist on learning the subject as things to be learnt and then going off and applying their knowledge to new and more expensive ways of killing people or stopping other people killing us . |
| 28 | Plant and animal breeding programmes have utilised a crude form of genetic engineering by crossing or interbreeding related species in the anticipation that the offspring will contain preferred characteristics . |
| 29 | This is not just a matter of showing that you are not stealing or plagiarising other people 's work . |
| 30 | I was , simply , not prepared to go on with the discomfort of feeling — or knowing other people might feel — that I was in any way neglecting my family . |