Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Surprisingly , perhaps , I find that walking with no means to draw or paint at all often has the effect of revelation at a particular place and time along the walk . |
| 32 | Then again , it 's impossible to guess from the transcript how it was said — whether it was flung down , shrugged off , tossed out , or uttered in some other way that put a hairpiece upon its baldness . |
| 33 | There are social norms within each culture as to the distance people stand or sit from each other . |
| 34 | 17.2 No amendment or modification of this agreement shall be valid or binding on any party unless the same : |
| 35 | Except to tell me to stop or to go on neither of them spoke throughout the whole hour of the journey to Amsterdam . |
| 36 | Well you see as part of the appraisal thing , if you get w w when we 've done it so far we 've got people to actually , and I did myself , one of the stages after the preliminary meeting is to complete a self assessment , or to go through some self assess assessments , self appraisal . |
| 37 | ( iii ) Persons shall not be permitted to stand or sit in any of the gangways intersecting the seating or to sit in any of the other gangways . |
| 38 | The term ‘ lost continents ’ invokes two quite separate phenomena , which are often muddled through ignorance or deceit by those seeking to ‘ prove ’ the one-time existence of Atlantis and the rest . |
| 39 | In giving consent to another 's actions , however , our primary purpose is to authorise those actions and in so doing create for or accord to another a special right to act : the obligation generated on the consentor not to interfere with the exercise of this right takes , in this case , the secondary role . |
| 40 | Disorderly conduct bears the same significance as it does in the section 5 offence , and is likely to involve conduct such as shouting or singing in such a way as to alarm persons near by , uncertainty of gait , staggering , lurching or swaying , and behaviour that causes people to take evasive action . |
| 41 | It is easy enough to see how someone , especially someone who has suffered a childhood of poverty , can be led to a fear of emptiness , of not getting enough to eat , of starvation itself , and so in later life to stave off or compensate for such a fear . |
| 42 | Perhaps they have read or heard of some of the research which has been done in this field in recent years , and it has opened up their minds . |
| 43 | This letter stated that the weapons were " contemplated to be used by the Antiguan Forces " and that they would " not be passed , sold , or given to any third party " . |
| 44 | Similarly , tenements given for maintaining a chantry or lights in some church or chapel , or given for some other alms , if they were alienated , were also to be recoverable by the donor or his heirs . |
| 45 | the bankruptcy of some person who is or may become beneficially entitled to any such property or income ; or 2. an assignment of or a charge on any such property or income being made or given by some such person ; or 3. in the case of a marriage settlement , the death of both parties to the marriage and of all or any of the children of the marriage ; or 4. the death under the age of 25 or some lower age of some person who would be beneficially entitled to that property or income on attaining that age . |
| 46 | In October 1921 the Huddersfield unemployed sent a deputation to Herbert Chapman asking for admission charges ( raised from 6d to ls in 1919 ) to be waived or lowered for those with a dole card . |
| 47 | Text can be scaled from 4 points to 108 points without loss of quality and can be rotated , bolded , kerned or filled with any pattern . |
| 48 | Competition for this prize is based on submission of an essay , paper or review on some aspect of analytical spectroscopy suitable for publication in the RSC 's Analytical Proceedings . |
| 49 | Sadly he deteriorated very quickly until he could no longer care for himself or communicate in any understandable way . |
| 50 | Under this system prisoners could work together and use the same dormitories , but they were forbidden to speak to one another or communicate in any other way ; they were , therefore , under constant close surveillance day and night . |
| 51 | Many time we have set up a tank containing large and heavy items as part of the decor , only to find that the undergravel filter has either collapsed flat or broken in half . |
| 52 | One of the most frightening aspects of all intelligence agencies is the manner in which they create a totally false brand of patriotism in order to further a particular cause on the spurious grounds that only they understand what needs to be done and should not be asked to account or explain for any of their actions which must remain secret for all time . |
| 53 | NIGEL BENN 's arrival on the world championship stage may have to be delayed or diverted to another country . |
| 54 | Nowadays the keen water gardener has become far more selective when purchasing waterlilies , either trying to obtain some of the rarer varieties or experimenting with some of the more recent introductions of nymphaea , especially some of the outstanding new varieties that have been produced in America . |
| 55 | A local authority may be asked to provide a report from one of its own officers or to arrange for another person to provide a report as appropriate . |
| 56 | The susceptibility of individuals to disease ; if animals are kept or treated in such a way that their immune system does not work very well , that in itself tells you that their welfare is less good than it might be . |
| 57 | Moreover , unlike the clause in Cade the terms had never been negotiated or agreed by any trade association on behalf of farmers . |
| 58 | An increase from fifty to a hundred members would allow greater flexibility for our regional committees in the regions to decide whether they allow the branch to continue or to amalgamate with another branch . |
| 59 | Add to or subtract from this list according to the needs and activities of your particular organisation . |
| 60 | The women migrants within countries became overwhelmingly domestic servants , until they married some fellow-countryman , or passed into some other urban occupation . |