Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In granting an exemption the Commission can attach appropriate conditions to the operation of the agreement such as , for example , a requirement that the parties notify the Commission as to the future operation of the agreement and/or review its operation prior to the expiry of the exemption , to limit the operation of the exemption for a specific period of time so as to enable the Commission to review its operation at some future date . |
| 2 | Such movement was especially great in the 1960s and 1970s because this was a time of rapid change in industrial technology , calling for new investments , and capitalists preferred to make ‘ drastic adjustments , such as massively replacing living labor by machines and/or disciplining their labor forces ’ ( p. 129 ) in areas of low-intensity class struggle . |
| 3 | He 'll steal , beg , pawn or sell his family treasures , anything . |
| 4 | ‘ Or sell my story to some Hong Kong newspaper ? ’ |
| 5 | We should not suppress or repress our anger feelings . |
| 6 | The fingers move gently in and start to tickle it or rub its face and then , without warning , grab it and pick it up . |
| 7 | Cumulative selection will see to it that animals are well fitted to outrun their predators or outwit their prey , no less than it sees to it that they are well fitted to the prevailing weather conditions . |
| 8 | Their common lot was fierce parental discipline , even a man of a warm and kindly nature such as Samuel Pepys thought nothing of beating his 15-year-old maid with a broomstick , and locking her up for the night in his cellar , or whipping his boy-servant , or even boxing his clerk 's ears . |
| 9 | It wo n't dip , or wobble , or swing , or scratch its ass when you tell it to keep still . |
| 10 | Or scratch your crutch with the salad fork . |
| 11 | ‘ Actually , ’ Vanessa began , not bothering to lean closer or lower her voice , ‘ the chicken these wings came from must have died of old age . ’ |
| 12 | An environment must be created in which partners can feel free to raise or lower their involvement as is appropriate . |
| 13 | It is invaluable to have a friend who can indicate to you by some private sign if you should raise or lower your voice . |
| 14 | Heathcliff looked more like a gentleman than I had ever seen him , but his wife had not bothered to brush her hair or change her dress . |
| 15 | Changing Shape It is often the case that many students grow in height or change their shape in some way during lessons , so it is not a good idea to buy shoes or clothes until nearing the end of the course of lessons . |
| 16 | Failing to pass through it , or change their strategy and invest the compound from another route , over the fence , as he had done , their plan had stalled at the resistance the settlers were able to muster at that very node . |
| 17 | However Hahnemann came increasingly to recognize that there were patients whose diseases continually seemed to relapse , or change their form , and such patients could be extremely difficult to treat . |
| 18 | If , however , the market is able to absorb information about the risks attached to future cash flows from other sources , for example the work of financial analysts , then the role of qualification is marginalised to that of informing unsophisticated investors about risks , the knowledge of which has , unbeknown to them , already been built into the pricing of their securities , but which might possibly cause them to consider whether they should diversify their portfolio or change its composition . |
| 19 | No other lexicographer may now obtain the text of the entry for update , or change its status , until the borrower has returned the entry , at which point the on- loan flag is reset . |
| 20 | access or change his address , fax and phone number lists ; |
| 21 | But I repeated them in Ezra Pound. : Poet as Sculptor , and nothing that has come to my notice since , including an erudite and adulatory article on these cantos by David Gordon in Paideuma 4 ( 1975 ) , has made me want to retract my words or change my mind . |
| 22 | Inner striving and resentment at what we do has no solution unless we move on to something else , or change our attitude . |
| 23 | It 's being sent out to the public through the post with no attempt to spare her pride or hide her name . |
| 24 | Does using the pupil 's mother tongue in teaching a second language help or hinder their progress ? |
| 25 | Feelings , as we saw in the entry under that heading ( see pages 66 to 69 ) , either help or hinder your behaviour . |
| 26 | Only a few , largely of the younger members , consider that at least for the first few years after an election , the House as a whole should keep a wary eye on the government and seek to support or influence its policy irrespective of the line taken by the official Opposition . |
| 27 | ‘ Has n't anybody been looking after you or bringing you food ? ’ |
| 28 | When the price has been agreed your agent will confirm it in writing and notify your solicitor — but wait until the buyer 's survey has been completed and the house given the OK before celebrating or allowing your agent to put up his ‘ Sold Subject to Contract ’ sign . |
| 29 | Yet , despite all this , Baxter wrote , ‘ not one that I hear of are fallen off or forsake their uprightness ’ . |
| 30 | The otter either heard me or got my scent , because it suddenly looked up , then stood up and moved out of sight round the other side of the rock . |