Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] [art] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or that a rhino 's nose system is larger than its brain ? |
| 2 | Some are certainly seen each winter in areas where breeding has not been established , which may only indicate some local dispersal or that the species is easy to miss when breeding . |
| 3 | Any claim that a certain state or government , regime or society is " really " or " in the last analysis democratic , however implausible it may seem , must involve the implication that in some way or other the government , regime or state in question serves or represents the people ; that the " real " will of the people is expressed through it , or that the people support it , even if this support is not necessarily demonstrated through such formalities as elections . |
| 4 | Such a correspondence would ensure that no political party exercises undue influence and control over the means of communication or that the means of communication do not overwhelmingly support one political party . |
| 5 | Simmer gently for 35 minutes or until the fruit is translucent . |
| 6 | Dot with remaining butter and bake for about 10 minutes , or until the fish is opaque . |
| 7 | Cover the casserole dish and cook for 35–40 minutes or until the fish flakes easily . |
| 8 | Pour the sauce over the fish , cover with aluminium foil and cook in a preheated 200°C/400°F/Gas 6 oven for about 20 minutes , or until the cod is tender . |
| 9 | The transaction effected by the transfer was , whatever the transfer may have said , a transfer for no , or if the £1,800 is taken into account a derisory , consideration and was not a sale . |
| 10 | When pupils return to school from the Delphi unit it is because the pupils themselves wish to ( in Roger 's words ‘ the problem solves itself ’ ) or because the staff are anxious to ‘ relieve the pressure ’ in the unit rather than as part of a scheduled policy of reintegration . |
| 11 | We might finally note that the court is able to rely as an aid to discovering intention on the proposition that what no reasonable board could have believed to be beneficial to the company , the actual board could not have believed either , or , in other words , that where the means adopted could not on any reasonable view lead to the end of benefiting the company , the directors could not have been motivated by a desire to achieve that end . |
| 12 | Documents containing both text and simple graphics can be created using much the same equipment except that a graphics screen will now be essential in order to see the charts and graphs . |
| 13 | It is not unlike our once-familiar polecat , except that the mink carries the stigma of an unwelcome intruder , and to many rural people , it is a fierce and passionless killer of wildlife and domestic stock . |
| 14 | Except that the people he talks to on p120 really do believe they were kidnapped by aliens , and some were seriously distressed by the experience . |
| 15 | Secondly it will remain the case that once a species has been judicially classified as dangerous , then , subject to the doctrine of precedent , there is no room for distinctions based upon the fact that some variants or individual animals within the species may not in fact be at all dangerous : in other words , the law continues to ignore ‘ the world of difference between the wild elephant in the jungle and the trained elephant in the circus … [ which ] is in fact no more dangerous than a cow . ’ |
| 16 | In Greece , where the legal system is again based on the Napoleonic Code , there is a law that once the next-of-kin have identified the body of a relative it must be released to them for burial . |
| 17 | The references to Jericho in both Numbers and Deuteronomy lead us to expect that once the people have crossed the river the city will be the first obstacle in the way of their advance deeper into the Land . |
| 18 | An occasional member of the fugitive genteel stuck it grimly out until death ; once Clara was accosted by an old lady , battered and ragged and bent , who said as she walked along , and in accents of refined madness , that once the people that lived there had held their heads up high . |
| 19 | Foulston himself wrote of the group that : ‘ it occurred to him that if a series of edifices , exhibiting the various features of the architectural world , were erected in conjunction and skilfully grouped , a happy result might be obtained . |
| 20 | I was also concerned at this time that if an aircraft registered in a particular State crashed in the sea outside territorial waters , it was open to anyone to salvage it . |
| 21 | One of Murphy 's Laws states that if the statistics do n't prove your point then you obviously need more statistics ! |
| 22 | Conventional wisdom anyway held that if the yen rose above 115 to the dollar , virtually every exporter in Japan would be losing money . |
| 23 | But Hull also say that if the pair decide to change codes it will be for realistic sums of money . |
| 24 | He said that if the people were ready for negotiations , he would n't be against it . |
| 25 | Most begin by asserting their commitment to democracy , yet few would commit themselves completely to the notion that if the people want to wallow in sin , they should be permitted to do so . |
| 26 | ‘ I am convinced that if the people of Cheltenham had been blind and not seen the colour of John Taylor 's skin he would have been elected , ’ said Mr Nick Leach , secretary of a Cheltenham Tory ward . |
| 27 | Another problem to consider is that if the people identified for transfer do not go , what happens to their career prospects ? |
| 28 | But getting back to The Case is Altered : I supposed that if the people got browned off , as we call it , they 'd have a settin' in . |
| 29 | The Registrar advises that if the data user is satisfied that the child understands what he is asking and is acting on his own volition his request must be obeyed . |
| 30 | I do this , and reel my other rod in so that if the carp does give one another chance there will be no other line to get in the way of my landing it . |