Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , the insurer will be concerned to see that the vendor has not waived or limited its rights of subrogation . |
| 2 | It is suggested , however , that neither clause 9.1 nor 9.2 will offer any protection to a landlord who has misrepresented or misdescribed its title . |
| 3 | She lived in Half Moon Crescent ( he had checked the number and the street before he 'd started out on his trek , so that even if Slater had lost or forgotten her number , she would not be lost to him ) . |
| 4 | But United 's trip to Hillsborough today will provide Fergie with a more revealing test of Cantona 's mettle , because Wednesday fans are unlikely to have forgiven or forgotten his walkout on the Owls 11 months ago . |
| 5 | Could it be — could it possibly be — that he had poisoned or drugged my wine ? |
| 6 | In photography , I tend to work with clients who 've heard me talk or seen my work , so they know my agenda . |
| 7 | They are employed by multinational companies which , during this period of structural change , have organized or reorganized their production on a worldwide basis with different parts of the production process carried out in different countries . |
| 8 | Once you have rented or bought your home , and you have fixed a date for your occupation it is time to sort out the essential services — gas , electricity , water , telephone . |
| 9 | Those units where management has ignored or abdicated its responsibility are those that are now panicking in the approach to 1 April . |
| 10 | Nor indeed did Barth pretend to be beyond criticism , though he was not slow to point out where he thought his critics had misunderstood or misrepresented his views . |
| 11 | Despite the high frequency of growth impairment as a complication of pediatric Crohn 's disease , 45 of the 67 patients had maintained or increased their SDS for height during a follow up interval of 5.4 ( 1.7 ) years . |
| 12 | He was also alleged to have dragged or thrown their sister by the neck so as to cause bruising to the upper arm and neck . |
| 13 | I have joined classes where I 've leapt about to Michael Jackson or thrown my pot and been surprised at the sound of my own voice when I 've paid the babysitter . |
| 14 | Since , however , the House in Reg. v. Morris considered that there had plainly been an appropriation in Reg. v. Lawrence [ 1972 ] A.C. 626 , this must ( I think ) have been because the Italian student , although he had permitted or allowed his money to be taken , had not in truth consented to the taxi driver taking anything in excess of the correct fare . |
| 15 | Since , however , the House in Reg. v. Morris considered that there had plainly been an appropriation in Reg. v. Lawrence [ 1972 ] A.C. 626 , this must ( I think ) have been because the Italian student , although he had permitted or allowed his money to be taken , had not in truth consented to the taxi driver taking anything in excess of the correct fare . |
| 16 | He did not find Lawrence and Morris easy to reconcile but since " the House in R v Morris considered that there had plainly been an appropriation in Lawrence 's case , there must have been because [ the victim ] , although he had permitted or allowed his money to be taken , had not in truth consented to the [ accused ] taking anything in excess of [ what was agreed ] . |
| 17 | He had n't been changed or taken his medicine . |
| 18 | Also in doubt is their predictive validity , as no study has determined mother-infant interaction after discharge from a mother and baby unit or identified which observations during the admission are most crucial to prognosis . |
| 19 | Most reptiles , having buried or concealed their eggs in some way , abandon them , but a few stay beside them and will valiantly defend them against robbers . |
| 20 | Neither would consciously have recognized or construed their position in this way . |
| 21 | But even when that linkage has been broken by the entrance of a new press owner — Conrad Black , Rupert Murdoch , David Stevens — the newspapers in question have either maintained or reasserted their commitment to the political right . |
| 22 | Both appeared as nearly naked as possible after the censor had cut or covered his pound of flesh . |
| 23 | In the course of our case studies in the manufacturing sector we encountered several organisations which had recently introduced or extended their use of temporary working and which referred to the workers concerned as " casuals " . |
| 24 | Because of the historical importance of these papers we devote most of this chapter to them , and to the subsequent empirical research which has either corroborated or extended their results . |
| 25 | She had forgotten or erased his face , and so she saw it through a blur , but his body was naked , exactly as she had remembered it , golden-white , muscular and slender , the black mass at the groin and out of it the penis rising dark amber-red . |
| 26 | A buyer under a tender offer , on the other hand , faces no such restriction unless he has stated or implied his intention not to make a full bid . |
| 27 | ‘ It is not that he had abandoned or qualified his commitment to the principle of non-violence ’ . |
| 28 | All of our businesses have maintained or improved their market shares as managers we concentrate on the full year rather on either half and because of our seasonal bias er , those of you who 've been , er , to our interim presentations before er , will remember that without fail I tell you our results at the half-way stage are not a clear guide to the outcome of the year as a whole . |
| 29 | ( FCA ) of having been found to be in breach of Investment Business Regulation 6.03 in that the firm at Shipley between 16 March 1989 and 12 March 1991 sent business letters relating to its investment business without bearing the legend ‘ Authorised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales to carry on investment business ’ contrary to Investment Business Regulation 2.02 and in that the firm at Shipley between 9 September 1988 and 1 October 1989 entered or required its Principal to enter into an association or arrangement with a person which might result in the defendant being constrained or induced to refer or introduce a client to a person who was not an independent intermediary with a view to that person giving investment advice contrary to Investment Business Regulation 2.03 and in that the firm at Shipley between 16 March 1986 and 31 October 1989 failed before recommending or effecting for a client a transaction in units in an authorised unit trust or a recognised collective investment scheme , to take reasonable steps to establish that other more advantageous or suitable policies or units were not available contrary to Investment Business Regulation 2.11 and in that the firm at Shipley between 1 November 1989 and 16 October 1991 having given advice to a client which was such that when acted upon it resulted in commission being received by the defendant , failed to notify the said client in writing of the amount and terms of such commission as soon as that information was available , contrary to Investment Business Regulation 2.32 was reprimanded , fined £3,000 and ordered to pay £500 by way of costs . |
| 30 | We can not consider the growth of technology or the growth of government as autonomous forces which are somehow independent of the set of values which have either accompanied or prompted their growth . |