Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Bauer put it in a recent BBC television discussion of covert recognition , ‘ Our normal experience of perception , of seeing objects or faces as an all or none process , is a trick that the brain plays on us ’ . |
| 2 | Adult is only pure white medium-sized seabird of region , having no darker streaks or smudges on head in winter : breast faintly suffused pink . |
| 3 | On the interpretation in terms of entrepreneurial or windfall gains , the variance may be reduced ( e.g. , by regulation of speculative activities or controls on land use ) or increased ( e.g. , by zoning legislation , by frequent changes in policy or tax rates , etc . |
| 4 | All three of the agencies mentioned in the last paragraph have recently been the subject of central limitations to their activities or curbs upon their freedom ! |
| 5 | Telling a story means making what is false ( or at least largely invented ) seem true , so ‘ realism ’ ( a term hard to define but impossible to avoid ) becomes a crucial yardstick of success , a measure of whether the film wins or loses in the game of make-believe , which may also be the serious game of box-office success or failure ( though this in turn relates only erratically to the quality of a film in general or its SFX in particular ) . |
| 6 | If x contains all the free variables that the finite program P ever inputs or assigns to , then there is an c — IF/ALT program P' such that free unc and P=P' is provable from the laws presented in section 1 . |
| 7 | Theorem 3 If the list x contains every free variable that the finite program P ever inputs or assigns to , and if P never evaluates an uninitialised variable , then there is a true x-normal form program P' such that unc and P = P' is provable from our laws and the rule of substitution for expressions . |
| 8 | ( If you do n't have either of these , find someone who has and ask them to record a few straightforward patterns or beats at around 80–100 beats per minute on a cassette — it will work just as well . ) |
| 9 | In contrast to the last comment , a metallurgist , philosopher and zoologist all noted significant changes in the norms or emphases within their disciplines : |
| 10 | In some cases , with your manager 's prior permission , you may make long distance calls or calls to directory enquiries but you will have to pay for these . |
| 11 | Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries or concerns with the tape or Handbook . |
| 12 | Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries or concerns with either the tape or the Handbook . |
| 13 | Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries or concerns with either the tape or the Handbook . |
| 14 | Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries or concerns with either the tape or the Handbook . |
| 15 | Anomalous values are obtained if the solute associates or dissociates in solution . |
| 16 | It frequently happens that a daughter lives with a widowed parent for 20 years or more ; if the parent changes council houses or moves from the private sector to a council house within one year of the death of the parent then on the death of the parent the council house will be the home which contains all the furniture and other articles which form part of the home and have been fitted into the council house by the parent and the daughter . |
| 17 | Nearly all records are for the period November to March , but there is one October record ( 1885 , Shoreham ) , and a few for April , May and June which probably refer to pricked birds or escapes from collections . |
| 18 | Your company stands or falls on how quickly it can handle information . |
| 19 | Whitty and Jones 's analysis stands or falls on the meaning of health , whether health services have an impact on health , and on the central functions of public health medicine . |
| 20 | This is a provision which is usually inserted , since , once an order has been placed , it becomes a separate contract , with a life of its own , and stands or falls on the terms and conditions which govern it . |
| 21 | The credibility of our called ministry stands or falls with respect to the other priorities that God has laid out for us . |
| 22 | The managing director of a big British agency , when he heard his colleagues saying that an agency stands or falls by its creative department used to reply , " No — it stands or falls by its progress control department . " |
| 23 | Product orientation — in this case the organization stands or falls by the quality of its products . |
| 24 | It spans the room , looking purposeful — after all , arches were originally self-supporting structures , forming domes or vaults within buildings if several were used together , or making impressive bridges across rivers . |
| 25 | Sunk in biology , she thought , listening for creaks or moans above the ceiling , listening to the soft stirring in her belly , licking her fingers . |
| 26 | The consequences for some nations or subgroups in a population of being without access to environmental data or the tools for analysing them while others have such access are potentially profound — as the European Commission has recognized in issuing a directive on public access to environmental data ( CEC 1990d ) — yet space limitations have also precluded their discussion . |
| 27 | Mode of dress can communicate such diverse information as a person 's ethnic origin , religious affiliation , occupation or social group and Helman ( 1984 ) cites examples of even self-mutilation to the body to indicate ‘ group ’ membership such as the insertion of large ornaments in the lips or earlobes in Brazil , East Africa and Melanesia . |
| 28 | The creation of a zonal level of administration directly under the Home Affairs Ministry was announced at the end of 1988 with the 18 existing districts or dzongkhags to be grouped under four zonal administrative headquarters . |
| 29 | I have described elsewhere the truncation of strong affective ties that occurs in childhood and the emotional estrangement this engenders ( Robarchek 1977a ) . |
| 30 | The Rockingbirds then play the heartfelt ‘ Standing On The Doorstep Of Love ’ , the anthemic hero-tribute ‘ Jonathan Jonathan ’ , and a run of crowd-pleasers that culminates in a cover of ‘ In Tall Buildings ’ which is plain perfect . |