Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may make sense to be tested if you are or intend to become pregnant , as about 13% of babies born to HIV positive mothers are themselves infected . |
| 2 | ( b ) alternative , as in the cases of the provision of alternative facilities for the production , exhibition or publication of certain kinds of work , where it is believed that existing institutions exclude or tend to exclude these ; |
| 3 | When you need a quick change of role — or want to take extra time to look stunning — start with your hairstyle . |
| 4 | But if you want a specific remedial programme for one child , or want to find one pupil 's strengths and weaknesses , the analysis is the best way . |
| 5 | Erm right so looking at the details of those , right what we 've , what we 're actually saying then is that if erm you , you would want to provide that income or want to make sure that that , that income was available should you die tomorrow ? |
| 6 | thought or expect to demonstrate one point |
| 7 | Applicants should hold , or expect to obtain this year , a degree of at least good second-class honours standard in an appropriate Arts or Social Sciences subject . |
| 8 | They would seem to be of integral importance to any manager or coach handling black sportsmen , yet few theorize at any level other than the physiological or , more occasionally , the psychological . |
| 9 | Often the file formats for hand scanners in particular depend on the program , and can be obscure — it 's not often , for instance , that you see a PCC or CUT file these days , yet some scanners still provide files in those formats . |
| 10 | Often , the only cause of damage to the glider is if the wings or fuselage break loose . |
| 11 | ‘ Elvis you have to keep singin' or die to stay big . |
| 12 | He asked parliament whether he should proceed to assert his own authority over Scotland , or seek to persuade one side or the other there to acknowledge English superiority . |
| 13 | SI 1992 No 274 provides a complementary exemption , permitting companies which have ‘ relevant securities ’ traded or dealt in on the markets indicated above to issue investment advertisements provided that , in broad terms , they do not overtly advertise the company 's securities as investments or seek to advertise any other investments or investment services . |
| 14 | In British terms that means reflecting the multifarious ways in which speech and gesture reveal or seek to conceal social status and social pretension : and in a fast-shifting , highly unrigid world like the British , status is far more often a matter of pretension than of birth . |
| 15 | A ministry that enjoyed royal confidence could generally take the House of Lords for grated , and provided it did not prove incompetent or seek to impose excessive taxation , " its position was unassailable in the Commons . " |
| 16 | Wednesday have now gone seven League games without a win and must start taking chances or stop making basic mistakes at the back . |
| 17 | No one is going to thank you if you end up making changes which either cause real hardship or bring the political roof in — or manage to do both . |
| 18 | ( b ) There is no fact or matter concerning the proposed business or affairs of the Company nor any fact or matter relating to the financial forecasts which is or may be material for disclosure to any intending subscriber for shares in the Company which has not been disclosed to the Investors and any such fact or matter arising prior to Completion of this agreement will forthwith be disclosed to the Investors . |
| 19 | They will now consult their members to see whether they wish to accept the rise or consider taking industrial action . |
| 20 | As potential functional weaknesses emerge during the design appraisal further consideration is given to what functions might be allocated to the man or machine to provide greater mutual support . |
| 21 | I do n't know what I expected to see , but as always when you have a tooth out or get kicked half to death the change in appearance is nowhere like commensurate with the pain . |
| 22 | We could modify either LA or SEGLAB to reduce this problem . |
| 23 | Gabriel 's use of colour is sublime , often radiantly transparent , and occasionally accentuated by the addition of sand or tar to give full impact to the overall artistic image . |
| 24 | 1.6.1 not to incur any liability on behalf of or in any way pledge or purport to pledge 's credit or purport to make any contract binding upon ; |
| 25 | or crouch to read such recondite catalogues : |
| 26 | Estimate how many cups can be filled or try to pour equal quantities into a given number of cups . |
| 27 | The quickening of awareness in pleasure and the shrinking from it in pain are spontaneous , as I discover whenever I suffer , or deliberately resist a temptation , or try to enjoy some cultivated entertainment which bores me . |
| 28 | They are invited to sense sounds played in another room , or try to match patterned cards drawn elsewhere . |
| 29 | Continually adepts are warned that they must not strain themselves or try to experience these unnatural things . |
| 30 | But he asked nothing ; it was not his habit to woo men from their clan allegiance , or try to make dishonest use of a man he wished to employ honestly . |