Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | And er , as you 'll see , probably next week 's , I 'm not going to get to this now , er , next week , or possible the week after , even , depending on how long it takes me to get there , I will suggest to you that the revolution now taking place in behavioural science , does suggest wh what they are , and that there are in fact some deeply countering intuitive insights , erm , into this whole issue , which have only emerged in the last few years . |
2 | If we were naughty or disobedient the nursemaid would threaten us with this man who , she said , hid at night in the high bushes by the gate , and would know what we had done and come and get us . |
3 | If the ballvalve is faulty it is likely that either the washer has worn or that the seating needs replacing ( page 46 ) . |
4 | Alright , in order to satiate the demand for wheat in the world , we 'd need a farm , you know , the size of Wales , or something , or bigger than that , the size of Europe , or half the size of Europe , alright , so the , because of the , the nature of agricultural production , economies of scale just are n't , are n't there . |
5 | These criticisms are commonly voiced by those who have some political or academic axe to grind and who are , or think that they are , the blessed recipients of some God-given intuition which enables them to divine the actual mind of Parliament , no matter how obscure or equivocal the language in which it has chosen to express itself . |
6 | For one reason or another the loyalty of the squadron of some other loyalty said " no I wo n't join the Pathfinders , I want to stay where I am " . |
7 | With a number of recent recordings of these works by various players , most of whom claim in one way or another the composer 's approval of their performance , it is certainly worth hearing how Messiaen himself approached his organ music . |
8 | They provided education , free education , free health services erm one of the modern communication system and ports erm and they ensure job for every Kuwaiti , so you will not find an unemployed Kuwaiti , as soon as he is able to do one job or another the Government provided the training for a large number of Kuwaiti to provide technical works . |
9 | This is designed for situations where for one reason or another the work can not be fully described in advance and therefore a price can not be agreed . |
10 | ‘ We all hope , ’ ran its report , ‘ that by one means or another the development of these weapons can be avoided . |
11 | And for one reason or another the subcontractor bowled up on site on the Saturday afternoon and decided to do it then . |
12 | ‘ One way or another the thing had to die . |
13 | Messages displayed as a result of user errors are self-explanatory or direct the user to a contact who will be able to advise a suitable course of action . |
14 | He considers ( 1975 : xx ) ‘ predatory street crime to be a far more serious matter than consumer fraud , anti-trust violations etc … because predatory crime … makes difficult or impossible the maintenance of meaningful human communities ’ . |
15 | Then , in order to jump to store address C if the contents of accumulator A are not less than the contents of store address B , we write Compare Accumulator A to store address B Jump to C if condition code is 00 or 10 The set of condition code patterns , any one of which is to cause a successful jump , is specified in the IBM 370 range by a four-bit subsidiary information field . |
16 | Even if the reason is economic , technical or organisational the employer must still act reasonably in selecting and dismissing each employee . |
17 | It is the gauge of wire used for the springs and the amount and type of this upholstery that governs how firm or soft the bed is . |
18 | Each of us speaks with his own voice , and though the tone may be rich or poor the voice is unique . |
19 | We have to be able to make measurements of welfare ; when we have done that , and discovered how good or poor the welfare is , ethical decisions have to be taken , and individuals will have their own ideas about what is acceptable . |
20 | With no-one wishing to appear insensitive or dull-witted the audience gives an enthusiastic response , thereby upsetting Nero . |
21 | For example , it may instruct its members to go-slow or work-to-rule or it may call for selective strikes ( in which certain groups of workers stop working for a specified time period ) ; or all the union members may be called out on a one-day strike . |
22 | Seventy percent of the expenditure is on staff who you do not employ and can not dismiss , a large part of the income , or all the income is through the fees that are set na nationally by the government . |
23 | All one or all the other . |
24 | It is obvious that an Inspectorate of its present size in relation to its responsibility can not hope to achieve either all it would like or all the public would like it to do . ’ |
25 | The main question is who will pay for the clean-up : farmers or all the state 's taxpayers ? |
26 | Thinking about food between meals , after meals or all the time predisposes snacking behaviour and overeating . |
27 | However , he does not have this negative interpretation of all events or all the time — otherwise he would be permanently depressed . |
28 | With Type I ‘ internal markets ’ , some or all the health care services for an authority 's residents will be purchased on the basis of contracts . |
29 | If you feel especially anxious or upset about what you are faced with doing to/with a client have you been able to use this as a guide to how fearful or angry the client may also be feeling ? |
30 | Before embarking upon a display or demonstration , however formal or informal the occasion , think out why you are doing it and what you hope to achieve . |