Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that 's a real nuisance with a working dog because it does n't matter where you have your beasts gathered or which direction you want to drive your sheep , a rabbit is always likely to pop up and Meg would be off like a shot . |
| 2 | They can dispense with the claim that science must start with unbiased and unprejudiced observation by making a distinction between the way a theory is first thought of or discovered on the one hand , and the way in which it is justified or its merits assessed on the other . |
| 3 | ‘ ( 1 ) An act done by a person in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute shall not be actionable in tort on the ground only — ( a ) that it induces another person to break a contract or interferes or induces any other person to interfere with its performance ; or ( b ) that it consists in his threatening that a contract ( whether one to which he is a party or not ) will be broken or its performance interfered with , or that he will induce another person to break a contract or to interfere with its performance . |
| 4 | A much more likely thesis is that the theory is wrong — either our ideas of the way in which stars function are wildly misplaced or our understanding of the process of nuclear fusion is flawed . |
| 5 | The fact that he did not stop can be explained or whichever part of this point is applicable . |
| 6 | Where there is limited choice or competition , as in many public services , individual citizens can not as easily make their voices heard or their views count . |
| 7 | The differences between Roosevelt and Truman have sometimes been exaggerated where their attitudes to Russia were concerned . |
| 8 | Details of the number of Hurricanes scrambled or my position in the formation escape me . |
| 9 | Even if some of them come for what others hold to be a wrong reason , they should not be discouraged or their motives despised . |
| 10 | When she told him calmly about the baby , he had genuinely wished that his wife would divorce him . |
| 11 | David McNeil , who is retiring on Friday as senior depute director of education , admitted to ‘ loose and inappropriate ’ remarks after The Scotsman disclosed that his department is being investigated by the Commission for Racial Equality . |
| 12 | It is also sometimes supposed that their existence shows that the strong fact/value distinction made by attitudinists and intuitionists is misconceived and that in our language , as it stands , factual premisses can logically imply evaluative conclusions . |
| 13 | It might be supposed that their strength had something to do with the crystals being wet . |
| 14 | She came from a large family , and it must be supposed that her mother or one of her sisters helped to care for the children while she was at work . |
| 15 | For it is often supposed that his attitude towards women stands in stark contrast to that of the surrounding society . |
| 16 | As the afternoon wore on he began to look unhappy , muttered to Dr Neil that he might have supposed that his cousin James would forget to come — he lived a busy life , after all . |
| 17 | Although subjects gave the risk rating immediately on hearing the tone it was stressed that their safety should be the main consideration , thus they should not attempt to perform any judgment task until they felt comfortable with the driving situation . |
| 18 | All Dobry 's major recommendations for changes in the system were rejected , though it was stressed that their objectives could typically be achieved if local authorities adopted ‘ the most efficient working methods . |
| 19 | In these two examples , we are reminded that what cloze is measuring is the predictability , or more accurately , the redundancy within a passage , and this may or may not be closely related to its comprehensibility . |
| 20 | It is particularly with respect to written language that foreign language teachers are surprised to be reminded that their learners ' written English is far from perfect and that they sometimes make higher demands than are made of native speakers by their colleagues in the school or , mutatis mutandis , by mother tongue teachers in the relevant foreign country . |
| 21 | But as I run my bath , I am reminded that my self has a physical outline . |
| 22 | Bush and Gorbachev merely represent the forces which brought them to office and merely pursue an agenda so predetermined that its outcome could have been predicted in advance . |
| 23 | The report from the three wise men concludes : ‘ The significance of Super-SARA , from a Community point of view , has already been severely eroded during the years that the project has been under discussion and it is expected that its significance will be yet further undermined before the completion of the project . ’ |
| 24 | While the Midland had expected that its reserves would be lower than either Barclays or NatWest , both newly merged , it was horrified to learn that the true capital of Lloyds , a bank it had always looked down on , was £266m , £73m higher than its own . |
| 25 | If she lives on her own and poor health has robbed her of a normal social life , it is to be expected that her loneliness may have created such a build-up of unexpressed thoughts , feelings and opinions that she may need to talk herself to a standstill before she is ready to converse with you , and interest herself in anything you have to say . |
| 26 | It was expected that her counsel would ask Sir Stephen Brown , President of the Family Division , for a ‘ residence order ’ , allowing the girl to remain with her boyfriend . |
| 27 | In any case she had not expected that her role in the assessment would be limited to receiving information back from an EWO : ‘ We did n't ask for it [ the assessment ] — it was the education system who said it should be done — if I accept them into my home I do n't expect them to disappear for twelve months , if they invited themselves in . ’ |
| 28 | It is expected that their development plans for the new financial year will put a roof over the heads of about 7,000 people . |
| 29 | Where children attend different types of schools , it is to be expected that their school attainments will differ . |
| 30 | When lords met , especially if they spoke different languages , it was expected that their followings might quarrel . |