Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They thus occupy a rather special place in the spectrum of infectious human disease , since , without being able to find the germ responsible , it is not only rather difficult to be sure that the disease is present in the first place , but , having given a treatment for which there can be no de finite evidence of efficacy , since no organism has been eliminated , it can be very difficult to tell whether the infection has resolved or even whether the patient is better . |
| 2 | It should be stressed that even when the war was going badly for England , the partnership secured profits , which remained in England , even although the gains ultimately passed to other hands than those of the partners . |
| 3 | If this does occur it would be expected that more than one member of the same family would be infected and that the same strain of H pylori would be present in more than one member of the same family . |
| 4 | Although often unreliable , the weapons carried by the crew of a War Wagon are sufficiently varied that even if some of them malfunction , some of the others are bound to work . |
| 5 | Texaco , however has claimed that more than 5 million tones of coal have been successfully gasified worldwide , including 1.1 million tons at the company 's own gas power planet in Daggett , California . |
| 6 | The press has reported that more than 1,000 schoolboys have done this . |
| 7 | reported that more than 470,000 refugees had entered Jordan since the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait . |
| 8 | In four days of fighting it was reported that more than 100 people were killed . |
| 9 | For the reason that there can so often be delay in obtaining the husband 's signature , it is recommended that only once the documentation has been agreed and executed should a " completion date " be arranged so that the wife 's solicitors can make the necessary searches against the husband in HM Land Charges Registry or HM Land Registry ( as the case may be ) . |
| 10 | For the reason that there can so often be delay in obtaining the husband 's signature , it is recommended that only once the documentation has been agreed and executed is a " completion date " arranged so that the wife 's solicitors may ( in the case of unregistered title ) make a search against the husband at HM Land Charges Registry . |
| 11 | It might be objected that even though some criminal laws are in the interests of the dominant class and that others which are obviously not in these interests are ineffectively enforced , thus making them dead-letter laws , it still remains true that laws proscribing those types of victimizing behaviours of which we are all too aware and which set the nerve-ends of neo-classical/conservative criminologists , such as Wilson ( 1975 ) and Morgan ( 1978 ) tingling with fear and loathing , are in all our interests . |
| 12 | Pies can be confusing and cluttered if more than six or seven slices are displayed . |
| 13 | More than a hundred kids were wounded and more than 30 died last year . ’ |
| 14 | Unlike the others who appear and disappear as fashion and progress dictate , children occupy a permanent place in the list partly because of their continuing presence as a potential sub-class , partly because they have never protested and mainly because it is assumed that in favourable circumstances they will become men and therefore require attention . |
| 15 | I was very happy there , not just because I 'd won but also because the crown was very nice to me and I saw lots of Portuguese people . |
| 16 | She implored : ‘ If the immediate family breaks up the problems created can still be resolved but only if the children have been brought up from the very start with the feeling that they are wanted , loved and valued . ’ |
| 17 | Following an unsuccessful attempt to reach a peaceful agreement with the rebels , he , too , resigned after less than twenty-four hours in the job , to be replaced by José Giral , who , like Casares , was a member of Manuel Azaña 's Republican Left party . |
| 18 | Keegan , angered by the absence of the £1m spending money he was promised when succeeding Ossie Ardiles , and upset by boardroom unrest , issued a statement at 7pm yesterday , ending speculation that he had resigned after less than six weeks in his first managerial job . |
| 19 | But for the activists in the Party and its affiliates , the integratory and mobilizing functions of the ‘ Hitler myth ’ were not confined to support for current attainments , but rested on the incorporation in Hitler of the ‘ idea ’ of Nazism itself , determining future utopias to be won as well as past glories achieved . |
| 20 | Columbia Tristar Home Video have just released My Girl on rental and we have 100 copies to be won as well as super soundtrack CDs from My Girl . |
| 21 | Full advantage should also be taken of the payment on account scheme and all eligible disbursements should be claimed as soon as they are incurred . |
| 22 | It is important for the elderly to have heating in their bedroom because of the risk of hypothermia , and it is also essential to make sure that they are living in a home that is well ventilated as well as warm . |
| 23 | Sexual intercourse is defined as the penetration of the penis into the vagina : ejaculation is not required , and the offence is committed as soon as penetration takes place , although it has been held that the offence continues throughout penetration ( so that if the woman revokes her consent during intercourse and the man fails to withdraw , he commits rape ) . |
| 24 | The fat-coated grit , which contains a wormer , is scattered as soon as the shooting season ends in November right through until April the following year so that worm build-up is stopped . |
| 25 | This endorsement should be added when more than one dwelling is insured under the policy . |
| 26 | The National Government had been allotted a definite task , and on its completion it is understood that Parliament should be dissolved as soon as circumstances permit , and that each of the parties should be left free to place its policy before the electors for their approval . |
| 27 | The temperature dropped as soon as the frigid lands appeared . |
| 28 | The French Agriculture Minister , Henri Nallet , said that the ban , which his United Kingdom counterpart John Gummer described as " unwarranted , unjustified and contrary to EC law " , would be lifted as soon as he had satisfactory guarantees that BSE ( not hitherto officially confirmed in French cattle ) posed no threat to human health . |
| 29 | Both holders of government stock and dealers in it know that prices fluctuate and that capital losses can be expected as well as capital gains . |
| 30 | If no loss has been suffered by the client , and the matter resolved as soon as spotted , why should this be a disciplinary matter , reported to all and sundry ? |