Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [num ord] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the Anglo-American partnership was vital but unequal in maintaining the First and Second Pillars of grand strategy , Britain was expected to go it alone in supporting the Third Pillar , which was an essentially British requirement that had little to do with the Americans or the North Atlantic Alliance . |
| 2 | The plaintiff sought a declaration that the use of Bridge Road and the section of Medway Road between Bridge Road and its junction up to its junction with Mill Road by heavy goods vehicles coming to and from the premises of the fourth and fifth defendants at the Chatham Dockyard between the hours of 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. constituted a public nuisance ; an injunction prohibiting the fourth and fifth defendants from causing or permitting heavy goods vehicles coming to or from their premises at Chatham Dockyard to use those roads between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. ; an injunction prohibiting the dock company from permitting heavy goods vehicles to enter or leave the Chatham Dockyard by the Gillingham Gate between those hours ; and a mandatory injunction requiring the dock company to take all steps within its power to prevent the use of those roads by heavy goods vehicles of the fourth and fifth defendants between those hours . |
| 3 | Using factor analysis of data for twenty-one liberal democracies ( with two data sets for France , representing the Fourth and Fifth Republics ) , Lijphart identified three groups on each dimension , giving nine in all : there was at least one liberal democracy in each of the cells ( figure 3.7 ) , indicating the very substantial differences between countries in their detailed operation of this basic political system . |
| 4 | Depending on the type of violation that is occurring the second and third course of action may or may not be available to the designer . |
| 5 | Opening the fourth and final day 's debate on the budget , Mr Heseltine flatly denied that he and Mr Lamont had fallen out over the VAT rise . |
| 6 | Opening the fourth and final day 's debate on the budget , Mr Heseltine flatly denied that he and Mr Lamont had fallen out over the VAT rise . |
| 7 | In the UK , the Government took a long look at the spectrum before launching a fifth and sixth TV channel . |
| 8 | In the film 's most inventive touch , Hook tries to avenge himself on Peter Pan by becoming a second and better father . |
| 9 | When clear of the top of the T , finish off by passing the last but one wrap over your finger tip to form a loop , pass round again and slip the end through the loop and pull tight , and the elasticity will hold everything tight . |
| 10 | The development of a separate manpower policy agency seems to have been carried out with all these motives in minds The University Grants Committee has been seen as serving the second and third purposes . |
| 11 | And now he was passing a second and more dilapidated pillbox and it struck him that the whole headland had the desolate look of an old battlefield , the corpses long since carted away but the air vibrating still with the gunfire of long-lost battles , while the power station loomed over it like a grandiose modern monument to the unknown dead . |
| 12 | So she 's spending a third on stationery , she 's saving a third and the other third has got to be split up between |
| 13 | This power may be used , for example , to prevent a parent seeking a second or third opinion when this would be contrary to the child 's best interests . |
| 14 | A comparison with later styles shows the way in which armour developed in the years separating the first and third ventures into the Holy Land . |
| 15 | On 3 March 1987 the originating summons was amended by adding the seventh and eighth plaintiffs , and on 19 March 1987 it was further amended to seek accounts of all transactions entered into , and of all dealings with the property of the plaintiffs by the first defendant , and of all moneys received by or payment made by the first defendant or by the second or third defendants , and an inquiry whether any sums were due from the first defendant to the plaintiffs . |
| 16 | 2 xy = a ² or y = occupying the first and third quadrants . |
| 17 | but I , he says he did n't , I mean , since she 's had the chop , but between having the first and then having the twins , the second , she went back to work then at the Building Society , so she 's got a cheaper mortgage , so why did n't they pay some off then ? |
| 18 | This chapter was therefore important in linking the second and third parts of the book . |
| 19 | Children learn very quickly that if they are initially refused what they want , asking a second or third time may be successful . |
| 20 | Genetic counselling is basically giving advice to parents , including those who have already given birth to a mentally handicapped child , of risks of having a first or second child with mental handicap . |
| 21 | Low birth weight appears to be comparatively most widespread among the babies of young teenagers ; for example , 31 per cent of babies born to United States girls who had a second birth before reaching age 15 and 20 per cent of those born to 15–19 year old women having a fourth or higher order birth ( Omran , 1981 ) . |
| 22 | A note stated that Roger was a partner having a sixth and a " two thirtieth part " of mining works at Coniston since July 1692 . |
| 23 | 4.6 There is ample further evidence for regarding the second and third elements in such sequences — unlike the others we have seen so far — as jointly equivalent to a clause at the intensional level ; let us consider the four points which follow : First , most or all such phrases accept the insertion of the explicit predicator to be in front of the adjective ( and to be seems to be more or less obligatory when such adjectives are questioned ) ; we have already seen examples ( e.g. ( 35 ) , ( 41 ) ) . |
| 24 | Motivated by the belief that an improved course would bring in more members , the plans for 1915 included altering the 5th and 12th greens and ‘ if time permits ’ enlarging the 1st and 17th ( combined ) greens . |
| 25 | Such was the confusion that the BBC , who had spent three hours covering the race , only just managed to catch the men 's finish and went off air without knowing the second and third-placed finishers , despite a warning on Friday that such an eventuality was possible . |
| 26 | Meg was squatting at the top of the stairs , her hands clutching the third and fourth struts tightly , her eyes wide , filled with fright . |
| 27 | Let us restrict ourselves to square matrices ; then premultiplication of any matrix A by unc has the effect of interchanging the ith and jth rows of A ; postmultiplication of A by unc interchanges the ith and jth columns . |
| 28 | Since the early 1970s , the proportion of divorces involving a second or later marriage for one partner more than doubled , from 7% in 1971 to 16% in 1989 . |
| 29 | But the pro took the match , winning the second and third . |
| 30 | Just as thrilling but achieved in a much more orderly fashion , was Sweden 's remarkable escape against Canada in Vancouver , ( see special report on page 25 ) , where not only was Stefan Edberg , the world number one at the time , beaten by the little known , 237th ranked Daniel Nestor on the opening day but Magnus Gustafsson also had to save two match points against the Canadian hero before winning the fifth and decisive rubber from two sets to one down . |