Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [noun] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Special procedure is provided for provisional licences where building or reconstruction has yet to be done : subs . |
| 2 | It is common ground between the plaintiffs and the ombudsman that the only relevant matter of complaint is that part of paragraph 3 of Part II to Schedule 12 , which refers to the grant or refusal to grant further advances to a borrowing member . |
| 3 | Single notes or octaves ring out with a kind of starry brilliance . |
| 4 | It is usual to assume that the pupils will be able to use close-range materials on the desk or table in front of them , and then look up to the blackboard , perhaps to copy notes or diagrams displayed there , then quickly refocus on to their desk work . |
| 5 | An ‘ atrophied preface ’ , typically at the end of the boom , contains a mock Whitmanesque statement of stylistic plenty where Burroughs whips up its visual and aural multiplicity : ‘ This book spills off the page in all directions , kaleidoscope of vistas , medley of tunes and street noises , farts and riot yipes … ’ |
| 6 | It consists of the bass-parts for each choir , placed one above the other , with bar-lines but no text or figures to indicate how he was to fill out the bass , only an occasional flat or sharp above the notes ; when in the Masses a movement begins in a higher part only , this is shown in the organ part ; but when the higher voices sing without the bass , the organ part is marked ‘ tacet ’ or ‘ non est hic ’ . |
| 7 | As Sperber and Wilson ( 1986 ) show , the fact that there is no single interpretation for a text or utterance does not mean that interpretation is not constrained at all . |
| 8 | Maybe the T & G does n't want a partnership of equals , maybe it wants a takeover . |
| 9 | Most allegations of breach of privilege or contempt end there , but if it appears to the Speaker that there has been a prima facie breach of privilege , the matter will be referred to the Committee of Privileges , the function of which is to receive evidence , determine whether , in its view , a breach or contempt has occurred and , if so , report to this effect to the House with any recommendations thought fit . |
| 10 | A witness may refuse to give evidence if he has a privilege or duty to do so either under the law of the State where the Letter of Request is to be executed or under the law of the requesting State . |
| 11 | HEAVY US buying sent telecommunications giant Cable & Wireless zooming ahead 20p to 667p after 2.4m shares changed hands in late trading yesterday . |
| 12 | News of the negotiations pushed Cable & Wireless shares up 29p to 548p on the stock market in London . |
| 13 | Cable & Wireless holds around three-quarters of the shares , the Hong Kong Government another 7 per cent and the remainder are held by outside shareholders . |
| 14 | Cable & Wireless held around 80 per cent of both companies . |
| 15 | Cable & Wireless closed down 19p at 850p , BT shares fell 6p to 421p , Vodafone dropped 19p to 491p , and Securicor , which owns 40% of Cellnet , slid 29p to 710p . |
| 16 | A charge of public exhibition of indecent acts or things had not been brought for 100 years , since a showman was convicted of keeping a booth on Epsom Downs for the purpose of an indecent exhibition . |
| 17 | Bored female requires scintillating correspondence to warm her winter nights-Most musical tastes catered for , but no Goths or Smiths fans please . |
| 18 | Others were picked up opportunistically because a visitor or student arrived with just the right skills or interests to move ahead on a front I might otherwise have neglected . |
| 19 | Many have adopted the empowerment rhetoric to promote a conservative agenda of blaming individuals for not having the skills or motivation to rise up out of powerlessness ( Ryan , 1976 ) . |
| 20 | Birds are not like this : blackbirds or goldfinches vary reassuringly little wherever you go . |
| 21 | If you have awkward pipes , low windows , a hatch or power points already in position , mark them on the plan , and measure up and draw elevations of the walls as well . |
| 22 | 3.3.1.2 remove or tamper with the Trade Marks or other means of attribution or identification used on or in relation to the Licensed Products 3.3.1.3 use the Trade Marks in any way which might prejudice their distinctiveness or validity or the goodwill of therein 3.3.1.4 use in relation to the Products any Trade Marks other than the Trade Marks and the trade marks of and MacEnglish as set out in Schedule 2 B or used by in the Territory any Trade Marks or Trade Names so resembling the Trade Marks or Trade Names of as to be likely to cause confusion or deception . |
| 23 | Darwin 's rejection of geographical isolation encouraged his opponents to postulate sudden transformations or saltations to explain how distinct new species were formed . |
| 24 | Auditors are normally concerned with ensuring that the accounts of a firm are an accurate record of its financial position and that employers or directors have not been absconding with the funds or ‘ fiddling the books ’ . |
| 25 | The gift of becoming sons or daughters does not come through our being born , but through our being born again . |
| 26 | It is perhaps dubious to argue that a prayer or worship becomes more efficacious if more people join in , but there is no doubt that man was created a social animal and ritual that is shared is ritual that becomes more meaningful . |
| 27 | From the twelfth dynasty one may cite a necklace or girdle made up of electrum cowries ( Plate C ) with beads of lapis lazuli , carnelian , amethyst and electrum , said to have come from Thebes , or again one made up of gold cowries from Dashur , linked with the mother-goddess Hathor . |
| 28 | Cow & Gate have always encouraged healthy appetites in babies . |
| 29 | The pump may have jammed or failed ( see BOILER & PUMP REPAIRS again ) , the room thermostat may have packed up ( replace it ) , or a faulty motorised valve may be diverting water from the heating system . |
| 30 | Some children might say " the sound of footsteps " , but others will begin constructing a story — a prisoner being taken to his cell , perhaps , Mum or Dad coming upstairs to say goodnight or a murderer walking along the landing . |