Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Where there is a guarantor or where the offer is not accepted , judgment can not be entered before the return day ( Ord 9 , r 3(1) , ( 2 ) ; Ord 49 , r 6(5) ) ( for agreements dated 18 May , 1985 or earlier ) .
2 Blisters are a sign that moisture has either got below the felt or that the felt was laid on a damp surface .
3 Abortion usually provides the last chance for a woman to opt not to have a child ( unless she is prepared to offer it for adoption ) either for social reasons or because the fetus is in some way malformed .
4 At the hearing , the director will present the case or if the respondent is legally represented , then the association may be similarly represented .
5 Furthermore even in a fused profession , the barristers in chambers in the Inns of Court and elsewhere would undoubtedly enter into partnership as specialist trial advocates and do agency work for other solicitors , whose own staff were unable to act as advocates in every case or where the complexity of the case justified bringing in a specialist advocate .
6 Painful bowel movements were thought to be present if the child complained of pain during defecation or when the child exhibited screaming or crying in anticipation of , or during , defecation , if the parent reported blood on the stool or if the child had an anal fissure present at the time of examination .
7 This is not to assume either that there has never been pressure within the universities for change or that the state is necessarily hostile to the collegiate model .
8 If the Scoutmaster says a novelty plastic umbrella stand is pure elephant 's foot or if the vicar 's wife passes off a gold-plated tie-pin as the real thing , they can be held to account under law .
9 Turn it into an oiled bowl , cover with a polythene bag and leave in a warm place for about an hour or until the dough has doubled in size .
10 Leave for an hour or until the stain fades and then wash as normal .
11 Bake for at least 1 hour or until the cake has just begun to shrink from sides of tin and is springy to the touch — a skewer inserted into the centre should come out clean .
12 First and foremost he maintained that a mistake of law would be no defence to the application of the principle but as alternatives he submitted that the principle would be subject to the mistake of law defence or that the defence of mistake of law should be abrogated altogether .
13 It may arise because a space has been reserved for an , as yet , undefined component or because the person initiating the search has no authority to see the information contained within that domain .
14 Do the pages of ticks mean that Fred is a genius or that the work was set at too low a standard ?
15 However , there are various defences available — for example , that the parent took reasonable steps to comply with the direction or that the direction was ‘ unreasonable ’ .
16 ‘ … it shall be defence for the person charged to prove that he did not know , and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained , that the goods did not conform to the description or that the description had been applied to the goods . ’
17 In any proceedings for an offence under this Act of supplying or offering to supply goods to which a false trade description is applied it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that he did not know and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained , that the goods did not conform to the description or that the description had been applied to the goods .
18 The most important thing to emphasise is that , regardless of the attitude of the glider , if it is not responding to moving back on the stick or if the stick is hitting the back stop , a forward movement must be made to allow the glider to unstall .
19 Can he therefore confirm that either the Secretary of State has breached the security rules or that the excuse of national security has been used merely to cover the fact that the Government made the decisions on political rather than on military grounds ?
20 According to section 15 of the 1982 Act , if the union is sued for inducing breach of or interfering with contract , or for intimidation by threats to interfere with contract , or for conspiracy to commit these torts , then the act in question shall be taken to have been done by the union only if it was authorised or endorsed by a ‘ responsible person , ’ which means the principal executive committee , any person authorised by the rules to endorse acts of the kind in question , the president or general secretary , any other employed official , or any committee to which an employed official reports , but an act by an official or a committee to which he reports shall not be taken as authorised or endorsed if the official or committee was prevented from authorising or endorsing the act by union rules or if the act has been repudiated by the president or general secretary .
21 Cover , reduce the heat and simmer for about 20 minutes or until the mixture is pulpy and the flavours are well blended .
22 If it is a minor burn it is best to place the burned area in a bowl of cold water for at least ten minutes or until the child says the pain is easing , then cover with a clean , dry , non-fluffy cloth kept in place with a bandage or a clean scarf .
23 Add the cream , bring to the boil ( without letting it boil over ) and cook for 5–10 minutes or until the cream has reduced by a third .
24 Bake the elioti for about 45 minutes or until the base sounds hollow when tapped .
25 Gently cook the onion and sage in the butter for about 10 minutes or until the onion is soft ( do not allow to brown ) .
26 Tip the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 30 minutes or until the sponge is springy to the touch .
27 True , there were a few pockets of stubborn resistance , where the Reiksguard refused to fall back in the face of certain defeat or where the thunder of Imperial arquebuses had shattered the Bretonnian infantry .
28 If the pupil has not been excluded permanently , but his been excluded for an indefinite period , the governors can only order the head teacher to reinstate him/her if the aggregate period of exclusion would be more than five days in any term or if the pupil would miss an opportunity to take a public examination .
29 There may also be other costs if , for example , the qualification message adds to rather than reduces uncertainty or if the market misinterprets the message .
30 Mr Nicholas tried to obtain an order from the court for the purchase of his shares in Magnetics or that the company be wound up .
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