Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he exited so violently down the throat of Hell that he ripped the tongue and set the snout bobbing as if Hell were about to sneeze . |
| 2 | It has been said more than once in the decided cases that section 7(4) can not receive different constructions according to whether resort to the subsection arises for one of the reasons under section 7(3) or because the driver exercises his right to claim to have his breath specimen replaced under section 8(2) . |
| 3 | Countries disagree on whether incineration with energy recovery should count towards recycling targets ( as in France and Sweden ) or not ( as in Germany ) . |
| 4 | Well I mean I think the issue revolves around whether landscape in the Greater York context , in the light of the specific proposal , is a is a strategic issue . |
| 5 | It clearly applies to most dealings and to advisory services ; however , it does not cover transactions entered into as intermediary for a non-UK customer , for example , by a non-UK broker or investment manager . |
| 6 | Given the likelihood of a rich set of different types of molecule , including carbon compounds , the question arises of whether life could have developed and exist today in such regions . |
| 7 | This was on the basis that the act of the plaintiff relied on as consent preceded , and licensed in advance , a possible subsequent act of negligence . |
| 8 | He 'd been pleased with his magnanimous administration of justice , but this new development looked as if advantage was being taken of weakness . |
| 9 | Without waiting for his reply , she yawned once more , curled up as best she could , and , acting for all she was worth , let her head loll as if sleep had already claimed her . |
| 10 | ‘ Next ’ is not exactly fashion , not what The Face or Vogue would recognize as such anyway , but then successful survivors have far more important things to think about than fashion ; it is more a statement of lifestyle . |
| 11 | Bosch reared one off a length to have Simmons caught at gully , and Lara proceeded with all guns blazing as if victory was but a boundary away . |
| 12 | Opinions differ about whether intonation has a grammatical function . |
| 13 | I said that the answer depends upon whether life has arisen only once , or many times . |
| 14 | A lot depends on whether recovery here comes with a whimper or a pneumatic bang . |
| 15 | Turning now to antitrust policy , a major difference among advanced industrial countries in respect of their policy towards collusion lies in whether collusion is in most instances per se illegal , as in the US , or whether attention is directed at appraising the results of collusive behaviour , as for example in the UK . |
| 16 | Viola Machin , nevertheless , seemed impervious to it : she stood in bosomy grief , in a becoming coat of umber shade , dabbing her eyes at the pathetic bits of the service ; Desmond , in a heavy black coat , managed only an insurance agent 's decorous grief ; and Hilary looked as if cheerfulness might keep breaking through — which would probably , after all , be what Hilda would have liked most . |
| 17 | Following the 1908 Act discussion centred on whether thrift could be encouraged in any way that would not be inherently counter-productive . |
| 18 | Most human discourses behave as if language were transparent to a meaning or a reality beyond it , but , if we carry the lessons of Saussure right through to their logical conclusion , we see that this can not be so . |
| 19 | The appeal turns on whether evidence obtained by the operation should have been admitted by the trial judge . |