Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They snap their fingers as if the world is their wine-waiter . |
| 2 | They each filled in their respective forms as if the van belonged to the trader and as if the customer wished to acquire the van on hire purchase terms . |
| 3 | Deciding whether to release a prisoner on parole , for example , needs a judgement about whether the prisoner is likely to commit another offence . |
| 4 | Publicly there were muzzy plans for when the city populations took to the skies en masse . |
| 5 | Departments are now obliged to review from time to time the bodies they sponsor , and have received instructions that — whatever the precise degree of independence — the minister is answerable to Parliament for whether the body is working efficiently and economically . |
| 6 | This , together with the disintegration of support for and the organisation of the Congress Party in North-central India indicate that it will be very difficult for any party to obtain parliamentary majorities in the near future . |
| 7 | Elsa departed because she could n't take Fagg 's oft-repeated loud muttering of ‘ Swiss maybe , but Swiss-Kraut certainly ’ ; two male Chinese took umbrage when he denounced them as Nips ; an observing Hindu became revolted when Mauleverer , an occasional resident , subjected him to intense cross-questioning about whether the liver was from a Dutch calf and was being served sufficiently rare ; and a delicious-looking Filipino , who strayed too close to Fishbane at breakfast , received a pinch which made her hysterical . |
| 8 | The necessity for and the presence of the foreign company are constant reminders of the deficiencies of the domestic economy ; new methods are defined as more efficient ( if not necessarily more desirable ) than the traditional methods of production current in the host economy ; andwhere entirely new products enter , this only underlines the inadequacies of the host . |
| 9 | It becomes more ‘ leaky ’ which allows other food molecules through and the body may then react adversely to these as well . |
| 10 | There is a ( real ) wooden floor which looks bewildering ; the grain and ring patterns in the wood look as if the wood was a liquid oil , allowed to run and then dry . |
| 11 | Where the holder of a canteen licence ceases to manage the canteen , the person who is in charge for the time being can , for a period of 14 days from the date " when the holder ceased to be manager , sell liquor as if the licence had been transferred to him . |
| 12 | Two new rackets for 1992 are the Break Through and the Break Point . |
| 13 | In a reference to continuing reports that more Soviet weapons had been moved east of the Ural mountains and thus out of the treaty area , the UK Defence Secretary Tom King raised doubts about whether the treaty process was going forward with " the degree of control and accuracy that was intended " . |
| 14 | Their tough activism contrasted with the Ministry of Agriculture 's considerable suspicion of the Bank 's motives , doubts about whether the government could possibly meet all the conditions of lending that the Bank would require , and sheer reluctance to organize all the preparatory technical studies that would form a part of project preparation . |
| 15 | But there are growing doubts about whether the plan will deliver as much irrigation water as promised and about its effect on the Missolonghi wetland at the river mouth , designated as of international importance under the Ramsar Convention . |
| 16 | In the present case there were clearly grounds for doubts about whether the accounting period ended on 25 October 1977 or 31 January 1978 , W believing the former and the company contending the latter . |
| 17 | She asked Dot about whether the sun was shining in London , about the school , and about Gloria . |
| 18 | For field staff , however , a review which led to the relaxation of a large number of consents appeared to be in direct contradiction to their efforts ostensibly to bring all dischargers into compliance — ‘ trying to fiddle the books for when the Act comes into force ’ as a northern authority officer put it . |
| 19 | The hardships associated with uncertain wage levels include difficulty in obtaining a mortgage , difficulty with HP purchase , or uncertainty about whether the rent — or the food bill — will be paid . |
| 20 | You may have worries about whether the patient can return to work , or how you can plan future holidays for yourself or the family . |
| 21 | ‘ I like to get pictures as if the horse is about to blink or breathe , the nostrils about to expand or contract , the legs about to break into a trot or canter . ’ |
| 22 | A recent example of the first category appeared in a contract for the construction of offshore oil exploration facilities in the North Seatechnical disputes about whether the work or the facilities complied with the contract were to be referred to an expert . |
| 23 | The drop in support for the government parties after less than five months in power was widely attributed to growing scepticism about whether the government could produce a workable programme to tackle the country 's economic crisis . |
| 24 | He was scraping the mud of the streets off his boots and dusting down his shoulders as if the rain itself might be contaminated . |
| 25 | The outlook for sterling is clouded by confusion about whether the Chancellor has set a new floor for the pound . |
| 26 | She rummaged frantically in her handbag as if the key were a vital clue , its loss disastrous , seeing in imagination a phalanx of accusing eyes , the police demanding she account for it , Father Barnes 's tired and dispirited face . |
| 27 | I am grateful to my editors at Viking Penguin , New York , and Victor Gollancz Ltd , London , Amanda Vaill and Joanna Goldsworthy , for their patience and understanding as I kept changing my mind about whether the work was finished . |
| 28 | By the Adoption Act 1958 , property of adopter and adoptee is to devolve in all respects as if the adoptee were the child of the adopter , born in lawful wedlock . |
| 29 | The deed of variation will have the effect as if the will of the deceased had the same terms as the deed of variation ( IHTA 1984 , s142 ) . |
| 30 | Alternatively , an SBU may be following a product-differentiation policy , in which case , depending on the type of industry , progress in product development and field tests , success in taking out patents , the results of early market-research tests and various other indicators provide early signals of whether the investment policy is likely to be successful . |