Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [subord] [art] [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 | ‘ I love Harvey , ’ and little noises came out of the sphere of hair as if a canary was eating a hearty meal of seeds . |
| 6 | You fitted into my heart as if a space had always been there waiting . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | As discussed above , a more robust recognition system may result from allowing multiple interpretations of a segment , and letting lexical access make the final decision about whether a segment is or , for example , in the context of or , since neither gis , nor kif are valid lexical sequences . |
| 10 | There are a lot of herbs for when a child falls ill . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The proposal is likely to divide the group since some councils are voicing doubts about whether a referendum is the best way forward . |
| 14 | Femininity is fine , but suggestiveness is n't — the office is not the place for braless nipples or knickerless minis , and if you 've any doubts about whether an outfit is unsuitable , do n't wear it ; |
| 15 | 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 " . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She asked Dot about whether the sun was shining in London , about the school , and about Gloria . |
| 20 | It says much for the sang-froid of the practised musician that , despite the intrusion of a bomb hoax , both Dame Joan and the orchestra resumed the published programme as if no interruption had occurred . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | For example , if there was some slight uncertainty about whether an input segment was as legion or as in lesion the ambiguity at the lexical level would not be enough to resolve the ambiguity at the phoneme level . |
| 24 | You may have worries about whether the patient can return to work , or how you can plan future holidays for yourself or the family . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 26 | Disputes about whether a reference had been to an expert or an arbitrator have produced many lawsuits . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | John twitched his great shoulders as if a wasp had landed on them . |
| 30 | He was scraping the mud of the streets off his boots and dusting down his shoulders as if the rain itself might be contaminated . |