Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [prep] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 eh , its a free country and you should be able to choose what you want to do yourself er , if something is damaging to your health then I would agree , yes , smoking I do n't agree with smoking but if people want to smoke that 's entirely up to them , they know the risks , I would n't smoke , I know the risks but vegetarianism is purely a matter of choice and there 's no peop people that harp on about you should n't eat meat , get on my nerves
2 But , even then , it may fail and it should again be emphasised that family members benefit from their own sake from involvement in the Family Fellowships regardless of what may happen to the primary sufferer .
3 If I 'd told you about the entry earlier on it might have lulled you into a false sense of complacency .
4 ‘ If a driver knows that any attempt to overtake the car ahead of him will risk a fine or disqualification , then he will not try , ’ the Austrian said .
5 This suggested effects far beyond what could be accounted for by lung cancer deaths alone .
6 But his skin would crawl as if he 'd somehow sensed that he was being watched , and he 'd switch on every light that he could find , including the big spotlights out over what would one day become the car park .
7 He stated the position at p617 as follows : There is no question here of what may be called sentimental damage bereavement or pain and suffering .
8 I refuse to stay and talk to you any longer , and do n't come to my room tonight for you will not be welcome . "
9 But I 've found that a few years away from something can make you realise just how much you want it — need it . ’
10 If the pinches of flake were thrown over any other bream 's head then that fish would veer to one side , but only the bream immediately alongside him would react , and then only to get out of the way .
11 The exercise of decomposing the system models will aid this process , progressively bringing the systems ideas closer to what can be observed in practice ; imaginative use of unsophisticated computer software can also help , particularly where the level of detail makes manual analysis impracticable ; simple matrices similar to those employed to good effect in many of the studies described in this book can also be of benefit ; not forgetting , of course , the significant value of discussing ideas with experienced staff from the organisation being studied .
12 They should let them do all the houses up with it should n't they ?
13 In that case both of them will move inwards under the effect of magnetic force .
14 He had no official status and no powers of arrest , but once he 'd identified Alina then the two officers along with him would have been able to detain her on immigration charges .
15 Indeed , so firmly did they reject the view that adults should be given the right to choose their own cinema entertainment — ‘ whatever turns you on ’ , as the saying went — that their Report marked the beginning of a historic swing of the pendulum away from what can now be seen as the libertarian heyday of British media law .
16 It took the view that the upper limit is arbitrary , and might operate unfairly , since a person just above the limit receives no assistance , whereas a person just below it might have to make a substantial contribution but would have the security of knowing that that contribution represents the maximum liability for costs regardless of the actual cost or the outcome of the case .
17 Any spillages on the skin should immediately be washed with lots of water just like one would do with bleach .
18 From various tables near by she could hear a handful of languages being spoken : English , Italian , Malti , even Arabic .
19 They turn the water off , and then when they say do you want the water back on you can have a meter , but they do n't tell you , you pay thirty five pound a quarter for the meter , and that 's without a bit of water going through it .
20 A good night out for me would be one where I got home and nobody had played any tricks on me .
21 The Bill requires the development corporation to operate the barrage so that the water immediately behind it should be maintained at a level between 4 m and 4.5 m above ordnance datum except in certain circumstances defined in the Bill .
22 The continued squeeze on defence procurement , combined with a demand for ever-more complex weaponry , has encouraged NATO to think the once-unthinkable : a code of practice for defence companies that should wring better value for money out of what used to be one of the capitalist world 's most protected and pampered industries .
23 I 'd of never never got that hose out without it would I , now ?
24 The other people all around us must have thought — I do n't know what they must have thought .
25 Mum you should be alright for a lift home with someone should n't you ?
26 It is the simplest form and does not require complicated provisions or professional advice both of which will add to the purchase costs .
27 It was feared that an emphasis on individual tribal culture might increase or encourage separatism : was it possible to find common ground out of which would emerge a truly indigenous Tanzanian culture ?
28 There seemed no limit now to what could go wrong ; panic welled up in her at the least excuse .
29 Alternatively , where the members of the single community under study perceive themselves as belonging to a number of separate kin groups which do not intermarry , this is a matter of great sociological significance regardless of what may or may not be the actual biological facts of the case .
30 But looking at some still pictures of it I reckon I made a mistake early on which could have denied ‘ Obbo ’ of scoring a more orthodox try .
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