Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [noun] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Special procedure is provided for provisional licences where building or reconstruction has yet to be done : subs .
2 It is common ground between the plaintiffs and the ombudsman that the only relevant matter of complaint is that part of paragraph 3 of Part II to Schedule 12 , which refers to the grant or refusal to grant further advances to a borrowing member .
3 It is usual to assume that the pupils will be able to use close-range materials on the desk or table in front of them , and then look up to the blackboard , perhaps to copy notes or diagrams displayed there , then quickly refocus on to their desk work .
4 Most allegations of breach of privilege or contempt end there , but if it appears to the Speaker that there has been a prima facie breach of privilege , the matter will be referred to the Committee of Privileges , the function of which is to receive evidence , determine whether , in its view , a breach or contempt has occurred and , if so , report to this effect to the House with any recommendations thought fit .
5 A witness may refuse to give evidence if he has a privilege or duty to do so either under the law of the State where the Letter of Request is to be executed or under the law of the requesting State .
6 HEAVY US buying sent telecommunications giant Cable & Wireless zooming ahead 20p to 667p after 2.4m shares changed hands in late trading yesterday .
7 Cable & Wireless held around 80 per cent of both companies .
8 Bored female requires scintillating correspondence to warm her winter nights-Most musical tastes catered for , but no Goths or Smiths fans please .
9 Others were picked up opportunistically because a visitor or student arrived with just the right skills or interests to move ahead on a front I might otherwise have neglected .
10 Birds are not like this : blackbirds or goldfinches vary reassuringly little wherever you go .
11 If you have awkward pipes , low windows , a hatch or power points already in position , mark them on the plan , and measure up and draw elevations of the walls as well .
12 It is perhaps dubious to argue that a prayer or worship becomes more efficacious if more people join in , but there is no doubt that man was created a social animal and ritual that is shared is ritual that becomes more meaningful .
13 Cow & Gate have always encouraged healthy appetites in babies .
14 The pump may have jammed or failed ( see BOILER & PUMP REPAIRS again ) , the room thermostat may have packed up ( replace it ) , or a faulty motorised valve may be diverting water from the heating system .
15 Some children might say " the sound of footsteps " , but others will begin constructing a story — a prisoner being taken to his cell , perhaps , Mum or Dad coming upstairs to say goodnight or a murderer walking along the landing .
16 It was like Poor Cow or Cathy Come Home except that the woman at the sharp end of the social services was also the author .
17 Do n't expect meetings , discussions or journeys to go smoothly between the 12th and 16th .
18 Code switches or style shifts often ( though not always ) mark changes of persona and hence changes of footing within the conversation .
19 All licensed taxis in Brighton & Hove carry either the words ‘ Brighton Taxi ’ or ‘ Hove Taxi ’ on the centre of the roof .
20 Salesmen from Harvard and other licensed dealers who have been interviewed for jobs at companies such as Barclays de Zoete Wedd , Greenwell Montague , and Kitcat & Aitken have sometimes felt an obligation to explain their present work position .
21 The old , traditional method of exchange of contracts for sale by the buyer 's solicitors or representatives calling personally on the seller 's is very rarely used .
22 The paradigm underlying this family of methods is that patterns or clusters appear nonrandomly in the training set , for some unknown underlying reason .
23 For details concerning the publication history and contents of particular sketches or tales see under individual titles .
24 Any thoughts of others , any memory , any meetings or encounters have simply disappeared — as dark places are driven away by the sun .
25 The correlation of peer ratings with total influence exceeded the correlations with qualitative assessment or publication counts alone .
26 The correlation of peer ratings with total influence exceeded the correlations with qualitative assessment or publication counts alone .
27 Whether Marxists have moral values or ethics remains very controversial ( Lukes , 1985 ) .
28 One important principle must be observed : important parts should be composed first , and the supporting part or parts added later to create satisfactory harmony .
29 Choice of a particular university or polytechnic makes even less difference .
30 However , there is as yet little experience or research to guide either the design of software for early education or the management of its use within classrooms .
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