Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Link chief executive Craig Sanderson said : ‘ Tenants in West Lothian will receive a landlord service that is second to none if they choose Link or Edinvar as their new landlord . |
| 2 | All committee minutes are circulated to the Board or tabled at its next meeting . |
| 3 | ‘ ( 1 ) An act done by a person in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute shall not be actionable in tort on the ground only — ( a ) that it induces another person to break a contract or interferes or induces any other person to interfere with its performance ; or ( b ) that it consists in his threatening that a contract ( whether one to which he is a party or not ) will be broken or its performance interfered with , or that he will induce another person to break a contract or to interfere with its performance . |
| 4 | Having already been severely admonished by his father , the young man despaired of finding any sympathy or understanding from his immediate family , always , however , with the exception of his mother . |
| 5 | The heroine in her scenario is , for example , ‘ often carried away by the anti-hero , but rescued either by her Father or the Hero — often reduced to support herself & her Father by her Talents & work for her Bread ; — continually cheated & defrauded of her hire , worn down to a Skeleton , & now & then starved to death ’ . |
| 6 | Although there was no dramatic change in their circumstances — no fear of eviction or drop in their standard of living — Constance felt rudderless . |
| 7 | Does it hold on to the exclusive for its major shareholders or go with its journalistic impulses ? |
| 8 | All too often students have difficulty or fail in their learning because they have an imperfect grasp of some concept , or because they have not learned some particular skill . |
| 9 | All three of the agencies mentioned in the last paragraph have recently been the subject of central limitations to their activities or curbs upon their freedom ! |
| 10 | ‘ What about the tourists who come up from the village on foot or arrive in their cars to take a look at your goods ? ’ he demanded . |
| 11 | Perfect as a present for your mother or to complement your own wardrobe , each piece is fashioned in 9 carat gold and designed specifically to be co-ordinated within a Suite or worn on its own . |
| 12 | Whether part of a dining room suite or used on its own , Montezumas ' iron furniture makes a stunning feature . |
| 13 | ‘ I ca n't let the success of the club stand or fail on my stage appearances , ’ she said . |
| 14 | In contrast to the last comment , a metallurgist , philosopher and zoologist all noted significant changes in the norms or emphases within their disciplines : |
| 15 | With the rest of the economy still showing healthy expansion , the Boards were soon faced with the option of disobeying Whitehall or failing in their statutory duty to supply new consumers , and they chose the former , with one Board bluntly saying they were ignoring the Government 's financial allocation ( which was then increased for the industry generally ) . |
| 16 | Whenever I had a sheet of paper in front of me and a paintbrush or pencil in my hand , the result was inevitable . |
| 17 | All Indian weavers , whether employed in large manufactories or working at their own family looms , are under contract to one of the major distributors , who tell them what sizes , colours and designs to weave . |
| 18 | Do n't spoil the look or feel of your bridal garment with badly fitting underwear . |
| 19 | Mary telephoned the therapist 2 months later because she felt unable to decide whether to return to her ex-husband or to stay with her boyfriend . |
| 20 | She had the sort of belly that has produced perhaps three or four children and never managed to forget its importance or let go of its previous function or recover from its distension . |
| 21 | The managing director of a big British agency , when he heard his colleagues saying that an agency stands or falls by its creative department used to reply , " No — it stands or falls by its progress control department . " |
| 22 | They are covered with poisonous hairs or have within their bodies a particularly acrid-tasting substance . |
| 23 | Even on a quiet mid-week summer 's day the beach is fringed with people picnicking or sleeping in their cars , while the lake itself is often used for windsurfing or water-skiing . |
| 24 | Any chance of aid or succour from her brother-in-law , William Charles Titford , would have been swept away by his death in 1828 ; but two years earlier than that , Elizabeth 's name appears in the registers of Shoreditch Workhouse . |
| 25 | Our link up with adidas has certainly provided a boost to membership , with many of you taking up the option to join and receive a free headband or wristband for their trouble . |
| 26 | Just as young children will cry and remonstrate or say ‘ do n't leave me ’ , so the adult may use just the same words or convey by their behaviour that this is their worry . |
| 27 | Interest on Meridian Savings can be added to your savings or credited to your Current Account . |
| 28 | AN academic has been banned from sleeping or eating in her office at Stirling University after being told it was so cluttered with papers and food that it constituted a health and fire hazard . |
| 29 | The Emperor Frederick I drew his popular names of Barbarossa or Rothbart from his red coloured beard . |
| 30 | In the car , my colleague put his elbow on the wheel and drove with his chin cupped in his hands . |