Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The source of irritation may be flies , an unpleasant smell , ticklish grooming or an unskilled rider . |
| 2 | The same problem may also arise where the demised property is to include some projection . |
| 3 | Anyway , the perceived need since 1945 is said in the Report to have been ‘ to involve employees to a greater extent in company decision making ’ whatever involvement involves or a greater extent extends to . |
| 4 | Along at the river 's mouth , at the standing wave formed where the incoming sea and outgoing melt water meet , a flock of terns hover and dive like gnats in the summer air . |
| 5 | The Museums and Galleries Commission is hoping that these considerations will lead the Charity Commissioners to reconsider their decision under the cy-pres ( i.e. next best thing ) provision of the 1960 Charities Act , which allows a charitable bequest or trust to be altered where the original stipulation is no longer relevant . |
| 6 | The author directs attention to the all-important consideration of scale : ‘ We often see some of the smallest growing shrubs placed where the largest trees should have been planted . ’ |
| 7 | It is actively supported by a small part of the population , and tacitly tolerated by many more , out of either fear or a simple desire not to be involved in a political battle . |
| 8 | In recognising that fact , as well as the reality that this package can not be amended or the entire community ratification process goes back into the melting pot , it was the pressure point likely to offer the greatest temptation to the Tory anti-Maastricht brigade . |
| 9 | And with that he was gone to go where no other inventor has gone before … and no doubt to the top of the telly ratings . |
| 10 | But these conditions do not exist where the original parties have invested in transaction-specific assets . |
| 11 | They should have rushed back here , started up the engines and dashed out to sea , and we 'd have sent a police launch or the local equivalent of the Customs and Excise after them . ’ |
| 12 | YESTERDAY 'S Diary explained where the main parties stood on British Rail ( between carriages jammed against the netty door , very likely . ) |
| 13 | Haksar 's argument that no violation of moral duty is involved in the practice of satyāgraha as distinct from the threat of coercion , however , fails to take into consideration the difficulties involved in regarding morality as an infallible guide to conduct or an absolute rule . |
| 14 | The following points should be noted about partial offers : ( 1 ) The offeror and its concert parties must not buy shares in the target during the partial offer period , neither must they , or any new concert parties , purchase shares for a period of 12 months following a successful partial offer without the Panel 's consent ( Rule 36.3 ) ( although consent will normally be given where the partial offer has resulted in a holding carrying less than 30 per cent of the voting rights ( note 2 ) ) . |
| 15 | In Aspinall v Sterling Mansell Ltd [ 1981 ] 3 All ER 866 it was said that there is a difference in kind between an ordinary medical examination and one involving experimenting or a diagnostic procedure . |
| 16 | Any of the following signs or symptoms may cause you to be suspicious : water retention asthma abdominal bloating migraine headache abdominal wind insomnia abdominal pain anxiety or irritability diarrhoea constipation eczema puffy eyelids rhinitis ( sneezing or a runny nose ) swollen fingers or ankles |
| 17 | Experimental cars are being developed where the rear lights are controlled by a digital code sent from a circuit at the front along an optical fibre . |
| 18 | The principles he acts upon are not adopted because of his social position or natural endowments , or in view of the particular kind of society in which he lives or the specific things that he happens to want . |
| 19 | In Lahore , Karachi and other cities in Pakistan , small-scale melas are organised where the principal feature is a dance show performed by hijras . |
| 20 | The ‘ change of life-style ’ argument is unsound because the change is not necessarily greater the further you fly or the more time zones you cross . |
| 21 | If necessary the prosecution might call a vehicle examiner to give evidence where there is some technical failure of the handbrake such as a worn ratchet causing the brake lever to slip or a frayed cable which snapped under pressure . |
| 22 | But it might also be happening where the Communist Party have provided some sort of secure physical presence and where if , as a result of past exploitation , there was a substantial degree of antagonism towards landlords which , it would be that that was carried out . |
| 23 | Few disciples followed him , his purist rigour being unsuited to compromise or the political infighting which wracked the sectarian Left . |
| 24 | The Army backs also had their moments , but too often the soldiers shot themselves in the foot as the critical pass was dropped or the wrong option taken . |
| 25 | Thus to make a wonderful stock base for poaching or a clear soup , water would be highly flavoured with lemon or lime juice , plus lemon grass and kaffir lime leaf . |
| 26 | Whether the attention it received was due to its classic looks or the fast drying coating of mud which reached on to the roof was difficult to judge , though I suspect , it was the butch overcoat which caught so many eyes . |
| 27 | At the end of that period , in mid-career , most surveyors will nowadays be involved in some form of re-training , and the trauma of that experience will be alleviated where the original education input was right . |
| 28 | At a rough guess , Pierremont Gardens today stands where the real gardens of Pierremont used to be . |
| 29 | In connected speech , however , in addition to the two kinds of substitution error mentioned above a correct word may be omitted or an incorrect word may be inserted into the string . |
| 30 | Like VR as an instrument of state terror , or brainwashing or a virtual jail where you keep someone plugged in . |