Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [prep] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Bali , where cockfighting is also a controlled ritual , the cocks have two spurs with honed edges , rather than a single spur with a sharpened point , so the battles differ in style and technique , according to the aficionados , rather as swordsmanship differs depending on whether a cutlass or a rapier is used . |
| 2 | The form includes a declaration to be completed according to whether a survivor of the buyers can or can not give a valid receipt for purchase monies . |
| 3 | It began to look as if a wee riot might be in order . |
| 4 | Would it have depended upon whether a majority of members had accepted the actions and , if so , where does that leave the dissentient minority whose membership entitles them to rely upon performance of the constitutive treaty ? |
| 5 | In at least one area this varied according to whether a person was seen by elderly services or others , because staffing profiles were much more biased towards medical care for elderly people with mental illness , with the result that other professions , such as social work , occupational therapy , and community psychiatric nursing , were less frequently called upon . |
| 6 | There are a few pairs of words ( minimal pairs ) in which a difference in meaning appears to depend on whether a particular is syllabic or not , for example : But we find no case of syllabic where it would not be possible to substitute either non-syllabic ( type a ) or ( type b ) ; in the examples above , ‘ Hungary ’ could equally well be pronounced and ‘ adulterous ’ as . |
| 7 | The same law and the same rules of construction apply both to clauses in agreements entered into before a dispute has arisen and subsequent agreements to refer entered into after a dispute has arisen . |
| 8 | A pretty pass we 've come to if a man ca n't have a friend without being labelled queer . ’ |
| 9 | The odd thing was that , after he had entered the paint shop , he had felt as if a heavy wave of sadness had suddenly been lifted from out of him . |
| 10 | The haughty face was older , harder , but it was the same man she had dreamed of as a very young teenager . |
| 11 | They need to focus on whether a report is addressed to funders , potential funders or someone else . |