Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In giving consent to another 's actions , however , our primary purpose is to authorise those actions and in so doing create for or accord to another a special right to act : the obligation generated on the consentor not to interfere with the exercise of this right takes , in this case , the secondary role . |
| 2 | The whole day had been a strange one for a young lady like herself who had never been allowed to go out on her own , had been carefully looked after and protected at all times from the impact of the world in which most people lived . |
| 3 | Section 2(2) of that Act provides that regulations may be made ‘ for the purpose of implementing any Community obligation of the United Kingdom or for the purpose of dealing with matters arising out of or related to any such obligation . ’ |
| 4 | this is a restriction on the debtor personally preventing him from disposing of or dealing in any property owned by him . |
| 5 | It is proposed to give the Directors the authority to alter the schemes to take account of or comply with any changes in any proposed or existing legislation affecting the schemes , or to take account of any take-over or reconstruction of the Company or to obtain or maintain favourable taxation treatment of the Company , any subsidiary or any participant , in each case excluding any changes which affect the basic structure of the schemes or the limits on the number of shares which may be subscribed for under the schemes . |
| 6 | As the champion of the unskilled workers of Ireland , patriot and prophet of revolutionary socialism , Larkin claimed both independence of and support from all and sundry in the trade union world . |
| 7 | 142 ( 2 ) The obligation under a condition or of a covenant entered into by a lessor with reference to the subject-matter of the lease shall , if and as far as the lessor has power to bind the reversionary estate immediately expectant on the term granted by the lease , be annexed and incident to and shall go with that reversionary estate , or the several parts thereof , notwithstanding severance of that reversionary estate , and may be taken advantage of and enforced by the person in whom the term is from time to time vested by conveyance , devolution in law , or otherwise ; and , if and as far as the lessor has power to bind the person from time to time entitled to that reversionary estate , the obligation aforesaid may be taken advantage of and enforced against any person so entitled . |
| 8 | Oral sex , although mentioned in literature and depicted in art spanning millennia , has been thought of and described by many people as a perversion of sexual practice . |
| 9 | The Patents Information Network has been established by the British Library to enable the public to find out what patents are being applied for and granted in this country and elsewhere . |
| 10 | The likely route of feeder and supply mains ; taking into account ground conditions ; anticipating , searching for and dealing with any problems that may hamper the mainlaying work . |
| 11 | And I 'd like to give a challenge to either er Michael Allison or any of the other MPs to come and live in my little bungalow for And exist on that rate for a week . |
| 12 | This has been especially evident in Peru and Chile , where goals have been fought for and won in this way . |
| 13 | A volume set can be formatted for and produced on any of the three available media types ( paper , microfilm or microfiche ) . |
| 14 | 2.2 Subject to all Landlord 's Approvals and all other consents being obtained ( which the Landlord shall forthwith apply for and obtain with all due expedition ) and continuing in force ( which continuation in force the Landlord shall use its best endeavours to ensure is maintained ) the Landlord shall entirely at its own expense in all respects immediately proceed diligently to carry out and complete the Works : |
| 15 | She would stand at her window in the summer twilights and feel the tug inside her as if something were straining to get out , urging her on with the kind of excitement she longed for and shrank from all at once . |
| 16 | It must have taken Summerchild at least an extra minute in each direction ; as I recall it from those evenings fifteen years ago , he walked at a much more reflective pace , as if slowed by some inner weight . |
| 17 | as if summoned by that anger , Tom Carey rounded a bend in the path , rod in hand . |
| 18 | Boar 's heart stuffed with cloves , lamb garnished with mint and marjoram , a swan cooked and restored so it sat upon the silver platter as if swimming on some magical pool . |
| 19 | McKillop seemed to be thinking hard as if struggling with some mathematical conundrum . |
| 20 | When the couple had gone upstairs to bed , Mr Stephens packed his bag for the next day 's outing , bolted the doors firmly — for many of the men stayed in Cockermouth drinking for three or four days and would roam the streets at night looking for somewhere to sleep — and then , as if to atone for those first designs he had on Emily , he picked out Silas Marner from his bookshelf and wrapped it up as a present for her . |
| 21 | Believers then follow the practice of the person who stubs his foot on a stone and looks upwards with the cry , ‘ Oh God ! ’ as if hoping for some sympathetic supernatural spectator to be looking down on what is happening . |
| 22 | Rainbow , looking towards my mirror as if hoping for some kind of guidance , is pulled backwards through the kitchen door . |
| 23 | Across the street , beyond a wide stretch of frost-laced gravel , there was a huge triumphal arch on which were four horses driven by a goddess of peace , over whom , in turn , hung two flags , both enormous as if vying with each other and both striped red , orange and black , the far one with those stripes alone , but the near one bearing the wreath , hammer and dividers of the German Democratic Republic , and under it all , cutting the avenue in half , halting it with the abruptness of Finis at the end of a book , and behind a fragile metal fence , snow on its top giving it an odd , festive look , there was a drab grey wall made of concrete blocks . |
| 24 | He stops , creases his brows and stares with closed eyelids into the distance , as if wrestling with some new concept . |
| 25 | He stared down at her for a few seconds , almost as if searching for some clue hidden in her expression . |
| 26 | The group sat quite still as if bound by some secret . |
| 27 | Sometimes , when I made a move towards the cottage door , as if to leave on some errand , he called me back . |
| 28 | Mother and daughter were glad of each other 's company then , while the electric storm boomed and crashed around them in the black night , as if aiming for this one exposed place . |
| 29 | And when it was over and their tears had dried , they lay like spoons , curved together as if made for each other , and slept . |
| 30 | Instinctively — as if faced by some poisonous animal — people moved back a little . |