Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last great campaign to revise social style — the so-called anti-spiritual pollution drive six years ago - petered out after only a few months when even the party leadership acknowledged it had more important things to worry about than enforcing short hair and dreary clothes . |
| 2 | Whilst this decision has been criticised as a " narrow " interpretation of the law ( ibid ) , our examination of the nature of casual working and the characteristics of the casual labour force in the hotels and catering sector raises the question of whether according casual workers employee status , and thus bringing them within the coverage of employment protection legislation , would be of any great relevance . |
| 3 | While civil servants and directors wade through the legal quagmire of whether to record unmet needs , many staff who have to implement the policy are already up to their necks in it . |
| 4 | This brings us to the problem of whether to leave serial harmony as it is , the product of a system , or to override the system and make the harmonic result our own . |
| 5 | In this mode of attribution young people are not spoken of as having tragic love affairs , rather it is said that ‘ they ca n't cope with physical sexual experiences ’ . |
| 6 | In addition to this , as if to put modern technology in perspective , stood a wide , leather-trimmed green blotter , a traditional brass and onyx pen-stand , a leather-backed memo pad , and a revolving set of index cards . |
| 7 | ‘ The protector closed his eyes and bowed his head , as if seeking Divine guidance . |
| 8 | The debate over academic freedom has been structured as if attaining academic freedom is part of a zero-sum game . |
| 9 | ‘ I think it must be your eyes , ’ he said at last , running his own gaze up and down as if giving intimate consideration to every other feature of her body . |
| 10 | ‘ The lad seems to be hungry , ’ he said cautiously , as if testing unknown ground . |
| 11 | He looked around as if to make sure Agrippa or any other spy was not lurking in the hedgerow , and shook his head in contradiction . |
| 12 | I presume serfs are still living there and I 'd rather break in than see innocent people die of hunger while — ’ |
| 13 | However , the workers were split on whether to take industrial action over the crisis , with production employees at Leyland in Lancashire rejecting a strike by 4-1 but shopfloor workers in Glasgow backing the move by more than 2-1 . |
| 14 | He adds that legal advice has indicated that there is a prima facie case against the auditors , but the decision on whether to take legal action will be made by a committee of two non-executive directors . |
| 15 | With a final decision expected in January on whether to scrap subsidised buses , the school 's vowing to fight it all the way . |
| 16 | Mr Everitt says the answer is longer sentences , but experts are divided on whether institutionalising young offenders is the best solution … |
| 17 | In another factory , this time a machine shop , managers were divided on whether to allow shop-floor workers some aspects of control over setting computerised tools . |
| 18 | China was admitted as an observer , but a final decision on whether to grant similar status to the former Yugoslav republics of Slovenia and Croatia was postponed until the September NAM summit in Jakarta . |
| 19 | GERMANY looks set to slam the door on hundreds of thousands of foreign refugees when its parliament votes on whether to limit political asylum rights . |
| 20 | Union members are voting on whether to start industrial action on May 15 , when the BBC governors consider the task force recommendations . |
| 21 | In the same July 25 address Kaunda announced that the referendum on whether to terminate one-party rule was to be postponed from October 1990 to August 1991 to allow the electoral roll to be updated . |
| 22 | Rover 's 35,000-strong workforce votes today on whether to accept Japanese-style working practices that will virtually guarantee them jobs for life . |
| 23 | Some of the textured pavement and warning tiles did not function well and some caused difficulties for the non-handicapped , as when snagging high heels . |
| 24 | What should you look for when buying dried fruit ? |
| 25 | Such changes may well alter what appeared to be the constant structure of the economy itself , and these changes also have to be allowed for when evaluating different policies . |
| 26 | Julie Byford , who manages the financial services team at the recruitment agency Badenoch & Clark , cites another quality that employers look for when recruiting corporate financiers . |