Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is as if Sukenick were putting into practice the principles of what he has called the ‘ architectonic novel ’ which ( and he cites Raymond Federman 's Double or Nothing as a prime example ) works like a jigsaw puzzle : ‘ the picture is filled out but there is no sense of development involved ’ ( Federman 1975 : 38 ) . |
| 2 | Certainly , given that in the words of one critic , the implementation of Model B , for example , would result in ‘ a massive realignment of powers and institutions , raising profound questions of identity for the universities as well as the polytechnics ’ the Green Paper says little or nothing about a national policy for higher education . |
| 3 | Once out on the big seas of life , we each have to do the best we can , whether we have sails , or engines , or nothing but a wooden paddle . |
| 4 | If you do n't fancy knitting the entire motifs in lurex , then try knitting it or them in a plain colour and combine a fine lurex thread with the background colour . |
| 5 | They forget that it is ‘ we ’ — or ourselves on a good day , ‘ society ’ as we call it — who understand that punishment is appropriate . |
| 6 | Erm so think about if you 've got a non-working partner or somebody on a low income to spread the money er so that you , has anybody already done this er you know prior to retirement ? |
| 7 | A small country , either in terms of area or population , or one with a federal structure consisting of relatively small units , will retain more responsibilities at federal or state ( that is , second-tier ) government levels . |
| 8 | But even where a clear cause can be established — for example , a child with severe brain damage , or one with a serious sensory or motor disorder — it would be simplistic to attribute all the child 's learning difficulties to the basic impairment alone . |
| 9 | Or one with a famous view . |
| 10 | A bilateral treaty ( or one with a limited number of parties ) creating mutual rights and duties in personam most approximates to a contract ; it is here that the identity of treaty partners is most significant . |
| 11 | Although Koehler ( 1914 ) suggested that O. nodosa was conspecific with O. anomala several differences are apparent , O. anomala differing from O. nodosa by the following characters : 1 , the jaw appears narrower than O. nodosa ; 2 , the apical and oral papillae do not appear to be as long nor as widely separated from each other as in O. nodosa ; 3. the distalmost oral papilla is often large and flap like in O. anomala but long and flattened like the other papillae in O. nodosa ; 4. the shape of the oral shields differs in O. anomala where it is rounded pentagonal with a rounded to obtuse proximal angle , straight lateral sides and a straight or slightly rounded distal edge , in O. nodosa it is a more ornate pentagonal shape with an obtuse proximal angle , slightly indented lateral sides and a rounded distal edge or one with a slight median projection ; 5. the ventral arm spines of O. anomala are slightly rugose with small or no secondary points doing the shaft ; those of O. nodosa have very prominent secondary points along the shaft ; 6. the ventral arm plates of O. anomala appear to be narrow and less axehead shaped than O. nodosa . |
| 12 | Whether it 's the Police Band or one from a nearby mill town , there are fewer nicer ways to end a summer day in Leeds than to sit in a deckchair at sunset , listening to the haunting sound of the trumpets and trombones . |
| 13 | The activity involved may be heavy or light or something with a specialised technique . |
| 14 | Undoubtedly one of the best ways the overseas student has of seeing what is required in British theatre training is to apply for one of the summer schools offered by the drama schools , and find out what it 's all about before committing him- or herself to a long and expensive stay . |
| 15 | This helper first massages the feet of the subject , then the head , and finally guides him or her through a mental exercise intended to lead to the regression itself . |
| 16 | It not only involves the user more demonstrably in the process and provides him or her with a visible record of the interview , but also begins to construct a historical picture of the older person . |
| 17 | If recruiting a specialist practitioner , therefore , bear in mind that you will often have to carry him or her for a reasonable period until they have been able to build their workload up . |
| 18 | I believe that those sexual practices which fail to recognise the essential humanity of other people are bad ; the man who rapes an unwilling partner , the individual who takes delight in the infliction of pain upon a partner who does not desire it , or the one who forces another into any sexual practice which is obnoxious to him or her is using the " partner " as an object rather than interacting with him or her as a human being . |
| 19 | If your dog is an unusual first cross , please send us a photo and all the relevant details so we can include him or her in a future issue . |
| 20 | If your dog is an unusual first cross , please send us a photo and all the relevant details so we can include him or her in a future issue . |
| 21 | If your dog is an unusual first cross , please send us a photo and all the relevant details so we can include him or her in a future issue . |
| 22 | It would be a defence for a person charged to prove that he/she had good reason or lawful authority for having the article with him or her in a public place . |
| 23 | And by continuing to treat him or her in a provocative manner we perpetuate a downward spiral of negative actions and reactions : in the case of the teenager , the disciplinary problems we anticipated . |
| 24 | Pink-browns or lightly frosted tones are flattering for older women or anyone with a lined mouth . |
| 25 | The composer wrote the song , piano solo , quartet or whatever for a particular purpose and for particular soloists , groups of musicians or an orchestra . |
| 26 | The thought patterns like Joanne and others the the concept of putting a little circle down and one word in it and expanding that out and being able to stand around and talk erm for three minutes or ten minutes or whatever for a significant amount of time erm that that was also a revelation to me . |
| 27 | Do not go to EuroDisney , or patronise anywhere or anything with a capital letter in the middle of its name . |
| 28 | It would n't be very large , but anything large or anything on a large square well if they 're working on it , once they put their bollards up . |
| 29 | We have already seen that someone with a voidable title can nevertheless transfer to an innocent purchaser a perfect title , provided he does so before his title is avoided . |
| 30 | Since the individual risks are multiplied together ( so that someone with a double risk on each factor has an overall eight-fold increased risk ) the trial could be done on a much smaller number of volunteers . |