Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [art] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In determining whether the offer of alternative work is suitable , the tribunal takes into account factors such as status , skills required , pay , hours of work and whether it involves additional travelling time and/or expense or perhaps a need to move house . |
| 2 | Despite the tears , Athelstan still wondered if her adultery made her an assassin or perhaps an accomplice to murder . |
| 3 | And despite his hectic intercontinental schedule — commuting from his home in Paris to his musical duties in Chicago and Berlin ( where he has recently been appointed head of the Berlin Staatsoper ) — he always tries to set aside an hour or so every afternoon to sit in a cafe , nursing a coffee ( while , of course , veiling himself in a cloud of cigar smoke ) . |
| 4 | The fame of his treatment spread , bringing four hundred visitors or so a year to swell the local income . |
| 5 | But how do you know when you 're eighteen , whatever , is a natural teaching ability or merely a wish to try it ? |
| 6 | Will this be a problem , or merely a challenge to discover new historiographical methods ? |
| 7 | This will apply whether or not an election to waive the exemption from charging VAT is in place on the property at the date the lease is granted . |
| 8 | The co-option of an industrialist or businessman may be a statement about school being a place for training the future work force or just an attempt to involve someone with business acumen to sort out the LMS accounts . |
| 9 | An executive earning , say £15 000 a year in salary may cost the employer as much as £80 000 or more a year to maintain in the overseas location . |
| 10 | But sooner or later the need to use some aspect of statistics becomes obvious . |
| 11 | ‘ I speak at customer sales meetings to help them understand what Tencel is all about as well as prepare trade advertising or even a video to assist our mill customers launch their Tencel fabric collections . ’ |
| 12 | Sometimes it is best to wait for 3 to 6 months or even a year to do this . |
| 13 | You do not have to be a separatist or even a lesbian to enjoy the benefits of graduated separatism . |
| 14 | It is as if governments , having been given the gifts of technology , set them loose without an idea of how or even a wish to restrain them . |
| 15 | I agree with the judge that " What is required for this purpose is not an intention to own or even an intention to acquire ownership but an intention to possess , " that is to say , an intention for the time being to possess the land to the exclusion of all other persons , including the owner with the paper title . |
| 16 | The current generation of umpires will probably never summon the wisdom or even the self-effacement to request this aid , sot the ICC should examine closely the prospect of adopting the practice in the wake of Sir Colin 's momentous charter which came into effect last October . |
| 17 | Because of the many hours of sitting that we do , we lose the ability to squat or even the ability to sit down without falling down . |
| 18 | It might be that they genuinely do not feel that they have the energy or even the interest to effect change in their lives . |
| 19 | The numerous wells at the port of Hamwic , Saxon Southampton , may have been encouraged by the high density of population , but the wells on farms like Odell , Bedfordshire , may imply an awareness of the risks from polluted water brought about by a growing population , or even the need to extend settlement onto good soils which were not close to water . |
| 20 | In its view , there is not the time , the manpower or even the need to spy in the conventional sense . |
| 21 | Or simply a game to pass the time and add spice to the voyage ? |
| 22 | There are so many people who need leads , networks , or simply a place to stay . |
| 23 | One of the most poignant losses any human being faces is having to leave one 's home and sometimes even one 's country because of war , racism , famine or simply the drive to get decent economic opportunities . |
| 24 | These advantages may relate to factor supplies , technology spillovers from domestic firms that can only be captured by locating there , the need to jump over trade barriers , or simply the opportunity to exploit a potential monopoly position . |
| 25 | I have not had the time or sometimes the knowledge to identify all the organisms I found , but the species list to date ( Tables I and 2 ) totals 1731 . |
| 26 | The Congress , which partly superseded the former USSR Supreme Soviet , is elected for a five-year term and convenes once or twice a year to decide on major constitutional , political and socio-economic questions . |
| 27 | Retest foods once or twice a year to see if they are still a problem . |
| 28 | The valuation of trading stock will normally take place only once or twice a year to coincide with the date of the end of the builder 's financial year or half-year , although larger companies may prepare quarterly accounts . |
| 29 | The group will meet once or twice a month to discuss business coming before the council and to decide on a collective attitude . |
| 30 | As part of the improved conditions Bilal 's partner started taking us through the kitchen once or twice a week to sit with them and get a bit of sun . |