Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb base] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you plan to stay where you are , the likelihood is that at some point you will want to make some changes or improvements : install central heating , insulate the loft , modernise the kitchen or perhaps convert part of the house to a granny flat for an elderly parent who is becoming too frail to live alone . |
| 2 | You can more or less make soup from anything , though a good home-made stock adds a certain flavour . |
| 3 | one critical detail to observe , no matter whether we are raw novice , or long experienced and that is safety Always remember that your lines can conduct electricity , cut skin , trip passers-by , or generally cause mayhem with grass mower blades . |
| 4 | ‘ We want as many Mini owners as possible to join the convoy , come for the weekend or just take part in the tour that Sunday . ’ |
| 5 | You can either use all or just adapt part of the design to suit your needs . |
| 6 | Many parents have no-one who can care for their young children , whether they are of preschool age or just require supervision during school holidays . |
| 7 | Or just pass time of day . |
| 8 | Changes in methods of firing and the growing popularity of Raku have altered all this , and whether you immerse the object in sawdust , and then set fire to the lot , or just sprinkle sawdust on the newlyfired and still hot piece , the subtleties in surface texture can be extremely rewarding . |
| 9 | The difficulty factors can operate as foci for teaching : pupils ' search strategies , their competence in interpretation and in calculation may separately or collectively need attention in order to improve performance . |
| 10 | Honeymoon and silver anniversary couples staying 5 nights or more receive dinner on arrival and a complimentary gondola ride . |
| 11 | The other concurrent development was the growing and irrepressible conviction that the inhabitants of India would claim and must sooner or later obtain responsibility for their own government . |
| 12 | For example , voluntary sector organisations who solely or partly incorporate work on domestic violence as part of their brief , ( eg Women 's Aid ) were investigated . |
| 13 | Papandreou reckons that this would allow EC governments which already ban or severely limit promotion of the killer weed to block imports of magazines which carry cigarette advertisements . |
| 14 | Hyper-transfusion or even exchange transfusion with normal blood can lower the proportion of HbS sufficiently to greatly reduce the incidence of sickling crises , but this is most useful as a short-term measure , for example in pregnancy or as prophylaxis before and during major surgery . |
| 15 | ‘ To disable at least one , Sir — or even make use of it ? ’ |
| 16 | Such changes may include decisions to accelerate , decelerate , or even stop expenditure on the project . |
| 17 | are less bitter and more as if he is reasoning with the sun or with fate , saying ‘ If the sun can make a whole plant grown from a little seed , or even create life on a dead planet , why can it not arouse my friend ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Is that … please we 'll be married , or please make love to me ? ’ |
| 19 | Local governments with high tax rates would be forced to reduce the rate of tax on salt to that pertaining in lower-rate localities , or else lose revenue by seeing their residents travel to purchase salt elsewhere . |
| 20 | Watch makers were forced at one time to accept either bread tickets or else take payment in cheap watches which they could sell only at a loss . |
| 21 | If not , he will have to buy or otherwise get sight of copies of past examination papers . |
| 22 | In which case Brussels will ban or otherwise limit advertising throughout the EC for spirits , certain over-the-counter drugs and contraceptives , simply because it is banned or controlled in one country or another . |
| 23 | ( 2 ) The Director may by notice in writing require the person whose affairs are to be investigated ( ‘ the person under investigation ’ ) or any other person whom he has reason to believe has relevant information to answer questions or otherwise furnish information with respect to any matter relevant to the investigation at a specified place and either at a specified time or forthwith . |
| 24 | I have reason to believe that you have relevant information about the affairs of the persons under investigation , and I therefore require you to answer questions or otherwise furnish information to me with respect to matters relevant to the investigation at Elm House , 10–16 , Elm Street , London , WC1X 0BJ on Thursday 13 June 1991 at 10 a.m . |
| 25 | The applicant sought judicial review of the decison of the Director of the Serious Fraud Office on 26 June 1991 , in the course of criminal proceedings against the applicant , to seek to enforce his compliance with the requirement contained in a notice issued pursuant to section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 to attend at her offices and answer questions or otherwise furnish information in respect of her investigation of the applicant alone , afer she had caused him to be interviewed under caution on three occasions and thereafter charged him with an offence , at a time when and in circumstances whereby ( a ) the applicant 's application for legal aid had not yet been granted and he had neither legal advice nor legal representation available to him ; ( b ) the Director had stated that she would not cause the applicant to be further cautioned in compliance with Code C , paragraph 16.5 of the current Codes of Practice issued pursuant to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 . |
| 26 | Does he go for new tactics or again show faith in the squad he took to Sweden ? |
| 27 | Critics of the most recent studies of compound 1080 say that they prove only that the chemical is lethal to coyotes — not that it can prevent or significantly decrease predation of flocks . |
| 28 | The poster scheme also provides an excellent opportunity to expose large numbers of the population , who rarely or never set foot within a gallery , to contemporary art . |
| 29 | The software houses have realised that the skills are not present , nor are they likely to be , and have compensated for this by providing either sample templates with the programs or even cut-down versions that only allow text to be entered into a pre-defined design . |
| 30 | Has he asked you to do more than just bring film of Piper 's records ? ’ |