Example sentences of "[conj] [be] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thousands of people have ‘ disappeared ’ or been extrajudicially executed after being abducted by members of the security forces . |
| 2 | Once an action becomes defended there is to be a fixed period within which the parties will be required either to set the case down for trial , on the assumption that it has not been settled or been otherwise disposed of , or to report to the court . |
| 3 | When objects are subject to gravity or are otherwise attached to a deck , the silhouette is more significant than the ground line . |
| 4 | Obviously , one hopes that other groups will attempt initiatives of this kind , or are already engaged in comparable initiatives of their own . |
| 5 | Generally speaking , organisms in warm , shallow seas that either build or are closely associated with reefs have been relatively vulnerable to extinction , as have planktonic foraminifera and ammonites , which have undergone a succession of ‘ boom and bust ’ cycles ( Vermeij , 1978 ; Haliam , 1981c ) . |
| 6 | More often than not the victims have serious medical problems , show a long history of social inadequacy , or are clearly suffering from mental illness . |
| 7 | Interpersonal skills are usually expected to develop without formal training , or are just taken for granted . |
| 8 | Or are perhaps named after geographical or historical facts . |
| 9 | Many standards related to document processing have just been published or are currently going through the later stages of the ISO process on their way to becoming official standards . |
| 10 | This means that people who have suffered or are currently suffering from schizophrenia need to be able to withdraw from arousing circumstances , but that the extreme understimulation which could sometimes be found in an old-fashioned mental hospital should equally be avoided . |
| 11 | The slightly damp , hygroscopic pages of a book provide excellent storage for peels which are either awaiting permanent mounting or are only needed for temporary examination . |
| 12 | Programmes may be designed to provide a broad base for some students or be narrowly focused for others . |
| 13 | More fragile sites often need to be roofed over or be completely enclosed in order to prevent their deterioration . |
| 14 | There will however still be many mentally handicapped people who will be unable to find employment because of the severity of their handicap , and there is a clear danger that these young people will remain at home or be eventually placed in hospitals and homes with only superficial stimulation . |
| 15 | Stylolites with little insoluble residue and high amplitudes may , however , be pathways of preferential fluid migration , and may remain open , or be later filled by cements . |
| 16 | Scientific and technical monographs tend to stay in print for a similar length of time , though textbooks may last longer , or be regularly replaced by new editions . |
| 17 | The group may become self-perpetuating and exclusive , failing to encourage the involvement of the majority of parents ; or be badly led by a bunch of incompetents who cause chaos and disaster with every move they make . |
| 18 | Within such an approach , objects may not be reducible to the workings of a central hierarchical principle , or be directly related to what are otherwise considered the most important social divisions . |
| 19 | The resulting material could be used either as fuel or be biologically degraded by special engineered microorganisms to produce specific compounds for industry . |
| 20 | From this moment onwards , each character loses 1 W point per round , and anyone trying to cast spells or do anything else which requires concentration must make a successful T test or be too distracted by the pain . |
| 21 | If he can show this , then the onus will be on the defendant to prove that the plaintiff 's claim will fail or be so reduced by contributory negligence that the damages he is likely to recover will not be substantial . |
| 22 | Most of the programs Carter proposed either were never passed or were drastically rewritten by Congress . ’ |
| 23 | Of the opposing parties , a score of men lost their lives or were badly hurt on each side . |
| 24 | In about half the countries in the world governments had imprisoned people for their beliefs , while more than 100 governments had resorted to torture or the maltreatment of prisoners ; thousands of people had " disappeared " or were extra-judicially executed in 29 countries , most notably in Sri Lanka , Brazil , El Salvador , Guatemala and Peru . |
| 25 | People unhappy with the Major government may have told interviewers they intended to vote for one of the opposition parties even though they had not made up their minds or were even leaning towards the Tories . |
| 26 | It seems probable that Kent imported material directly from the Frankish world ; Scandinavian imports to Kent may have come directly or were also channelled through Francia . |
| 27 | At first I was not aware that all the crews in the PFF had been selected by their Groups and , in the main , were either second tour volunteers or were well advanced on their first tour . |
| 28 | If it exists at all , their efforts must be going unrecognised , or have been rendered inoperative , or were never activated in the first place . |
| 29 | Verderers might also be removed from office on a report by the Justice of the Forest to the Chancery that they were incapacitated by old age or sickness , or occupied with other duties , or were insufficiently qualified in that they held no land within the forest and did not dwell there , or had committed or connived at trespasses of vert or venison , or had become a paid officer of the forest , or , in one case , had ‘ entered the priestly order ’ . |
| 30 | Japan in particular has been particularly conscious of the devastating effect of mercury poisoning after hundreds of Japanese died or were permanently crippled in the 1950s after exposure to mercury-contaminated fish . |