Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [subord] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Suppose by reorganizing production it was possible to produce at point B to the north-east of A. If David and Susie assess their own utility by the quantity of goods they themselves receive , and if they would each rather have more goods than less , B is a better allocation than A since both David and Susie get more .
2 However , the viability and success of the colleges and institutes as primarily institutions of higher education is open to question .
3 We should recall here how alive the Chicago School was to this link , even if they saw people 's careers and mobility as largely products of their own actions rather than also the products of companies and other institutions .
4 It may be that Somerset was as much in the grip of the obsession to unite England and Scotland as ever Edward I or Henry VIII had been , while like them asserting English power in France ; for he continued Henry 's policy of war on two fronts , at enormous financial expense , and ultimately at the cost of his own position in England .
5 Sub-paragraph 13 of paragraph 12 provided that all written statements made under caution should be in accordance with Annex D , paragraph 2 of which provided that where a person wished to write his own statement , he should be asked to write out and sign before so doing : ‘ I make this statement of my own free will .
6 Practising with a partner can be dangerous and requires good communication , discipline and supervision as even friends can get over-excited during training and injuries are always possible .
7 Crabs and shrimps although principally scavengers are often well armed to attack other invertebrates .
8 Then there was Rubletsky , an old friend of the family , a true Bohemian of the old school and still , at eighty , with as sure a touch in his sculpture and drawings as ever Titian had .
9 Not a diamond , perhaps , but a flinty , 18-carat performance from a competitive lad whose patient willingness to do as he is bid by club and country as either No 10 or 15 is a lasting credit .
10 Illness is , as already pointed out in this section , more amenable to definition and measurement than either pain or health .
11 As far as I am concerned novelists are almost as redundant as psychiatrists because both species have the same irredeemable impertinence .
12 They moved together in a dance as old as time until finally Travis slid between her parted thighs , hands going to her hips to hold her tightly against him and feel his desire .
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