Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course refineries can be modified or adjusted to produce the necessary product range given time , but the idea that this can be done to every refinery simultaneously and instantaneously is ludicrous . |
| 2 | A group of 33 officers were charged on Feb. 18 with leading or helping to stage the attempted coup . |
| 3 | We assume that contractions were totally absent or failed to occlude the intestinal lumen . |
| 4 | We see it in brilliant colours which flow through the whole spectrum , and extend to dayglo ; but it starts life in a natural tone , initially floppy until the grippers or stenters pierce the outer edges to stretch it flat as it is heat treated , and dyed . |
| 5 | And er I note that Selby has accepted or resolved to accept the increased allocation from ten thousand to eleven thousand five hundred , subject to the District Council satisfying itself that the level of growth envisaged can be achieved without compromising the established structure plan strategy or the environment of the district . |
| 6 | The adoral shields are large with lateral projections making them appear wing-like ; they separate or appear to separate the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 7 | It suggests that your vehicle was once petrol engined or has had the wrong springs fitted at some point . |
| 8 | There was nothing Penny could say or do to convince the angry farmer that she was n't an apple-thief . |
| 9 | You will also need curtain heading tape or stiffening to equal the total width of your fabric . |
| 10 | That is because later generations do not wish to follow their parents into physically demanding , socially unacceptable or otherwise disagreeable occupations ; they escape or seek to escape the heavy lifting to a more comfortable and rewarding life . |
| 11 | Some of the money went into the pockets of individuals but most went into the coffers of the local or central parties or helped finance the mysterious research institutes which seemed indispensable to Roman politics . |
| 12 | Sometimes this happens over a long period , as a person finds himself constrained to attend a Christian place of worship , or drawn to read the Christian scriptures . |
| 13 | There is no other way of anticipating the potential and the problems or getting to know the local people you will need to solve them . |
| 14 | Since the newcomers are dependent upon them for neither employment nor housing , they are not inhibited by a web of economic and social ties from expressing their opposition to the opinions and activities of farmers or landowners hitherto considered locally omnipotent , Middle-class and well-educated , they even compete with farmers and landowners for positions of authority and local responsibility , disrupting or threatening to disrupt the customary hierarchy of dominance and status in the village . |
| 15 | It is true that many experienced abseilers will tackle the steepest descents without any protection or having tied the hanging rope ends together . |
| 16 | Choosing the wrong technology , or failing to take the necessary adaptive measures in management , production or marketing can quickly lead to falling profits , dwindling market shares and finally to takeover or closure . |
| 17 | By an application dated 17 March 1992 the father applied ex parte for an injunction requiring the mother , inter alia , to return the child , A. , to his care and directing her not to remove or attempt to remove the other children , G. , R. and M. from his care without consent . |
| 18 | Quite often , people explicitly discuss , or try to clarify the illocutionary and perlocutionary force , to formulate the upshot of what is said . |
| 19 | Should you , for the screen , attempt to find some equivalent visual pastiche or try to carry the original concept through dialogue ? |
| 20 | Earlier releases from Touch & Go include the new JESUS LIZARD single , ‘ Mouthbreather ’ , THE DIGITS ' single ‘ Headless ’ and the third LP from FLOUR . |
| 21 | Earlier releases from Touch & Go include the new JESUS LIZARD single , ‘ Mouthbreather ’ , THE DIGITS ' single ‘ Headless ’ and the third LP from FLOUR . |
| 22 | Although McMahon at first was an abrasive force in midfield , where United missed the steadying influence of the injured Robson , he began to lose possession — and control — in his first Manchester derby , and he was robbed of the ball by Sharpe and McClair . |
| 23 | Many no doubt sincere Christians continued to celebrate the first day of January in defiance of their clergy 's disapproval , or liked to greet the rising sun from the steps into the church , and , most of all , to attend the great festive games and shows . |
| 24 | In Levison v Farin [ 1978 ] 2 All ER 1149 it was held that it would not normally be enough " to make known the means of knowledge which may or do enable the other party to work out certain facts and conclusions " . |
| 25 | If you would like to join us please telephone or write stating the appropriate reference number to the Personnel Department , National Rivers Authority , Thames Region , Kings Meadow House , Kings Meadow Road , Reading , Berks RG DQ . |
| 26 | Call or write to Help the Aged , St James 's Walk , London EClR OBE. |
| 27 | Any earlier wheel-pit on this site could however , either have been demolished and rebuilt , or enlarged to take the new wheel . |
| 28 | The case has been made that neutralisation is potentially attractive only to relatively minor states that by virtue of their strategic position or symbolic political value have become or threaten to become the focal points of contests for control or dominant influence between principal regional or global rivals . |
| 29 | Foreign aid is so important in conservation policy-making in lesser developed countries because , with a few exceptions , most newly independent lesser developed countries had either no official conservation organisation whatsoever ( as in Latin America with the exception of a couple of Southern Brazilian states ) or had experienced the colonial model mentioned above , principally in Africa , South and South-east Asia . |
| 30 | Though there was never-ceasing change , each movement was not a chance occurrence in a hotch-potch of bewildered uncertainty , but part and parcel of a pre-conceived plan , trimmed down or adorned to suit the particular circumstances of the moment … |