Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody doubted him , or failed to recognise his temporary financial embarrassment . |
| 2 | If imbalance occurs , then the star may explode as a supernova , or implode to entrap its own radiation in a black hole . |
| 3 | ‘ It shall be the duty of any person who erects or installs any article for use at work in any premises where that article is to be used by persons at work to ensure , so far as is reasonably practicable , that nothing about the way in which it is erected or installed makes it unsafe or a risk to health when properly used . ’ |
| 4 | And as for what I want from you , I hardly think this is the time or place to tell you that . |
| 5 | To add to this demoralising sense of isolation , the tenacious curtain of smoke from the bombardment meant that the front line frequently could not see the supporting troops behind ; nor , worse still , could their rockets of supplication asking for the artillery to bring down a barrage , or cease shelling their own positions , be seen at the rear . |
| 6 | The British embassy in Washington , however , predicted serious damage to Anglo-American relations if the British were too critical or tried to go their own way . |
| 7 | The metaphor of war came as naturally to the lips of men who discussed their ‘ struggle for existence ’ or the ‘ survival of the fittest ’ , as the metaphor of peace came to them when they described the home : ‘ the dwelling place of joy ’ , the place where ‘ the satisfied ambition of the heart rejoiced ’ , as it could never rejoice outside , since it could never be satisfied , or afford to admit itself satisfied . |
| 8 | The batting side with wickets in hand — whether it is chasing a target score or seeking to maximise its own total — now launches an all-out assault on the bowlers trying to raise the scoring tempo to seven or more runs per over . |
| 9 | Often he lost count or forgot to multiply his fifteen seconds ' worth by four to get the rate per minute . |
| 10 | However , his view that each thing has an essence and that all its active behaviour is to be explained by its inbuilt conatus or striving to preserve its own essence has a strong Aristotelian flavour . |
| 11 | Despite CBoT/CME cooperation thereafter , several launch dates for the new electronic global trading system have been missed and as a result other exchanges have lost interest in the concept or decided to develop their own in-house electronic system . |
| 12 | You almost never find all the symptoms of the case in a remedy picture and you will never find all the symptoms of a remedy in the disease picture of the case , so do not look for it or try to fit it all in . |
| 13 | In the learned hierarchy the term — literally " one who is assiduous , constant in attendance ’ was used for a candidate for office at any stage in his career , for the muderris or kadi awaiting his next post as well as for the beginner , the term in Ottoman usage perhaps reflecting the fact that the candidates were in constant attendance theoretically upon the sultan but in fact more usually upon the kazaskers , in whose hands lay the responsibility for nominating men for most posts until near the end of the sixteenth century . |
| 14 | Or intending to send it later ? ’ |
| 15 | American tax law obliges the Getty to keep spending its dividend income or risk losing its exempt status , so in recent years the museum has dominated the institutional market for art . |
| 16 | Accepting the definition of a symbol given in the Shorter Oxford Dictionary as ‘ a material object representing or taken to represent something immaterial or abstract ’ , one may safely look to archaeology , a discipline whose very existence depends on its ability to learn from things what is not available in words . |
| 17 | For some reason there 's only going to be 2,000 singles pressed which means you 're either going to have to be very lucky or start saving your unpaid poll tax money now . |
| 18 | For some reason there 's only going to be 2,000 singles pressed which means you 're either going to have to be very lucky or start saving your unpaid poll tax money now . |
| 19 | In examining , for example , the influence of X on Y , it has to be considered whether shifts to a given value of X from either direction have the same consequences for Y. Does it matter , that is , whether X has increased or decreased to reach its present level , or whether the relationship is asymmetrical in that different values of X do not have a uniform effect on Y ? |
| 20 | I would n't normally buy my wife flowers unless I was late or had done something wrong . |
| 21 | So , after a time , she began to think — when he was so collectedly friendly — that she had imagined more than had really happened , or had imagined it all . |
| 22 | This is the place to visit if you are planning a new garden or trying to give your modern garden the old fashioned look . |
| 23 | In consequence , individuals who wish or need to make their own arrangements will have to buy a new style personal pension ( PP ) . |
| 24 | She also argues that , if an agency does not exercise detailed control , it nevertheless exercises the ultimate control of the worker , since it can withdraw him or refuse to offer him another assignment should his performance fail to meet required standards . |
| 25 | On a less spectacular level French defence minister Moch had admitted , or attempted to persuade his opposite number , General Marshall , and Acheson , that with the bulk of French battalions on garrison duties in the pacified areas in Vietnam , they were left with an effective mobile force of only five or six battalions . |
| 26 | Once I know how fast my ‘ feeder is emptying , or have made it empty at the pace I require , I cast very frequently for the first twenty minutes or so — as fast as the emptying of the ‘ feeder will allow — and then slow down only just enough to keep a steady trickle of feed through the swim . |
| 27 | Other companies , like Britain 's Harrods , have set up their own shops within big stores or have bought their own boutiques abroad . |
| 28 | The majority of patients ( 90% ) have been completely cured of their symptoms ( score 0 ) or have had their major symptoms cured and occasionally experience minor discomfort ( score 1 ) . |
| 29 | The only side effects worth considering are the consequences for the rest of society , in particular those of us who have had our cars or homes broken into , or have had our hard-earned leisure time wrecked by noise , rubbish and other anti-social behaviour such as illegal ‘ festivals ’ and acid parties . |
| 30 | Some have done well and now own the businesses in which they were once employed or have opened their own . |