Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They should be lined and/or interlined to match accompanying curtains . |
| 2 | They may either be discouraged from having to care about the quantity or quality of what they produce , as their income will be guaranteed regardless or , conversely , they may be less concerned about the quality of the inputs they use , or the agricultural practices they employ , because they will be driven to compete on price in the market against imports dumped or produced to lower environmental standards If the EC demands higher environmental and animal husbandry standards than elsewhere , it must not export' its problems . |
| 3 | ‘ We are looking at the possibilities of using other Guinness commercials which we can edit or modify using local models , ’ says , the Guinness brand manager at PTGI . |
| 4 | Conveyancers are not trained or expected to prepare original plans : it is the duty of the client to supply these . |
| 5 | Our criticism of the Bill rests on some of the ways in which the Government have approached the project , or failed to provide adequate safeguards . |
| 6 | The modern tendency is that the minister is not required to shelter a civil servant who has acted improperly , particularly if he has disobeyed instructions or failed to follow established procedures . |
| 7 | Request earliest information whether approved policy is to despatch to SHAEF or to endeavour to secure direct return to Russians by Eighth Army negotiations . |
| 8 | When you need a quick change of role — or want to take extra time to look stunning — start with your hairstyle . |
| 9 | However , many passages have been updated , or changed to reflect modern thinking , in accordance with my greater experience of a wider range of model types . |
| 10 | They would seem to be of integral importance to any manager or coach handling black sportsmen , yet few theorize at any level other than the physiological or , more occasionally , the psychological . |
| 11 | It has to do with ‘ the people ’ ( but who are they ? ) , though often this has the sense of the vulgus , the common people , and to describe something as ‘ popular ’ may then have the ( depreciatory ) implication that it is inferior or designed to suit low tastes . |
| 12 | This system has produced violently fluctuating interest rates , and one suspects that it is either the result of incredible stupidity or designed to discredit monetary policy . |
| 13 | An implication of the last point is that even when the initial exposure to the stimulus has been prolonged or has involved repeated presentations , it should be possible to detect some loss of the latent inhibition effect over time , provided the interval before the start of conditioning is long enough . |
| 14 | And if anybody 's been away and has got or has got missing sheets I 've got spare sheets down here . |
| 15 | In the US edition he wonders if ‘ this man … has been bribed or has used improper influence in any way ’ . |
| 16 | Smith allocated orders to bring in new manufacturers where the existing ones proved excessively unreliable in breaking delivery promises or refusing to build new capacity . |
| 17 | Storage of search output on disks to allow editing or reformatting to meet individual requirements . |
| 18 | In British terms that means reflecting the multifarious ways in which speech and gesture reveal or seek to conceal social status and social pretension : and in a fast-shifting , highly unrigid world like the British , status is far more often a matter of pretension than of birth . |
| 19 | A ministry that enjoyed royal confidence could generally take the House of Lords for grated , and provided it did not prove incompetent or seek to impose excessive taxation , " its position was unassailable in the Commons . " |
| 20 | Wednesday have now gone seven League games without a win and must start taking chances or stop making basic mistakes at the back . |
| 21 | Progress is often slow and the child should not feel forced or confronted to eat large quantities . |
| 22 | A candidate using or attempting to use unfair means in an examination or other form of assessment shall in the first instance be reported to the Secretary of the University . |
| 23 | There appeared to be little difference between broad subject areas in the propensity of research students to be in or waiting to enter arranged employment . |
| 24 | They will now consult their members to see whether they wish to accept the rise or consider taking industrial action . |
| 25 | The Fishpen will be particularly useful to separate young fish from their parents or to help introduce new fish safely . |
| 26 | If it is invested in physical capital for the public sector or used to retire outstanding government debt , it is not at all imprudent . |
| 27 | Typographically highlighted phrases , whether unqualified or used to mark linguistic emphasis , foreign words , titles etc. ; |
| 28 | Also called virgin or extra virgin , according to acidity Oils , olive , grapeseed , sesame etc p29/ Culinary oils with characteristic flavours for various culinary uses Olives p42/ The fruits of the olive tree , eaten when ripe or crushed to make olive oil Olives , Marinated Green p44 Organic Foods p85/ Foods produced without the use of chemical at any stage , either to fertilise the land or to treat the crops or the food Oriental Beef p54 Osso Bucco p58 |
| 29 | A child or adult may need special training or retraining to overcome physical disability arising from developmental fault or injury , which may entail learning to use artificial limbs or other prosthetic aids . |
| 30 | As for chairmen , they do not like having to print millions of copies of their annual reports or having to answer tedious questions at their AGMs from Disgusted of Worthing . |