Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [to-vb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or helping to write some plays . |
| 2 | Reckless driving , contrary to section 2 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 , is committed where D 's driving creates an obvious and serious risk of causing physical injury to some other person or of doing substantial damage to property , and where D either saw the risk or failed to give any thought to the risk . |
| 3 | The justices either failed to make any determination in accordance with section 25(3) or failed to make any findings ( or state any reasons for finding ) as to whether ( i ) he was likely to abscond from any other description of accommodation ( part of the criteria under section 25(1) ( a ) ( i ) of the Act ; ( ii ) if he absconded , he would be likely to suffer significant harm ; ( b ) alternatively , any such findings as were made were not supported by the evidence before the justices . |
| 4 | The justices either failed to make any determination or failed to make any findings ( or state any reasons for finding ) as to whether ( i ) there was any genuine alternative to the making of a secure accommodation order ; ( ii ) all other alternatives had been comprehensively considered and rejected . |
| 5 | ‘ The justices however failed to make any determination , or failed to make any finding or state any reasons for finding as to whether ( i ) there was any genuine alternative to the making of a secure accommodation order ; ( ii ) all other alternatives had been comprehensively considered and rejected . |
| 6 | ‘ Any person who , in the course of a trade or business ( a ) applies a false trade description to any goods ; or ( b ) supplies or offers to supply any goods to which a false trade description is applied . |
| 7 | 5.1.1 to pay the rents on the days and in the manner set out in this Lease and not to exercise or seek to exercise any right or claim to withhold rent or any right or claim to legal or equitable set-off |
| 8 | Applicants should hold , or expect to obtain this year , a degree of at least good second-class honours standard in an appropriate Arts or Social Sciences subject . |
| 9 | I watched as my veiled friends chatted busily to each other or rose to greet some relative , touching burgah to burgah , then fluttered down again like so many birds of paradise . |
| 10 | ( ii ) on either party assigning or attempting to assign this Agreement other than to a subsidiary or associated company . |
| 11 | Conspiring or attempting to commit such offences , inciting , aiding , abetting , counselling or procuring the commission of such offences are also arrestable offences . |
| 12 | Mainly it will be the mathematics , science or computer studies teachers or the keen sixth-formers who are intrigued or stimulated to write such software . |
| 13 | For most people this introduction took place in early childhood , and the failure is made manifest by the steady disillusionment which , all too often as the years go by and adulthood brings the inevitable struggle of innate common sense to prevail , leaves them either cynical and faithless , or constrained to join some form of sectarian cult . |
| 14 | We could modify either LA or SEGLAB to reduce this problem . |
| 15 | 1.6.1 not to incur any liability on behalf of or in any way pledge or purport to pledge 's credit or purport to make any contract binding upon ; |
| 16 | Anything in writing is a guarantee if it " contains or purports to contain some promise or assurance " ( s5(2) ( b ) ) . |
| 17 | The choice for us was whether to take a strike unprepared or to live to fight another day . |
| 18 | Similarly in a wedding speech statements about religion or politics might result in a quarrel or give offence by causing people with opposing views to disagree , insult each other , or try to convert each other . |
| 19 | And I frankly can see no way of being able to answer that question or attempt to answer that question without going through this form of exercise . |
| 20 | Chairman , do n't we have a number er the hold-over or , or balances to cover this expenditure ? |
| 21 | There is no evidence from pollen or macrofossils to indicate any tree or shrub growth on St Kilda except for Salix . |
| 22 | Well , neither had I until Billy had either slipped or tried to open that skylight window . |
| 23 | Being too ill or debilitated to take any exercise . |
| 24 | Driftwood from freshwater should be dried out at least and probably boiled or disinfected to remove any insect inhabitants or potential fungus or bacterial problems . |
| 25 | Now are any of the sectors people consider match that or fail to match that criterion ? |
| 26 | Only a Russian would find all that surprising , or fail to understand that freedom which is not misused is not freedom at all . |
| 27 | PATCHWORK Marshall JMP-1 Get the cheque book out , dust off the credit card or prepare to attack that porcelain pig with a mallet ! |
| 28 | Those who are not familiar with this background , or wish to take some advantage of it , be they customers , arbitrators , or the exchange 's own employees or members , are often suspicious about claims as to the form this business background takes , and its relevance to the matter in hand . |
| 29 | Failing that , ask your friends to recommend a babysitter or arrange to babysit each others children . |
| 30 | The challenge which he poses is to accept or reject that foundation , to adopt or refuse to adopt that horizon . |