Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If agreement can not be reached , the banks , which include National Westminster and Midland , have the power to close the project or bring in fresh management . |
| 2 | How far did war affect the economy or bring about social change ? |
| 3 | Naturally , some of these indications are quite likely to be related to problems other than faulty vision , but since sight problems may be causing them , a screening test which is , after all , quick and easy to perform should help to confirm or rule out defective vision as a reason for concern . |
| 4 | Example 3:7 Landlord 's power to break ( 1 ) The landlord shall be entitled to determine this tenancy by not less than six months ' notice in writing expiring on or after [ date ] if he intends at the expiry of such notice either : ( a ) to demolish or reconstruct the demised property or a substantial part of it or to carry out substantial work of construction on the demised property or part of it ; or ( b ) to occupy the demised property for the purposes or partly for the purposes of a business to be carried on by him ( 2 ) The service of a notice under s25 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 shall be sufficient notice and good service for the purposes of the preceding subclause Example 3:8 Tenant 's power to break on refusal of planning permission The tenant shall be entitled to determine this tenancy by not less than three nor more than six months ' notice in writing served not more than one month after the happening of any of the following events : ( 1 ) the refusal or deemed refusal by the local planning authority to renew the planning permission dated [ date ] permitting the use of the demised property for ; ( 2 ) the dismissal by the Secretary of State or an appointed person of any appeal against any such refusal ; ( 3 ) the expiry of the said planning permission Example 3:9 Tenant 's right to break preventing exercise of rights under Landlord and Tenant Act The tenant shall be entitled to determine this tenancy on … by giving not less than thirteen months ' previous notice to that effect Example 3:10 Tenant 's conditional right to break The tenant shall be entitled to determine this tenancy on … if : ( 1 ) he gives thirteen months ' written notice to that effect ; and ( 2 ) both at the date of the notice and at the date of its expiry there are neither any outstanding arrears of rent nor any subsisting breach of covenant by the tenant for which the landlord would be entitled to recover damages of more than a nominal amount |
| 5 | Women have little presence in or influence over technological design . |
| 6 | For ski touring or walking over tricky terrain it helps to have the load still as close to your back as possible but lower down . |
| 7 | A firm looking to expand will not simply contemplate recruiting new partners or opening up new branch offices . |
| 8 | Alternating with the local programme are day trips away for anyone who 's keen , visiting Kosta or Maistraki for a swim and a taverna lunch , sailing to Spetse town to explore ashore , or anchoring off Blue bay or White church bay for a lazy picnic . |
| 9 | Should the full cost be provided for immediately or spread over future accounting periods ? |
| 10 | Roll or cut out different-sized star shapes . |
| 11 | Perhaps you need to buy a reliable alarm clock , or give up early-morning TV and settle for hearing the day 's news on radio . |
| 12 | Capital gains tax will not become payable until the original shareholder sells his shares in B ; and if B is formed in a tax haven in which there are no restrictions on loans to directors , he can in fact enjoy the proceeds of the original shares in Company A free of tax until he dies or takes up permanent residence outside the jurisdiction . |
| 13 | Collective Investment Schemes — establishing , operating , or closing down collective investment schemes , which includes acting as a trustee of an authorised unit trust scheme . |
| 14 | Towards the end of this time , the mother looks as though she has a bunch of pink grapes on her underside and clambering about the branches or running over uneven ground not only becomes awkward for her but looks distinctly uncomfortable for her young . |
| 15 | The mothers can sit alone with their preoccupations , or share tea and sympathy and cigarettes with other women , or sort out social security , injunctions , divorces , custody struggles and hassles with housing officials for a new home . |
| 16 | Also confirm connection , or taking over new number . |
| 17 | , … or to strike south to the Waste , recapture the girl — remember , they may know nothing about her — and then ride back either by the track on the other side of the Swamp or carry on direct south towards Leicester . |
| 18 | Government officials insisted that they were not going to build walls or put up barbed wire round the embassies . |
| 19 | Incidentally , the parents are quite likely to attack your intruding hand at this stage , so mind your fingers when feeding or carrying out essential maintenance . |
| 20 | The basic principle of the UGIX design is that in order to make a GIS easy to use the process of making a database enquiry , plotting a map or carrying out spatial analysis must be broken down into manageable parts , linked by a pathway for the user to follow . |
| 21 | To dispose of surplus or to take up excess capacity in production . |
| 22 | They were expected to leave school at fourteen and go out to work to earn a living or take up technical training . |
| 23 | And I 'll use any tools to do that , from playing games or getting them to draw their feelings , or setting them photo assignments or working on family album photographs or using masks or setting up psycho-dramatic tableux with them . |
| 24 | The trade deficit had to be either financed or reduced : the former course meant courting the international financial institutions with their implicit or explicit power of veto over domestic policy , while the latter meant either fiscal deflation in excess of the deflation of demand already induced by the OPEC financial surplus ( in paradoxical combination with cost-inflation ) or setting up stringent import controls . |
| 25 | It must have been sheltered by a submarine ridge , for there were no currents to disturb the fine sediments on the floor or to bring in oxygenated water from nearer the surface . |
| 26 | The few tracks that led down Steep Ridgery were worn deep into the chalk and clay . |
| 27 | Its usefulness will depend on the extent to which your research focuses on general properties rather than on specific properties of the chemicals that make up real polymer solutions . |
| 28 | The ‘ Rating Your Assertiveness Chart ’ , and the ‘ Everyday Situations that may require Assertiveness ’ lists provide a useful outline and examples of the different activities that make up assertive behaviour ( see Figures 6.3 and 6.4 ) . |
| 29 | The statements so arrived at ( I will call them observation statements ) then form the basis from which the laws and theories that make up scientific knowledge are to be derived . |
| 30 | The laws and theories that make up scientific knowledge all make general assertions of that kind , and such statements are called universal statements . |