Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Hence , even though line-printer mapping systems might at first sight appear to be of little value in comparison with plotter-based systems , there are instances when it is convenient or cost-effective to make use of them .
2 There is no Freedom of Information or Right to Know legislation in this country .
3 Those who are mentally alert may not find it easy or pleasant to take help from the very ones they have supported and cared for over the years .
4 The main need , however , is to bring the two sides somehow together , since all of us at one time or another need help from both of them .
5 One of the damaging implications of the recession is that very few employers are now able or willing to offer employment to trainees .
6 Where this involves opposition to those who run the global system in their own interests it will naturally involve transnational practices in the economic , political and cultural-ideological spheres .
7 Soak drills beforehand and cover the seeds with moist peat or old potting compost in dry weather .
8 Damp a piece of towel or old fashioned sacking in warm water and rub it into the horse 's coat in a circular motion , rinsing it in another bucket before repeating the process .
9 This was accompanied by a late acknowledgement that it was difficult or impossible to direct education into new pathways while teachers and their unions retained their power .
10 At common law , a distinction was drawn between processions and static meetings and assemblies , more particularly where these took place on the highway .
11 The common features of a course for future accountants , managers , bankers and teachers are to be found in the educational purposes of the academic study of literatures and languages — and where these include study of language it must still be in terms of common interests and not the sectional approach of linguistics for language teachers .
12 To be prejudicial to health within the meaning of s.343 of the Public Health Act 1936 , an odour must be injurious or likely to cause injury to health .
13 If you are prevented from travelling because in the opinion of any person in authority you appear to be unfit to travel or likely to cause discomfort of disturbance to other passengers , our responsibility for your holiday thereupon ceases .
14 9.1.6 the Tenant has any distress or execution levied on [ its ] goods the Landlord may re-enter the Premises ( or any part of them in the name of the whole ) at any time ( and even if any previous right of re-entry has been waived ) and then the Term will absolutely cease but without prejudice to any rights or remedies which may have accrued to the Landlord against the Tenant or the Guarantor [ or to the Tenant against the Landlord ] in respect of any breach of covenant or other term of this Lease ( including the breach in respect of which the re-entry is made ) All leases will , or should , contain a forfeiture provision which is usually in the form of a proviso reserving to the landlord a right of re-entry in the event of non-payment of rent , breach of covenant or circumstances resulting in , or likely to give rise to , the probability of the tenant being unable to perform its obligations under the lease , eg bankruptcy or liquidation .
15 ( b ) Alternative accommodation for alleged abusers Where a child is suffering or likely to suffer ill-treatment within the home and the alleged abuser proposes to move from the premises , a local authority may assist him to obtain alternative accommodation ( Sched 2 , para 5 ) .
16 Watkins LJ in Seymour in the Court of Appeal ( 1983 ) 76 Cr App R 21 stated that this direction must not be used : " It is no longer necessary or helpful to make reference to compensation and negligence . "
17 Some people have the view that it 's self-indulgent or self-centred to seek help for difficulties .
18 It may also not have been the least of Ælfheah 's attractions to the people of London , heavily taxed in 1018 , that he was murdered for being unable or unwilling to give money to the Danes ; nor need it have made Cnut 's position any easier that King Æthelred , too , lay buried in St Paul 's .
19 This is not to deny that local inspectors are skilled at informal observation , or able to give advice to teachers in particular areas of the curriculum .
20 Patients who refused to participate , who did not answer the letters or telephone calls , or who were adopted or unable to give information about bowel disease in their relatives were not included in the segregation analysis , nor were children younger than 8 years of age .
21 Nor am I suggesting that black children are somehow linguistically deficient or unable to separate English from Creole .
22 But she may remain preoccupied with her lost children , or anxious to take advantage of her new-found independence , free of demands , including those of her husband .
23 There are three elements : ( a ) an intent to make a demand with menaces ; ( b ) a view to gain for himself or another , or intent to cause loss to another ; ( c ) either no belief that he has reasonable grounds for making the demand or no belief that the use of menaces is a proper form of reinforcing the demand
24 7 Where necessary send material by cab or messenger .
25 ‘ Leeds fans here , Leeds fans there , Leeds fans everyf***ing where ’ — a removal or two took place in the Arse pen nearest the Leeds bit .
26 The Federal Executive shall have power , after appropriate consultations and subject to ratification by the Federal Conference , to make and from time to time vary Party rules as to membership , elections and such other matters as it may consider necessary or desirable to give effect to or supplement the provisions of this Constitution .
27 So I mean I I I am suggesting that this appears to be a ready made useful document that that forms part of a at the right time , we put this out to back up the the rest of the er the document .
28 The interpretation intended by Seebohm remains uncertain and as with much legislative debate it may be less than profitable to seek exactitude in a vague formulation .
29 But this year satellite monitoring indicates a possible increase in the incidence of burnings , after a rainy season shorter than usual gave way to three months ' drought .
30 On the general point of differentiating criteria between strategic and local , I think that one ought to bear in mind that some have importance in both connections and particularly I would draw attention to the perhaps overriding points made in paragraph thirty three of P P G three , regarding the avoidance of unacceptable coalescence and positive environmental improvements .
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