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

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1 Schorne 's real fame in picture and text lay invariably in his exploit of trapping the Devil in his boot , but what , if any , incident or allegory underlay this celebration remains completely obscure .
2 Few of us have the time , training , or expertise to do this job properly , even if it were possible to do it for a population as small as 10 000 people — which it is not .
3 If , for instance , guests used a swimming pool at a hotel after dark , it is clear that they have by so doing stepped outside the scope of their invitation or permission to use that part of the premises , and a duty is not owed to them .
4 There is a tricuspid or heart shaped apical papilla flanked on each side by two distal oral papillae , which arise on the adoral shields occasionally the more distal one is divided making it appear as two papillae .
5 There is a pointed or heart shaped apical papilla with one pointed oral papilla on each side usually arising on the oral plates .
6 This is because activities that run counter to expected norms need seclusion or invisibility to permit unsanctioned performance , and because the peculiar identities are sometimes impossible to realise in the absence of the appropriate setting .
7 L 379 , p. 1 ) , according to which the levying of any customs duty or charge having equivalent effect and the application of any quantitative restriction or measure having equivalent effect were prohibited in the internal trade of the Community ; ( c ) article 8(1) of that Regulation , which , as regards the payment of an indemnity to producers who were not members of a producers ' organisation , provided that such an indemnity was to be granted without discrimination as to the nationality or place of establishment of the recipients ; ( d ) article 27(2) of that Regulation , which laid down for all fishing vessels flying the flag of one of the member states the principle of equal access to ports and first-stage marketing installations in the other member states ; ( e ) article 5(2) of Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 170/83 , which authorised the member states to determine the detailed rules for the utilisation of the quotas allocated to them , in accordance with the applicable Community provisions ; and ( f ) article 13(2) of Council Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 3094/86 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources ( Official Journal 1986 No .
8 But there needs to be a commitment on the part of the college or course to give more time and greater attention to music 's role in worship .
9 The reason the market economy or catallaxy produces fresh wealth rather than simply redistributing existing wealth is critically bound up with the way in which market prices act as signals containing vital information .
10 ‘ I have always been interested in woodwork but do n't have the artistic skills or patience to make fine furniture , ’ he said .
11 It follows that , except in a case where either the common law or statute allows instant dismissal ( e.g. , for gross misconduct ) , a lecturer can only be dismissed for good cause after being given three months ' notice ( though the lecturer can terminate the agreement on three months ' notice without any reason being assigned ) .
12 A poetic context can also condition the reader or hearer to accept grammatical deviance , especially if syntactic well-formedness is clearly being sacrificed to some higher aesthetic end , such as the maintenance of rhyme , or metre , or some other patterning .
13 The Greeks were too busy celebrating their victories against the Celts in verse or marble to give serious thought to the causes of such commotions .
14 Unless you are a great actor or orator avoid any verse over four lines long .
15 A person bereft by permanent loss or separation feels this range of emotion multiplied many times .
16 And as Mrs Johnstone , alias Meg Dods , author of the admirable Housewife 's Manual of 1826 wrote , " What is left of the clarified butter ( from potted lobster or crab ) will be very relishing for sauces " while " any butter from potted tongue or chicken remaining uneaten will afterwards be useful for frying meat and for pastry for pies " .
17 Design using ergonomic principles ( see Appendix 5 , Glossary ) involves designing the job , working environment or product to take proper account of human capabilities and fallibilities .
18 There is also no right of appeal against : ( i ) the making of or refusal to make an emergency protection order ; or ( ii ) the extension or refusal to extend such an order ; or ( iii ) the discharge or refusal to discharge such an order ; or ( iv ) the giving of or refusal to give any direction in connection with such an order ( s45(10) as amended by CLSA 1990 ) .
19 In order to maintain the authority of the teacher or librarian and to make pupils aware that microcomputers do not exist merely for playing games but have a wider range of educational applications , it is important for the librarian or teacher to have basic knowledge of microcomputers .
20 Patients with colonic adenoma or carcinoma show increased labelling indices in ‘ normal ’ biopsy specimens taken from multiple sites , and those with ulcerative proctocolitis have increased crypt cell proliferation even in quiescent disease .
21 The court held that the section applied to people who in the course of a trade or business applied false trade descriptions and that that could include the buyer .
22 Power is one of a cluster of concepts that are all , concerned with the ability of one person or group to affect another person or group as expressed in our general definition of power .
23 In any long-standing power relationship the person or group losing each conflict must have interests which are suppressed , and either do not appear in the public realm or quickly founder for lack of support when they do materialize .
24 But what of practices that still do not have the infrastructure or confidence to offer diabetic surveillance ?
25 Information concerning motility of the entire colon has been obtained by indirect measures such as the movement of radioopaque markers or barium to assess colonic transit time .
26 The addition of ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid or diethylene triamine penta-acetic acid to the bleach bath reduces the deleterious effects of the metals .
27 Building up from the surface of a board or canvas adds further dimension and vigour .
28 Diagnostic difficulties in those cases were related to confusing radiological and endoscopic appearances or failure to obtain histological confirmation of lymphoma .
29 L 379 , p. 1 ) , according to which the levying of any customs duty or charge having equivalent effect and the application of any quantitative restriction or measure having equivalent effect were prohibited in the internal trade of the Community ; ( c ) article 8(1) of that Regulation , which , as regards the payment of an indemnity to producers who were not members of a producers ' organisation , provided that such an indemnity was to be granted without discrimination as to the nationality or place of establishment of the recipients ; ( d ) article 27(2) of that Regulation , which laid down for all fishing vessels flying the flag of one of the member states the principle of equal access to ports and first-stage marketing installations in the other member states ; ( e ) article 5(2) of Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 170/83 , which authorised the member states to determine the detailed rules for the utilisation of the quotas allocated to them , in accordance with the applicable Community provisions ; and ( f ) article 13(2) of Council Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 3094/86 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources ( Official Journal 1986 No .
30 In particular , any special or complex routine , or routine involving additional software routines in machine code or hardware devices , should be explained in great detail .
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