Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [is] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The replacement of the carburettor is worthwhile if your old Solex or Zenith is worn out . |
| 2 | A yard or so up the line from the bomb a swivel or ring is tied in as a back stop . |
| 3 | A trick I like to play when using a record or tape is to switch off the music two or three times to get everyone predicting when the end will come . |
| 4 | whether the business is making a profit or loss and how this profit or loss is made up . |
| 5 | The original overwhelming mass of stress or anxiety is broken down into smaller , interconnected parts , providing the client with greater understanding of the processes involved , and greater control over individual components of their anxiety . |
| 6 | The person whose grass or corn is eaten down by the escaping cattle of his neighbour , or whose mine is flooded by the water from his neighbour 's reservoir , or whose cellar is invaded by the filth of his neighbour 's privy , or whose habitation is made unhealthy by the fumes and noisome vapours of his neighbour 's alkali works , is damnified without any fault of his own ; and it seems but reasonable and just that the neighbour , who has brought something on his own property which was not naturally there , harmless to others so long as it is confined to his own property , but which he knows to be mischievous if it gets on his neighbour 's , should be obliged to make good the damage which ensues if he does not succeed in confining it to his own property . |
| 7 | the filename to be used when the package or product is read out of LIFESPAN |
| 8 | The term ‘ shop premises ’ covers a number of different premises , including premises from which retail trade or business is carried on . |
| 9 | It may be alarmed the first time a bit is put in its mouth , or saddle is put on its back , or it 's girthed up , or mounted , but this anxiety can be ‘ undone ’ or prevented altogether by making sure that the horse is not hurt and by rewarding the horse at the same time . |
| 10 | SMITH & NEPHEW is to pick up £46.5m from selling the Nivea skin care brand back to Beiersdorf 50 years after it was confiscated from the German company during the Second World War . |
| 11 | However , once an apprentice or assistant is taken on this is no longer true . |
| 12 | You will have to pay the first £75 of the cost if the repair or replacement is carried out by any other repairer . |
| 13 | You will have to pay the first £75 of the cost if the repair or replacement is carried out by any other repairer . |
| 14 | You will have to pay the first £75 of the cost if the repair or replacement is carried out by any other repairer . |
| 15 | Shutdown maintenance , carried out when plant or machinery is taken out of service . |
| 16 | The very narrow emergency planning zones contrast with those in the USA ( Collins 1981 ) , where planning is required up to 16 km from the site to cover exposure to radiation plumes . |
| 17 | The simplest way or wiring is to link in to an existing socket , but the alternative is to connect direct into the ring circuit cable using a three-dimensional junction box . |
| 18 | Open the air vent with a radiator key and see if air or gas is forced out . |
| 19 | Open the air vent with a radiator key to see if air or gas is forced out . |
| 20 | Over the port , some hint or tip is slipped in , deliberately or by accident , which provides the basis of a story . |
| 21 | A proton or neutron is made up of three quarks , one of each color . |
| 22 | The photograph or illustration is mounted down in place , and headline , subhead and copy ( the text ) are printed and placed in position . |
| 23 | And with the mind , even of humans , behaving in a habituated , instinctive fashion , many an insightful perception or suggestion is rejected out of hand by the deeply engrained , yet erroneous , patterns adhered to by the majority . |
| 24 | It 's also worth knowing that the first £20,000 in a building society or bank is protected up to a set percentage . |
| 25 | An innocuous bachelor party can be held either at a respectable restaurant where food is served along with drink , or with food and family present at home . |
| 26 | If they find that one person or company is buying up too many newspapers — as has happened in Britain , for example — the Commission can stop that process , Mr Jayaweera said . |
| 27 | But the degree of sensitivity on this issue is now such that the emigration of a single Serbian individual or family is blown up to a national crisis . |
| 28 | Matthew Gloag & Son is to take on the marketing and sales of Bunnahabhain 12-Year-Old Islay Malt Scotch Whisky . |
| 29 | Perhaps we should not be surprised that Parliament is closing down for so long . |
| 30 | The argument relied on to support that submission is set out in the judgment in the following passage : ‘ The argument there is that on their arrival there is no home and there is no financial support forthcoming from the plaintiff who himself lives on state benefits . |