Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | He , too , has the courage to speak out , and so has Ted Heath , whether what they say is right or wrong or agrees with the party line . |
2 | First , a facet may be divided into subfacets or subclasses by the application of an additional single characteristic of subdivision . |
3 | No one remembers the herbaceous border for itself , or remarks on the subtlety of textures in your dashing skate-and-potato combo . |
4 | No person presently doing business with the Vendor nor any customer or supplier who is in the habit of purchasing from or selling to the Vendor ( as the case may be ) in relation to the Business will within twelve calendar months from Completion cease so to do or otherwise substantially reduce its purchase from or supplies to the Business . |
5 | First , whereas the implied terms relating to goods supplied under a contract of sale , or any other type of supply contract , are classified by statute as conditions , the implied term requiring work to be performed with reasonable skill and care will normally be an intermediate stipulation ( SGSA 1982 , s13 ) so that breach will only justify termination of the contract if the breach is serious or goes to the root of the contract . |
6 | Well he does , he goes in on Saturdays very often , he goes in on Sundays very often , you know , goes up to have a look at a site or goes into the office to look over something in peace without the phone ringing all that 's sort of thing , he puts in a lot of time that 's not strictly accounted for , Gerry did , I did as a teacher , but then we were well paid . |
7 | As she flies through the dark , or gallops on the horse of night , she is using different skills from those of our daytime world . |
8 | The Trust will from time to time make market purchases of shares in the Company and make grants of the shares to such employees , funded by loans or grants from the Company . |
9 | In fact the acknowledgement in most cases either has the seller 's conditions printed on the back , or refers to the execution of the contract in accordance with the quotation in such a way that the seller 's conditions on the back of the quotation are incorporated by reference . |
10 | Indeed , the optic lobe contains a wealth of neurons which respond specifically to elaborate patterns of motion , such as the optic flow fields generated on a retina when an insect turns around or flies over the ground , but there have been disappointingly few descriptions of neurons with interesting spatial properties . |
11 | An innovative attempt to distinguish between the more objectionable forms of cheque-book journalism and the literature which makes a significant contribution to the culture or contributes to the prevention of crime or the rehabilitation of offenders is being made in Victoria , Australia , where the Crimes ( Confiscation of Profits ) Amendment Act 1991 ( Vic. ) , although expanding the concept of ‘ benefit ’ to include the profits of criminal expression , will provide a court with discretion to decide whether or not to treat the profits as a ‘ benefit ’ for the purposes of the Act . |
12 | More pressingly , it depends on how much one knows or cares about the detail of Irish nationalist politics or about the practicalities of occultism . |
13 | Uneaten food , and anything once living that dies or lies in the tank will break down in a similar fashion . |
14 | In contrast to these local pottery types , there were also wheel-made vessels decorated with raised cordons or bands on the body . |
15 | Finally , when they get back home once again they are ‘ in demand ’ , and it is in their nature to work for the family again and put their own wants or needs to the bottom of the pile ! |
16 | • No perforations or joins inside the drip line ( up to 14 metres ) . |
17 | Telling a story means making what is false ( or at least largely invented ) seem true , so ‘ realism ’ ( a term hard to define but impossible to avoid ) becomes a crucial yardstick of success , a measure of whether the film wins or loses in the game of make-believe , which may also be the serious game of box-office success or failure ( though this in turn relates only erratically to the quality of a film in general or its SFX in particular ) . |
18 | It has never been water-tight so whenever it rains , water seeps out along the concrete panels , or drips into the middle of somebody 's living room . |
19 | Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries or concerns with the tape or Handbook . |
20 | The other two crowd round while the fifth crawls or reaches beneath the seat and grabs the bag . |
21 | You can make connections or deals on the floor , but you know that it 's over that expense-account lunch , or in the private suite , the yacht , that real money is changing hands . |
22 | This obsession with changing its environment sometimes causes the Beaver to fall foul of local authorities , particularly when the end result obstructs the migratory routes of Salmon or leads to the flooding of woodlands and highways . |
23 | The first , which deals with VAT traders , explains traders ' rights and Customs ' responsibilities ; the quality of service that traders can expect ; what happens during visits ; what to do if a trader disagrees with or complains about the way they have been treated ; and how Customs will publish results . |
24 | Erm you closed questioned which I thought Martin made very difficult for you but er obviously intentionally but erm what else is it you mentioned erm pension or benefits from the navy , you never actually picked up on whether he had any erm pension benefit from , from the forces which is something that , that we would have had to have made a note of . |
25 | ‘ No regular job , but does n't draw social security or benefits from the unemployment office — ’ I knew that was a con for a start , as the cops rarely liaised with the Social Security people , let alone with the income tax ferrets , thank God' — and yet no known criminal source of income . |
26 | If taxation finance is not available to cover public expenditure , governments must resort to debt finance or increases in the money supply to finance their activities . |
27 | By s12 of the Solicitors Act , the Law Society is given discretion to grant or refuse an application for a practising certificate in the following cases : ( 1 ) a first application ; ( 2 ) an application by a solicitor who has never held an unconditional certificate since admission ; ( 3 ) where 12 months or more will have elapsed since a practising certificate was last held ; ( 4 ) after the disciplinary tribunal has ordered a penalty or costs against the applicant or delivered a reprimand ; ( 5 ) after failure by the applicant to offer sufficient explanation for his or her professional conduct after being called upon so to do ; ( 6 ) after failure to deliver an accountant 's report in due time ( and an additional fee will be payable if the discretion is not invoked to refuse the application ) ; ( 7 ) after the expiry of a period of suspension ; ( 8 ) after the name of the applicant who has been struck off is restored to the roll ; ( 9 ) while the applicant is an undischarged bankrupt ; ( 10 ) after the applicant 's discharge from bankruptcy or after the applicant has entered into a composition or deed of arrangement for the benefit of his creditors ; ( 11 ) while the applicant is a patient as defined by s94 of the Mental Health Act 1983 or a person as to whom powers have been exercised under s104 of the Mental Health Act 1959 or s98 of the 1983 Act ; ( 12 ) where the applicant has received a sentence of imprisonment ; ( 13 ) where the applicant has failed to satisfy a money judgment against him or her which is not a judgment limited to costs and which is not a judgment in respect of which indemnity or relief from some other person is available . |
28 | Maybe she was alright , maybe things looked worse than they were — even min or cuts to the head bleed a lot . |
29 | But he needs cuts to announce on Wednesday — an end to some bizarre farm subsidies to anyone running cattle on federal land , or cuts in the super-collider programme , but not the space station . |
30 | It also believes that planning can ensure that new buildings are designed in a way which it likes , and has an ability to prevent anything , however small , happening near its own house which reduces its value or interferes with the way in which it has been in the habit of using it . |