Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [conj] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to principle 3 , on market practice , a firm should ‘ comply with any code or standard as in force from time to time and as it applies to the firm either according to its terms or by rulings made under it . ’ |
| 2 | And they too will reply , ‘ Lord , when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison , and did nothing for you ? ’ |
| 3 | My first taste of oppression was not that of being a woman or Black but over homosexuality ! |
| 4 | I was told that people in that city were more concerned about being able to live safely in their homes , not having their cars stolen , and not being burgled or mugged than about unemployment or any of the other big economic issues . |
| 5 | The traditional school 's isolation of the teacher typically allows such useful knowledge to lie unused , or at least under-used , the people concerned being unaware of the circumstances in which their skills could be deployed , their colleagues unmindful of the possibilities or unable because of lack of timetable time or other simple machinery to bring them in . |
| 6 | Those Muslims who were out on the streets looked bad-tempered : they had not eaten or drunk since before dawn , and were in no mood for smiles or pleasantries . |
| 7 | Candidates should be qualified to degree level or equivalent or to A-level with at least 2 years relevant experience . |
| 8 | The science may be old and well established as in mechanics , or novel as in biochemistry . |
| 9 | Tests on milk have revealed lead levels of 20 parts a billion , higher than normal but within government guidelines of 50 parts a billion . |
| 10 | It calls for simplicity that is neither dull nor empty and for humility that is in no way false . ’ |
| 11 | What it is you have a bit of a power twist that easy and of course that 's embarrassing so when John met Maggie he thought well I ca n't twist her over and get stuck in there . |
| 12 | The number of proposals for Pilot Schemes is more than double that for Phase 1 and the standard of the initial submissions is encouraging . |
| 13 | The biological factor is the length of time that the human child is dependent and helpless and in need of attention from parents . |
| 14 | Like his [ sic ] colleagues in most developing countries , he is , to say the least , unprepared and unwilling to serve in rural areas and has to be forced to do so although he is fully aware that rural areas and people are most undeveloped and disadvantaged because of lack of human , material and financial resources .... |
| 15 | Centres should ensure that assessment procedures being used are valid and reliable and in accordance with the information contained within each module descriptor . |
| 16 | Centres should ensure that assessment procedures being used are valid and reliable and in accordance with the information contained within each module descriptor . |
| 17 | It was prompted by the need to document Native American languages which were distinctive and interesting but in danger of extinction . |
| 18 | Where a comparison can be made , the data show that , in the more developed countries , the risk of material mortality is greater at ages 45 and over than below age 15 but , as mentioned above , in the region of Asia and Oceania and in Mexico , mothers below age 15 incur by far the greater risks . |
| 19 | Your orders are clear and sensible and without arrogance , and you have a great enthusiasm for everything you do . ’ |
| 20 | Given these qualifications , broad categories of value are locative — names derived from place-names or topographical features ; of relationship — names of fathers or mothers , with additional syllables , pet names , font names and diminutives ; occupational and social status — indications of trade , calling or office , carried down the centuries , often in mutilated or garbled form ; nicknames — tags and sobriquets which were sufficiently distinctive , felicitous and pronounceable as to stand the test of time . |
| 21 | We recommend that teachers should be given training in the assessment of speaking and listening and in moderation methods . |
| 22 | Literature has an important role to play — in a variety of ways — in improving abilities in speaking and listening and in writing , as well as in reading . |
| 23 | We now have premises which are both smart and functional and in keeping with our image as a modern forward looking profession . |
| 24 | The story of Bosnia seems to me to be a betrayal that involves all of us , all Europe ; a betrayal of something unique and valuable and worth defending . |
| 25 | That between DOCTOR and PATIENT and between DOCTOR and CLINICAL SESSION are one-to-many relationships . |
| 26 | Raymond was witty and unusual and from time to time he was invited to drink coffee at the artists ' cafés . |
| 27 | I want to see elderly people looked after well and if they can be looked after at home all well and good but of course they need the facilities . |
| 28 | Perhaps we believe that others perceive us as weak and ineffectual when in reality we choose to make a stand only about those things which really matter , knowing that it often takes more strength to remain calm and in control than to meet aggression with more aggression . |
| 29 | He 's alive and well and at present in the Tower of London which is why I want you to go to England for me . |
| 30 | ( 1973 ) and Hamnett and Randolph ( 1983a ) , much of the urban-rural shift in the more heavily populated parts of the country would seem to comprise essentially suburban movements which have been forced to become ‘ exurban ’ and inter-urban because of pressure on space . |