Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( b ) having entered any building or part of a building as a trespasser he steals or attempts to steal anything in the building or that part of it or inflicts or attempts to inflict on any person therein any grievous bodily harm . |
| 2 | It is clear , though , that if you decide to help your elderly parent or parents to apply for local authority grants , you are probably going to need to have great determination and infinite patience , and in the meantime there is a great deal you could do yourself to improve their comfort and living conditions in small but important ways . |
| 3 | You can also use HGW to prepare your handouts which give your audience a printed , condensed copy of your presentation with up to six slides per page and can add text , drawings or symbols to appear on each page . |
| 4 | IT WAS difficult for small independents to offer services like their Holiday Care system , which offered immediate help to holidaymakers , whatever the problem , like lost baggage or loans to cope with legal problems over cars in Spain , for which customers were given access to a phone numnber until 15 days after coming home . |
| 5 | I realise the major problem of recognising new borders , but did the members of the Security Council discuss new machinery or initiatives to deal with those potentially tremendous conflicts ? |
| 6 | It is noticeable that opportunities to play in 72-hole stroke play events on the amateur circuits are few and far between , whereas a professional will play week in and week out on the professional circuit . |
| 7 | A community based approach can provide a local organisational framework more able than individuals to interact with administrative and planning institutions . |
| 8 | This willingness by police and pickets to engage in violent confrontation was dramatically revealed during the 1984–5 coal dispute . |
| 9 | Apart from its wrongness in principle , it is ineffective , since the wrongdoing continues without being subject to public censure , which is the way that society typically brings pressure on individuals and groups to conform to civilised norms . |
| 10 | There was some room for individuals and groups to experiment with limited co-operation across factional lines if they could temporarily forget their religious and sometimes political differences . |
| 11 | As well as notes on how to use the flashcards and the masters , the Teacher 's Guide offers a wealth of suggestions for further activities , games and projects to use with each unit of Chatterbox 1 and 2 . |
| 12 | It is particularly concerned with investigating how a manager 's self concept , or self perception will affect his/her work motivation and reactions to work in this environment . |
| 13 | Certainly , it takes time for workers and employers to react to changing conditions in the labour market . |
| 14 | This will reportedly allow FAX clients and servers to run on different architectures and versions of Unix and still work together . |
| 15 | Any tendency to diffuseness or ambiguity led to a wide range of interpretations and allowed teachers and heads to assert in good faith , whatever the nature of their practice , that they were implementing the LEA 's policies and principles . |
| 16 | Bureaucratic control binds individuals through incentives and disincentives to behave in predictable ways . |
| 17 | The judge will go over the dog using his hands and eyes to look for any faults in conformation , but most of all to ascertain the virtues of the animal . |
| 18 | Perhaps , like the lungfish of today , they lived in pools that were seasonal and used lungs and legs to search for other water when their homes went dry . |
| 19 | I just come back er ladies and gentlemen to apologize for this morning 's cock up , I mean it was totally inexcusable of me . |
| 20 | He was going to return in three days ' time , and had invited a large number of ladies and gentlemen to stay for several days . |
| 21 | Rosenthal 's own research , and his review of other genetic studies , also leads him to argue that the high probability that identical twins will either both develop or both remain free of schizophrenia is explained by their identical genetic constitution , rather than by a tendency on the part of their friends , relatives and parents to behave towards each of them in a very similar way . |
| 22 | The need for user industries to take the lead in actually making this change-over is more urgent than ever and ICI is working closely with its customers and governments to help in this process . |
| 23 | Developments across the country are uneven , but the shape of things to come can be seen in the greater provision of minor surgery by general practitioners , the increase in health promotion work in general practice , the employment of staff such as physiotherapists and dietitians to work alongside general practitioners , the establishment of shared care arrangements for treating conditions such as diabetes and asthma , and the introduction of ‘ treat and teach ’ schemes , in which specialists carry out some of their consultations in general practitioners ' surgeries and develop the skills of general practitioners in the process . |
| 24 | Now because of this initial asymmetry between the sexes and the size of the sex cells , the tendency is for females to concentrate on parental investment and males to concentrate on mating success . |
| 25 | It is helpful to encourage clients and relatives to talk of these feelings . |
| 26 | But positive attitudes can turn into negative ones on arrival in an unfamiliar land especially if it is customary for expatriates not to mix socially with local people but for locals and expatriates to live in separate communities . |
| 27 | The intention was to address the needs of the majority of children through a combination of the ‘ broadly-based curriculum ’ and ‘ flexible teaching strategies ’ , and to use additional programmes and resources to cater for certain specific categories of need . |
| 28 | Too often , where land ownership was fragmented , development was slow to occur : statutory bodies were reluctant to sell unwanted land , and small , private owners did not often have the expertise and resources to benefit from financial incentives . |
| 29 | Communication is the name given to transport and travel facilities which enable people and goods to move from one place to another . |
| 30 | Erm I would have liked to have produced some er tables and diagrams to go with this document , but you will appreciate within the time that we had available , erm that there was insufficient time available to er to prepare that but hopefully that will give you er a basis for considering the , relative merits of the various a various erm sectors around York . |