Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Circles , straight lines and zig-zags can be chalked or painted on to a hard surface for children to walk , run , jump or skip along . |
| 2 | There is a masterpiece in most churches , or placed casually in a small chapel in a field . |
| 3 | The same is done when religion is reduced to ethics , or treated simply as a movement within history , to be explained and defended , or even proved , by historical research and demonstration . |
| 4 | In this case the solvent has to be evaporated or boiled off at a low temperature . |
| 5 | It was two more years before ration books could finally be burned or torn up by a thankful population — meat , bacon and butter were the last things to be freed . |
| 6 | These go on every day in a Home — they wo n't be planned beforehand or written up on a board , they are the little things of everyday life : |
| 7 | Strips stuck on skirting boards or used instead of a cornice between ceiling and walls can greatly expand the sense of space for very little cost . |
| 8 | or fixed perpetually in a frame … |
| 9 | No books left lying about , no newspapers scattered or folded untidily on a table , no dirty cups or glasses . |
| 10 | ( 2 ) Nothing in subsection ( 1 ) above shall prohibit or restrict : ( a ) the consumption of alcoholic liquor in any premises at any time within fifteen minutes after the conclusion of the permitted hours in the afternoon or evening , as the case may be , if such liquor was supplied in those premises during the permitted hours ; ( b ) the taking of alcoholic liquor from any premises within fifteen minutes after the conclusion of the permitted hours in the afternoon or evening , as the case may be , if such liquor was supplied in those premises during the permitted hours and was not supplied or taken away in an open vessel ; ( c ) the sale or supply to , or consumption by , any person of alcoholic liquor in any premises where he is residing ; ( d ) the taking of alcoholic liquor from any premises by a person residing there ; ( e ) the supply of alcoholic liquor , in any premises , for consumption on those premises , to any private friends of a person residing there who are bona fide entertained by , and at the expense of , that person , or the consumption by such friends of alcoholic liquor so supplied to them ; the ordering of alcoholic liquor to be consumed off the premises or the despatch by the vendor of liquor so ordered ; ( g ) the supply of alcoholic liquor for consumption on licensed premises to any private friends of the holder of the licence bona fide entertained by him at his own expense , or the consumption of alcoholic liquor by persons so supplied ; ( h ) the consumption of alcoholic liquor at a meal by any person at any time within half an hour after the conclusion of the permitted hours in the afternoon or evening , as the case may be , if the liquor was supplied during the permitted hours and served at the same time as the meal and for consumption at the meal ; ( i ) the sale of alcoholic liquor to a trader for the purposes of his trade , or to a registered club for the purposes of the club ; or ( j ) the sale or supply of alcoholic liquor to any canteen in which the sale or supply of alcoholic liquor is carried on under the authority of the Secretary of State or to any authorised mess of members of Her Majesty 's naval , military or air forces . |
| 11 | I can assure you that there is nothing sub-standard or left out of a home built machine . |
| 12 | we were close when I was in Washington , and whichever way you slice it he wo n't want my brother being buggered or beaten up in a New York jail . ’ |
| 13 | 149 ( 3 ) A term , at a rent or granted in consideration of a fine , limited after the commencement of this Act to take effect more than twenty-one years from the date of the instrument purporting to create it , shall be void , and any contract made after such commencement to create such a term shall likewise be void ; but this subsection does not apply to any term taking effect in equity under a settlement , or created out of an equitable interest under a settlement , or under an equitable power for mortgage , indemnity or other like purposes . |
| 14 | If a man believes in a different god , or even if he uses a different ritual for worshipping the same god , blind faith can decree that he should die — on the cross , at the stake , skewered on a Crusader 's sword , shot in a Beirut street , or blown up in a bar in Belfast . |
| 15 | I wonder sometimes where my cousin ended up ; at the bottom of the sea , or washed on to some craggy and deserted shore , or blown on to a high mountain face , to be eaten by gulls or eagles … |
| 16 | Thus when using glissades the choreographer must decide whether they are to be darted. and controlled by careful spacing to close in an elegant 5th position , or glided smoothly with a gentle rise and full , or danced in such a way that they give impetus to propel the dancer upwards into the step of elevation . |
| 17 | There are obviously more overheads when the client group is geographically dispersed rather than grouped together in a home . |
| 18 | In this garden annuals and bedding are used particularly well as they are dotted around perennials and shrubs , rather than grown together in a bedding scheme . |
| 19 | Although presented mainly as a measure of penal reform that was desirable for its own sake , officials were more sanguine that parole might lead to the hoped for reduction in the prison population than the dubious promise of the suspended sentence . |
| 20 | Motoring costs went down by 1.3 per cent , thanks to a further fall in the average cost of second-hand cars and an average drop of 7p a gallon in petrol prices which , together , more than made up for a rise in car insurance premiums . |
| 21 | Although born out of a concern for the economic decline of Britain , such an emphasis provides a sad irony in the 1980s with massive youth unemployment . |
| 22 | The office was smaller and tidier than the one used by Inside Out , although laid out in a similar way with desks back to back . |
| 23 | Mitch 's image alone does not make clear that he will be mocked rather than taken seriously as an object of desire . |
| 24 | There are two groups of tropical diseases of importance ; those that are sexually transmitted — chancroid , granuloma inguinale , and lymphogranuloma venereum , and those that , although passed on in a non-sexual fashion , are closely related to syphilis and may be confused with it . |
| 25 | Sir Bryan told the insurance industry yesterday that commissions should be related to the long-term maintenance of policies over their full lifetime , rather than paid out as a lump sum immediately a policy was sold . |
| 26 | The exposition is more easily understood if broken down into a number of stages . |
| 27 | In December 1940 , Wolverton Road Vehicle Shop undertook the construction of four Mobile Kitchens , on the lines of a container which could be lifted and placed either on a road trailer or lorry , or on a railway freight wagon — exactly the same idea as the container which the LMS developed pre-war for removing furniture directly from door to door . |
| 28 | Ngune was helped into the back of the van and placed gently on a palliasse with his head resting on a pillow . |
| 29 | It has been noted that on occasions the cremated bones are found in the urns in a small cluster as if placed there in a small bag . |
| 30 | I was promptly carried outside into the garden and propped up in a chair . |