Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | L 24 , p. 1 ) , whereby only fishing vessels flying the flag of or registered in a member state may fish against the quotas allocated to that member state , which in other words are reserved to ‘ national ’ vessels to the exclusion of vessels from other members states . |
| 2 | For example , Gumperz identifies the following functions ( 1982 : 75 – 84 ) : quotations ( using a different code to mark a stretch of quoted speech ) , addressee specification ( choosing a code to pick out one 's intended addressee ) , interjections ( " sentence fillers " offset from the the main content of the sentence by a code switch ) , reiteration ( the message content is emphasised by repeating it in the other code ) , message qualification ( the main content of the message is " qualified " or adjusted by a clause in the other code ) , personalisation versus objectivisation . |
| 3 | Although I recognise that for obvious reasons the Secretary of State will not want to be locked or painted into a figure of 512 as the maximum , which is what it would be , will he tell the House whether , in the light of last week 's discussions with President Yeltsin and the changes that have taken place since Christmas , the Government are now considering the minimum deterrent to be somewhat lower than they had previously considered it necessary to be ? |
| 4 | It has a curved hemline and can be worn outside or tucked into a skirt or trousers . |
| 5 | To make sure he asked Mr Litmus if he had seen or heard of a scientist being found coming out of the corridors . |
| 6 | They must not be bought or sold or even taken or given as a present . |
| 7 | All the traffic , every single vehicle which passed him was equipped with lasers in its axles ; they could register a hit on his legs unless he was above them , or shielded by a wall , or between the wheels of a parked car , or holding his breath . |
| 8 | Samples can be hung on a rod , in slotted pockets or placed on a lectern . |
| 9 | When a book is opened , and either held in the hand or placed on a table , the front cover and hinge are immediately subjected to strain , especially if the volume is a thick and heavy one . |
| 10 | The baby would be handed into the care of one of her " other family " , or placed in a basket or drawer to sleep . |
| 11 | As a matter of good practice copies of the documents should either be attached to the disclosure letter or placed in a file of documents delivered with the letter . |
| 12 | But my main priority is making the animals look real with a lot of life in them , rather than the staid and stiff specimens cast in bronze , sitting on top of a television or placed in a town square . |
| 13 | 25 shelf units each 6m long × 3m deep ( these can be free-standing or placed against a wall ) |
| 14 | The bottom and topsides were payed or stopped with a putty like composition . |
| 15 | Brian , a cabbie for 25 years , could now face having his licence suspended or withdrawn at a tribunal . |
| 16 | Vinyl is practical , so is vinyl-coated cork , and linoleum , which now comes in all colours and can be inlaid or arranged in a pattern in various shades with quite spectacular results . |
| 17 | If the child has become lost or frightened as a result of parental neglect , then the adult in question may expect to be admonished by the fairy , who dislikes irresponsibility and carelessness . |
| 18 | She seemed always to be squinting into the sun , or shielding her face with her hand , or hidden by a straw hat or something . |
| 19 | It follows from the foregoing that a condition of the type at issue in the main proceedings , which stipulates that where a vessel is owned or chartered by natural persons they must be of a particular nationality , and where it is owned or chartered by a company the shareholders and directors must be of that nationality , is contrary to article 52 of the E.E.C . |
| 20 | 9.17 Frustration of reinstatement Landlords sometimes include a proviso that the landlord should have the right to terminate the lease in the event of reinstatement being frustrated or delayed as a result of circumstances beyond the landlord 's control . |
| 21 | Order 15 , r 1 provides that the court may at any time allow or direct any person to be added , struck out or substituted as a party to proceedings in accordance with the High Court practice ( see RSC , Ord 15 , r 6 ; Ord 20 , rr 5 , 8 ) . |
| 22 | Idoxuridine , one such agent , can be applied to herpetic ulcers either in an ointment base or dissolved in a solvent which aids its absorption in the skin , and has enthusiastic followers , but again convincing evidence of its efficacy is lacking . |
| 23 | Apparently they neither walk nor swim , but spend their time either in the air or perched on a branch of a tree to roost . |
| 24 | Exclusively nocturnal birds , well adapted by their long wings and tail , large eyes and gape , and small bill and feet , to catch moths , beetles and other flying insect prey by night : seen by day only when flushed from the ground or perched on a branch ( normally horizontally along it ) , being well camouflaged by their mottled brown plumage . |
| 25 | Leaving aside publications in parts , which are a special problem , books which should contain advertisements can not be reckoned complete without them , so that , if they have been removed or discarded in a rebinding , the value suffers considerably , even though the text is perfect . |
| 26 | Full compliance with environmental legislation remains a key , yet elusive , target and I regret that in 1992 ICI was prosecuted or fined on a number of occasions for accidental environmental infringements . |
| 27 | A covered platform to keep off the worst excesses of the monsoon rain , a ticket office , and a large , bare waiting-room or shed with a stand-pipe outside were all that were provided . |
| 28 | For example , regular work has to be postponed or cancelled as a result and , because of the knock-on effects , there is never space for team members to take time off in lieu , in order to recuperate from overtime working dealing with highly stressful situations . |
| 29 | I have never changed a tyre or looked under a bonnet . |
| 30 | ‘ ( a ) the name of any person is without sufficient cause entered in or omitted from a company 's register of members , or ( b ) default is made or unnecessary delay takes place in entering on the register the fact of any person having ceased to be a member , the person aggrieved or any member of the company , or the company may apply to the court for rectification of the register . ’ |