Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Altogether the timing and pattern of this increase suggests that it is connected with an increase , shift or change in habits of a continental population , rather than the British . |
| 2 | The effects of slight slip or skid on stalls in turns |
| 3 | Moreover since he did not wish to have preying on his mind any malice or grudge by reason of which his father might later be offended , he revealed that he had pledged himself to support the barons of Aquitaine against his brother Richard and said that he had done this because Richard had fortified the castle of Clairvaux though it really belonged to the Angevin patrimony which he should inherit from his father . " |
| 4 | They would go to one another 's flats , have supper in a bistro , go to a film , or sit at home with bowls of spaghetti , chatting and watching television . |
| 5 | The advocate-depute , Ann Paton , QC , asked if , as a result of what he had told Mackie about the profits warning , Mr Runciman had expected him to go and deal in Shanks & McEwan shares or communicate with others in such a way that they would deal in shares . |
| 6 | Resist the temptation to deposit money in currencies with a high interest rate , or borrow in currencies with a low interest rate , if there is no matching underlying cash flow in that currency . |
| 7 | Any character may take this item , but each time it is used ( not just when it is worn ! ) , the wearer must make a successful WP test or suffer from despair for D10 turns . |
| 8 | From the age of four years , a child can use a booster seat or cushion in conjunction with an adult seat belts . |
| 9 | ‘ Where goods are sold in market overt , according to the usage of the market , the buyer acquires a good title to the goods , provided he buys them in good faith and without notice of any defect or want of title on the part of the seller . ’ |
| 10 | But , where the substantial or only ground for impeaching the instrument is misunderstanding or want of understanding of its contents or effect , the amount of reliance placed by the creditor upon the husband for the purpose of informing his wife of what she was about must be of great importance . |
| 11 | This is clear from a passage in Dixon J. 's judgment where he is dealing with the second class of case : ‘ But , where the substantial or only ground for impeaching the instrument is misunderstanding or want of understanding of its contents or effect , the amount of reliance placed by the creditor upon the husband for the purpose of informing his wife of what she was about must be of great importance . ’ |
| 12 | More than half of the Shipman 's Tale consists of dialogue ( 237 lines out of 434 ) , a figure that increases if we count odd lines introducing a change of speaker or place in dialogue as part of the dialogue . |
| 13 | ( 4 ) The provisions of section 68 of this Act shall apply to any remises or place in respect of which an occasional permission is granted as they apply to licensed premises , with the substitution of references to the holder of the permission for the references to the holder of a licence . |
| 14 | ( 5 ) The provisions of section 85 of this Act shall apply to any premises or place in respect of which an occasional permission is granted as they apply to premises in respect of which a licence ( other than an off-sale licence ) is in force . |
| 15 | ( 6 ) The person to whom an occasional permission is granted shall ensure that the provisions of this Act or any byelaws or regulations made thereunder relating to the conduct of licensed premises are observed in the premises or place in respect of which the permission was granted as if he were the holder of a public house licence , and if he contravenes this subsection he shall be guilty of an offence : Provided that it shall be a defence for any person charged with an offence under this subsection if he proves that he used due diligence to prevent the occurrence of the offence . |
| 16 | We find little solace at home but go out again in search of mass entertainment or slump in front of the television , seeking not to think but to forget . |
| 17 | Have the fruit or yogurt for dessert on a second day each week . |
| 18 | The company claims to have reached an agreement in principle either to lengthen the terms of its loans , or swap for debt for equity , and until detailed plans are presented on April 6 , the firm announced that it will suspend capital repayments on its loans . |
| 19 | This is certainly a difficult poem for any translator to attempt — but then there is no Horatian lyric that could be called " easy " ; there are besetting problems , concerning metre and form , concerning word order , concerning a lexicon in which patent meanings are shadowed by possibilities of other meanings , concerning the importance of allusion , and above all the Horatian craft that mingles these elements interdependently , in patterns that persist or shift from strophe to strophe . |
| 20 | Once provided , two general trends are obvious : first , the intra-mural zone remained or soon became relatively well built-up , and second , there was no obvious contraction or shift in emphasis within the extra-mural zone prior to the mid fourth century at least . |
| 21 | The significance of Rookes v. Barnard was that it made it clear that a threat of a breach of contract was unlawful for this purpose but the criticism has been made ( and this indeed was the opinion of the Court of Appeal ) that if intimidation is extended to threats to break contracts ‘ it would overturn or outflank some elementary principles of contract law , ’ notably the doctrine of privity of contract , which holds that one who is not a party to a contract can not found a claim upon it or sue for breach of it . |
| 22 | In order to get full compensation the buyer will have to look to tort , as in the case of fraudulent misrepresentation , or sue for breach of contract . |
| 23 | Adders are the only poisonous serpents in the British Isles , and they 're such lazy sods all they do is sunbathe beside or sleep underneath rocks after a meal of small frogs . |
| 24 | Bring your own crew if you wish , or sail with others on the holiday . |
| 25 | The troubles of the nuclear industry in the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 are well known : a slowdown or halt to construction of new plants , plus the closedown earlier this year of the nuclear power station near Erevan in Armenia because of safety worries after last December 's earthquake . |
| 26 | If the Branch is in doubt about a particular case please refer to a local Marine Surveyor or H O Accident ( Personal ) Claims & Support for guidance on whether the area involved should be deemed to be ‘ an exposed beach or shore ’ . |
| 27 | Each picture in the sequence showed the thematic person , animal or object in interaction with other people , animals and objects . |
| 28 | However , as it is the only qualification in this area , we have endless problems in discouraging people from attributing to it all sorts of accreditations for which it was not designed and have to point out that it does not qualify people to interpret , give advice or act on behalf of others . |
| 29 | The White Paper instead proposed that prohibition would apply to chief executives , chief officers , deputies and others who regularly advise or act on behalf of their councils — a concerted attempt to reduce the impact of ‘ twin tracking ’ in local politics . |
| 30 | Prohibition will apply to chief executives , chief officers , deputies and others who regularly advise or act on behalf of their councils . |