Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [conj] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The story goes that this castle was founded by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa , ‘ Redbeard ’ no less . |
| 2 | However , unemployment and the recession mean that many firms can no longer afford the creches and bonuses , and are reluctantly having to curtail them . |
| 3 | Have a look to see whether these things apply to you — it is not a test . |
| 4 | New rules for pharmacy funding mean that any chemist 's shop which dispenses fewer than 2,000 prescriptions per month will lose grants and will face closure . |
| 5 | However , it is important to keep a close eye on your skin to see if any moles change in size or shape , in which case you should seek medical advice . |
| 6 | However , it is the housewife 's ultimate responsibility to see that all tasks get done properly . |
| 7 | It is the Chief Constable 's responsibility to see that these complaints are properly investigated and result in disciplinary action where appropriate . |
| 8 | The Food Safety Directorate say that all packets of cling film should carry health warnings . |
| 9 | Yet a survey study of the 1983 election found that this section of the electorate was the most right-wing of all on issue questions about privatization , incentives versus equality , trade union rights , and comprehensive schools , and that over 70 per cent of them voted Conservative in the election . |
| 10 | So there are precedents for both our finding that knowledge spread through the electorate as the election approached and that television played a particular role in that process . |
| 11 | For it will set aside a conviction whenever it appears unjust or unsafe to allow the verdict to stand because some failure has occurred in observing the conditions which , in the court 's view , are essential to a satisfactory trial , or because there is some feature of the case raising a substantial possibility that , either in the conclusion itself , or in the manner in which it has been reached , the jury may have been mistaken or misled . |
| 12 | ( including taxes and the cost of accessories ) at the date the damage occurred and such loss or damage is insured under this Policy the Corporation will subject to the consent of the Policyholder and of any other interested party known to the Corporation replace it with a new motor car of the same manufacture and model subject to its being available in which event the Corporation shall become entitled to possession and ownership of the lost or damaged motor car . |
| 13 | The isolation of a cDNA clone from testis of S. macroura and the long open reading frame in the M. eugenii genome suggest that these marsupial genes are not pseudogenes . |
| 14 | For standing on the , on the seats you see , which I mean my father was right he 'd got the experience to know that several men had been drowned like that . |
| 15 | The defendants ( who had admitted negligence ) had increased the risk of particular damage occurring and that damage had occurred . |
| 16 | Kermode thinks that this process , with all that it implies , is a fact of life , which has to be lived with , whatever we think of it . |
| 17 | When autotomy was first observed it was thought that the killer simply ripped off the tail by brute force , but closer study revealed that many lizards , especially geckos , have evolved special break-points in their tails — weak spots that fracture with great ease and make the sacrifice a simple matter . |
| 18 | When giving evidence to the PCA , the then permanent secretary to the Department agreed that that situation could not be defended , so we decided to put it right . |
| 19 | The opposition argued that any delay would disrupt local government , claiming that this was the only part of the old democracy still functioning since April . |
| 20 | The defendant argued that any liability which he had , extended only from his breach of duty until the armed robbery . |
| 21 | He had tried to feel inside his mouth to see if any teeth were broken or missing , but the great bulk of his boxing-glove precluded any such investigation . |
| 22 | Similar experiments on rabbit oesophagus , which is devoid of submucosal glands , failed to show alkali secretion suggesting that these glands are the source of oesophageal alkalinisation . |
| 23 | Your card guarantees that any cheque you issue up to £50 will be honoured . |
| 24 | In 1986 , the Department ruled that this obligation did not extend to the funding of overseas projects . |
| 25 | As she came through the side roads to her house she heard a few trial notes on a wind instrument of some sort — a clarinet , was it ? a run of notes that seemed to carry on where the last solitary trill of the bird had stopped , and then a beat , beat , beat of a bass and a drum slowly swinging in , and the band , trying out their numbers high up in a house , lilted together into a piece , melancholy at base with gay little twiddles from the clarinet bravely calling that nightfall was not the end of hope , not a closure — a little bit of swing filtering over back gardens to draw people out , out into the spring night , a beat along the channels of their blood suggesting that this hour , as the light dies , as the dusk creeps along the ground , is not an ending but a beginning . |
| 26 | Ethidium bromide staining revealed that each lane contained a similar amount of DNA except for monkey DNA , which was under represented . |
| 27 | All members of the company ( though not its secretary ) must be qualified solicitors , and there are special provisions to apply when a member dies or is struck off the roll or otherwise loses his qualification to practise , which in essence provide that such member 's shares become non-voting so long as they remain registered in unqualified hands , and only qualified solicitors will be able to vote as proxies . |
| 28 | The UGC Earth Science Review found that many research students learn as much from each other as they do from the academic staff . |
| 29 | Again , the answer lies in the firm sharp warning but take notice of the difference in the warning given before guidance starts and those warnings given before the other methods are used . |
| 30 | Kieman , Reid and Jones ' ( 1982 ) review concludes that any evidence available is weakened by poor methodology and/or ineffective description of what was measured . |