Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [v-ing] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It usually starts with truancy and bunking off then they get into shoplifting and drug taking and on to burglary eventually becoming habitual criminals . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It usually starts with truancy and bunking off then they get into shoplifting and drug taking and on to burglary eventually becoming habitual criminals , ’ he said . |
| 3 | There is an index to the schedules , but this has been criticized in connection with the inadequate size of its entry vocabulary , the number of entries in the index only exceeding those subjects listed in the schedules by about 25 per cent . |
| 4 | Although Moss won four rounds , he lost out to fellow Briton Mike Hawthorn only winning one championship race . |
| 5 | State-owned British Leyland , for example , had ( barely ) managed to get by with each employee only making six cars in 1979 . |
| 6 | A Shi'ite ring apparently containing some members of the extremist Iranian-backed Hezbollah group was dismantled on Nov. 24 , 1989 , when police arrested eight people in Valencia and Madrid and seized at least 120 kg of explosives . |
| 7 | To make the comparison fair , we should have to assume that built into each typist 's chair is a gun , wired up so that if he makes a mistake he is summarily shot , his place being taken by a reserve typist ( squeamish readers may prefer to imagine a spring-loaded ejector seat gently catapulting miscreant typists out of the line , but the gun gives a more realistic picture of natural selection ) . |
| 8 | This Policy will be used for craft not exceeding 16 feet 6 inches ( 5 metres ) in length with a maximum designed speed not exceeding 52 miles per hour ( 45 knots ) The cover is of a ‘ Comprehensive ’ or ‘ All Risks ’ type . |
| 9 | Instonians were dismissed for 122 , the Co Down side easily passing that total in just over overs . |
| 10 | The largest black and white woodpecker of the region , differing from all the others , except much smaller Three-toed , in its white or barred rump ; from the three on p 195 in its lack of any white patch on wing , which consequently looks mainly barred , and from Great Spotted and Syrian also by male 's red crown and face pattern of both sexes , with black bar on side of neck not joining black nape , as in Middle Spotted . |
| 11 | People who claimed that they generally did not dream , when woken from REM sleep , did in fact report dreams , but they were particularly prone to forgetting them — if woken after the REM period was over , they recalled even fewer instances of dreaming than those who claimed regularly to recall dreams in the morning.6 In another study generally confirming these findings it was also noticed that " non-dreamers " tended to report that they were awake and thinking when woken from REM sleep . |
| 12 | ‘ Any person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him under this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the fifth level on the standard scale or to both . |
| 13 | ( 3 ) Any person who intentionally obstructs a person exercising rights conferred by this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the fifth level on the standard scale or to both . |
| 14 | The maximum penalty for the offence is now three years ’ imprisonment or a fine , or on summary conviction , imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine up to the statutory maximum . |
| 15 | ‘ ( 1 ) Any person who assaults a constable in the execution of his duty , or a person assisting a constable in the execution of his duty , shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both . |
| 16 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person who by any deception dishonestly obtains for himself or another any pecuniary advantage shall on conviction on indictment be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years . |
| 17 | Sixty years A lease for a term not exceeding sixty years is a depreciating asset for the purposes of roll-over relief ( Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 , s154(7) ) . |
| 18 | ( 3 ) Any person who resists or wilfully obstructs a constable in the execution of his duty , or a person assisting a constable in the execution of his duty , shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or to both . ’ |
| 19 | A witness in the family proceedings court who refuses to give evidence or produce any document once he gets to court may be committed to prison for a term not exceeding one month or fined up to £1,000 or both ( MCA , s97(4) ) . |
| 20 | Any witness in the family proceedings court , whether attending by summons or otherwise , who refuses to give evidence or produce any document to the court as required may be committed to prison for a term not exceeding one month or fined an amount not exceeding £1,000 , or both ( Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s97(4) ) . |
| 21 | A person guilty of theft shall on conviction on indictment be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ 15(1) A person who by any deception dishonestly obtains property belonging to another , with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it , shall on conviction on indictment be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years . |
| 23 | ‘ 15(1) A person who by any deception dishonestly obtains property belonging to another , with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it , shall on conviction on indictment be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years . |
| 24 | Non-compliance with the licence conditions is a criminal offence and would result in a fine not exceeding £1000 on summary conviction , or on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years , or a fine or both . |
| 25 | But what is one to make of a solemn pronouncement in a Companies Act that ‘ an insurance company which contravenes a restriction to which it is subject by virtue of subsections ( 1 ) or ( 2 ) above shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years ’ ? |
| 26 | The complete list is printed inside the cover of every certificate , and the following are samples only : rights of common , customary rights , public rights , right of sheepwalk , rights of way , rights of water , liability to repair highways by reason of tenure , liability to repair the chancel of any church , liability to repair embankments and sea or river walls , rights under local land charges , rights of fishing and sporting , manorial and seignorial rights of all descriptions ( until extinguished ) , leases for any term not exceeding 21 years granted at a rent without taking a fine , etc ( s70(1) ( a ) — ( k ) ) . |
| 27 | Stamp Duty is charged at the lowest rate for a term not exceeding seven years ( Stamp Act 1891 , Sched 1 , as amended ) . |
| 28 | 54 ( 2 ) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act shall affect the creation by parol of leases taking effect in possession for a term not exceeding three years ( whether or not the lessee is given power to extend the term ) at the best rent which can be reasonably obtained without taking a fine . |
| 29 | Three years A lease taking effect in possession for a term not exceeding three years at a rack rent need not be made by deed and may be made orally ( Law of Property Act 1925 , s54 ) . |
| 30 | ( 4 ) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable — ( a ) on summary conviction , to a fine not exceeding £1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both ; ( b ) on conviction on indictment , to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both . |