Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [verb] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are of course some deliberately emphasized exceptions : destitution , like that depicted in Alton Locke and Mary Barton , precludes decency ; moral turpitude may have the same effect , as in the case of Mrs Brown in Dombey and Son — ‘ In an ugly and dark room , an old woman , ugly and dark too ’ . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , an inacurrate plan that prevails over the verbal description may have the same effect as a verbal misdescription . |
| 3 | There is also provision for ABWOR to be provided at the request of a magistrates ' court or a county court by a solicitor within the precincts of the court for purposes other than the provision of ABWOR , where the court considers that the case should proceed the same day and that the client would not otherwise receive representation . |
| 4 | It is hard to see what sense there is in , for example , assuming that individuals without a car ought to have the same utilisation of services wherever they live . |
| 5 | Each entry must have the same format , as follows : |
| 6 | Each entry must have the same format , as follows : |
| 7 | Once re-investigation becomes routine , the fact that a case has been referred for re-investigation should attract no more concern than the fact that a medical diagnosis has been subjected to the test of a second opinion . |
| 8 | Controlled by a single gene , the deficiency is usually harmless , but certain drugs for malaria or a type of bean can cause those without the proper gene to suffer acute anaemia , and it is thought that some chemical might do the same . |
| 9 | In theory a statute could do no more than declare existing law ; and statutes were cast in a declaratory form . |
| 10 | In the investigation of crime a considerable lapse of time between the initial investigation and the re-investigation could rob the latter of some of its usefulness . |
| 11 | Even so the president could do no more than test the reaction of the ambassador to some of the advice and conclusions of his own government machine . |
| 12 | It also excluded the cost of elections , for these were a financial problem for the candidate , not for the local association ; in a large county division an election could cost as much as £2,000 , and even an unopposed return in a borough would cost a few hundred pounds to the lucky winner . |
| 13 | There would still be the difference between the two sections that , whereas section 5 plainly places the probative burden on the defendant , under section 4 , the defendant would have no more than an evidentiary burden to raise the issue , in which case it would be for the prosecutor to establish that he knew that witnesses were present . |
| 14 | No doubt her mind would do the same if she stopped chivvying it . |
| 15 | And surely , nobody in his right mind would take a few days ' vacation and miss out on the opportunity of selling his own plans and proposals to the President of the Corporation ? |
| 16 | Once again , the strength of the relationship between job and absenteeism would remain the same as in the bivariate case . |
| 17 | She turned , arms flailing , head back , eyes open — but the gaping mouth would utter no more prophecies , her breath cut off by the red garrotte cord round her scrawny neck . |
| 18 | The other side will have the same information in English ( which is the most common foreign language used in Japanese business ) . |
| 19 | if Energy consumed equals Energy expended — body weight will stay the same . |
| 20 | This chapter will follow the same pattern as Chapter 4 , but this time it will look at the views and experiences of students in English and communications . |
| 21 | The price cut will go a little way to alleviating the burden of VAT on bills , due to be introduced next April , a move described by Manweb chairman Bryan Weston as disappointing . |
| 22 | After all , in many cases and , perhaps , in the case of Euramco transactions , a restitutionary remedy and a compensatory remedy will cover the same ground . |
| 23 | A patriotic feeling or the witnessing of a noble or generous action can evoke the same emotion . |
| 24 | Why keep wasting 13 years when Labour can prove the same point in less than half the time . |
| 25 | However , it seems that the relation is not quite the same , for there is no comparable way in which a hearer can express the same wonder or wish by assenting to the sentence as uttered by the speaker . |
| 26 | Depth first search can employ a little knowledge , if you can represent the search space so that the searcher always tries the best child first . |
| 27 | Assume , purely for ease of calculation and exposition here , that the rival can achieve the same learning rate , that demand is not price-sensitive and that , if the rival enters the market , sales will be divided equally between the two rival companies . |
| 28 | He deeply valued it , and only hoped that his successor might enjoy the same generous trust and support which His Majesty had graciously reposed in him . |
| 29 | Those who demand strict realism in fiction of this kind might take the same extreme view as Patrick O'Brian 's sardonic Dr Maturin who , in discussing the Spithead Mutiny with his more conventional friend Captain Aubrey , pronounces himself in favour of the rebellion : |
| 30 | The problem is that although the typeface may have the same name — indeed it may even come from the same original — it may not have been coded up in the same way . |