Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb base] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The principal difficulty I have on this aspect of the case is that in Mr. Lester 's submission reference to Parliamentary material as an aid to interpretation of a statutory provision should be allowed only with leave of the court and where the court is satisfied that such a reference is justifiable : ( a ) to confirm the meaning of a provision as conveyed by the text , its object and purpose ; ( b ) to determine a meaning where the provision is ambiguous or obscure ; or ( c ) to determine the meaning where the ordinary meaning is manifestly absurd or unreasonable . |
| 2 | As I lie here under the green , seaweedy tent I remember from some trite television interview , a remark made by Brigitte Bardot , loopy Parisienne , namely that in all her many love affairs she was off at the first sign of the waning of passion . |
| 3 | Whatever reply I find for that one , obviously it is not going to be |
| 4 | And er that was quite a few years ago , about the conditions and on tea estates , and er er that was partly why we switched mostly to Kenyan tea I think after that . |
| 5 | I apply a multiplier of nine , it follows that the figure I allow for this period is five hundred and thirty four thousand seven hundred and ninety seven pounds and sixty four pence and the total cost of future care is therefore eight hundred and ninety four thousand seven hundred and ninety seven pounds and sixty four pence . |
| 6 | You could , for instance , try differing lengths of harness lines or changing the amount of weight you place on each foot . |
| 7 | In practice you look at all the alternatives and examine each in turn to see how it might affect your business . |
| 8 | Knowing what a talent you have for these things , you 'll probably have it sorted out in two ticks . ’ |
| 9 | If you like the alternative you search for another like that , and so on . |
| 10 | The figure you get from those calculations will give you a rough idea of the pension you would receive if there were no inflation nor pay rises between now and your retirement date . |
| 11 | ‘ You ca n't say it 's a coincidence that in every interview you see with these women the journalist always picks that five minutes where they 're going on about abuse or victimisation . |
| 12 | BRANCHING OUT : Ivan Bennett of Southport with some of his treasured trees : ‘ Bonsai has become my religion we live off each other ’ Picture : STEPHEN SHAKESHAFT |
| 13 | In the earlier books of the Old Testament we read of these evil spirits ( I Sam . |
| 14 | In this chapter we focus on some fundamental questions pertaining to the fiscal activities of local authorities . |
| 15 | In the first part of the chapter we deal with those arguments concerned with the impact on the overall level of employment . |
| 16 | You know — right or wrong — the effect we have on each other . |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't underestimate the effect we have on each other . |
| 18 | Is that the most unusual wedding we have in this hundred tonight ? |
| 19 | In the present study we go beyond this result by making controlled B I -B II transitions involving most of the dinucleotide junctions of the dodecamer and discussing both the energetic and conformational aspects of such transitions . |
| 20 | The re-emergence of feminism in the 1960s is important for women because whatever other political struggles we might be engaged in , our subordination to men individually and collectively is a condition we share with all women irrespective of class , race and sexual preference . |
| 21 | In Western societies , men ( even those in process work ) still tend to be taught to seek relationships with a larger number of people and to control the amount of emotion they invest in these relationships . |
| 22 | Teachers of English will differ in the weight they give to each of these views of the subject . |
| 23 | Sociologists differ as to the amount of weight they place on each of these changes and the way in which these changes are evaluated . |
| 24 | The theories held , often implicitly , by managers , trainers and coaches are of interest because of the effect they have on all involved in sport . |
| 25 | Whether in practice they act in this way has not been established convincingly . |
| 26 | Although at first sight these three points apply only to overall policy development , in practice they apply at all levels , including individual branch development . |
| 27 | I assure you that in my professional capacity I come across many jurors who are both indigenous Britons , and quite advanced in years , who do not fit into the ‘ long tradition of honesty and fair-mindedness ’ . |
| 28 | If you 'd like to just hang on a second I want to this little . |
| 29 | I need to be able to read outputs of a maximum of 100A ( this may seem high but in my work you come across this sort of output ) . |
| 30 | The more he reads , the more certain he is that it 's garbage — and how can you diplomatically conduct a love affair with a poet whose work you view in that light ? |