Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adj] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 When all other subjects are to be described in terms of attainment targets , strands and levels , Religious Education must consider the implication of ignoring or accepting such a framework .
2 England , by contrast , has never been faced with or sought such an opportunity .
3 We all like to award ourselves a little extra something if we give up smoking or lose half a stone , so why not allow the child who is doing something difficult an incentive ?
4 My argument was that he might as well use pit-props for his fishing , for he could n't possibly gain any enjoyment from playing fish , or handling such a rod with no more than a 4lb line .
5 If there are contracts which are essential to the conduct of the business , the purchaser should make obtaining consent to assign or novate these a condition precedent .
6 Such an incident could have been handled with tact by a sympathetic procurator , but one who was weak or self-seeking could have panicked or exploited such an incident to his advantage .
7 You can follow this treatment with a face-pack , or wait half an hour for your skin to settle down and apply your usual moisturiser .
8 Or done such a walk .
9 The great festivals represented the god 's social life , when he was taken in procession to visit another deity in his house or received such a visit .
10 It will become a criminal offence not to comply fully with any investigations , and it will be possible to impose substantial financial penalties , not only upon the companies operating a prohibited agreement , but also upon those directors found responsible for negotiating or operating such an agreement .
11 Before Hobhouse J. and in the Court of Appeal , the plaintiffs were successful in arguing that the defendants should be restrained by injunction from seeking or enforcing such a District Court order .
12 This is not enough to show that anyone can have authority to introduce or enforce such a scheme .
13 It would constitute a typically academic fallacy to believe that analysis on its own — the sheer power of thought — could change or reverse such a situation , but it could well affect it .
14 Thus if the school head decides to disapply or modify the National Curriculum in respect of a particular child , or to revoke such a direction , a copy of the notice must be sent within three days to at least one parent of the pupil at the registered address .
15 Section 212 makes provision for the court to compel past and present officers of the company to restore monies or property misapplied , or to contribute such a sum as the court thinks just by way of compensation .
16 The complexities of this network must be understood , and will be explained more fully in Chapter 7 together with suggestions on ways social workers may help to sustain or develop such a network .
17 The objection , again , is that we do not in our standard causal thinking have or use such an idea .
18 Elderflowers — These can either be collected as flowers from the hedgerow in the summer ( a couple of leaves crushed and rubbed on the skin helps to keep mosquitoes away from humans ) or use half a teaspoon of dried flowers which can be bought as tea .
19 How could he forgive or forget such a slight ?
20 under Sub-Section 2(a) unless the person driving holds a licence to drive such car or has held and is not disqualified for holding or obtaining such a licence
21 under Sub-Section 2 ( b ) ( c ) or ( d ) if to the knowledge of the person claiming to be indemnified the person driving does not hold a licence to drive such car unless he has held and is not disqualified for holding or obtaining such a licence
22 driven by the Policyholder unless he holds a licence to drive such car or has held and is not disqualified for holding or obtaining such a licence
23 driven on the order or with the permission of the Policyholder by any person who to the Policyholders knowledge does not hold a licence to drive such car unless such person has held and is not disqualified for holding or obtaining such a licence
24 No deduction is made in respect of the joint portion because , for example , one can not buy or drive half a motor car .
25 But ‘ We do not insist upon , or force such a commitment on anyone . ’
26 This is not faking , however , because waking subjects know perfectly well a child can not write or spell such a sentence .
27 However , Jugnauth 's principal current coalition partners , the more right-wing traditionalist Mauritius Labour Party ( MLP ) led by Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sir Satcam Boolell , refused either to resign or to join such an alliance .
28 In 1968 , had the staff of It known it , or wanted such a fate , they had the possibility of becoming London 's answer to the Village Voice .
29 It is not enough for the Commission merely to show that the merger will create or strengthen such a market position if the maintenance or development of effective competition would not be likely to be impaired .
30 At the time , descriptive geology could ignore or deny such a theory , by postulating the existence of land bridges and sea-level changes which permitted the movement of organisms between continents .
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