Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , being unused , they progressively deteriorated and caved in and the entrances filled in or became overgrown with vegetation . |
| 2 | They plunged into lakes , crashed into busses , flipped over like turtles or got jammed between lampposts . |
| 3 | We will introduce rebates for small businesses to protect those who are setting up in business or struggling to stay in business . |
| 4 | Although the system works brilliantly in most women , it can easily be disrupted — by stress or crash dieting for instance . |
| 5 | Spelt out slightly more fully ( and at the risk of oversimplification ) , this means that a decision is open to review where it has been arrived at as a result of a mistaken view of the law , or where the decision is one that could not reasonably have been arrived at , in the sense that the person deciding must have taken into account irrelevant considerations , or failed to take into account relevant ones , or where he has failed to observe the dictates of natural justice which require him to give the parties a hearing before arriving at his decision . |
| 6 | Cells came together ( or failed to separate after cell division ) to form many-celled bodies . |
| 7 | If no list has been registered , or the persons named have died , or ceased to reside in Great Britain , or refuse to accept service on the company 's behalf or for any reason can not be served , a document may be served on the company by leaving it at , or sending it by post to , any place of business established by the company in Great Britain . |
| 8 | In 1961 , while working as anaesthetics research registrar at the Westminster Hospital , Manley designed a machine to monitor or assist breathing during anaesthesia and other forms of unconsciousness . |
| 9 | For many people there is something terrifying in the thought that in a universe in which man is so insignificant in comparison with the unreasoning forces of nature , most of his own organism belongs to or wants to defect to nature . |
| 10 | Another problem arises when two houses that are close in date or place come under threat at the same time . |
| 11 | It did however reflect a sense of Britain 's central role in a world-wide economy and permitted individuals to believe they could contribute to a good cause without relying upon government or becoming enmeshed in politics . |
| 12 | ( a ) a director or member of the body is or has been a director or member of a recognised body which has been the subject of an order or direction under paragraphs 18 or 21 of Schedule 2 to the Act or the recognition of which has been revoked under Rule 10 of these Rules or has expired under Rule 9 of these Rules ; or |
| 13 | We guarantee to meet claims from readers made in accordance with the above procedure as soon as possible after the advertiser has become subject to bankruptcy proceedings , or has gone into liquidation , up to a limit of £16,000 per annum for any one advertiser so affected , and up to £48,000 in respect of all advertisers . |
| 14 | We guarantee to meet claims from readers made in accordance with the above procedure as soon as possible after the advertiser has become subject to bankruptcy proceedings , or has gone into liquidation , up to a limit of £16,000 per annum for any one advertiser so affected , and up to £48,000 in respect of all advertisers . |
| 15 | The definition of capital murder — which carries the death penalty — varies from state to state : in Alabama , a capital murder is one that occurs during the course of a robbery , or where the victim is kidnapped or raped ; or , where the perpetrator is on parole or has escaped from custody ; or where the crime is particularly cruel . |
| 16 | A secured creditor may , with the agreement of the trustee or leave of the court , at any time alter the value which he has , in his proof of debt , placed upon his security , but if he is the petitioner for the bankruptcy order or has voted in respect of his unsecured balance , he may revalue his security only with the leave of the court ( r 6.115 ) . |
| 17 | Judicial review does lie to the visitor in cases where he has acted outside his jurisdiction in the sense that he did not have the power under the regulating documents to enter into the adjudication of the dispute , or has abused his power , or has acted in breach of the rules of natural justice ( post , pp. 1114F–G , G–H , 1125H , 1126C–D , 1129H — 1130A ) . |
| 18 | So does deliberately wetting the carpet or shouting angrily at mother , or refusing to go to bed . |
| 19 | In Gillick v. West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority [ 1986 ] A.C. 112 the central issue was not whether a child patient under the age of 16 could refuse medical treatment if the parents or the court consented , but whether the parents could effectively impose a veto on treatment by failing or refusing to consent to treatment to which the child might consent . |
| 20 | Women should have no sexual desires whereas men should be insatiable ; if women get out of line by expressing autonomous desire or refusing to cater to men 's , they will be censured . |
| 21 | It 's up to you whether you think you 're using sharp powers of interpretation or acting according to paranoia . |
| 22 | But if you have to choose one market and you 're producing for or looking to sell to TV , then MIP-TV is probably the better place . |
| 23 | I think one of the problems is not taking out rate card , if you leave out , if you actually say this procedure does not cover full estimates and costs or costing based on rate cards . |
| 24 | A bitch will alter depending on whether she is in season , in false pregnancy or waiting to come on heat . |
| 25 | The Policyholder having made to the Corporation a written proposal and declaration which shall be the basis of this contract and having paid or agreed to pay on demand the premium stated in the Schedule the Corporation will provide insurance hereinafter contained in respect of events happening within the Territorial Limits or in the course of transit by sea or air ( including hovercraft ) between places within the Territorial Limits ( including processes of loading and unloading ) during the period of insurance stated in the Schedule or during any period for which the Corporation may accept payment for the renewal of this Policy . |
| 26 | The Policyholder having made to the Corporation a written proposal and declaration which shall be the basis of this contract and having paid or agreed to pay on demand the premium stated in the Schedule the Corporation will provide insurance hereinafter contained in respect of events happening within the Territorial Limits or in the course of transit by sea or air ( including hovercraft ) between places within the Territorial Limits ( including processes of loading and unloading ) during the period of insurance stated in the Schedule or during any period for which the Corporation may accept payment for the renewal of this Policy . |
| 27 | Er I think one of the greatest er causes of s absenteeism , it was n't so much ill health er not on the part of the pupil , I think it was more er if something was wrong within th family , particularly if you was an elder daughter or an elder boy , you see and erm , if your mother was ill or or confined you see , you were probably kept at home er for those sort of reasons to either look after the the younger children at home or to help to look after home . |
| 28 | The £100,000 is lent to an underlying company or used to subscribe for share capital in the underlying company . |
| 29 | A spokesman for North Yorkshire police appealed to anyone who might know the man , or be offered drugs or syringes to get in touch immediately Harrogate police can be contacted by telephoning . |
| 30 | Whether it was to share his moment of regret at the passing of time , or to express disillusion with Parkin himself — she had made some comment in the car about how he was one of the few television reporters she knew and respected — Dexter did not know . |