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

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1 Alarm or display call a chattering ‘ ke-ke-ke ’ or ‘ kek-kek-kek ’ .
2 In the old popular court , the suitors declared the law and gave judgement , or else passed judgement over to God by making one of the parties submit to an ordeal : to being thrown into a pool , for instance , or made to grasp a red-hot iron ; if he sank , or was soon healed , he was innocent ; otherwise , he was guilty .
3 They may be concentrated naturally as in animal tissues like bone , blood , hoof and horn , or processed to contain a high proportion of one or more nutrients , or they may be bulky and contain very little as in plant tissues like peat , compost and leaf mould .
4 She was not a woman who would see both sides of a question , or want to analyse a given situation .
5 Distinction Awards are Postgraduate studentships which are open to students ordinarily resident anywhere in the UK , who hold or expect to obtain a 1st class Honours degree and who have not previously obtained a postgraduate research award .
6 If an investigation is failing to produce results , it is , of course , not in the best interests of either police or press to maintain a high profile in such cases .
7 Braid can easily be attached to a chair with upholstery pins or Copydex to give a decorative edge
8 The restaurant changed , as did the maître d' , but he still watched like a hawk and swooped with a pained query if you did n't savour every mouthful or tried to hide a tough end of meat under your lettuce .
9 If , on a sale of unregistered land , there is any personal obligation on the part of a seller-client to observe restrictions ( as , for example , where the seller is the original covenantor or has given a personal covenant to observe these ) , it is desirable to provide in the contract for a similar covenant indemnifying the seller against any future breach .
10 If the GP has asked for a drug to be dispensed in a special calendar pack , or has prescribed a small quantity of an unusual medicine that is only available from wholesalers in large quantities , the pharmacist will want to make sure that the pricing authority is aware of the extra costs .
11 By contrast , waking is more likely to occur if the body temperature rising or has reached a high level .
12 Given the generous relief against forfeiture provisions contained in s 146 of the Law of Property Act 1925 a tenant should have little to fear from a forfeiture clause unless it is seriously in financial difficulties or has committed a serious breach of covenant which can not be rectified .
13 If a woman , she knows her language better than most ladies do , or has had a classical education .
14 Now we will suppose that the author has lighted on important new material or has had a significant number of errors in the first edition pointed out to him .
15 Applicants for these studentships should generally hold or expect to obtain a First or Upper Second Class Honours Degree or its equivalent in Chemistry or a related subject .
16 He said : ‘ This is all beautifully rosy but he has not mentioned his plans to tax companies by half a per cent on the payroll for a training tax or plans to enforce a minimum wage on small and medium sized companies which will be particularly badly hit . ’
17 If it could not be consumed or made to serve a useful purpose , then it did n't get through the front door .
18 And executives say they will decide by the end of March whether to ground up to 25 DC-10s or stop leasing a similar number of Airbus A300s .
19 Some bank loans will be used in specific projects — road construction , water supply , docks , etc. — or to help finance a general economic development programme , e.g. agricultural improvements .
20 If you prefer to keep your wine consumption to one or two good glasses , or like to try a different wine with each course when dining à deux , think about half bottles .
21 Baroness Wootton tabled an amendment that , had it been accepted , would have made it no longer an offence ‘ to procure or conspire to commit a homosexual act which by virtue of this Act is not itself an offence ’ .
22 I can not describe anything , any more than you can ever describe or wish to describe a loved person , because that love strips them of possessing characteristics .
23 It was as if he was dropping a hint or letting slip a little clue thinking that one day someone would read his diaries just as I was doing . ’
24 Under the Act , the Commissioner is also appointed by the Prime Minister , and it is required that the person appointed should hold or have held a high judicial office .
25 They would be from Canada , from her sister Louise who would suggest that she might put up various old acquaintances passing through London , or find a suitable family for a darling Austrian boy , not so very much older than Martha , whose father was a kind of Count , but was also in the import-export business , or try to recall a splendid person , the friend of a friend of hers who had had a very , very sad story .
26 Imagine what it is like to sit through a meeting , go to the theatre or try to follow a further education class if it is essential to see the speaker 's face in order to understand what is said .
27 If you burn or scald yourself , immediately immerse the affected part in cold water for as long as possible , or keep putting a cold , wet pad over it .
28 Both people entering unemployment as a result of losing a temporary job and people taking temporary jobs as a way out of unemployment seemed more likely to have taken a number of jobs , to have experienced a number of spells of unemployment , to have had less time in work and more time in unemployment than people becoming unemployed for other reasons , or managing to obtain a permanent job on leaving unemployment .
29 Save & Prosper launched a new plan on Thursday , MIM Britannia has a new plan available from next week , and the investment trust arm of Robert Fleming has recently unveiled a plan .
30 Or call to find a local stockist .
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