Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Comments from several solicitors , from both large and small practice firms , suggest that there remain on the rota solicitors who have over-valued or mis-stated their criminal experience : |
| 2 | No matter what benefits the salesperson discusses , the buyer may be reluctant to change from his present supplier or change his present model because to do so may give rise to unforeseen problems — delivery may be unpredictable or the new model may be unreliable . |
| 3 | And even if no fingerprints could be found on it , even if several of the tourists had already discarded or misplaced their own sheets , there would not be too many Americans , surely , who regularly wrote their sevens with a continental bar across the downstroke . |
| 4 | People desperate to conceive can sometimes enter fertility programmes without enough space to query how far they are prepared to go , to resolve any differences between the partners , or to mourn their personal loss in not being able to produce a child naturally . |
| 5 | Should you wish to withdraw or modify your earlier comments in any way , or request a copy of the appeal decision letter , you should write direct to the Department of the Environment , Room 13/16 , Tollgate House , Houlton Street , Bristol , BS2 9DJ , within 28 days of the appeal starting date ( above ) quoting the appeal reference number . |
| 6 | Working in a situation which encourages general contact with the public or involves their active participation creates advantages for both the artist and his audience . |
| 7 | Version 4.0 operates as a command language for application developers wishing to integrate or migrate their own sub-routines into the environment , but there is a point and click module available for non-technical users . |
| 8 | But the salination of 100,000 hectares of land has affected the fertility of adjoining holdings which were used for paddy farming , forcing thousands of poor farmers to sell or lease their ancestral land to shrimp industries . |
| 9 | A professional company , in favourable circumstances , can own or lease its immediate means of production , and deal relatively directly with its public , while its technical means are relatively simple . |
| 10 | The House might decide to act on its own by appointing a committee to inquire into the matter or a private member might move resolutions or introduce his own measure . |
| 11 | Tablets should not be touched ( tip them in the cap of the container and drop them into your mouth for chewing ) and do n't drink or eat anything 20 minutes before or after taking them . |
| 12 | Oddly enough I did n't set out from wherever I come from to trespass on your island , or to lose my wretched memory . |
| 13 | One of the major criticisms of the battery cage has been that it is so small that the hens have no room to move or to perform their natural behaviour patterns . |
| 14 | Or make their extra money . |
| 15 | Fewer people grow their own vegetables or make their own soup . |
| 16 | The average business traveller , who does n't pay his own bills or make his own booking , will plump for that option in preference to a detour down a country lane or through suburbs in search of some unknown quantity which might turn out to be a gem . |
| 17 | You may think you stand on your own , or have your own choices , or make your own fate , but you do not do so . |
| 18 | Or make your own fabric tie-backs ( see instructions on page 20 ) . |
| 19 | Not the bottle that guarantees to turn your grey hair black or make your bald pate sprout again , but something else . |
| 20 | Designer smells , which can take the anxiety out of a trip to the dentist or make your synthetic upholstery smell like real leather , are now being released on an unsuspecting public . |
| 21 | You may not be putting together the salad on your plate or cooking your main course in the kitchen , but you do have a certain control over what goes onto your plate . |
| 22 | From time to time the main Party had to intervene to help out the youngsters or to curb their youthful enthusiasms . |
| 23 | During this stage , the government may accept amendments or amend its own bill if deficiencies in drafting come to light . |
| 24 | Of course , Ross 's inability to telephone , or feel the need to apologise or explain his frequent absences , had n't helped matters . |
| 25 | But an even greater cause for resentment is that she may feel guilty about meeting her friends or pursuing her usual weekday activities unless her partner is also busy . |
| 26 | Does ‘ mediation ’ mean adjudicating , dominating or pursuing their own interests ? |
| 27 | Fr Leonardo Boff , a renowned Brazilian liberation theologist condemned by the Vatican to a year 's silence in 1985 [ see p. 33823 ] , was banned by the Vatican with effect from Jan. 1 , 1990 , from preaching or pursuing his theological teaching at the university in Petrópolis , 50 km north-east of Rio de Janeiro . |
| 28 | People often ask questions to bolster your status as presenter or to bolster their own status in the audience . |
| 29 | He had seen to it that his spare flesh should not go soft with time , or lose its springy vigour ; but the years had revenged themselves as best they could . |
| 30 | If you are small and unknown , a firm of consultants acting on your behalf or using its existing knowledge base may be more realistic . |