Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [art] [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we were naughty or disobedient the nursemaid would threaten us with this man who , she said , hid at night in the high bushes by the gate , and would know what we had done and come and get us . |
| 2 | This is designed for situations where for one reason or another the work can not be fully described in advance and therefore a price can not be agreed . |
| 3 | Even if the reason is economic , technical or organisational the employer must still act reasonably in selecting and dismissing each employee . |
| 4 | It is obvious that an Inspectorate of its present size in relation to its responsibility can not hope to achieve either all it would like or all the public would like it to do . ’ |
| 5 | If you feel especially anxious or upset about what you are faced with doing to/with a client have you been able to use this as a guide to how fearful or angry the client may also be feeling ? |
| 6 | If the corrections are long or numerous the Chairman should ask the Hon. |
| 7 | The first indication of how large or small the yield might be is when the first leaves and tendrils begin to appear , followed by embryo bunches of grapes . |
| 8 | One more pair of hands for an hour or two a week can be a godsend for this very worthwhile and rewarding ‘ back bone ’ work . |
| 9 | Sneezing and fluent , bland coryza ; the mucous membranes of the nose may be swollen and after a day or two the coryza may extend to the larynx with a hard cough . |
| 10 | Perhaps in a minute or two the door would open again and there would be … who ? |
| 11 | Mental disturbance requiring such security is often short-lived and within a week or two the person may be well enough to enjoy the normal freedoms accorded other patients . |
| 12 | ‘ Of course , ’ Robin-Anne went on , ‘ the brain eventually manufactures more dopamine , so after a day or two the cocaine can work again , and you go soaring up from hell into heaven . |
| 13 | If the parents ' reactions are inconsistent or uncertain the child will start to make more and more demands until the predictable success occurs . |
| 14 | Central to child-rearing from the cultural point of view , as we have seen , is that by the time he is six or seven the child should have been able to recapitulate within his own personal psychological development the development history of his culture . |
| 15 | You could volunteer to pay two hundred and fifty a month could n't you ? |
| 16 | Just an egg if we 've got one and some coffee-the caffeine will at least cheer you up . ’ |
| 17 | And afraid the man might kill him . |
| 18 | In its heyday in the 1920s and 30s the nursery used to supply the seventeenth century Misarden house with fruit and vegetables . |
| 19 | The light will hit the moon and half the moon will be in darkness and half the moon will be in light yes ? |
| 20 | The light will hit the moon and half the moon will be in darkness and half the moon will be in light yes ? |
| 21 | If you touch a wheel , you 'll fall in a slide and half the peloton will ride over you before they fall themselves . |
| 22 | In this situation , between 1982 and 1985 the army could pursue a civil war with the Buganda of whom 150,000 were killed in the Luweru Triangle , which forms the heartland of Buganda . |
| 23 | The wearing of breathing apparatus , although necessary , was known to be risky ; the trapped men were not accustomed to the equipment and anyone who has used it knows how alarming and claustrophobic the experience can be ; the effect can be a compelling desire to rip off the apparatus and if one of the trapped miners was to do so while passing through the gas in Bank mine , death would be almost instantaneous . |
| 24 | And although I knew by then that I was wretchedly unhappy in comparison with other girls of my age , this was still what I wanted to do , because however joyless and painful the present might be , the future could have been even worse . |
| 25 | A joint tenant might , however , transfer his interest in his lifetime ( though not by will ) ; and such a transfer would , before 1 January 1926 , have had the effect of making the transferee a tenant in common with the other or others , though the others continued as between themselves to be joint tenants . |
| 26 | To sum up : there is nothing wrong in putting into writing our instructions about future treatment and such a document should be taken very seriously . |
| 27 | Obviously a politician able to perform this service conferred a very material favour on the endangered man and his relatives , and such a favour could attach their loyalty to the interest able to save them . |
| 28 | Liability for negligence may also be excluded by a provision imposing a duty on the other party to insure against a particular type of loss ( James Archdale & Co v Comservices [ 1954 ] 1 WLR 459 ) and such a clause might be used in a contract to install goods or machinery at the employer 's premises , requiring the employer , rather than the contractor , to insure the premises against damage caused by fire . |
| 29 | The main exclusions of the policy still operate and such a clause may be of limited use , but its existence is worth investigating . |
| 30 | Where spray bottles are more widely used and there is a risk of confusion colour coding is desirable and such a provision would take precedence over our control needs . |