Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The software is available in two versions , either as a command language for application developers wishing to migrate their own sub-routines into the environment , or as a point and click configuration for ad hoc users — Convex will take the command language version . |
| 32 | 75% disappeared from the regulations altogether , whether as a minimum grant-in-aid of teaching costs as in the old regulations or as a maximum as proposed in the Ashby Report : an explanatory memorandum from the Ministry said that the Minister would continue to use this figure as a guide while bearing in mind all the other factors concerned with quality , need , students ' fees and so on . |
| 33 | Distracting techniques are frequently used with pre-school children either before a problem arises or as a palliative once the problem is occurring , for example pointing to an aeroplane flying in the sky to help the child forget that the ice cream van is parked outside the playground . |
| 34 | Working in a manufacturing company , or as a solicitor or chartered accountant gives invaluable experience . |
| 35 | It clearly takes longer if you do it with another person or as a group but even then 15 to 20 minutes is adequate unless you are tackling some really contentious issues . |
| 36 | The added advantage for parents is that they can listen to audio tapes in the car on their way to work or as a background while they are busy doing other things around the house . |
| 37 | In context , it will function in a certain kind of perspective , depending on the purpose of communication ; for instance , it may function as a statement of a person 's state of health ( John has been taken ill ) , as an identification of the person affected ( John has been taken ill ) , or as an affirmation that the information conveyed is really valid ( John has been taken ill ) . |
| 38 | For example , a reaction to a particular food may occur within a few minutes of eating a food , or after a day or two . |
| 39 | Today , had lots of corners , scored actually from a corner , or after a corner but could n't make their possession tell . |
| 40 | However , even if you draw a blank , it is always worth checking to see whether or not you can influence the external event that starts the sequence , so either while you are being hindered by an unproductive feeling or after an experience where you were hindered ask yourself : ‘ What external event has triggered this feeling ? ’ |
| 41 | As we saw under Beliefs ( see page 21 ) it is easy to fall prey to some recurring unrealistic thoughts or beliefs which cause you to feel upset whenever they are violated so , either while you are being hindered by an unproductive feeling or after an experience where you are hindered , or when you feel vulnerable to the onset of an unproductive feeling , ask yourself : ‘ How can I make more effective use of this present moment ? ’ |
| 42 | The court may expunge or vary a proof which has been admitted either upon the application of the trustee or of a creditor if the trustee declines to interfere ( r 6.107 ) . |
| 43 | Erm and we talk about erm the stages of evolution or of a person and a group and then there 's the list there . |
| 44 | By the making of a new will or of a codicil or other writing executed with the same formalities as a will , so far as such later document is inconsistent with the will . |
| 45 | So , yes , it can help the teacher , like a potter 's wheel can help the teacher , or like a blackboard and a piece of chalk can help the teacher . |
| 46 | Okay , put it into it and you 'd tie your length of cotton or black thread onto the piece of cotton with a button that 's dangling down and you 'd go across the road into somebody 's front garden behind a wall or behind a hedge and just keep pulling the cotton to tap on the window . |
| 47 | Duress that invalidates consent consists either of a credible threat to take substantial action against the agent or against a person or a cause that he values if he does not consent or in the taking of such actions against him or against persons or causes that he values with an offer to restore the situation if he does consent . |
| 48 | When he was out with a group of other kids , playing kick-the-can or soldiers , he would often sneak away , so that they would never find him , or think he had fallen down a hole or into a burn or a loch . |
| 49 | Staff had spent most of Friday afternoon and evening looking for the child and the owner , Alan Tym , had gone back again late that night to double check that James had not crawled behind a counter or into a cupboard and fallen asleep . |
| 50 | In the creation of effective multimedia the professions of information scientist , designer , computer programmer , systems analyst , film maker , financier , and publisher must somehow be drawn together , either in a single extraordinary person or into a well-managed and effective creative team . |
| 51 | If , despite the precautions to remove loose bristles , one does drag on to the varnish , remove it using the corner tip of the brush , or with a toothpick or cocktail stick . |
| 52 | It may be on a one-to-one basis or with a couple where one partner has impaired hearing . |
| 53 | Earthworms are easily collected by turning over the garden soil with a hand trowel or with a spade or fork . |
| 54 | If dietary deficiency seems to be a factor , the counsellor should be able to help the counsellee ascertain which factors in the diet might be contributing to poor health , perhaps in consultation with the books mentioned above , or with a nutritionist or dietitian . |
| 55 | When you act for a buyer , always go through the answers you receive to your preliminary enquiries , search and additional enquiries made of the local authority , marking each of these with a tick if it is satisfactory , or with a cross if it is not , or if it requires further elucidation . |
| 56 | Tie on a label carefully to identify the cross or with a number or code to refer to your records book . |
| 57 | Prestel can now be accessed through the set or via a microcomputer and modem located beside it in the Community Information section in the library . |
| 58 | SIR — With such well-informed media personnel telling us every hour on the hour that Messrs Kinnock , Hattersley , Patten , Mandela , Smith and Gould are ‘ expected ’ to make an announcement after the weekend , or within a day or two , stating that they will do this or that , probably because of this reason , possibly causing this response — is it absolutely necessary for us to have to endure the appearance of the person concerned to tell us what has been drummed into us until our eyes stick out like organ-stops ? |
| 59 | Experiments which take weeks are tiresome to arrange , more likely to go wrong , and less fun to do than those which given an answer at once , or within a day or so . |
| 60 | A court of the United States may order the issuance of a subpoena requiring the appearance as a witness before it , or before a person or body designated by it , of a national or resident of the United States who is in a foreign country , or requiring the production of a specified document or other thing by him , if the court finds that particular testimony or the production of the document or other thing by him is necessary in the interests of justice , and , in other than a criminal action or proceeding , if the court finds , in addition , that it is not possible to obtain his testimony in admissible form without his personal appearance or to obtain the production of the document or other thing in any other manner . |