Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [adj] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've known ghosts who went back to their houses or caravans or their stately homes and there was n't a trace of them left , it was all tower blocks or allotments or -one lady ghost told me — a supermarket . |
| 2 | Jesus is also pictured as consorting with women tabooed because of their sinful or their gentile status or the combination of the two , such as the healing of the daughter of the Syrophoenician woman ( Matt. |
| 3 | English family relationships are said to be less strong than those of Asians , but most English people would be deeply shocked if their grandmother or grandfather , coming to visit them , or their young brother or sister , was held in detention by people with quasi-police powers , accused of lying and then sent back ; or if their husband or wife , coming to join them after a long separation , was further delayed for years and then told that they were not the people they claimed to be and hence had no right to come at all . |
| 4 | 7.7.4 not to store or bring onto the Premises any article substance or liquid of a specially combustible inflammable or explosive nature other than such articles as are offered for sale by the Tenant or any undertenant in its or their normal trade and business and to comply with the requirements and recommendations of the fire authority as to fire precautions relating to the Premises |
| 5 | The anecdotes and examples chosen to add colour to strictly academic material revealed highly sexist ideas about history , the pupils ' homes or their own knowledge or interests . |
| 6 | However , turning aside these local instruments , and that is not to suggest that they are unimportant , how may lawyers and interested laymen each year obtain copies of delegated legislation which are thought to , and may indeed , affect their client 's or their own life and course of conduct , only to find that they are out of print or not yet available ? |
| 7 | ‘ But when the scheme starts they will be able to travel here by Merseylink , Wirral Community Tranport or their own vehicle and then borrow a suitable wheelchair or scooter from us . ’ |
| 8 | Married couples may live close to one or other set of parents or their own children and their spouses . |
| 9 | Although they vary either in their particular concerns or in the foci of their campaigns — even the Responsible Society , which states that it does not take part in demonstrations and public protests , campaigns through its literature — it was ‘ permissiveness ’ or their particular interpretation or conception of permissiveness that was the galvanizing force behind their development . |
| 10 | So , so you were n't really doing anything on their sort of personal development or their social problems or , you know , could they get jobs or could they get work or what were the pressures on them , how |
| 11 | But in fact it is not necessarily the case that if each person votes , or decides , according to what he or she perceives as his or her personal interest or wishes , the outcome is the good of all or even of the majority . |
| 12 | A more considered approach which involves the salesperson identifying the needs of his or her individual customers and then selling the benefits of the product in order to satisfy those needs is more likely to be successful . |
| 13 | Where divorce proceedings are raised in a country other than England ( eg , Canada , Australia or USA ) against a spouse resident in Scotland , which the spouse wishes to defend or where a spouse resident in Scotland wishes to raise divorce proceedings in one of these countries , all a Scottish solicitor is entitled to do under the Scheme is to give the client preliminary advice on his or her legal position and the course of action open . |
| 14 | In cases where the latter course seems a possibility , the engineer should consult his or her professional organisation and seek its advice as well as the advice of an independent legal adviser in a timely manner . |
| 15 | The Law Society may refuse to cancel an RFL 's entry where there are outstanding complaints about the RFL concerning his or her professional conduct or where there are proceedings pending against him or her before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal . |
| 16 | The National Record of Vocational Achievement ( NROVA ) us a folder or personal file within which an individual can keep certificates and other documentation relating to his or her vocational education and training . |
| 17 | Write down further examples of where you yourself are aware of episodes of caretaking for the addict in your life in order to diminish the damaging consequences of his or her addictive disease and give " just one more chance " for him or her to get straight . |
| 18 | The small , sad , trapped figures we met in Dubliners were , for the most part , you might say , given a quick deliverance , each firmly located within his or her narrow circle and then left . |
| 19 | They operate on the assumption that every individual is the best judge of his or her real interest and they define interest groups in terms of " shared attitudes " . |
| 20 | In addition , the local authority has the power to determine the extent to which a parent may exercise his or her parental responsibility but may only exercise this power where necessary to safeguard or promote the child 's welfare ( s33(3) ( b ) ( 4 ) ) . |
| 21 | For the adolescent boy or girl , the confusion may be worsened by growing evidence for him or her that previous ideas and attitudes , based entirely on childhood experience , may not be appropriate in his or her new relationships or in the new society of which the youngster is now accepted as part . |
| 22 | The trainee will carry out his or her normal job and the manner and competence with which the work is undertaken will be assessed by a departmental head or supervisor [ in a bigger company ] or , in a smaller establishment , perhaps by a visiting college lecturer acting as an assessor . |
| 23 | Integration proves problematic in Brooke-Rose 's novels ; there is a growing sense of the impossibility of conveying ideas through a unified realist character without seriously jeopardizing his or her psychological autonomy and integrity . |
| 24 | ‘ People are the most valuable asset any company has and we want to help each individual reach his or her full potential and in so doing gain maximum commercial advantage for their company , ’ said Mr Howell . |
| 25 | The individual and his or her particular situation and needs should be assessed by a care manager , a local authority member of staff who would develop and manage an individual package of services assembled from the various local options . |
| 26 | We speak , after all , of ‘ drawing out ’ a person , meaning encouraging his or her true feelings and thoughts to surface . |
| 27 | The child 's psychic structure must not only be that of his or her white parents and of white society . |
| 28 | the curriculum is academic , but within a rounded context , wherein the whole child is educated to his or her whole potential and the arts and sports take their place ; |
| 29 | Each reader could do a great deal of good by taking up this matter with his or her local MP or prospective candidate . |
| 30 | It then assigns a key worker to discuss the move with the child and his or her social worker and carers . |