Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] [verb] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adjusters reports should be carefully checked and any omissions or queries referred back to the Adjuster . |
| 2 | All men even if they are not so fortunate as to be scientists or artists have still within them the capability to transform their lives into ones of creativity . |
| 3 | ( d ) The gang may be constituted of two or three core members with other tradesmen or labourers employed either on daywork or discounted rates . |
| 4 | There is a very basic hostel here , for serious , long-range walkers , and in summer you can hire horses or ponies to ride about on the surrounding , pine-covered hillsides . |
| 5 | It always surprised me how few toys were actually used , even though there were cupboards full of them ; toys which indulgent fathers or uncles or stepfathers brought home from trips abroad or from some new shop in Abu Dhabi . |
| 6 | ( 1 ) None of the objects set forth in any sub-clause of this Clause shall be restrictively construed but the widest interpretation shall be given to each such object , and none of such objects shall , except where the context expressly so requires , be in any way limited or restricted by reference to or inference from any other object or objects set forth in such sub-clause , or by reference to or inference from the terms of any other sub-clause of this Clause , or by reference to or inference from the name of the Company . |
| 7 | ( 1 ) None of the objects set forth in any sub-clause of this Clause shall be restrictively construed but the widest interpretation shall be given to each such object , and none of such objects shall , except where the context expressly so requires , be in any way limited or restricted by reference to or inference from any other object or objects set forth in such sub-clause , or by reference to or inference from the terms of any other sub-clause of this Clause , or by reference to or inference from the name of the Company . |
| 8 | He had lost his watch back in Victorian London and so had no clear idea of time ; it may have taken minutes or hours to get back to the hole in time . |
| 9 | The foresters of fee usually had the right to take ‘ cablish ’ — that is , dead and dry wood , and trees or branches blown down by the wind within their bailiwicks : in Bernwood Forest , if the wind felled ten trees ‘ in one night and one day ’ , the king took them all , but if there were less than ten , the forester of fee took them . |
| 10 | He 's probably got a private cache of cheap cider or meths hidden somewhere under a paving slab to help him nod off at nights , and a pile of newspapers to keep him warm . |
| 11 | Links between sentences can to some extent be made explicit in a similar way , by using connectives such as therefore , thus , on the other hand , or words referring back to previous sentence ( Turner , 1973 ) . |
| 12 | THE Home Secretary 's directives to the BBC and IBA banning the broadcasting of appearances or words spoken directly by members and supporters of proscribed terrorist organisations is not unlawful , and therefore the court is not entitled to interfere . |
| 13 | Local committees or associations fluctuated drastically in numbers in different periods of antislavery history despite the proclamation of the Liverpool society in 1823 that ‘ the present age ’ , in making the organisational discovery of the local philanthropic or reform association , had made the era noteworthy ‘ for the rapid and surprising improvement which has taken place in the moral character and disposition of mankind ’ . |
| 14 | It has gone unreported , except occasionally and often in a needlessly partisan way through the accounts of western aid workers or visitors passing through on other business . |
| 15 | The new legislation included : ( i ) a law on private enterprise , which allowed individuals to start companies without restrictions on the numbers of employees ; ( ii ) a law on state enterprises , which allowed state-owned companies to offer shares to their workforces ; ( iii ) a law on shareholding , which allowed foreign individuals or companies to own up to 100 per cent of Czechoslovak-based companies ; ( iv ) a law on industrial relations , enshrining employee and trade-union rights ; and ( v ) provisions for the creation of industrial courts to settle commercial disputes . |
| 16 | The most common reason for children returning to the danger areas was homesickness for parents and relatives , or parents worrying endlessly about them . |
| 17 | Trees might be planted or earthworks thrown up to the north of a house to disperse harmful ch'i emanating from that quarter . |
| 18 | A full report will appear in the December Fly/Past , but some of the prize ‘ lots ’ were either withdrawn or bids came nowhere near their allotted reserves . |
| 19 | The ‘ purlieus ’ , or areas put out of the forest by the perambulations , were a special bone of contention . |
| 20 | The only other items you need to record are debits or credits made directly by the bank to your account . |
| 21 | Barr and Barnes are among an increasing number who favour vouchers or bursaries topped up by loans . |
| 22 | Sadly , the current infighting about children 's reading will do little to encourage publishers or booksellers to engage seriously in children 's literature . |
| 23 | Tallyman ( itinerant credit trader , credit draper or clothing club ) Doorstep credit for clothes or textiles costing up to about £30 , fixed instalments collected weekly , often in 20 weeks , interest fixed at start . |
| 24 | Do Protestants or Catholics achieve more in the educational system , for example ; or are Catholics more likely to end up in prison than Protestants ? |
| 25 | If you are booking a late offer holiday any information or conditions set out in the hate offer documents are also part of your contract and if in doubt you should check with your Travel Agent . |
| 26 | In the event of any clause or conditions set out in this appointment being declared invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction then all other clauses or terms remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected thereby . |
| 27 | They can put in ramps instead of stairs , widen doorways , fix rails in bathrooms , lower working surfaces in kitchens , extend tap handles , place electric points within reach , etc. all these things can make life much easier and increase the independence of a disabled person , though clearly it would be simpler in many cases to provide bungalows or flats designed especially for the disabled , in particular those confined to wheelchairs . |
| 28 | 1.69 The automatic directions provided for by RSC Ord 25 , r8 come into effect at close of pleadings which is 14 days after service of defence , reply , or defence to counterclaim , and are as follows ( material differences in the corresponding CCR Ord 17 , r11 are noted ) : ( 1 ) Discovery within 14 days ( 28 days in a county court ) and inspection of documents within seven days after ( see para 1.48 above in relation to actions in which liability is admitted or actions arising out of a road traffic accident ) . |
| 29 | Policemen marshall grumbling queues whenever a load of bread or chickens jolts in from the country . |
| 30 | Technically assured from the very outset of his brief career , Bonington constructed his landscape compositions with the rigour of the Dutch old masters , balancing areas of light against dark , or figures seen close to with far distant prospects . |