Example sentences of "[coord] [Wh det] [vb -s] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , one of the main characteristics of attachment behaviour , which we outlined in the previous chapter and which derives from the study of animals and humans , is the specificity of the required caring figure . |
| 2 | ( 4 ) In determining the value of an action under paragraph ( 1 ) ( a ) : ( a ) the sum which the plaintiff or applicant reasonably expects to recover shall be reduced by the amount of any debt which he admits that he owes to a defendant in that action and which arises from the circumstances which give rise to the action ; ( b ) no account shall be taken of a possible finding of contributory negligence , except to the extent , if any , that such negligence is admitted ; ( c ) where the plaintiff seeks an award of provisional damages as described in s 32A(2) ( a ) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 , no account shall be taken of the possibility of a future application for further damages ; ( d ) the value shall be taken to include sums which , by virtue of s 22 of the Social Security Act 1989 , are required to be paid to the Secretary of State . |
| 3 | Participation in the affairs of State and open discussions of political matters must now be tempered by the need for survival between the testing conditions of competition abroad and what results from the State 's reactions to these conditions , the resentments of the population at home . |
| 4 | A magazine that virtually invented the ‘ designer ’ lifestyle of Soho and Covent Garden , but which operates from the light-industrial slums of London 's Farringdon Road ; which obsessively dissects the most costly clothing , but whose editor , Sheryl Garratt , is a friendly size 14 in sloppy shirt and leggings ; a paper that lists 40 smart writers on its masthead — but buys in their columns and does n't employ them on its staff . |
| 5 | Exact patterns of change will remain a matter of controversy for historians , as they were for contemporaries , but what emerges from the inadequate farm records and welter of subjective comment by biased and often condescending outside observers is a marked contrast between the fortunes of a few well-organised and prosperous landowners and the general backwardness of their counterparts and tenants . |