Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sitting-room was long , and looked as if a child had been let loose with buckets of primary colours . |
| 2 | His toe-nails looked as if a knife would blunt on them and could not have been cut for months , possibly years . |
| 3 | She 'd found no sign of life anywhere on her travels , no supporting staff , though the house and gardens looked as if an army of faithful family retainers had slaved there for centuries . |
| 4 | I must admit that selected areas of the park are well looked after and a delight to wander through , but unfortunately by far the greater area of ‘ Old Deer Park ’ is spoiled by litter . |
| 5 | Not one of those books on healthy vaginas and wombs which Marigold might easily have looked into but a work on the nasty bacilli which may infest the human reproductive organs after a bungled or septic abortion . |
| 6 | He 's he 's out yes and there are two or three in which have erm you know they 're sorry that they 've gone back and er we feel sorry sort of for them that they 've dropped into and a lot of our young lads have got mortgages and all that but there are some gone back er they need not people erm they 'd finished rearing their families and everything . |
| 7 | That the Agenda order is strictly adhered to unless a motion is made to alter the order . |
| 8 | A pretty pass we 've come to if a man ca n't have a friend without being labelled queer . ’ |
| 9 | In principle , a planning authority can only grant what is actually applied for or a part of it . |
| 10 | They had apparently felt as if a burden had been lifted from them and why tempt fate by attempting to get her back ? |
| 11 | But there is no real decision which has to be made about whether a child should live or die , for nobody has the right to make such a decision . |
| 12 | By contrast , if a decision is to be made about whether a pupil is to pass or fail an examination then a boundary would have to be set . |
| 13 | Eventually , and after due consultation with Melissa , the plat du jour of lamb spiced with juniper was agreed upon and a bottle of mineral water requested , whereupon Huguette moved majestically towards the kitchen . |
| 14 | A probe by the Garda Commissioner was called for after a garda told Dublin 's District Court : ‘ Summonses keep disappearing in connection with these charges . |
| 15 | In Lombardy , however , the rib vault was experimented with and a number of examples were built . |
| 16 | In respect of the provision of legal aid , the test of need ( usually described as a ‘ merit ’ test ) is based upon whether a solicitor would advise a private client , with sufficient means to pay the costs , to assert or dispute the claim . |
| 17 | The sample selected should be properly established and of an appropriate size based on whether a misstatement of a particular size or frequency would affect the interpretation of data and any points of weakness identified during systems evaluation and compliance testing . |
| 18 | At high Reynolds numbers ( based on and a length scale defined in a way indicated in Section 19.4 ) the cascade is long ; i.e. there is a large difference in the eddy sizes at its ends . |
| 19 | Would it have depended upon whether a majority of members had accepted the actions and , if so , where does that leave the dissentient minority whose membership entitles them to rely upon performance of the constitutive treaty ? |
| 20 | In the event of there being stocks to be disposed of or a period during which essential support for the Licensed Software is required , temporary use of these devices may be agreed by separate negotiation in writing . |
| 21 | Death being a fairly serious matter , a body can not be disposed of until a doctor 's certificate as to cause of death has been received by the registrar . |
| 22 | So it 's not his his fault but a lot of the training that we have to deliver is to do with procedures that he had n't dealt with whereas a lot of the procedures are things that I 'm familiar with there 's only some the job centre stuff |
| 23 | ‘ They felt their needs had never been dealt with and a group would take away attention from their problem , ’ she says . |
| 24 | The same law and the same rules of construction apply both to clauses in agreements entered into before a dispute has arisen and subsequent agreements to refer entered into after a dispute has arisen . |
| 25 | MATURITY IS : The understanding that if love is not viewed more as a commitment to be entered into than a desire to be fulfilled , neither will happen . |
| 26 | The same law and the same rules of construction apply both to clauses in agreements entered into before a dispute has arisen and subsequent agreements to refer entered into after a dispute has arisen . |
| 27 | Certainly it was never specifically referred to but a reading of the judgment would , I apprehend , ground an argument that the judge , having found that the appellants were in contempt and knew at all relevant times of the existence of the order against them , was in a position to exercise the discretion that he was given . |
| 28 | ( b ) Drafting the contract The standard conditions do not need to be expressly referred to unless an alteration is sought . |
| 29 | The reality of such choice depended on whether a reader cared who owned the papers . |
| 30 | In many cases the actual amount of information given in the recalls was minimal , limited to whether a subject had to wait at the junction and whether there was other traffic around at the time . |