Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [subord] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One is to provide that the rent shall be calculated as if the index had not been adjusted . |
| 2 | In the mid-third century Bishop Stephen of Rome asserted that all should observe the tradition of Peter and Paul : viz. those baptized outside the church by schismatic clergy should be readmitted as penitents by imposition of hands , but not treated as if the majesty of Christ 's name had never been pronounced . |
| 3 | An interest in music that I had rather forgotten about until the thought of Millie in the lane reminded me . |
| 4 | The sitting-room was long , and looked as if a child had been let loose with buckets of primary colours . |
| 5 | His toe-nails looked as if a knife would blunt on them and could not have been cut for months , possibly years . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The coin looked as if the minter struck it on a single die , punching the image in the metal in repoussé , so hard that the inverted ear on the reverse would appear on the other side , and could be read the right way round in shallow relief when the coin was turned over . |
| 8 | In the early days it had looked as if the directors would be the key men in Hollywood and from all over America men anxious to use the format to say something had been attracted to the movies . |
| 9 | Everything seemed to be going well , and it must have looked as if the weight of Galileo and the rest of the scientific world might succeed and get a thorough revision of orthodox science . |
| 10 | She had lost a good deal of her bloom and bounce , and looked as if the sentiments of the burial service kept stabbing her to the heart . |
| 11 | The other algorithms are all designed as if the children of each state form a discrete set with no structure . |
| 12 | He rightly points out that we need more ladies toilets and if you know you get the chance to use the ladies loo it 's cleaner and better looked after than the men 's , I 've heard . |
| 13 | While they had not asked for permission to enter his lands and claimed they were not in a position to pay for the disturbance , they promised he would be well looked after if the find was as good as appeared . |
| 14 | I had slept in the bedroom myself not so many years before , and in the first light of morning had got up to see what the village might have looked like before the traffic came and before the stone walls had been breached . |
| 15 | That the Agenda order is strictly adhered to unless a motion is made to alter the order . |
| 16 | The limited availability of materials for building and the primitive methods of construction meant that the houses lasted only about a generation and were often rebuilt and frequently added to as the family increased . |
| 17 | The limited availability of materials for building and the primitive methods of construction meant that the houses lasted only about a generation and were often rebuilt and frequently added to as the family increased . |
| 18 | A pretty pass we 've come to if a man ca n't have a friend without being labelled queer . ’ |
| 19 | Requests for extracts should therefore be addressed to unless the deed has been recorded only recently ( for both Sasine and Books of Council and Session registrations , within the last five months ) . |
| 20 | Merger can be applied for when the freehold and leasehold estates become vested in the same person , whether or not both titles are registered . |
| 21 | A long debate has raged about whether the tip should be flattened or preserved as a monument of the ironstone industry . |
| 22 | The windows , black as pitch , were streaming with water , and from time to time doors and windows rattled as if the cottage were under attack . |
| 23 | Even so , all developments were to be costed as if the NHS would be the sole funding agent and that no local authority or housing corporation money would come in . |
| 24 | He looked so dejected , Alice 's heart twisted as if the pain were her own . |
| 25 | He brought me as far as your gate , which was decent of him — and then bolted as if the bears were after him . |
| 26 | They had apparently felt as if a burden had been lifted from them and why tempt fate by attempting to get her back ? |
| 27 | The fieldwork was conducted during the period July 1 941 — September 1943 but the book is written as if the culture of " West Town " was timeless and entirely unaffected by the chaos of the surrounding political situation . |
| 28 | Now I think that the woman lawyer has been foregrounded as if the law actually does have a part to play . |
| 29 | However , his sufferings in the Sahara were more than compensated for when the Sports Council voted him Sports Photographer of the Year for 1989 in recognition of his work in the Super Marathon . |
| 30 | 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 . |