Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] [vb -s] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If you are a fish who basically lives and breathes in water , but who occasionally ventures on land , perhaps to cross from one mud puddle to another thereby surviving a drought , you might benefit not just from half a lung but from one-hundredth of a lung .
2 The debtor or a creditor presents his petition to the Bankruptcy Court of the district in which the debtor resides or carries on business — in London , the High Court ; elsewhere , normally one of the County Courts .
3 An action may be commenced : ( 1 ) in the court for the district in which the defendant or one of the defendants resides or carries on business ; ( 2 ) in the court for the district in which the cause of action wholly or in part arose or ; ( 3 ) in the case of a default action , in any court ( Ord 4 , r 2(1) ) .
4 If there is any reasonable doubt as to the court in which an action against the Crown should be brought , it may be commenced in the court for the district in which the plaintiff or one of the plaintiffs resides or carries on business ( Ord 42 , r 2 ) .
5 Proceedings begun by originating application or petition may be subject to specific enactments or rules , but otherwise they may be commenced in the court for the district in which the respondent or one of the respondents resides or carries on business or in which the subject matter of the application is situated , or if no respondent is named , in the court for the district in which the applicant or petitioner or one of them resides or carries on business ( Ord 4 , r 8 ) .
6 Proceedings begun by originating application or petition may be subject to specific enactments or rules , but otherwise they may be commenced in the court for the district in which the respondent or one of the respondents resides or carries on business or in which the subject matter of the application is situated , or if no respondent is named , in the court for the district in which the applicant or petitioner or one of them resides or carries on business ( Ord 4 , r 8 ) .
7 However , where a defendant does not reside or carry on business within the district of the court and he desires the action to be transferred to the court for the district in which he resides or carries on business , he may , after delivering a defence , counterclaim , or request for time for payment , apply ex parte in writing for an order to transfer the action to that court .
8 An application by the debtor , or hirer , for a " time order " , may be made by originating application ( Form N 440 ) in the court in whose district the applicant resides or carries on business ( alternative Ord 49 , r 4(5) ) .
9 The Bus company delivers and picks up children at the School every day .
10 There is a ‘ banker ’ , who adjudicates and pays out winnings to the two players .
11 Every year , Britain buries or burns about £750 million worth of recyclable material , and pays almost the same again for doing so .
12 Like the Prince , she requests and gathers together information and reading material on all of the subjects she has taken on .
13 Therefore , fixed costs are unavoidable ; that is they will be incurred whether or not the firm manufactures and sells both products .
14 It now manufactures and assembles over 65% of its products in-house .
15 The Spirit comes and takes up residence in our bodies , which he wants to use as his temple ( Cor. 6:19 ) .
16 The Spirit comes and takes up residence in a man once he is invited in .
17 This writer , who knows and likes both Greeks and Turks , has a suggestion .
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