Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether one agrees or disagrees with this contention is immaterial . |
| 2 | It stands or falls on this one event . |
| 3 | I mean , everybody round here just stands or sits on those bar stools . |
| 4 | a person commits an offence if , for payment or not , he knowingly exposes or delivers to another person who has not consented to receive it any item which , on the ground that matter contained or embodied in it — ( a ) is concerned with human or animal sexuality , or ( b ) depicts violence or cruelty , or ( c ) is gruesome or disgusting , may , if taken as a whole , be expected to outrage the majority of persons who are likely , having regard to all relevant circumstances , to read , see or hear it . |
| 5 | What I find so extraordinary is that Opposition Members are so keen to place with trade unions abroad so much of the authority on labour law matters that resides in this House . |
| 6 | Families are usually unable to describe how they function to an outsider and so questions that enquire about this directly are likely to be unhelpful . |
| 7 | Secondly , this was conditional upon Louis IX of France ceding to Henry all rights ‘ that he has and holds in these three dioceses and three cities : that is to say , Limoges , Cahors and Périgueux , in fiefs and in domains ’ . |
| 8 | If the Government accepts and consults with those who are at the litigation coal face it could create truly radical and effective changes . ’ |
| 9 | In this country a hospital accepts and cares for any person who can not be cared for in their own home , but to step into their admission halls is not always the loving experience needed . |
| 10 | Europe now produces more food than she needs and has for some years been supporting a section of industry that provides employment for less than 1% of our National workforce ; good for British agriculture , but how much better if the support had gone to those industries that took up a greater proportion of the work force , i.e. the engineers with 10% . |
| 11 | And an ex-LMS 4-6-0 Jubilee fulfils that dream for many . |
| 12 | Over this unimaginably ( for humans ) long time , each of the two lineages that branched from that remote ancestor has preserved 305 out of the 306 characters ( on average : it could be that one lineage has preserved all 306 of them and the other has preserved 304 ) . |
| 13 | We may not understand the occult ( hidden ) powers that lie behind these activities but be warned — they are REAL and they are HARMFUL . |
| 14 | There appears , moreover , to be nothing to support Husameddin 's account of the circumstances of the death of " Mehmed Sah " , together with Haci Ivaz and Ibrahim Pasa , in 832 beyond the purported letter from Molla Fenari to Murad II which Husameddin mentions but neither quotes nor identifies in such a manner as to make it accessible . |
| 15 | Having plumped for Hewlett-Packard Co 's PA RISC over the Intel i860 — ‘ because of price/performance ’ — for its next generation of systems , Stratus plans no further computers using the i860 at this time , but says that depends to some extent on whether Intel manages another iteration of its RISC . |
| 16 | The filopodia pull the sheet right across the cavity until it makes contact with the other side where it meets and fuses with another but much smaller invagination which is the future mouth . |
| 17 | Note down clearly what he says and meditate on this . |
| 18 | I would imagine that industry confronts and copes with more forms of change than any other branch of our life . |
| 19 | It pitches and bobbles on some roads , and bounces over the potholes driven fast . |
| 20 | Yet with hands clasped he whimpers and gibbers with such desperate ardour for his own preservation , on his knees . |
| 21 | Marjorie , however , feels that she must put in an appearance downstairs , however token , before he leaves for work , and there is a sense in which Vic understands and approves of this gesture . |
| 22 | And then they used to go with their slate and and they knew it altogether and then the counter turns and turns like that . |
| 23 | Once the marketmaker 's spread and the broker 's commission are taken into account the investor will face a sizeable loss if he or she buys and exercises at these prices . |
| 24 | However , the six states that joined in this new venture were strong supporters of the Council and saw no incompatibility between the two bodies . |
| 25 | Section 1 covers all forms of spying making it an offence if any person , for purposes prejudicial to the interests of the state : ( a ) approaches , inspects … enters any prohibited place ; or ( b ) makes any sketch , plan , model or note which … might be useful to the enemy : or ( c ) obtains or communicates to any other person any information … calculated or intended to be , or which might be useful to the enemy . |
| 26 | A tiny point of bright golden pus appears and spreads like some fierce eczema down and across the right-hand side of her face . |
| 27 | Can he confirm that things are on course for the early completion of the Mar Dyke-Wellington link on the A13 , and can he tell the House the date on which he hopes that work on that link will start ? |
| 28 | Distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation , should all be given their ordinary meanings . |
| 29 | " A person is guilty of an offence it he ( a ) uses towards another person , threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , or ( b ) distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign … which is threatening , abusive or insulting … with intent to cause another to believe that immediate violence will be used … or to provoke ( such ) violence . |
| 30 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of an offence if he — ( a ) uses towards another person threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , or ( b ) distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation which is threatening , abusive or insulting , with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence will be used against him or another by any person , or to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by that person or another , or whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked . ’ |