Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exactly what powers he had in that direction was not clear , but the Board did promise that no former member of the staff of an undertaking taken over would suffer any reduction of salary or conditions of service . |
| 2 | However , no doubt mollified both by the President 's dramatic decision on Tuesday to announce the release of eight long-term political prisoners and by the urbanity of his style , the archbishop did note that the talks had proceeded in ‘ a far better atmosphere ’ than previous encounters he has had with the government . |
| 3 | Should the local planning authority determine that the proposals do constitute or involve development , it has to inform the applicant of grounds on which it has reached this decision and also his rights of appeal . |
| 4 | In the vestry book for 1752 it is reported that Charles Wallis , Sexton , ‘ appeared at the vestry and being strictly examined touching the bounds of the churchyard do acknowledge and declare to the best of his memory that : |
| 5 | The researchers did find that volcanic eruptions encourage the destruction of stratospheric ozone by providing a profusion of aerosol particles , which act as catalysts for the reactions that destroy ozone . |
| 6 | But the three-man tribunal of legal experts from France , Greece and The Netherlands did admit that the punishment had been too harsh and that there were mitigating circumstances . |
| 7 | The Sheldons do agree that there has been a loss of community values within society at large , although they were heartened by the support of the local community in Balerno after Paul 's death . |
| 8 | The stranger let go and quickly thumbed through a small black book he had taken from his belt . |
| 9 | The Nicholsons do know that Natasha 's young mother dumped her illegitimate daughter in an orphanage when she was just a month old . |
| 10 | Where the defendant does realise that he is confronted by a policeman , it is not necessary for the prosecutor to show that he is aware that the latter is acting in the execution of his duty . |
| 11 | The defendant did leave and worked as a milkman for a competitor of his former employer . |
| 12 | Er we have n't used very much of it this year I mean I think er I mentioned a few weeks ago the , the question of trips out perhaps in the spring to do fish and that , we could consider er we do n't want to just go er accumulating money for the sake of it erm , we want to get some benefit out of the money we 've got . |
| 13 | But the management did respond and er I think it was just because of the sheer pressure of the shop stewards er making continuous overtures to them on each and every problem that came up , and they were not going to be set aside er with a simple answer er that would n't satisfy a member . |
| 14 | you 've got the option then if , that if the work did increase and they were satisfactory |
| 15 | I want you to sign here and er the bit at the bottom does say that you admit the offence which you were er b er arrested for and then your release for custody will we 'll give your your er property back and you will be released . |
| 16 | I call this an alternative theory because it seems obvious to me that the committee did think that clause 12 was necessary — and I am not simply referring to the definition of ‘ deception . ’ |
| 17 | The Committee did stress that there was ‘ a real desire for improvement ’ and prepared a draft Convention which provided for service via the consular channel , or by an agent appointed either by a party or by the Court whose process was involved . |
| 18 | And er luckily she did n't follow it , but the cat did get and go away . |
| 19 | It is in virtue of ( 5 ) , ( 7 ) , and ( 8 ) that we can truly say that the circumstance makes happen and explains the effect , and not the other way on . |
| 20 | Those of course , in the south do recognize that when , there are some people in the midlands , sort of , sort of round Northampton area , who try to get in , they wo n't they reckon , they reckon that the Watford Gap . |
| 21 | If the fish did attack and he missed with his spear , Trent knew that his chances of getting out of the water in one piece were nil . |
| 22 | The success which eluded her in the classroom did arrive but from an unexpected quarter . |
| 23 | On certain nights all the ghosts do battle and the distant echoes of their screams and war-cries are born on the wind . |
| 24 | ‘ This made the dogs let go but they still could not control the animals which started to turn on them . |
| 25 | ‘ They still could not make the dogs let go and so they got in their car and drove at the dogs with headlights flashing , ’ said a Scotland Yard spokesman . |
| 26 | However , the enormous diversity of objects within and between the collections does mean that a degree of flexibility is necessary to provide a sensible selection of fields that reflect the variation in object type . |
| 27 | Using a process of individual service planning with the local health authority , coupled with extensive practical help and some transitional financial incentives , the team helped establish and support community placements ( Special Development Team , 1988 ; Toogood et al. , 1988 ) . |
| 28 | The distinction does arise and it can not entirely be neglected but it is much less important than appears at first sight . |
| 29 | The sampling of events in these two studies was not completely random ( see for comparison Brewer , 1988 ) , nonetheless the studies do suggest that although emotionally arousing circumstances can sometimes be well remembered even after very considerable delays ( c.f. Wagenaar & Groeneweg , 1990 ) it seems unlikely that actual feelings of emotional arousal at the time are either necessary or sufficient to cause dramatically enhanced memory . |
| 30 | Terms were not disclosed , although the tabloid did say that it has received a capital injection from Duna , which will be used for investment purposes . |