Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Forgive 'N Forget 's most recent outing he had run fourth behind Combs Ditch at Haydock Park , and that horse was also in the Gold Cup field , third favourite after a highly successful season which had brought him three good prizes and a neck defeat by Wayward Lad in the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park . |
| 2 | At the top of the hill she was still in the forefront of matters with Run And Skip , but behind them Wayward Lad and Forgive 'N Forget were travelling smoothly and coming ever closer . |
| 3 | When recycling or re-use is not practicable , C&P 's waste is sent for landfill or incineration by professional contractors who are authorised and policed by the regulatory bodies . |
| 4 | The money which is invested or lent is called the principal . |
| 5 | The terms of abbreviations that are defined or explained are capitalized ; capitalized words in the definitions refer to other entry-words in the Glossary . |
| 6 | What other men might say or think was nothing to him ; his detachment would carry him far above earthly matters . |
| 7 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of an offence under this section if he commits an offence under section 1 above ( ‘ the unauthorised access offence ’ ) with intent — ( a ) to commit an offence to which this section applies ; or ( b ) to facilitate the commission of such an offence ( whether by himself or by another person ) ; and the offence he intends to commit or facilitate is referred to below in this section as the further offence . |
| 8 | That the classical wooden-bodied Pullman cars of earlier days had long since been split up and sold or scrapped was no deterrent . |
| 9 | But why Mr. Mendez bothered or cared was something else . |
| 10 | Cases which had been settled or withdrawn were removed from it and sanctions for non-compliance were announced . |
| 11 | Someone for whom it really is of no concern whether others enjoy or suffer is schizophrenic ; he is no egoist , but one whose imaginary viewpoints are disconnected from the real people around him . |
| 12 | But the idea that in many of his works Shakespeare shows something exquisite or innocent threatened or crushed is not new : it is to be found in the writings of Hereward Price ( 1947 ) and in an ordinary introduction to Venus and Adonis . |
| 13 | Up until the Autumn of 1990 all money market instruments when bought or sold were physically delivered to the buyer , usually by messenger in the City of London . |
| 14 | It should be noted that , while maiming or wounding are not justifiable for simple recaption of property , yet they may well become justifiable for another reason — self-defence . |
| 15 | They have pointed out that the existence of other remedies for wives in this situation is no reason for disentitling a wife to the protection of the criminal law and that the possibility of bringing charges for assault or wounding is an inadequate substitute for a rape prosecution which focuses upon the denial of another 's sexual autonomy and integrity . |
| 16 | Anyone moving or laughing is out , and the last person remaining is the winner and probably has the worst sense of humour ! |
| 17 | Everything I do or say is turned against me . |
| 18 | Yeah their their funding tends to be they 'll they 'll fund something like a production or they 'll say at you know if you put our name up were give you so much or General Portfolio perhaps will will fund a particular show or a series of show 's or say were prepared to put a thousand pounds could you name six shows and we 'll put our name on those show 's when they 're advertised but no company or other Council 's actually prepared to come along and say were prepared to put money on a regular basis . |
| 19 | ( The places we saw & visited were mind-boggling but it was really a family visit to see & , their daughters , sons-in-law & grand-children … all boys ) . |
| 20 | Like the relation between prominence and deviance , that between prominence and literary relevance or foregrounding is not a one-to-one match . |
| 21 | Those whose entitlement is established , however , will find that not only the first few pounds of some other form of income they have may be disregarded , but the value of a house they own or occupy is not counted as part of their income . |
| 22 | 7.6.3.5 the rebuilding or reinstating is prevented by war act of God , government action [ strike lock-out ] or |
| 23 | 7.6.4 The Landlord shall not be liable to rebuild or reinstate the Premises or the Retained Parts if and for so long as such rebuilding or reinstating is prevented by Supervening Events |
| 24 | The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say that the right to life and to not being molested or attacked is fundamental . |
| 25 | CBI gloom and a call from Peter Shore to reflate or resign was met by the advice from Geoffrey Howe to ‘ keep our nerve ’ . |
| 26 | possess any secret official code word , or password , or sketch , plan , model , article , note , document or information which relates to or is used in a prohibited place or anything in such a place , or which has been made or obtained in contravention of this Act , or which has been entrusted in confidence to him by any person holding office under Her Majesty or which he has obtained or to which he has had access owing to his position as a person who is or has been employed under a person who holds or has held such an office or contract — [ and who ] ( a ) communicates the code word , pass word , sketch , plan , model , article , note , document , or information to any person other than a person to whom he is authorised to communicate it , or a person to whom it is in the interest of the State his duty to communicate it , or ( aa ) uses the information in his possession for the benefit of any foreign power or in any other manner prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State , or ( b ) retains the sketch , plan , model , article , note , or document in his possession or control when he has no right to retain it or when it is contrary to his duty to retain it , or fails to comply with all directions issued by lawful authority with regard to the return or disposal thereof , or … |
| 27 | Quantity in this sense , duration , is what musicians and musical composers are continually concerned with ; and so it is not surprising that poets of this way of thinking , like Pound and Bunting , show themselves avidly interested in poetry which has been , not at a level of theory but as a fact of performance , intimately associated with music : poetry that has been set , or has been written in the hope of being set , to music . |
| 28 | The main foreign-exchange earner is , or has been , tourism . |
| 29 | For twenty years , while he turned the porn shop of sports into international theatre , attention was paid in a way it never was before or has been since . |
| 30 | To suggest that it could be or has been ‘ proved ’ by archaeologists is to do the story a great disservice . |