Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [v-ing] [conj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are reasons for believing that if the above liberal reforms were implemented , they might not significantly reduce the volume of corporate crime . |
| 2 | Twenty two patients had colonic contractions during fasting and after the meal . |
| 3 | Tell the plaintiff that the doctor will be keen to detect signs of malingering and that no attempt to exaggerate the plaintiff 's symptoms should be made . |
| 4 | It is a bit like arguing that if the hypothesis that smoking causes lung cancer is to be believed , everybody who smokes must get cancer ; what is more nothing else ( such as asbestos ) can be admitted as having the same effect . |
| 5 | In place of saying that if the effect occurred so did the cause , we may say that the occurrence of the effect required that of the cause . |
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| 7 | With Lloyds Bank Accident Cashguard cover you 'll have the security of knowing that if the worst did happen , at least you would be financially prepared . |
| 8 | To imagine this is to be aware that the aggressive term which I have applied to Amis 's novelistic method , ‘ ventriloquism ’ , has the drawback of suggesting that when an author throws his voice , the character who receives it will necessarily be found to be inanimate , a dummy . |
| 9 | It still seems to me that the acting critics of poesy are for the most part incapable of looking for more than one thing at a time , having got started about 1913 ( I mean a few of ‘ em got started about 1913 and a lot have started since ) to look for a certain plainness and directness of speech and simple order of words ; and having about 1918 got started looking for Mr Eliot 's rather more fragile system ( a system excellent for Mr Eliot but not very much use to any one else ) , they now limit their criticism to inquiring whether or no verse conforms to one or other of these manners , thereby often omitting to notice fundamentals , or qualities as important as verbal directness and even more important than ‘ snap ’ . |
| 10 | Bartocci was staring angrily at Zen , who realized that he had made the mistake of speaking as though the letter really existed , as if the kidnapping was genuine . |
| 11 | In Prescott v Bulldog Tools Ltd [ 1981 ] 3 All ER 869 the court adopted a more pragmatic approach by saying that if the defendant genuinely felt he needed an examination of the plaintiff which involved the risk of a real but short-term injury , the court could balance the plaintiff 's objections against the defendant 's request to ensure a fair determination of the issues . |
| 12 | Galileo defended his claim about the visibility of Jupiter 's moons by arguing that if the moons were aberrations , then moons should appear near the other planets also . |
| 13 | I see no justification for concluding that if the service provided involves the use of professional skill and judgment , the provision of such a service to the society can not also constitute action by the society . |
| 14 | So what so traditional schools Thought that women did a lot of Recognized they thought that women did a lot of talking but that a lot of it was n't really any use . |
| 15 | Denis , of course , likes to light up whenever possible , but he does recognise the propriety of waiting until after the Queen 's health has been drunk . |
| 16 | It seems we can now qualify our position on the relationship between dramatic playing and performance modes by saying that although the ultimate intention of the performer is to ‘ describe ’ an emotional event , the quality essential to dramatic playing , the quality of ‘ being ’ may also enter the performance mode , given the Stanislavsky approach . |
| 17 | The agency requires studies to show how much spray residue is left on crops after harvesting and if the pesticide breaks down safely in water . |
| 18 | This is a sure recipe for ensuring that when the barriers do come down , those who think this way will be left behind . |