Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [verb] [pron] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the judge or district judge is satisfied that any proceedings can be more conveniently or fairly dealt with in some other court , he may order the action or matter itself to be transferred to that court ( Ord 16 , r 1 ) . |
| 2 | There is no way in which he can free himself from my control , not unless I lose my nerve or allow him to be abducted by some plagiarist , and not unless I allow any of my own present personal dilemmas connected with my own personal escape to lodge unbeknown to me in the words which make up this fictional character . |
| 3 | Mystics are certain that for brief periods they have been enabled to experience such perception and know themselves to be part of a meaningful whole — one with the way things ultimately are . |
| 4 | The music blared out around them — Beatles songs from the Sixties — and for a brief space of time Rachel forgot her worries and allowed herself to be caught up in Belinda 's simple pleasures . |
| 5 | In the debate on a proposed Z$40,000,000 ( about US$8,500,000 ) allocation for the ministry , members of the House denounced it as a " completely useless " department and declared it to be the Ministry of Political Affairs ( which had been headed by Mutasa until its closure in June — ibid. ) under a different name . |
| 6 | He said the words and knew them to be mostly true but could n't believe them . |
| 7 | Over the last few years the Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) has been active in consulting with British industry and encouraging it to be competitive in the European market . |
| 8 | Distress smote Theda as she took in his condition and knew herself to be the cause of it . |
| 9 | After walking for some time through the wood Valdemar put his finger to his lips and motioned us to be quiet . |
| 10 | Reliance on contracts may ‘ featherbed ’ companies and lead them to be less innovative than they ought — one reason , perhaps , for the United States falling behind Japan and Germany in productivity and innovation . |
| 11 | One solution for a large bay is to make one large pair of curtains to fit across the front window and allow it to be free standing , that is , do not fix its outer edges to the corners . |
| 12 | We pressed into the throng and allowed ourselves to be sucked forwards , up the steps . |
| 13 | My wife is English and four of my children live and work in the south of England and consider themselves to be English . |
| 14 | Where the wife takes the conveyance and requires it to be conveyed to herself and the new husband , she should convey as " trustee " ( thus implying that she herself has not encumbered the property ) as she has never had the legal title vested in her absolutely . |
| 15 | Gradually , though , as the rest of the column led by his uncle on a fine white horse arrived , the survivors who could walk came out of the banqueting hall and allowed themselves to be greeted by the relieving troops . |
| 16 | And with that he bent over and lifted me to my feet and told me to be off , which I did not need to be told twice to do . |
| 17 | Dancing also gave a feeling of well-being and encouraged them to be more sociable . |
| 18 | It had a tarnished brass knocker showing a pixie cobbling shoes and declaring itself to be a present from Cornwall . |
| 19 | They can ensure that the family receives all the practical help available from statutory and voluntary bodies — perhaps the use of a day nursery , better housing and so on — and they can help to reduce the parents ' guilt and anxiety and encourage them to be accepting and relaxed and neither reject nor over-protect their handicapped child . |
| 20 | Geoffrey Fisher went from Repton to be Bishop of Chester and invited him to be an examining chaplain ; which he accepted — it would mean two or three visits a year — and was surprised to find how friendly Fisher was when they were not in the relation of boy and headmaster . |
| 21 | Knowing that the Egyptians revered the cat and considered it to be sacred , the Persians developed the idea of a ‘ feline armour ’ . |
| 22 | Joseph Chamberlain retained his preference for independence but allowed himself to be overruled by Austen and by the overwhelming wishes of the Liberal Unionist Council to merge . |
| 23 | Also described is how expert systems can enhance human expertise and allow it to be used more efficiently in the specific working environment of aircraft maintenance . |
| 24 | If instead we had measured A's spin in the x direction and found it to be " up " then , of course , by a similar argument B would have been in a state with unc definitely " down " . |
| 25 | He may begin as a standard-bearer and allow himself to be persuaded to go forward as a contender . ’ |
| 26 | Faith flew the Tri-Pacer from Texas to our airstrip in Chicago , where Tim and our local mechanic , Chuck Blanchard , did an extensive annual inspection and found it to be in good shape . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's not too late to inform the police , ’ put in Charlotte , pausing to study the other two's reactions and finding them to be exactly what she had expected . |
| 28 | Of course there was still some opportunity for children to earn money while they were at school , and where those opportunities were taken there is evidence that parents considered this as part of the household income and expected it to be handed over ( Jamieson , 1986 ) . |
| 29 | The boy hid his face in the other man 's shirt and allowed himself to be drawn away . |
| 30 | Personal computers for management use is a major area of Apple usage , where planning , analysing , managing and assistance with decision evaluation have made the micro a versatile and powerful tool for managers of all descriptions , saving time and money and helping them to be far more effective in their jobs . |