Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] the [noun pl] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this raises the question of whether the ratios produced are underestimates rather than the question of the independence of the two samples . |
| 2 | In situations of this sort the exchange may need special rules , or even powers , which allow it to act for reasons of market integrity alone , and in order to preserve investor confidence , regardless of whether the parties involved are at fault . |
| 3 | He was often ten minutes late , as if the minutes had been timed exactly . |
| 4 | Most people behave as if the stars have been visible all along . |
| 5 | Folly felt an urge to wash , as if the words had been printed in dark , inky type in the headline of a tabloid newspaper and her hands might have picked up the stain . |
| 6 | In fact it looked as if the trees had been cut down in early Victorian times . |
| 7 | While Cleo and Dauntless tried to arrange themselves comfortably upon the sacking — which smelled malodorous in the extreme , as if the dogs had been using it as a toilet Apanage busied herself with the ghost-bagging equipment . |
| 8 | They seemed to be positioned at random as if the guests had been playing a game with them and not sitting around the table in an orderly fashion . |
| 9 | Where an order for possession is made under Ord 24 ( " summary procedure " for recovery of land occupied without licence or consent ) , r 5(4) says that there is nothing which prevents the order for possession being given on a specific date as if the proceedings had been brought by action ( r 5(3) and ( 4 ) . |
| 10 | At his trial , the judge rejected his submission that there was no case to answer in that the goods had been sold under a contract between the customer and the shop and that there had been no appropriation of property belonging to another . |
| 11 | Er we had er buy a bucket of water campaign and we did erm er you know I , we went in local shops selling little stickers and it all went to and the wells have been dug and I believe Afghanistan has got wells that have been dug with , through the er Womens ' Guild . |
| 12 | Such figures are of limited value in that they contain no guide as to whether the resources have been spent efficiently or effectively . |
| 13 | We do not think the criterion can be put any better or more clearly than it is put in R.S.C. , Ord. 62 , r. 12(2) and would hold that , on the true construction of the 18 February 1985 mortgage , the defendants are entitled to be paid or to retain out of the mortgaged property all their actual costs , charges and expenses ( including the receivers ' remuneration ) except in so far they are of an unreasonable amount or have been unreasonably incurred and with any doubts as to whether the costs have been reasonably incurred or are reasonable in amount being resolved in favour of the defendants . |
| 14 | Select part , or all , of the following paragraphs , according to whether the parties have been recently widowed/divorced or alone for many years . ) |
| 15 | For example , working conceptions of cause may depend upon a judgment as to whether the standards breached were generally attainable at tolerable cost . |
| 16 | The reports differed , however , as to whether the clashes had been between Uzbeks and Armenians , Tadjiks and Armenians , or Uzbeks and Tadjiks . |
| 17 | The choice between going for a company limited by shares or one limited by guarantee is thus largely dependent on whether the surveyors involved are having to put up most of the funds themselves . |
| 18 | An investigation was considered to have been concluded once a judgement had been made about whether the allegation(s) had been substantiated or not and decisions made about how to proceed to an outcome , for example , to close the case , offer treatment , call a case conference , etc . |
| 19 | An increase in the number of examples of each type of team would serve to reduce the uncertainty about whether the differences found are causally related to the way the team is organized , rather than , say , the product of idiosyncratic differences or of secondary factors . |
| 20 | Mr Takata 's death , and the injuries of four other Japanese policemen , will reopen an argument about whether the conditions have been fulfilled . |
| 21 | Fine old Malmsey is ideal for after the desserts have been cleared away . |