Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] [pron] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( b ) having entered any building or part of a building as a trespasser he steals or attempts to steal anything in the building or that part of it or inflicts or attempts to inflict on any person therein any grievous bodily harm . |
| 2 | They can , if necessary , establish social contacts among themselves or continue to seek them outside . |
| 3 | As the £ dipped again on foreign exchange markets yesterday , the AA and travel agents advised Britons to buy travellers cheques in the local currency , take foreign money with them or use credit cards . |
| 4 | Whenever one organism promotes the fitness of another at its own expense and without reciprocal benefit to itself or benefit to its own genes present in the recipient it has perforce performed an act of induced altruism . |
| 5 | Not necessarily no , piggyback is where you asked , you asked me several questions and su and then either added another question to it or asked a question and gave an answer and by doing that you are limiting my responses and I was n't sure which an which question I was answering . |
| 6 | Thus , anger may militate against sexual satisfaction in oneself or prevent one 's allowing satisfaction to a partner by its own effect ; or the guilt underlying anger may similarly impede love-making/relationships ; or sexual pleasure may promote guilt which evinces itself as anger which … |
| 7 | much attention to it or did they , distract |
| 8 | All you have to do is return your Entry Bond complete with six codes to us or phone through on and you could be our lucky winner . |
| 9 | Nobody took much notice of them or expected them to start up any form of conversation , so Charles was surprised when Eric addressed him by name . |
| 10 | 5 Be wary of topics such as politics , sex , race and religion which are very effective in getting a discussion going , as people often have strong feelings on them or find them interesting , but there is the danger of hostility being generated and the discussion getting out of control . |
| 11 | ‘ Had it been a total shock to you or had you suspected anything ? ’ |
| 12 | Example 3:7 Landlord 's power to break ( 1 ) The landlord shall be entitled to determine this tenancy by not less than six months ' notice in writing expiring on or after [ date ] if he intends at the expiry of such notice either : ( a ) to demolish or reconstruct the demised property or a substantial part of it or to carry out substantial work of construction on the demised property or part of it ; or ( b ) to occupy the demised property for the purposes or partly for the purposes of a business to be carried on by him ( 2 ) The service of a notice under s25 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 shall be sufficient notice and good service for the purposes of the preceding subclause Example 3:8 Tenant 's power to break on refusal of planning permission The tenant shall be entitled to determine this tenancy by not less than three nor more than six months ' notice in writing served not more than one month after the happening of any of the following events : ( 1 ) the refusal or deemed refusal by the local planning authority to renew the planning permission dated [ date ] permitting the use of the demised property for ; ( 2 ) the dismissal by the Secretary of State or an appointed person of any appeal against any such refusal ; ( 3 ) the expiry of the said planning permission Example 3:9 Tenant 's right to break preventing exercise of rights under Landlord and Tenant Act The tenant shall be entitled to determine this tenancy on … by giving not less than thirteen months ' previous notice to that effect Example 3:10 Tenant 's conditional right to break The tenant shall be entitled to determine this tenancy on … if : ( 1 ) he gives thirteen months ' written notice to that effect ; and ( 2 ) both at the date of the notice and at the date of its expiry there are neither any outstanding arrears of rent nor any subsisting breach of covenant by the tenant for which the landlord would be entitled to recover damages of more than a nominal amount |
| 13 | KATE could n't make up her mind all through dinner whether Ace was playing a deep game with her or had decided that as she was available , so to speak , he intended to continue making love to her . |
| 14 | You can double back on yourself or move from a numbered block to a normal one without penalty — the numbered one remains if you need to return to it ( and you will ) . |
| 15 | 11.1 During the continuance of this Agreement the Proprietor shall not without the consent in writing of the Publisher prepare or edit for any other publisher any work that is an expansion abridgement or revision of the Work or of any part of it or publish or cause to be published any work on the same subject which may reasonably be regarded as likely to conflict with the sale of the Work . |
| 16 | 11.1 During the continuance of this Agreement the Company shall not without the consent in writing of the Publisher prepare or edit for any other publisher any work that is an expansion abridgement or revision of the Work or of any part of it or publish or cause to be published any work on the same subject which may reasonably be regarded as likely to conflict with the sale of the Work . |
| 17 | So far , however , the BIS Clearinghouses Committee has simply reported their functions and activities , without formalizing any co-operation between them or attempting to co-ordinate them . |
| 18 | I could n't accept any favours from you or waste money unnecessarily . |
| 19 | In fact has it been a very difficult year for you or have you been able to have some control , because it 's all down to the watering I guess |
| 20 | Cos nobody 's been sent any notices for it or notified about it . |
| 21 | Johnny Kirk , whose family had been connected with the ‘ mayor-making ’ over the years , said they did not want to make a big production of it or turn it into a tourist attraction ; they wanted to keep it as it was , ‘ a local event for local people ’ . |
| 22 | The Labour party rightly emphasises the importance of training , but it has not made any financial commitment to it or identified any sort of financial commitment to the training programme . |
| 23 | Saying positive things about ourselves or having positive things said to us actually produces a chemical response in our brains . |
| 24 | Most of the class were happy to write out the 24 ways for themselves or start on five buttons . |