Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [subord] [pron] [vb -s] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a man believes in a different god , or even if he uses a different ritual for worshipping the same god , blind faith can decree that he should die — on the cross , at the stake , skewered on a Crusader 's sword , shot in a Beirut street , or blown up in a bar in Belfast . |
| 2 | The principle is fixed that a scholar aspiring to high office must first teach at a graded series of medreses , one after the other , and that only when he reaches a certain grade does he become eligible for the great offices of the learned hierarchy , the mevleviyets , which are in their turn graded . |
| 3 | In this first category we consider three main criticisms : ( a ) that the model developed in chapter 4 can not account for a major feature of all economies ; ( b ) that the model relies for all its results on very simple specifications of the aggregate supply and demand curves ; and ( c ) that even if one accepts the model as it stands governments might effectively stabilize the economy if they possess better information about the economy than the private sector , or indeed if different parts of the private sector possess different information . |
| 4 | But he vowed that even if he becomes the world 's richest sportsman , he will stay firmly clear of the bright lights that cost Tyson his freedom . |
| 5 | And usually the man telling me he understood if eventually when he starts the job , he has n't understood at all , he 's just saying so , but I wanted to prove to the man himself that he could do it and prove to myself that he could do it . |
| 6 | It will still bob up and down as it hits the successive wavefronts . |
| 7 | I am now expected to lift her , helpless as a fool that she is , out of that great bed , daily , across the room , into a chair , and back again , and to run up and down when she catches a chill , when her back aches from being pressed against the chair . |
| 8 | The Neroccio recently sold in Rome has to be regarded as a forgery , if only because it bears a spurious signature and date . |
| 9 | The stored or potential energy in a raised weight can be used , for instance , to drive the mechanism of a grandfather clock though in most clocks a spring is usually more convenient , if only because it stores the same amount of energy which ever way up it is . |
| 10 | The Boston text is more obviously an exhibition catalogue , if only because it includes a ‘ checklist ’ of the exhibition , which , ignoring the problematic identity of some of the works , distinguishes between works of art and other items ( books , tracts , pamphlets , etc. ) and also carefully identifies the status of individual exhibits by signifying their producer 's relationship to the formally identified Situationist group . |
| 11 | For long-distance cruising , the Calibra is the better choice , if only because it has a more absorbent and quieter motorway ride . |
| 12 | There are plenty of good reasons why nationalism thirsts for identification with ethnicity , if only because it provides the historical pedigree ‘ the nation ’ in the great majority of cases so obviously lacks . |
| 13 | The there are parish ministers who are willing to listen and long before it reaches the stage of lawyers and divorce . |
| 14 | In general , a newly proposed theory will be acceptable as worthy of the consideration of scientists if it is more falsifiable than its rival , and especially if it predicts a new kind of phenomenon not touched on by its rival . |
| 15 | Last I have a very pleasant task to perform , namely to ask Angela to kindly present to His Lordship a token of our loving esteem for all he has done for the Guild over the years and hopefully when he wears the vestment he will say a prayer for us all — AD MULTOS ANNOS . |
| 16 | ‘ I think he 's very important because of that fact , and also as he knows the French set-up and the way they play . |
| 17 | Welcome the opportunities offered by the development of the European Community , in terms of economic assistance to Northern Ireland and also because it creates a framework for progress in the relationship between the UK and the Republic of Ireland . |
| 18 | Lighting , however , you ca n't do without for obvious reasons and also because it adds a great deal of extra interest to a room ( see Lighting is important , page 35 ) |
| 19 | It 's well worth the trouble , though , firstly because it 's obviously ideal for bringing out the bass in small guitars , secondly because it looks just fabulous , and thirdly because it makes the inside of the guitar smell like an explosion in a spice market . |
| 20 | she left that and she 's gone to do her midwifery and now when she gets the other day she was looking at old pay slips God , she must have been an idiot to give up a sister 's post cos she said her wages have dropped terrible to do this course ! |
| 21 | If he lands on a tree or on the ground he sticks in like a dart , and even if he survives the impact he wo n't be able to free himself easily . |
| 22 | It 's not very common during pregnancy , and even if it occurs the effect on the baby can either be slight or very serious , when it 's a tragedy . |
| 23 | Ullman therefore suggests ( contra empiricists and Piaget ) that a baby — or , one might add , a kingfisher — can see that two appearances are views of one and the same object even if it has never seen that sort of object before , and even if it has no tactile or manipulative evidence suggesting that they pertain to one and the same thing . |
| 24 | These five species constitute what may be called the typical owl pattern , and even though it encompasses a fair degree of variability it is consistent enough for departures from it to be instantly recognizable . |
| 25 | er if it 's in the hall er we 've got it in our hall and you just plug in and set it on and then if anybody opens a window , the alarm bell goes off . |
| 26 | Armed only with a nice , new PPL you walk cautiously into the dark , open space and there before you lies the treasure ! |
| 27 | A naive bee carried to the feeder from the hive and placed on the food source will circle repeatedly after taking on a load of sugar water as if ‘ studying ’ the source , and yet when she returns a few minutes later she will be unable to choose the correct feeder colour . |
| 28 | Mr Spielberg 's told Rosemarie he hopes so , but only if he finds the money . |
| 29 | Vaginal penetration ( screwing , fucking or bonking ) , but only if he has a condom on his penis . |
| 30 | Anal penetration ( going up the arse ) but only if he has a condom on his penis . |