Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Feminist psychology also finds it difficult to deal with apparent irrationalities in women 's subjectivity except by pathologizing the women , or seeing them as social victims . |
| 2 | Equally , however , it has been driven from within the organisation by reducing beds , shutting old hospitals , or transforming them into nursing homes , and concentrating high technology investment in a small number of centres , well equipped and well staffed . |
| 3 | So instead we have made progress by finding partial theories that describe a limited range of happenings and by neglecting other effects or approximating them by certain numbers . |
| 4 | Many cities run the trees through chippers , paying for the operation by selling the mulch or using it in public parks . |
| 5 | Taking orders without question removed the need to make decisions or involve himself with external matters . |
| 6 | Thus , in addition to the general process in which the market registers people 's choices and these feed back into selected or discontinued types of production , there is an evident pressure , at or before the point of production , to reduce costs : either by improving the technical means of reproduction , or by altering the nature of the work or pressing it into other forms . |
| 7 | He must know how to lift or catch her in different ways from a static position or jump without any sign of strain . |
| 8 | ‘ I would love to write to or to meet anyone with similar interests , or with children of a similar age . ’ |
| 9 | If it is emptying too slowly you can burn some of the holes a bit bigger with a cigarette end or cut them into wider slots with a knife or pair of scissors . |
| 10 | If however , you did go ahead with revamping the Schenker Method or developing something along similar lines , I would be interested in seeing sample materials . |
| 11 | It was no longer possible for casual thieves to take an animal for their own use , or to sell it for agricultural purposes in a village five or ten kilometres distant . |
| 12 | Double-vault composting toilet : If people wish to reuse excreta in their gardens or to sell it to local farmers composting toilets can be built as long as users agree to follow strict rules of maintenance . |
| 13 | Just because they are OK with you it does n't mean you are blind to their inadequacies or view them through rose-coloured spectacles . |
| 14 | In the event , no effort was needed : the early years of the Great War caused great damage to the Edinburgh printing trade , with several firms going out of business , others laying off workers or releasing them for other jobs since trade was so poor . |
| 15 | The twists and turns of Goldwyn 's life can become tedious , since he was so often fighting the same battles ; and the extent of his involvement in the industry means that Berg continually digresses to enlarge on some aspect of movie history , or introduces us to other personalities as they appear . |
| 16 | When a record turns out to be a synonym , there are two alternatives : these are to store the synonym at once , in which case the process is called a one-pass load , or to load it in two passes , which is called a two-pass load . |
| 17 | Textbooks on research methods rarely mention the problems that arise when undertaking research on controversial topics or conducting it in sensitive locations . |
| 18 | Many people value their group award certificates , such as HNC or HND , highly and wish to display them or present them to prospective employers . |
| 19 | It can also be used to establish the propensity of different ACORN categories to buy different products or services , or to use them at particular rates ; and to analyse their exposure and reaction to different forms of promotional and advertising media . |
| 20 | The staff are n't trained counsellors and Mr Higgins admits they 're learning to deal with caller 's emotional problems as they go along , or refer them to other organisations such as the Samaritans . |
| 21 | the ruins of peoples which are still found here and there and which are no longer capable of a national existence , are absorbed by the larger nations and either become part of them or maintain themselves as ethnographic monuments without political significance . |
| 22 | But it is a problem for feminists if dictionaries include sexist definitions and examples , if they refuse to include feminist terms or define them in contentious ways . |
| 23 | For example : the traditional notation regarding ‘ on board ’ loading was replaced by a ‘ taking in charge ’ statement ; the traditional prohibition against transhipment was eliminated , because transhipment was of the essence in combined transport ; since the transport commonly originated and finished inland , the terms ‘ place of receipt ’ and ‘ place of delivery ’ were inserted in separate boxes , either replacing the traditional ‘ port of loading ’ and ‘ port of discharge ’ or joining them as additional specifications ; and since often times the name of the vessel was not known or could not be established with certainty at the time of issuance , the box for the vessel 's name was modified to refer to an ‘ intended vessel . ’ |
| 24 | Here they make the land habitable , banish evil spirits ( or convert them into lesser deities , the Bāhan ) and care for the people . |
| 25 | Most of them , protected by their voluntary-aided status , resisted for twenty years and more all attempts to change their fiercely academic character or to entangle them in vague schemes of amalgamation or co-operation with secondary modern schools . |
| 26 | Well that depends on whether you are actually doing it during an audit or doing it for other reasons , what they are looking for is that your system is getting better and that you have done the right things . |
| 27 | She wept easily and often anyway : frequently dissolving in front of Alice , who would then coax or bully her into all sorts of concessions . |
| 28 | Whether they remain in Edinburgh or betake themselves to other lands and whatever be the walk of life in which they were bred I believe the students of this seminary will be found everywhere and at all times promoting civilisation in the world . ’ |
| 29 | Well , life has changed since then , and people now have to be a little bit wary when they meet strangers or find themselves in unusual places or situations . |
| 30 | Bank issuers have responded to the non-bank challenge with a blaze of publicity about how they are cutting their own fees , which are typically $20–40 a year , or waiving them for new card-holders in the first year . |